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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Feb 3, 2019
Patriotic Body is Perpetuated
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, February 3, 1919: The Indianapolis American Protective League branch voted to disband on...
Jan 31, 2019
Memorial Talk Revives State Plaza Project
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, January 31, 1919: Long-cherished plans for a great state plaza connecting the five blocks from...
Jan 25, 2019
Wolf Hunt Arouses State-Wide Interest
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, January 23, 1919: Two wolves have been attacking animals belonging to farmers in the vicinity of...
Jan 25, 2019
Boy Scout Meet Will Be Held at Tomlinson Hall
From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, January 25, 1919: Indianapolis Boy Scout troops will hold their annual indoor track meet at...
Jan 20, 2019
Tree for Every Fallen Soldier
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, January 20, 1919: Richard Lieber, Indiana State Park Commission chairman, is promoting his “Indiana...
Jan 15, 2019
Manufacturers Urge to Pay Claims
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, January 15, 1919: At a meeting yesterday evening at the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 200...
Jan 12, 2019
Colored Girls to Have Club
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 12, 1919: A recreation and club center will open for the city’s African American girls at...
Jan 10, 2019
Indiana Welcomes the 137th and 139th Boys
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 10, 1919: Patriotic decorations hung from buildings in downtown Indianapolis today as...
Jan 1, 2019
Woman's Auxiliary to Be Made Permanent
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 1, 1919: The 38th Division’s woman’s auxiliary, which was organized temporarily to...
Jan 1, 2019
Police Department Begins New Policy
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 1, 1919: Mayor Charles Jewett talked straight from the shoulder to the Indianapolis...
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