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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1924
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Feb 26, 2019
Governor Signs Anti-German Bill
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 26, 1919: Yesterday, Indiana became the first state to enact anti-German school...
Nov 4, 2018
U. S. Warns Against Any Illegal Voting
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, November 4: U. S. district attorney L. Ert Slack issued a warning, in advance of tomorrow’s...
Sep 10, 2018
German Paint Found in School Supplies
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, September 10: A number of North Side parents noticed that the cakes of water color paints from the...
Aug 21, 2018
More Room in Schools with Hun Tongue Gone
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 21: Indianapolis public school officials are anticipating 45,000 children on opening day...
Jun 18, 2018
Alien Enemy Women Register and Submit Photos to Police
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, June 18: Seventy-nine German alien women residing in Indianapolis were registered at Tomlinson Hall...
May 30, 2018
German Language Papers to Suspend
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 30: The Daily Telegraph-Tribune and the Sunday Spottvogel, the two German language newspapers...
Apr 16, 2018
Pacifists Not Wanted in 'Y' Work in France
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, April 16: No Socialists, pacifists, or men of German parentage will be considered for recreational...
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