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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Round Up Draft Deserters
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, February 14, 1919: The 124 Indiana local boards have reported 13,000 delinquents to the state draft...
Feb 14, 2019
Patriotic Body is Perpetuated
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, February 3, 1919: The Indianapolis American Protective League branch voted to disband on...
Feb 3, 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 20, 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 15, 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 10, 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
Employment Service Activity Continues
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, December 16: The women’s department of the United States employment service will continue its...
Dec 16, 2018
Student Soldiers Are Discharged at Butler
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, December 7: Yesterday afternoon the 223 men who were inducted into the Student Army Training Corps...
Dec 7, 2018
Hoosier War Hero Visits Indianapolis
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, December 3: Arriving on a special interurban car from Newcastle, IN, Major General Omar Bundy, the...
Dec 3, 2018
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