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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


3 Year Demand to Clean Out Creeks Gets Action
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, June 28, 1921: Having been criticized for three years for dilatory “buck passing,” the board of...
Jul 7, 2021


Indianapolis Institutions Keep 'Open House' in Celebration of National Hospital Day
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, May 12, 1921: The first National Hospital Day was observed today throughout the United States and...
May 12, 2021


Death-Knell of Doo-Dad Sounded by Ross Crane
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 4, 1921: The “doo-dad” is the curse of the modern American home,” declared Ross Crane of the...
May 4, 2021


District Clubs Demand Revised Immigration Laws
From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, April 16, 1921: The Seventh District Federation of Clubs adopted a resolution yesterday demanding...
Apr 16, 2021


Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits Active Work in Indianapolis
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 31, 1921: Organizers for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have been working several weeks in...
Mar 31, 2021


Women's Police Department Ranks First in Country
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 23, 1921: Miss Clara Burnside, supervisor of the women’s police bureau, has been promoted...
Mar 23, 2021


City Becomes State Basketball Center Friday
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, March 14, 1921: Indianapolis becomes the basketball center of Indiana for the first time when the...
Mar 14, 2021


Works Board Acts on Propaganda Meetings
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, March 7, 1921: The Indianapolis board of public works announced today that no group would be...
Mar 7, 2021


Indianapolis is Book Poor
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 20, 1921: Indianapolis is book poor! The library is 100,000 volumes short of what a...
Feb 20, 2021


12 Negro Women Sit in Jury Box in Damage Suit
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 17, 1921: For the first time in the legal history of Indianapolis, and possibly the...
Feb 17, 2021
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