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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
Aug 29, 2022
Prepare City as Mail Center
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 30, 1922: As a strategic point in the Mid-West in event of a nation-wide railroad strike...
Aug 20, 2022
Flanner House Report Reviews Race Problem
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, August 21, 1922: Charles Lee, Flanner House superintendent, in his report to the directors said...
Aug 16, 2022
Organizers of Unity League Work in City
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, August 17, 1922: Nine Indianapolis men attended a meeting yesterday evening at the Denison Hotel...
Aug 10, 2022
Weissmuller Sets Record in Opening of Big Swim Meet
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 11, 1922: One of the greatest gatherings of swimming stars to assemble in the United States...
Jul 31, 2022
...City Building...Under Proposed Zoning Ordinance
One Hundred Years Ago – From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 1, 1922: A proposed zoning ordinance, prepared by the Indianapolis...
Mar 27, 2022
City's Most Powerful Radio Station Opens Tomorrow Night
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 28, 1922: WOH, the newest Indianapolis radio station, will air its first official regular...
Mar 20, 2022
Girl Scouts Raise $2,300 in First Two Days of Campaign
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 21, 1922: “Daddy Buttons” are being sold for $5 (2020: $79) by the city’s fourteen Girl...
Mar 15, 2022
Board of Works Bars Klan from Tomlinson Hall
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 16, 1922: Yesterday, the Indianapolis board of public works rescinded its earlier action...
Mar 1, 2022
Many Veterans to Participate in Bonus Move
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 1, 1922: As part of a nation-wide movement to force Congress to pass the bonus bill,...
Feb 20, 2022
100 Horses Burn at Race Track
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, February 20, 1922: Fire swept through the main stables at the state fairgrounds early yesterday...
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