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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
Dec 7, 2024
Hooded Klansmen Hold Big Parade Despite Weather
From The Indianapolis Star , Sunday, December 7, 1924: Cool temperatures and damp streets did not keep Ku Klux Klan members from...
Nov 7, 2024
The Election - The Klan - The Future
From The Indianapolis Times , Friday, November 7, 1924: Republican Ed Jackson, Ku Klux Klan candidate for governor, has been elected...
May 24, 2024
Throng Watches Klansmen March Through Streets
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 25, 1924: An orderly procession of white robed and masked Ku Klux Klanmen, led by 100 robed and...
May 12, 2024
Stephenson Heads Defiant Klansmen
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 13, 1924: Ku Klux Klan representatives from ninety-one Indiana county Klan councils, meeting...
May 6, 2024
Nomination of Jackson is Assured
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 7, 1924: Yesterday’s primary election demonstrated the Ku Klux Klan’s ability to become a...
Feb 14, 2024
Federal Control of Schools Urge by Wizard of Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 14, 1924: Before a crowded Cadle Tabernacle last night, Hiram Evans, Ku Klux Klan...
Jan 10, 2024
No Room for Klan in U.S., Says Judge
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, January 10, 1923: “I don’t think there’s a place in the American republic for such organizations...
Nov 8, 2023
Ex-Grand Dragon Buys Home Here
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, November 9, 1923: D. C. Stephenson, known as “Steve” or the “Old Man,” who recently resigned as Ku...
Sep 6, 2023
Big Crowds Attends Fair as Sun Shines
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 7, 1923: The Ku Klux Klan unofficially declared today “Klan Day” at the Indiana State...
Aug 13, 2023
Anti-Klan Ticket Elected by Union
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 14, 1923: At a meeting last night, delegates of the Central Labor Union overwhelming elected...
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