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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
Oct 21, 2023
David Lloyd George is Cheered by Thousands
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, October 22, 1923: David Lloyd George, Britain’s World War Premier, received a warm Hoosier welcome...
May 26, 2023
25,000 Poppies Sold on Streets of City
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 27, 1923: Poppy Day in Indianapolis broke all previous records with the sale of 25,000 poppies...
Mar 26, 2023
'Cu Clux' Stirs War Mothers
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1923: Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr, president of the Indiana War Mothers, resigned last...
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 12, 2022
Plaza Building for Ex-Soldiers at Once
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, February 12, 1922: A committee of the National Disabled Soldiers’ League will temporarily use a...
Nov 11, 2021
Dead Remembered in Fitting Service
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 11, 1921: Indianapolis commemorated the anniversary of Armistice Day in speech and ceremony...
Nov 3, 2021
Foch Given Real Hoosier Welcome
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, November 4, 1921: A great parade with long lines of marching men, regular soldiers, national...
Jul 26, 2021
Assert Entire Plaza Project is Endangered
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 27, 1921: The proposed World War memorial plaza project is endangered unless Indianapolis...
Jul 13, 2021
Bastille Day to Be Legion Post Feature
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, July 14, 1921: A French fete honoring Bastille Day will be given at Ellenberger Park by Irvington...
May 11, 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...
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