top of page

 THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS 

1925

news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago

Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates

From The Indianapolis Times, Thursday, February 12, 1925:  The lack of a suitable memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Indianapolis was today, the anniversary of his birth, occasion for discussion of the late Henry C. Long’s bequest of $10,000 (2023:  $181,770) to the city for a memorial to the Great Emancipator.  When Long died in 1901, his will provided funds for the “erection of a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln” near the southeast corner of University Park.  However, E. Walter Jarvis, parks superintendent, said the park commission regretted very much the memorial cannot be built because the site is now a part of the War Memorial Plaza.  Paul Comstock, Indiana World War Memorial Commission secretary, said he knew of no reason why the commission would object to the erection of the statue as the law provides University Park remain a park.   

 

“Lack of Lincoln Memorial Cited,” The Indianapolis Times, 12 February 1925, p. 7:2

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 4, 1925:  Mayor Lew Shank yesterday appointed Lelia Kern Taylor, the wife of Dr. James H. Taylor, the first woman member of the Indianapolis plan commission.  Long active in civic affairs, Mrs. Taylor said of her appointment, “I do not know what problems the board has to meet, but I certainly am for the beautifying of the city, and I do not favor the destruction of these flower plots [esplanades] in the center of our streets.  Rather, I favor taking from properties or sidewalks if the streets must be widened.  It is a great help to have a flower plot and some grass in the center of the street.  Beauty is a thing we must encourage.”  She expressed regret that the board of works is contemplating the removal of the esplanades from Delaware Street.



Advertisement:


“City Beautiful Urged By Woman Appointee,” The Indianapolis News, 4 February 1925, p. 30:7

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 25, 1924:  Hundreds of carolers traveled throughout Indianapolis – from home to home, hospital to hospital, and club to club – last night raising their voices in singing Christmas songs and spreading the yuletide spirit by this age-old custom.  Caroling began at 7 p.m. as a massed chorus, braving a cold wind, sang from the steps of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument before boarding a bus to travel about the city stopping at homes where candles had been placed in the windows indicating that someone within was ill.  Among groups taking part in the municipal caroling program were the Indianapolis Gospel Chorus, which sang at the jail, the Phyllis Wheatley Y.W.C.A., which sang at the City Hospital, and the recreational training class, which sang at Union Station.  Twenty-two automobiles with carolers circulated through the outlying suburbs.



Advertisement:


“Carolers Face Biting Winds to Close Christmas Season,” The Indianapolis Star, 25 December 1924, p. 1:2

Search By Tags

    © 2017 by Marion County Historical Society. Proudly created with Wix.com

    bottom of page