July - 2018

THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

City to Keep Record of Its Part in the War

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, July 30: Indianapolis Mayor Charles Jewett proposed today that a public record be kept showing the...

Elevated Tracks at Union Station in Use

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, July 30: The first train, loaded with passengers and express freight, to run on the new elevated...

Fire Equipment Greatly Needed

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, July 26: Mayor Jewett and members of the board of public safety inspected eighteen fire engine...

One of 37,000 Children in Marion County Undergoing Test for Physical Ills

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, July 21: At the suggestion of President Wilson, the Council of National Defense has requested...

Whistles Din War Message

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, July 19: At 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon, tied-down factory whistles shrieked and church bells rang...

Says County Council Favors Enlargement

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, July 19: Miss Mary Meyers, secretary of the Marion County Association for the Prevention of...

Board Adopts Traffic Rules

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, July 11: The Indianapolis board of public safety adopted a sweeping reform of the city’s traffic...

Becomes Recreation Center for Men in United States Service

From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, July 8: The Woodruff Place Club, a community social center in Woodruff Place, will become the second...

Naming Battleship Cheered by Throng

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, July 5: With the words, “I christen thee The Indianapolis,” Miss Irene Hart broke a bottle of...

Pageant of Nations, Feature of Day Here

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, July 5: Yesterday’s celebration of Independence Day was solemnly observed in Indianapolis. Except...