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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
New Camp Formally Presented to Scouts
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, August 26: The 90-acre new Scout camp along Fall Creek, west of Ft. Benjamin Harrison, was formally...
Aug 26, 2018
4-Minute-Men Ready for Work
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, August 25: C. Roltare Eggleston, chairman of the Indianapolis Four-Minute Men, has notified the...
Aug 25, 2018
More Room in Schools with Hun Tongue Gone
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 21: Indianapolis public school officials are anticipating 45,000 children on opening day...
Aug 21, 2018
City Honors 1,258 Colored Draftees
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 21: Yesterday evening, the city’s downtown streets were filled with cheering, shouting, and...
Aug 21, 2018
Training Corps Unit for Butler College
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, August 16: Butler College received word today that it has been selected as a site for a unit of the...
Aug 16, 2018
Question Brought Up in License Granting
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 13: Forty-six federal licenses and only twenty state permits have been issued under the new...
Aug 13, 2018
Marion Roads to Be Marked
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, August 7: The Marion County commissioners will mark all main roads in the county this fall with...
Aug 7, 2018
Thousands Join Line Viewed by Greater Throng
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 6: Last night a throng of 60,000 lined Meridian St from North St south and around Monument...
Aug 6, 2018
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