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Sep 30, 2018

Permits Issued for Barracks

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, September 30: Permits were taken out yesterday for the construction of four buildings to house the Student Army Training Corps at Butler College in Irvington. The new structures, designed by Butler alumnus Lee Burns, will be erected on college ground, south of University Avenue between Ohmer and Butler Avenues, at a total cost of $20,000 (2017: $331,842). The main buildings will be two barracks, each 42 x 172 feet in size, of northern c

Phone Merger Undetermined

Sep 29, 2018

Phone Merger Undetermined

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, September 29: Negotiations toward unifying the two Indianapolis telephone companies have begun in response to the order from the director of telegraph and telephones, U. S. Postmaster General Albert Burleson. The Central Union Telephone Co has made a formal proposal to purchase the Indianapolis Telephone Co. In a merger, the automatic system of the Indianapolis company will be favored over the type now being used by the Central Union com

Protective Steps Taken by Mayor

Sep 27, 2018

Protective Steps Taken by Mayor

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, September 27: Mayor Charles Jewett has taken steps to prevent a Spanish influenza epidemic in Indianapolis. He has directed Dr. Herman Morgan of the city board of health to order the fumigation and cleansing of all public places - hotel lobbies, theaters, railway stations and street cars. The Mayor has also directed the chief of police to rigidly enforce the ordinance against spitting on the sidewalks and in street cars. “Fortunately, I

Sep 23, 2018

Rusty, Battered Guns of Huns on Exhibition

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, September 23: Crowds swarmed over University Park today to see relics from the battlefields of France and Flanders that tell the story of the war’s realism and grimness. Trophies - rusty guns, battered and broken shells, aerial bombs and torpedoes, and helmets of the Kaiser’s own guard gathered by the Canadian Expeditionary Force - filled a long platform between Meridian and Pennsylvania Streets. The touring war display, through the kind

Colored Hospital Not Quite Up to Mark, but Is Held Worthy

Sep 19, 2018

Colored Hospital Not Quite Up to Mark, but Is Held Worthy

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, September 18: The New York Bureau of Municipal Research, after an exhaustive survey, concludes the Sisters of Charity State Hospital which is for colored people of Indianapolis is “not quite up to mark, but is held worthy.” The facility at 502 N. California St is a rented private residence, refitted for a hospital. Since the state only provides a hospital for colored people who are charity patients, this is the only colored hospital in

148,900 Listed in 19-37 Class

Sep 15, 2018

148,900 Listed in 19-37 Class

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, September 15: Major Robert Baltzell, Indiana conscription officer, estimates 148,900 men, ages 19 to 37 years old, registered Thursday under the Selective Service Act. Official reports from 34 of the 124 local selective service boards show total registrations of 91,114. Of those registered, 5,998 are 18 years old. There are 10,743 men in the 19 to 20 age group, and 27,837 in the 32 to 36 age group. The age group 37 to 46 compose the la

Sep 11, 2018

Seeing World is Made Easy

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, September 11: The Indianapolis Star will publish each Sunday a series of travel articles describing some corner of the world of particular interest, and during the following week a travel film of human interest scenes illustrating the article will be shown on the screen at Keith’s Theater, 117 N. Pennsylvania, and in theaters in other Indiana cities as a feature of the regular vaudeville bill. The first article in the series deals with

Sep 10, 2018

German Paint Found in School Supplies

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, September 10: A number of North Side parents noticed that the cakes of water color paints from the Prang Co of Sandusky, Ohio, specified on the official list of school supplies, were imprinted with “Made in Germany.” Parents refused to allow their children to use the paints and sent them to school today without the required water colors. Ellis U. Graff, Indianapolis school superintendent, declared, “By all means we will insist the “Made

Changes Are Made in Auto Parking Rules

Sep 7, 2018

Changes Are Made in Auto Parking Rules

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, September 6: The Indianapolis public safety board today announced changes to the recent plans for handling traffic and vehicle parking in the congested downtown district. The board heard suggestions and complaints since implementing the regulations, and this final revision will result in the greatest good to all concerned. Parking flat against the curb in Washington, North Pennsylvania and North Illinois streets, and no-left turns at the

Autoless Sunday is Generally Observed

Sep 3, 2018

Autoless Sunday is Generally Observed

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, September 2: Few pleasure cars were on the streets of Indianapolis Sunday as the city observed the federal fuel administration’s appeal to conserve gasoline and only use automobiles in emergency cases. Horse and buggies, bicycles, and electric automobiles were the private conveyances of choice for most citizens. Street car traffic was unusually heavy, especially on the north and east side lines. An indicator of how well the first gasol

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