This Week in Indianapolis 1917-1919

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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

1921

news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago

Ball Players Come in Plane

Jun 28, 2020

Ball Players Come in Plane

From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, June 28, 1920: Yesterday the soldiers of the McCook Field baseball team were flown from Dayton, OH to play the Speedway Aviation Repair Depot team completing the first airship trip ever made with baseballers as the cargo. Lt. Harris, piloting a twelve passenger Martin bomber, its interior arranged with cute little seats along the sides, picked up eight McCook men, two photographers, and a Y.M.C.A. man and left Dayton shortly after lunch

Haag Brothers Found Guilty in Liquor Case

Jun 23, 2020

Haag Brothers Found Guilty in Liquor Case

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, June 23, 1920: Brothers Louis Haag and Julius Haag, Haag Drug Co proprietors, were found guilty yesterday by a jury in Federal court on twenty-eight counts of violating the Reed Amendment, transporting whisky from a “wet” to a “dry” state, and one count of conspiracy against the United States. The government showed Louis Haag ordered 1,015 gallons of whisky between December 13 and 23, 1918. He ordered all this to be rushed. The Haags

Kiwanis Raise Fund for Boy Scout Hut

Jun 17, 2020

Kiwanis Raise Fund for Boy Scout Hut

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, June 17, 1920: The Kiwanis Club building fund for a hut on the Boy Scout reservation near Ft. Benjamin Harrison has been increased to $3,500 (2019: $45,409). The original plan of building a “bunk house” consisting of a large living room with a fireplace across one end, a kitchen and bunkroom for the Scouts has been revised to include living quarters and for the structure to serve as the reservation headquarters. The committee in charg

Mass Meeting Marks Opening of Centennial

Jun 6, 2020

Mass Meeting Marks Opening of Centennial

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, June 6, 1920: Indianapolis centennial celebrations began last night in Tomlinson Hall with hundreds of citizens from all over Hoosierdom assembled in an auditorium bedecked in flags and centennial colors. As the crowd gathered at the first big event of the five-day birthday party, the Indianapolis Military Band played. Community singing gave the guests a chance to fill the hall with the melodies that have endeared themselves to Hoosiers,

Community Chest Plan is Approved

Jun 4, 2020

Community Chest Plan is Approved

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, June 4, 1920: The plan for the Community Chest of Indianapolis was approved by delegates from several organizations at a public luncheon held yesterday at the Claypool Hotel. The directors of the War Chest drafted the plan proposing that the Community Chest take over and continue the work of raising and disbursing money for civic, benevolent, charitable, and social welfare agencies. In order to promote co-operation and economy, the money

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