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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates


Five Ideal Opening Day Crowds Exceeded Expectations
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, November 23, 1925: Yesterday, a crowd of 15,000 descended upon Williams Creek Estates, a Washington Bank & Trust Co development, to see the five Indianapolis News ideal homes. Interested visitors from throughout Indiana and neighboring states swarmed across the grounds and through the homes open for inspection. The “homes of the future” constructed over the last several weeks by Ralph S. Brydon Co, are houses of Spanish, Italian, America
Nov 23, 2025
Stephenson Guilty, Aids Free
From The Indianapolis Star , Sunday, November 15, 1925: Late yesterday afternoon after deliberating five hours and 35 minutes a Hamilton County Circuit Court jury found former Indiana Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Madge Oberholtzer. A handful of spectators, including Madge Oberholtzer’s only brother Marshall Oberholtzer, were in the courtroom during the reading of the verdict; Stephenson, pale but smiling, listened
Nov 15, 2025
Klan Scores Heavily in Political Passing
From The Indianapolis Times , Monday, November 9, 1925: Mayor-Elect John Duvall has named the first eighteen members of his administration, and the Ku Klux Klan has scored heavily in the appointments. The Klan organization maintained a Duvall campaign headquarters in the City Trust Building and there has been considerable speculation in political circles as to whether the Klan or the Republican Party would receive the greater recognition when appointments were made. Among
Nov 9, 2025
G.O.P. Backs Klan School Board Slate
From The Indianapolis Times , Monday, November 2, 1925: At a meeting of United Protestant Clubs of Indianapolis at Cadle Tabernacle Saturday night, presided by George Elliott, exalted cyclops of Marion County Klan No. 3, John Duvall, Republican mayoral candidate, and several Republican council candidates urged support of the Ku Klux Klan United Protestant school board ticket which includes Charles Kern, Lillian Sedwick, Theodore Vonnegut, Fred Kepner, and Lewis Whiteman. Th
Nov 1, 2025
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