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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
City Council, 6 to 2, Rejects Daylight Saving Ordinance
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, March 2, 1920: The daylight saving time ordinance introduced in the Indianapolis City Council last...
Mar 2, 2020
382 On County Gold Star Roll
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 19, 1920: The Gold Star Roll of Honor for Marion County has been compiled for the...
Feb 19, 2020
Famous Coach to be Athletic Director at Butler College
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, February 11, 1920: Harlan “Pat” Page, assistant coach to Amos Alonzo Stagg at the University of...
Feb 11, 2020
Americanism Will Be New School Subject
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, February 5, 1920: Courses in Americanism will begin on Lincoln’s birthday in the Indianapolis...
Feb 5, 2020
Chinese School Men Visit City
From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, January 24, 1920: Thirteen members of the Chinese educational commission arrived in Indianapolis...
Jan 23, 2020
Census Takers Finish in City
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 18, 1920: The counting of noses has been completed in the city of Indianapolis for the...
Jan 18, 2020
State Legislature Passes Suffrage Resolution
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 16, 1920: The Indiana legislature today ratified the woman suffrage amendment to the United...
Jan 16, 2020
Federal Agents Hunt for Reds in Indianapolis
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, January 4, 1920: Federal agents arrested twenty alleged radical agitators last night in raids in...
Jan 4, 2020
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