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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


Carrying of Weapons Decreases in the City
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, March11: Carrying concealed weapons is one of the most dangerous practices with which the public has...
Mar 11, 2018


Lot Forgotten in Greenlawn
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, March 8: While discussing plans to develop the remaining eight acres of Greenlawn Cemetery into a...
Mar 8, 2018


Girl Scout Troop Formed
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, February 23: The first Girl Scout Troop in Indianapolis has been organized in Irvington by twenty...
Feb 23, 2018


Asks Suspension of Gas Main Extensions
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, February 21: Jacob Dorsey Forrest, general manager of the Citizens Gas Co, notified city officials...
Feb 21, 2018


Caesar's Ghost! Cleo Gets Hers
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, February 12: After attending a showing of the motion picture film Cleopatra at the Circle Theater...
Feb 12, 2018


Women Organize Another Branch of Travelers' Aid
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, February 8: Representatives of the Indiana Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the Council of Jewish...
Feb 8, 2018


Smallpox is Menace to the City's Welfare
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, January 31: Indianapolis likely will have 500 new cases of smallpox next month if the power of...
Jan 31, 2018


Favors Skip-Stop on Indianapolis Lines
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 23: The idea of skip-stops on the city street car lines is an innovation that is...
Jan 23, 2018


City Faces Desperate Coal Lack
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, January 16: As the worst of a record blizzard past, Indianapolis is facing a coal famine. Dr....
Jan 16, 2018


German House Can't Find Name
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, January 11: The German House is looking for a new name. Since war was declared last April, the...
Jan 11, 2018
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