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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
No 'Booze' at Dance Halls, Coffin Says
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, January 10: Boozeless dance halls will be in vogue in Indianapolis in the future after Chief of...
Jan 10, 2018
Demonstration Held by Colored Citizens
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 2: A large audience was in attendance at Tomlinson Hall yesterday afternoon, under the...
Jan 2, 2018
Awakens to Dawn of New Christmas
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, December 25: Christmas Day dawned cold and gray in Indianapolis. Many home circles were happy with...
Dec 26, 2017
Flanner House to Observe Day
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 16: The seventeenth anniversary of the Flanner House Social Settlement will be observed...
Dec 17, 2017
Says Police Failed to Salute or Bare Heads
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, December 14: As the John Philip Sousa Great Navy Band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the...
Dec 14, 2017
Experts Recommend a Union of City and County Offices
From The Indianapolis Star, Saturday, December 1: Consolidation of city, township and county governments in Indianapolis and Marion...
Dec 13, 2017
The Prestigious Maxwell Car
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, 2 December 1917, p. 20: "The Maxwell, equipped for the blustry [sic] months, is a magnificent,...
Dec 2, 2017
New Ruling Boost for High School Athletics
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, November 6: The Indianapolis school board has allowed the city high schools to once again engage in...
Nov 16, 2017
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