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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1924
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Dec 3, 2018
Hoosier War Hero Visits Indianapolis
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, December 3: Arriving on a special interurban car from Newcastle, IN, Major General Omar Bundy, the...
Nov 29, 2018
Happy Hundred Men Leave Ft. Harrison
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 29: Demobilization began today at Ft. Benjamin Harrison with the mustering out of the first...
Nov 22, 2018
Food Profiteer May Go to Jail
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, November 22: At a conference of county food administrators yesterday, G. Harold Powell, representing...
Nov 11, 2018
Indianapolis Sets New Joy Record
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, November 11: “Let us all stop and celebrate the triumph of our just cause” was Gov. Goodrich’s call...
Nov 7, 2018
Wild Scenes Follow Reports of Signing
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, November 7: The most unusual celebration ever staged in Indianapolis took place soon after news...
Oct 29, 2018
Stutz Company Gets Order for Tractors
World War I – From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 27: While workers at the Nordyke & Marmon Co turn out Liberty motors to power...
Oct 25, 2018
Foley Denounces Daubing of Homes
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, October 25: Michael E. Foley, chair of the State Council of Defense, issued a statement yesterday...
Oct 17, 2018
Red Cross Canteen Has Tent at Union Station
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 17: A tent equipped to care for emergency cases of Spanish influenza which might arise...
Oct 7, 2018
French Heroes March in Indianapolis Streets
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, October 7: Clad in olive tinged khaki and carrying shouldered rifles with long bayonets flashing in...
Sep 30, 2018
Permits Issued for Barracks
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, September 30: Permits were taken out yesterday for the construction of four buildings to house the...
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