Carolers Face Biting Winds to Close Christmas Season

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 25, 1924:  Hundreds of carolers traveled throughout Indianapolis – from home to home, hospital to hospital, and club to club – last night raising their voices in singing Christmas songs and spreading the yuletide spirit by this age-old custom.  Caroling began at 7 p.m. as a massed chorus, braving a cold wind, sang from the steps of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument before boarding a bus to travel about the city stopping at homes where candles had been placed in the windows indicating that someone within was ill.  Among groups taking part in the municipal caroling program were the Indianapolis Gospel Chorus, which sang at the jail, the Phyllis Wheatley Y.W.C.A., which sang at the City Hospital, and the recreational training class, which sang at Union Station.  Twenty-two automobiles with carolers circulated through the outlying suburbs.

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“Carolers Face Biting Winds to Close Christmas Season,” The Indianapolis Star, 25 December 1924, p. 1:2

Women to Be Left Out of Enumeration

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, December 17, 1924:  Only male voters, both white and colored, will be counted to determine the apportionment of the Indiana General Assembly it was announced today following a conference with Gov. Emmett Branch, secretary of state Frederick Schortemeier, attorney general Ulysses Lesh, and state auditor Lewis Bowman.  Considerable question had arisen whether women voters were to be included in the enumeration that must be made next year to serve as the basis for the apportionment of state legislators and auditor Bowman, who will have jurisdiction over the enumeration conducted by the township trustees, sought the counsel of other state officials.  The Indiana Constitution and laws provide male voters shall be counted for apportionment, and while the federal Constitution permits women to vote no action has been taken to include women voters in the Indiana enumeration.

“Women to Be Left Out of Enumeration,” The Indianapolis News, 17 December 1924, p. 1:6

Hooded Klansmen Hold Big Parade Despite Weather

From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, December 7, 1924:  Cool temperatures and damp streets did not keep Ku Klux Klan members from parading through downtown streets last night.  Observers estimated 1,660 (Klan leaders claim 4,000) persons clad in robes and hoods tramped three abreast from the Pennsylvania Railroad Park at Hamilton and Southeastern Avenues to Washington St and west into the business district.  The parade, which stretched twelve blocks, was led by a police detail, an automobile carrying Klan leaders including grand marshal Olie C. Mathias and followed by a mounted troop of robed Klansmen.  Numerous floats and several trucks loaded with robed women were among the marchers.  Several groups carried large flags.  Music was provided by a Klan band and a Klan drum and bugle corps, all robed.  Automobiles carrying mostly unrobed persons brought up the rear of the parade.

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“Hooded Klansmen Hold Big Parade Despite Weather,” The Indianapolis Star, 7 December 1924, p. 7:1