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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

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

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

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, December 5, 1924:  After considerable change from the original route, the board of park commissioners adopted plans for the construction of Kessler Boulevard from Illinois St east to Ft. Benjamin Harrison.  The 100-foot-wide driveway begins at the Crow’s Nest bridge west of White River and goes east across the land of Dr. Homer H. Wheeler, following 59th St across the canal and Westfield Blvd to Keystone Av.  The route proceeds through the estate of William H. Roberts, across the lands of Silas Johnson, southeast to Millersville Rd, across Fall Creek, and east along 56th St to the fort.  Originally, the east section of Kessler Blvd was to run over 56th St from Meridian St to Ft. Harrison, but much of the area had been built up and would be too costly to acquire the land.



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                   “Kessler Driveway Plans Approved,” The Indianapolis Star, 5 December 1924, p. 1:3

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