Thousands Here May Lose Vote

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, October 14, 1920:  Thousands of Marion County citizens will not be able to vote in the coming election unless special arrangements are made, according to county clerk Richard Sipe.  With over 169,000 registered voters in the county, the 180 voting machines are sufficient for about 119,000 voters, leaving about 50,000 votes to be cast by Australian (paper) ballot.  In the time allotted for voting, voters will have to scramble to cast their votes and thousands may not be able to vote.  The clerk estimates the tabulation of machine and Australian ballot returns from many precincts may not be received until noon on the day after the election.  Placing machines in heavily registered precincts and using the Australian ballot in outlying precincts where registration is light will help to manage the election economically and efficiently.    

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“Thousands Here May Lose Vote,” The Indianapolis Star, 14 October 1920, p. 18:3

168,741 Voters are Qualified

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 6, 1920:  A total of 168,741 Marion County citizens have registered and are entitled to vote in the November presidential, state and county election according to tabulations completed by the county auditor.  Of this number, 93,232 are men and 75,509 are women.  The results of the heavy number of women registering on Monday, the last opportunity to register, may be seen in Ward Two and Ward Eight where the total number of women registrations exceed the total number of registered men.  The total registrations surpassed the expectations of the county Democratic and Republican party leaders.  The large number of women registering shows that the women of Indianapolis and Marion County are well versed in their duties under suffrage and are prepared to vote side by side with their male counterparts on election day.   

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“168,741 Voters are Qualified,” The Indianapolis Star, 6 October 1920, p. 18:3

Football Attention Centers in Irvington

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, September 29, 1920: Irvington will be the center of football followers as record crowds are expected to fill the stands Friday and Saturday afternoons when the Indianapolis football season opens on Irwin Field at Butler College. The first contest pits the Manual Training High School eleven against the Wabash College squad. This will be the first city high school football contest since 1907 and joyous shouts of hundreds of students, teachers and alumni will welcome the home team. Saturday, city play continues when the teams of Shortridge and Bloomfield High Schools meet on the Irwin gridiron in the preliminary game before the Pagemen of Butler College take on the eleven of Wittenberg College. Manual and Butler engaged in a stiff scrimmage yesterday and this afternoon Shortridge had a snappy scrimmage with the Butler gridders.

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“Football Attention Centers in Irvington,” The Indianapolis News, 29 September 1920, p. 21:4