Want to Vote? Register, Two Opportunities

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 3, 1920: To vote in the November election it is absolutely necessary that you take one of the two opportunities provided to register to vote. Tomorrow is the first of two registration days for voters to register in person in their home precinct from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. It is now too late for voters to register by mail. Women, as well as men, must register. Democratic and Republican state and county parties are completing arrangements to get as near a 100 per cent registration as possible for their strength in the general election will be determined by the number of voters who register. It is up to the precinct organizations to see that every voter is properly registered. The next and last opportunity to register to vote after tomorrow is October 4.

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“Want to Vote? Register; Two Opportunities,” The Indianapolis Times, 3 September 1920, p. 1:1

Filthy Creeks Cause Protest

From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, August 27, 1920:  An indignation meeting was held last evening at Shelby and Hervey Streets, with over one hundred South Side citizens attending, to protest against the pollution of Pleasant Run and Bean Creek.  One protester said that a man fell into Pleasant Run recently and died later from the poisoned water.  Carl Neiger, 1434 Cottage Av, said he had to close the doors and windows of his home three times within the year because of the odor from the stream.  A resolution adopted citing the Indianapolis board of public health having called attention to the deplorable and unsanitary conditions of the streams caused by the waste from industrial plants, called upon the local and state boards of health “to stop this condition, by use of the ample power vested in them by state laws.”

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“Filthy Creeks Cause Protest,” The Indianapolis Star, 27 August 1920, p. 17:1

County to Teach Women How Vote Machinery Works

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 19, 1920:  Yesterday’s vote in Tennessee ratifying the Federal suffrage amendment guarantees women will have the same voting privileges as men at the November election.  Marion County auditor Leo Fesler plans to erect voting machines in various places available to women so they will have an opportunity to become familiar with the operation of the voting machinery before the election.  Registration will be conducted in each precinct from Sep 4 to Oct 4 and forms will be placed in drug stores around the city for men and women to complete and mail to the auditor.  Women may request a number of registration forms, and someone to assist in filling them out, if they wish to make a semi-social event of registration.  Precinct officials will decide whether separate voting places shall be provided for women. 

“County to Teach Women How Vote Machinery Works,” The Indianapolis Star, 19 August 1920, p. 1:2