Housewives of City Organize League to Aid H. C. of L. Fight

From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 14, 1919: A cosmopolitan gathering of Indianapolis women packed the auditorium of the Main Public Library yesterday to organize the Indianapolis Housewives League for the purpose of fighting higher food prices and to campaign for saner purchasing among city housekeepers. The price of commodities in various neighborhoods of the city will be followed and the organization will instantly provide this information to households. Speakers accused city wholesale dealers with “having a strangle hold upon food products” and profiteering. Others charged City Market standholders with advertising quality produce but substituting produce of a lesser quality when purchased. Standholders were also accused of violating the child labor law without penalty. All women of the city - rich or poor; clubwoman or not - are asked to enlist in this fight against the high cost of living.

“Housewives of City Organize League to Aid H. C. of L. Fight,” The Indianapolis Star, 14 August 1919, p. 1:4

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Tribute Paid to Colored Soldiers

From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, August 5, 1919: Indianapolis welcomed 150 black soldiers of the 809th Pioneer Infantry back home Monday evening. The soldiers marched from the War Camp Community Club for colored soldiers, Senate Av and North St, along downtown streets, around Monument Place, and through the Victory Arch before attending a celebration at Tomlinson Hall with friends and relatives. Dr. Sumner Furniss, city councilor and chair of the colored citizen’s executive committee, said, “We welcome you back, and we know that your conduct on foreign soil was such that we are proud of you.” Gov. Goodrich paid tribute to the negro fighters saying, “Because of your brave and loyal service you men are entitled to know that as you return to civil life you share all the privileges that the laws of our state afford to its citizens.”

“Tribute Paid to Colored Soldiers,” The Indianapolis News, 5 August 1919, p. 5:1

“City Welcomes Negro Troops,” The Indianapolis Star, 6 August 1919, p. 17:4

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Home Brews Harmful

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, July 23, 1919: Albert Lieber, president of the Indianapolis Brewing Co, issued a warning to persons drinking home brews. While prohibition does not prevent the home manufacture of alcoholic beverages, Lieber believes that some of these concoctions could be ruinous to the stomach. He contends that former beer drinkers are resorting to all sorts of formulas and recipes in making home brews which have more “kick.” The result, Lieber asserts, is that Indianapolis doctors are doing a land office business doctoring people with diseased stomachs. The Indianapolis Brewing Co is the only local brewery which has turned part of its plant over to making a cereal beverage, Tonica. Before prohibition, the company employed 1,000 men, today only fifteen make the drink. The other three city breweries are idle or have been leased to other industries.

“Home Brews Harmful,” The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 1919, p. 18:4

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