Name Chosen for Soldiers' Tribute

From The Indianapolis News, Monday, April 7, 1919: “Welcome Home Day” is the official name selected by the joint committee planning the reception in May to pay tribute to the thousands of Hoosier soldiers, sailors, and marines returning from France. The exact date of the celebration hinges on the return of the 150th Field Artillery, composed of batteries from Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Lafayette, and Bloomington under the command of Col. Robert H. Tyndall. The regiment, attached to the Rainbow Division, is now making its way to the port of embarkation and will arrive in Indianapolis about the middle of May. It is also expected that Base Hospital No. 23 will be home by that time. Harry B. Smith, state adjutant-general, outlined tentative parade plans that have marchers passing through the Arch of Welcome on the south side of the Monument twice.

“Name Chosen for Soldiers’ Tribute,” The Indianapolis News, 7 April 1919, p. 16:1

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Prohibition is Mother of Many Substitutes

From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, April 5, 1919: Since last April when prohibition came to Indiana, homemade concoctions for the real stuff have been developed. “Old John Barleycorn” adherents have experimented making some strange and fancy substitutes for domestic use. Home-brewed beer made from a so-called extract of malt and hops, a little yeast, and boiling water makes a pleasant beer scarcely distinguished from old-time brewery products. Adding a few raisins to a bottle of near-beer and letting it stand for twelve hours gives the beverage a “zip.” Also, a little Jamaica ginger in a glass of “dry beer” produces the “desired effect” according to some appearing before Judge Walter Pritchard of city court. “Indiana Lightning,” sweet cider put through a cream separator, produces “something unusual to say the least.” A concoction of prunes, oatmeal, and water makes Hessian Rum.

“Prohibition is Mother of Many Substitutes,” The Indianapolis News, 5 April 1919, p. 16:1

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League of Voters Approval is Plan

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, April 2, 1919: The Woman’s Franchise League of Indiana will endorse the newly organized League of Women Voters in the closing session of its convention tomorrow. Last week, Indiana delegates to the national suffrage convention in St. Louis voted for the proposed League of Women Voters as a department of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. There is no opposition in the Hoosier state to the new league, but while Indiana is a member of the league it does not have full privileges because Indiana has only presidential suffrage. Currently, only the fifteen states that are fully enfranchised are active members of the League of Women Voters. Carrie Chapman Catt, national suffrage association president, told the convention the chief aim of the league is education of the masses in order to maintain a higher democracy.

“League of Voters Approval is Plan,” The Indianapolis News, 2 April 1919, p. 1:7

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