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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1924
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
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![Klan is Denounced as a Menace to Liberty](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_921fd52bfc914d8c80a6a53931919fb7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_673,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_921fd52bfc914d8c80a6a53931919fb7~mv2.webp)
Jan 26, 2023
Klan is Denounced as a Menace to Liberty
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 26, 1923: A resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan was adopted yesterday by the council of...
Dec 28, 2022
Oust Vendors from Courthouse Yard
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 28, 1922: More than 100 produce standholders and city market outdoor concessionaires will...
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![Mayor Threatens Ride Behind Mules for All Offenders](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_2493059f0d72432ead7fa2d4e77c6181~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_418,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_2493059f0d72432ead7fa2d4e77c6181~mv2.webp)
Dec 7, 2022
Mayor Threatens Ride Behind Mules for All Offenders
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 7, 1922: There has been a noticeable decrease in motor car accidents as a result of the...
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![City-Wide Police Drive Continues](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_7446341f04cb4bab9e4db7ca11e5067e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_501,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_7446341f04cb4bab9e4db7ca11e5067e~mv2.webp)
Nov 29, 2022
City-Wide Police Drive Continues
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, November 29, 1922: In an effort to check a crime wave in the city, squads of detectives in...
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![Butler to Buy Fairview Park](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_feb642433d724290b6d8d80b162a6d43~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_286,h_386,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_feb642433d724290b6d8d80b162a6d43~mv2.webp)
Nov 22, 2022
Butler to Buy Fairview Park
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, November 22, 1922: The Butler College board of directors, in a special meeting yesterday...
Nov 17, 2022
Sigma Gamma Rho Founded at Butler College
From Aurora Magazine of Sigma Gamma Rho and Other Sources: Sunday, November 12, 1922: Seven young African American women educators met...
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![Racers to Parade in City Streets](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_70408496fce447578d61b61cc19eacb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_160,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_70408496fce447578d61b61cc19eacb5~mv2.webp)
Nov 8, 2022
Racers to Parade in City Streets
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, November 10, 1922: The new Hoosier Motor Speedway, East 38th St and Pendleton Pike, will open with...
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![Police Try Out Tower Control Traffic System](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_a59dd2c026e94a0380bca0966c988e25~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_286,h_387,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_a59dd2c026e94a0380bca0966c988e25~mv2.webp)
Oct 30, 2022
Police Try Out Tower Control Traffic System
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, October 31, 1922: This afternoon the traffic signal control system in the tower east of Meridian...
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![Indianapolis Lungs Found Color of Fog](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_33341f5f8ae04444a01bf4ff78438458~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_276,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_33341f5f8ae04444a01bf4ff78438458~mv2.webp)
Oct 25, 2022
Indianapolis Lungs Found Color of Fog
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, October 20, 1922: Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the Indianapolis board of health, is convinced...
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![No More Women to Get on Police Force](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4c98ec_260ade7a7b3a44389e7924c5ad11a1e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_285,h_393,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/4c98ec_260ade7a7b3a44389e7924c5ad11a1e5~mv2.webp)
Oct 10, 2022
No More Women to Get on Police Force
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, October 11, 1922: No more women will be appointed to the Indianapolis police department during...
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