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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates


25,000 Poppies Sold on Streets of City
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 27, 1923: Poppy Day in Indianapolis broke all previous records with the sale of 25,000 poppies...
May 27, 2023


Sky Writing Plane to Fly Over City
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, May 11, 1923: A demonstration of sky writing, the most recent and novel form of advertising, will be...
May 11, 2023


More Housewives in Sugar Boycott
From The Indianapolis Times, Wednesday, May 2, 1923: As sugar prices have soared to 11 and 12 cents a pound retail, women’s clubs and...
May 3, 2023


U.S. Army Dirigible Cruises Over Indianapolis
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, April 10, 1923: The U. S. Army dirigible TC-1, the largest non-rigid American airship, cruised...
Apr 10, 2023
Bulgin Handed $600 by Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, April 2, 1923: Last evening during the service being conducted by Rev. Dr. Ellwood Bulgin before a...
Apr 2, 2023


'Cu Clux' Stirs War Mothers
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, March 27, 1923: Rev. Daisy Douglass Barr, president of the Indiana War Mothers, resigned last...
Mar 27, 2023
Big Money League Guided By Caution
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, March 21, 1923: Members of the Big Money League direct elaborate bootlegging operations for...
Mar 21, 2023
Three Men to Watch Each West Side Block
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, March 13, 1923: The West Indianapolis Civic League for the Enforcement of Law West of White River...
Mar 13, 2023
Actress Collapses in City Court Trial
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 8, 1923: The city court trial of Jessie McDonald, a Chicago chorus girl, charged with public...
Mar 7, 2023
Graves of City's Founders May be Terminal Site
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, February 26, 1923: “I’m the last member of the Nowland family, and I certainly do regret to see the...
Feb 26, 2023
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