1923 | MCHS Current 3/4

THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

May 27, 2023

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 11, 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 3, 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...

Apr 10, 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 2, 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...

Mar 27, 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 21, 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 13, 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 7, 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...

Feb 26, 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...