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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


Stephenson Wins State Evidence
From The Indianapolis Times , Tuesday, June 16, 1925: A copy of the dying declaration of Madge Oberholtzer, for whose murder former...
Jun 16
Stephenson Trial Set June 2
From The Indianapolis Times , Friday, May 15, 1925: D. C. Stephenson, Earl Gentry, and Earl Klinck will go on trial in Marion County...
May 15


Miss Oberholtzer Dies; Coroner Asks Autopsy
From The Indianapolis News , Tuesday, April 14, 1925: Madge Oberholtzer died this morning at her Irvington home, 5802 University Av,...
Apr 14
D. C. Stephenson Under Indictment
From The Indianapolis News , Friday, April 3, 1925: Former Indiana Grand Dragon D. C. Stephenson was arrested today on five charges in...
Apr 3


D.C. Stephenson Behind Move Which Brought 15 Absent Senators Back
From The Indianapolis Times , Friday, February 27, 1925: Because of promises by Republican political boss D. C. Stephenson, Indiana...
Feb 27


Stephenson Heads Defiant Klansmen
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 13, 1924: Ku Klux Klan representatives from ninety-one Indiana county Klan councils, meeting...
May 13, 2024


Ex-Grand Dragon Buys Home Here
From The Indianapolis Star, Friday, November 9, 1923: D. C. Stephenson, known as “Steve” or the “Old Man,” who recently resigned as Ku...
Nov 8, 2023
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