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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


Miss Oberholtzer Dies; Coroner Asks Autopsy
From The Indianapolis News , Tuesday, April 14, 1925:Â 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:Â 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:Â Because of promises by Republican political boss D. C. Stephenson, Indiana...
Feb 27


Hooded Klansmen Hold Big Parade Despite Weather
From The Indianapolis Star , Sunday, December 7, 1924:Â Cool temperatures and damp streets did not keep Ku Klux Klan members from...
Dec 7, 2024


The Election - The Klan - The Future
From The Indianapolis Times , Friday, November 7, 1924:Â Republican Ed Jackson, Ku Klux Klan candidate for governor, has been elected...
Nov 7, 2024


Throng Watches Klansmen March Through Streets
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, May 25, 1924:Â An orderly procession of white robed and masked Ku Klux Klanmen, led by 100 robed and...
May 25, 2024


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


Nomination of Jackson is Assured
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 7, 1924: Yesterday’s primary election demonstrated the Ku Klux Klan’s ability to become a...
May 7, 2024


Federal Control of Schools Urge by Wizard of Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 14, 1924:Â Before a crowded Cadle Tabernacle last night, Hiram Evans, Ku Klux Klan...
Feb 14, 2024
No Room for Klan in U.S., Says Judge
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, January 10, 1923: “I don’t think there’s a place in the American republic for such organizations...
Jan 10, 2024
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