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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


Dry Workers Help to Destroy Liquor Here Valued at $15,000
From The Indianapolis Star , Saturday, August 1, 1925:Â More than $15,000 ( 2024 :Â $273,986) worth of liquor was destroyed yesterday...
Aug 1
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


Visions of Dog 'Mule' Sniffers if Mayor's Plan Materializes
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, January 10, 1923: Mayor Lew Shank proposes acquiring two or more German police dogs, direct from...
Jan 10, 2023


Hotel Men Seeking Way to Stop Use of Search Warrants
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, January 24, 1921: Indianapolis hotel managers are seeking legal methods to protect themselves and...
Jan 24, 2021


Indianapolis Folk Will Jazz in New Year with Lid Tilted 'Just a Bit'
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, December 31, 1920: Dancing the old year out and ushering in the new one has been assured in...
Dec 31, 2020
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