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MCHS
THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1924
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Feb 18, 2024
Petition Opposes New High School
From The Indianapolis Times, Monday, February 18, 1924: A suit seeking to prevent the Indianapolis board of school commissioners from...
Feb 14, 2024
Federal Control of Schools Urge by Wizard of Klan
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, February 14, 1924: Before a crowded Cadle Tabernacle last night, Hiram Evans, Ku Klux Klan...
Jan 12, 2024
Special Warning Signs Placed Near Portable School Building
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, January 12, 1924: “SCHOOL ZONE – DON’T KILL A CHILD” proclaims special warning signs placed by the...
Sep 25, 2023
Health Board Gets Charge in School
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, September 26, 1923: The Indianapolis board of school commissioners transferred nutrition work in...
Sep 10, 2023
Boy and Girl Cops to Direct Traffic
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, September 11, 1923: Police officers from the traffic accident prevention bureau will organize...
Mar 4, 2021
Step to Acquire Property Taken
From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, March 4, 1921: Yesterday, the board of park commissioners took the first legal step in the program...
Jan 12, 2021
Woman Heads School Board
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, January 12, 1921: Mrs. Julia Belle Tutewiler has the distinction of being the first woman to...
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