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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS

1923

news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago

Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates

Big Crowds Attends Fair as Sun Shines

Sep 6

Big Crowds Attends Fair as Sun Shines

From The Indianapolis Times, Friday, September 7, 1923: The Ku Klux Klan unofficially declared today “Klan Day” at the Indiana State...

'Cu Clux' Stirs War Mothers

Mar 26

'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...

Klan is Denounced as a Menace to Liberty

Jan 26

Klan is Denounced as a Menace to Liberty

From The Indianapolis News, Friday, January 26, 1923: A resolution condemning the Ku Klux Klan was adopted yesterday by the council of...

Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits Active Work in Indianapolis

Mar 30, 2021

Ku Klux Klan Leader Admits Active Work in Indianapolis

From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 31, 1921: Organizers for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have been working several weeks in...

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