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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1925
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
Compiled by Steve Barnett
Ads & Illustrations clipped by Carl Bates
Orbison New Klaliff of Klan Organization
From The Indianapolis News , Monday, January 25, 1926: Indianapolis attorney Charles Orbison was appointed imperial klaliff (vice president) of the Ku Klux Klan national organization by imperial wizard Hiram Evans at a Hotel Lincoln banquet attended by 300 Indiana Klansman yesterday evening. Orbison will receive an annual salary of $12,000 ( 2024 : $217,000). He succeeds local attorney Walter Bossert who had relinquished the office as well as the position of Indiana gran
Jan 25
Board of Works Bars Klan from Tomlinson Hall
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, March 16, 1922: Yesterday, the Indianapolis board of public works rescinded its earlier action...
Mar 15, 2022
Many Veterans to Participate in Bonus Move
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, March 1, 1922: As part of a nation-wide movement to force Congress to pass the bonus bill,...
Mar 1, 2022


Death-Knell of Doo-Dad Sounded by Ross Crane
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 4, 1921: The “doo-dad” is the curse of the modern American home,” declared Ross Crane of the...
May 3, 2021


Works Board Acts on Propaganda Meetings
From The Indianapolis News, Friday, March 7, 1921: The Indianapolis board of public works announced today that no group would be...
Mar 7, 2021
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