History

By CONNIE ZEIGLER / Contributing editor The following report quotes historic sources which may use terms considered offensive today. For accuracy these quotes were not altered. For almost six years, …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER, Contributing editor In 1900, August Wacker filed a court case against his wife, Louise, in Marion Circuit Court requesting that, because his wife was insane, the court …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER, Contributing editor In March 1903 the Indianapolis Journal reported the “pathetic circumstances” of a man named August Wacker, who was seeking a judgement by the Circuit Court …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER, Contributing editor It’s almost time for Thanksgiving. As we celebrate the holiday we become part of an ancient tradition. Long before Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national …

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The following story was published in the August 2021 print issue of Urban Times By CONNIE ZEIGLER Contributing editor Over the years, Indianapolis has been infatuated with Oscar Wilde. For …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER Contributing editor It really did happen one certain day. Seventy thousand people came to Downtown Indianapolis to be part of an event that wasn’t sports-related. No movie …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER Contributing editor In July 1922, Indianapolis reached a new high-water mark in its display of residents’ refinement and breeding. The event that demonstrated this watershed moment was …

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By CONNIE ZEIGLER Contributing editor Indianapolis movie and theater actress, television host, interior decorator and shopkeeper, Frances Farmer, is known today – if she is remembered at all – for …

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By Connie Zeigler Contributing editor Did you know that Bruce Rogers, considered the modern world’s most important book designer – whose most-admired work, the Oxford Lectern Bible, is protected behind …

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