Paula Dunn

Early in the morning of July 3, 1925, a critically injured young woman was found lying beside the Nickel Plate railroad tracks, just south of the intersection of 62nd Street and Allisonville Road (“the Allisonville road” in those days.) The “handsome” and “unusually well dressed” woman was still clinging to life when the crew of…

In case you haven’t noticed, it’s HOT! We’re fortunate In this day and age. We can expect to be greeted by a blast of cool — if not downright frigid — air pretty much any time we enter a building on a blazing hot summer day. That, however, has only come about during my lifetime.…

From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Remember when David Sutton brought up Phil Donahue and his wife, Marlo Thomas, visiting Wheeler’s Restaurant on their way to the wedding of Ryan White’s mother, Jeanne? After David located the Nov. 28, 1992 Indianapolis Star article that was the source of his story, it struck me that…

Normally when I do a reader column, I have comments from several people, but David Sutton sent an email that was so full of interesting details, it easily filled an entire column by itself. David began by referring to my recent stories of celebrity visits — and alleged visits — to Hamilton County. He brought…

From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn OK, I have to confess — I had another subject in mind for this week’s column, but while I was working on it, I realized I was going to need more research time than I had available. So, I shifted gears and pulled out some of the funny…

Writing about the woman who created a stir by being mistaken for Carrie Nation started me thinking about all the famous people who actually HAVE set foot in Hamilton County. I’ve covered some of the most obvious ones — presidents, movie stars, etc. — but I’ve also run across several whose connections to Hamilton County…

From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn This week’s reader column actually grew out of comments I received about the previous reader column. After the subject of the old Strawtown restaurant, the Trading Post, came up, Jeanne Flanders reminisced about her family enjoying their 1963 Easter dinner there. While Jeanne didn’t mention attending any of…

From Time to Thyme By Paula Dunn Some headlines in the old newspapers just beg to be investigated. Take this one in the July 26, 1906 Hamilton County Times — “Kansas Smasher May Be Sojourning Here — Is Hard To Locate.” “Kansas Smasher?” How could I ignore that? According to the rather lengthy article, a…