Poor Streets Stir Council
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, July 8, 1919: Indianapolis city councilor Jacob Brown last night demanded the City Council take immediate action on several street improvements. He said because of poor street pavements a funeral could not pass over either Washington or Noble (College Av) Streets without disturbing the corpse to such an extent that it was necessary upon arrival at the cemetery to rearrange it. The board of public works will be responsible for resurfacin