Mayor Threatens Ride Behind Mules for All Offenders
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, December 7, 1922: There has been a noticeable decrease in motor car accidents as a result of the...
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THIS WEEK IN INDIANAPOLIS
1922
news stories & adverts from one hundred years ago
- Oct 31, 2022
Police Try Out Tower Control Traffic System
From The Indianapolis Times, Tuesday, October 31, 1922: This afternoon the traffic signal control system in the tower east of Meridian...
- Oct 18, 2021
Age Limit for Drivers of Autos Place at 17
From The Indianapolis News, Tuesday, October 18, 1921: The legal age limit for automobile drivers was raised from sixteen years to...
- Oct 11, 2021
City's Great Exposition of Industry Opens
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, October 11, 1921: The word “Go” flashed by a mammoth electric sign atop the Merchants National Bank...
- Oct 5, 2021
Board to Discharge the 'Flagging' of Cars
From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, October 5, 1921: The practice of school boys “flagging” passing automobiles for rides to and from...
- Feb 2, 2021
Light Air, Soot and Fog Cause 'Sky Darkness'"
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, February 2, 1921: A cold “sky blanket of darkness” draped over Indianapolis for most of yesterday....
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