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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
Remy to Bring Suit to Close Garden Resort
From The Indianapolis Times , Monday, September 22, 1924: Early Sunday morning, federal prohibition agents and Marion County sheriff...
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