50 years ago: Powdered sugar coats Bloomington's west side after derailment

How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. 100 years ago Sept...

September 16, 2023
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region. 100 years ago Sept. 13, 1923: A permanent organization known as the Municipal Uniform Traffic League of Illinois, with Major Frank Shorthose of Bloomington as president and H.J. Hudson, secretary of the Bloomington Association of Commerce, as secretary, was formed in Peoria yesterday as the outcome of the first conference on traffic regulations. 75 years ago Sept. 13, 1948: Two Illinois women were declared winners in a 1,050-mile elapsed time race staged in connection with the World Air Show.

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