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Traffic, Crime, and Crises in 1926 | St. Louis News
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In August 1926, headlines screamed of tragedy—eleven drowned in a Lake Erie wave, seven kids killed by cars in nine days. Amid the chaos, President Coolidge and Mexican President Calles dialed each other about a church crisis, while boxing legend Jack Dempsey was denied a license to fight Gene Tunney. Local drama flared too: two towns clashed over a coke plant, and a cop was busted stealing $1,000 from an arrested beggar. Yet beneath the headlines, a deeper truth emerged: motor vehicle deaths have climbed for over a century, once seen as the price of progress—not just speed, but safety. The human cost? Timeless.
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