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1909
From Bloomingpedia
| Years: | 1906 1907 1908 – 1909 – 1910 1911 1912 |
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Significant events from 1909.
January
- Work begins on Weimer Dam. The city planned a new reservoir to replace the picnic grounds there.
February
March
April
- Lester Smith is named superintendent of Bloomington schools.
May
- 25th - Under the Indiana County Option law, Monroe County voters prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
- Arthur R. Metz graduates with the rest of the Indiana University class of 1909
June
July
- 18th - Sonny Meadows is arrested for running a blind tiger near Unionville. Officers raid his cabin, a mile from the road in a dark hollow, and find beer under the house and in a nearby spring.
August
September
October
November
December
- Taylor Shields sells a 178-acre farm in Salt Creek Township to a man named Shaw of Jackson county for $5,000.
