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Domestic News
September 9, 1918
Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
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In an unnamed city, automobile drivers largely complied with a Sunday driving ban, resulting in fewer than 200 vehicles observed, mostly exempted; streets were quiet, with crowds heading to the fair grounds instead.
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AUTO DRIVERS HEED SUNDAY BAN
Automobiles drivers heeded the request for no Sunday riding and in all there was less than 200 names taken in the city, including out of town cars. The streets were almost deserted during the day of automobiles, and occasionally there was a team riding by to or from the fair grounds. The greater part of the crowd which usually hangs around on the street Sundays made their way to the grounds and passed the day there.
Officers had their books during the day and although the exact number was not known last evening, it was estimated that there was less than two hundred cars which passed through the city during the day, including the doctors, business men and necessary driving which had been exempted.
Automobiles drivers heeded the request for no Sunday riding and in all there was less than 200 names taken in the city, including out of town cars. The streets were almost deserted during the day of automobiles, and occasionally there was a team riding by to or from the fair grounds. The greater part of the crowd which usually hangs around on the street Sundays made their way to the grounds and passed the day there.
Officers had their books during the day and although the exact number was not known last evening, it was estimated that there was less than two hundred cars which passed through the city during the day, including the doctors, business men and necessary driving which had been exempted.
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Transportation
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Sunday Driving Ban
Automobile Observance
City Traffic Restriction
Domestic News Details
Event Date
Sunday
Outcome
less than 200 names taken, including out of town cars; streets almost deserted of automobiles
Event Details
Automobile drivers heeded the request for no Sunday riding; officers monitored and estimated fewer than 200 cars passed through the city, including exempted doctors, business men, and necessary driving; crowd usually on streets went to fair grounds