Looking Back: Santa Clara Headlines From September 25

100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (September 26, 1919)

Traffic Laws are Rigidly Enforced: Speed Signs Now in Place: Speed Limit is 15 Miles
Sheriff Lyle Goes After Bank Thugs: Mark Monroe Alias Mark Thornton Faces Robbery Charges Brought by H.L. Warburton
Soldiers Join New American Legion Branch Serving San Jose and Santa Clara
High Prices to get Jolt Soon Says Herbert Hoover Who has Returned to Palo Alto After Serving as U.S. Food Administrator
Window Glass Company Seeks Factory Site: In Touch with Chamber of Commerce
Milk Given to Students in County: California Dairy Council to Conduct Survey Through-out State
Pratt-Low Preserving Company to Build Branch Plant in Redwood City
Governor William Stephens May Aid California Forest Drama: Plans for California State Forest Play: ‘The Soul of Sequoia’
Bank of Italy Enters Foreign Trade Field
Pioneer Day Observed by Santa Clara Woman’s Club: Honorees Tell Very Interesting Tales of Early Days of California

50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal & News (September 24, 1969)

Mayor’s Ball Kicks-off 24th Annual Festival Days Celebration: Ball to Benefit Triton Museum, Santa Clara Players, Santa Clara Chorale, and Santa Clara Philharmonic
City Council Nixes Rezoning Request for Granada at Flora Vista Parcel: Request to Rezone from Agricultural Land to Apartment Zoning Turned Down
Peppertree Homeowners Picket: Object to Rezoning of Nearby Land from Single Family Residential to Apartment Zoning
2-Acre Parcel on Agnew Road Selected for Proposed Agnew Park Site
William Ward Quits Sprinkler Project He Volunteered to Put in on Triton Museum Grounds: Says City Failed to Get Him Materials Needed to Carry Project Forward
Stanford Professor, Dr. William Odell, to Assist SCUSD in Screening Candidates for New Superintendent: Need to Find Replacement for Retiring Supt. Lawrence Curtis
Pros and Cons of Sex Education in Public Schools to be Topic of Fall Meeting of Santa Clara County Motion Picture and Television Council