LAFAYETTE, Ind. – January 10, 1925. While the Engineering Experimental Station at Purdue University was busy harnessing the power of the thunderbolt, a group of youths in the city was busy pilfering from the community. But it was the innovators at Purdue who truly electrified the nation with their groundbreaking research.
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Key Facts
- State: Indiana
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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