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Everything seemed new and exciting in the 1920s. Change often meant progress, including improvements in daily life. Many Hoosiers now had radios, flush toilets, cars, telephones, sewing machines and fancy stores jammed with enticing goods. But the changes also threatened traditional ways. The “Roaring 20s” followed a decade of contradictions, beginning with a golden age […]https://indianahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/open_graphIHS.jpg1200630