The Way It Was

100 years ago:

Lumber fight at El Dorado Springs

El Dorado Springs is having a lumber war, which is taking trade to that point and causing much comment in the papers of that town. According to the statements being published, an independent company is carrying one side of the fight against trust yards. The result is a big cut in the price of lumber and building materials. The Sun says that by this holy war on high prices, cedar shingles were reduced from $3.25 per thousand to $2.40; 2-by-4 dimension material from $2.15 per hundred to $1.50; plaster cement from 60 to 40 cents a sack, and the difference on the price of doors, windows and other material is even greater.

75 years ago:

Work started on Walker farm-to-market road

Work on the Walker farm-to-market road was begun last week, Contractor O.O. Fuller stated Wednesday morning and the work on the Moundville road will probably be started sometime next week. The Walker road will be two and one-half miles long and the Moundville road four and one-half miles.

50 years ago:

Class of 1933 holds reunion here Saturday

The Nevada High School class of 1933 held a reunion this weekend beginning with a Smorgasbord Saturday night at the Mitchell Hotel and ending with a family picnic Sunday afternoon at Marmaduke Park.