The Way It Was

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

100 years ago

Mr. George K. Babcock was thrown from a wagon and severely bruised. He applied Chamberlin's Pain Balm freely and says it is the best liniment he ever used.

75 years ago

State Highway Commissioner J.R. Davis reports the contract for the grading and covering with chat state highway No. 54 from Deerfield west to the Kansas line has been awarded to Contractor J.M. Roark. The distance covered by this contract is 4.4 miles.

50 years ago

AD -- Seven piece outfit" giant 36"x72" table, 6 heavy chrome chairs. This is the dinette buy of a lifetime. For the first time Ellis' are offering a giant 72" table and 6 heavily padded chrome chairs at the unbelievably low price of 99.95. This is a price normally found on smaller tables with only 4 chairs.

--Compiled by Nick Wright

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