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1998 – 25 years ago
- The film “Titanic” captured four Golden Globe awards, including best drama and director. The movie will be a favorite at the upcoming Academy Awards in March. (The film was nominated for 14 Oscars and won 11.)
- The 44th annual Eagles Cancer Telethon turned out to be the best in terms of contributions. The total contributions are expected to exceed $400,000.
A special order and compliments of Mamie Eisenhower added to Newton Holland's success story.
Columnist Steve Lange looks back at 20 years of area police blotter reports.
1973 – 50 years ago
- Richard Gosse, a procurement assistant at IBM, was elected president of the IBM Club in 1973.
- Clint Eastwood is now the No. 1 box-office attraction displacing the long-time king, John Wayne. In 1972 Eastwood starred in three popular films, “Play Misty for Me,” “Dirty Harry,” and “Joe Kidd.”
- The Rochester Western Union office will close this week. The closing will soon lead to the end of the familiar yellow message that Western Union has delivered for decades.
1948 – 75 years ago
- Representative Richard Nixon (R-Cal.), on the committee on un-American activities, will give the country an update with a speech this evening on KWNO radio.
- Jim McIntyre, Minnesota’s six-foot, nine-inch center, leads the Big Nine Conference in scoring at this point with a 24-point-per-game average.
1923 – 100 years ago
- A rail car of Gold Medal flour will soon arrive in St. Charles. Leave your orders with Farmers Elevator Company. All sacks are guaranteed.
- The sermon this Sunday by Pastor Herrmann at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in Lewiston is entitled “True Reasons Why None Can Afford Not to Be a Member of the Church.”
- At the G. H. Willis store in Eyota, peanut butter is 25 cents a lb., a package of cornflakes is 13 cents, and a loaf of bread is 10 cents.
