Good Old Days: Nov. 8, 2018

8 years ago

The Commoner, Oct. 27, 1893

In one of the windows of Manning & Ewarts grocery store is exhibited a box of grapes, samples from the vineyard of Henry Fowler, eleven miles west of Colfax. The varieties shown are Moore's Early and Warden, and the samples are very tempting and more beautiful than one commonly sees in the market.

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Burglars attempted to blow up the post office safe Sunday night. They first broke into Charles Hoeck's blacksmith shop and secured some drills. The safe is close alongside the wall which divides the post office from the drug store. It was drilled in four...