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150 years ago
“Exporting ice” — Trufant has been shipping ice from Muskelunge Lake to Cincinnati. A train of twenty cars a day carries this northern product to a southern market.
“Briefly” — C.C. Merritt has written to the State Fish Commissioner for whitefish fry with which to stock Baldwin and Fatal lakes. • L. Hansen has been appointed postmaster at Gowen, where he has a store. • Thirteen teachers in our city schools took tea at the Congregational parsonage last evening.
“Catholic church to be built” — A movement is on foot to build a Roman Catholic church in this city. A site on the Edwards, Ellsworth & Lewis Addition, on Washington Street east, has been donated and a subscription paper is in circulation.
— Greenville Independent
100 years ago
“Fire at Trufant wipes out two businesses” — Fire, which is thought to have started from chimney sparks, broke out early Saturday morning, completely destroying the business blocks occupied by Paulsen Bros.’ general store and the N. Peter Nielsen implement store. The blaze was discovered by guests at a dance given by the Danish Brotherhood when they were leaving for their homes about one thirty in the morning. Scores of volunteer firemen worked for hours trying to save nearby property and doing what they could to stop the blaze. It was impossible to do much, however, and the two structures are practically in complete ruins.
“Local men buy Roenigk business” — The Cigar Store, which for the past twenty years has been operated by L.H. Roenigk & Co., will open Thursday morning under the management of Robert H. Edsall and H.C. Decker, the ownership having changed hands Monday, March 10. L.H. Roenigk, the genial proprietor of this establishment which for so many years has been an institution in local business circles, will be missed among the local Greenville business friends. It is his intention upon leaving the business to take an extended vacation.
— Greenville Independent
75 years ago
“Gibson changes assembly schedule to one-shift-a-day” — Assembly schedules at the Gibson Refrigerator Company are being changed to a one-shift-a-day basis, according to L.W. Hamper, executive vice president of the company. Despite the curtailment, more than 1575 production workers, not including the office force, will still be employed at the Gibson plants. This is considerably above the pre-war employment level. Hamper pointed out that Gibson’s current production pace is more than twice the pre-war rate.
“Edmore school paper honored” — Competing with other school publications in a nationwide contest, sponsored by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, “The Inkspot,” the newspaper published by students of Edmore Rural Agricultural School, took second place in New York. The announcement of winners marked the high spot of the three-day convention that has attracted over 3500 budding journalists from all parts of the country. The Edmore school publication competed in the division for duplicated newspapers of senior high schools of less than 300 pupils.
— Greenville Daily News
