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50 YEARS AGO
53 indictments returned here by grand jury
The Colorado County grand jury Tuesday returned 53 indictments, including nine in connection with the Loessin Implement Co. Burglaries.
Among the indictments returned in the Loessin case was one naming a Houston private investigative firm, Smith Protective Services, Inc.
Police report 2 accidents on city’s streets Columbus police investigated two traffic accidents during the past week.
Jenaro Lee Rios of Columbus was the driver of a car that collided with another car on Prairie and Dewees Monday.
75 YEARS AGO
Gerald Bell wounded in South Korea Word has been received here that Marine Sgt. Gerald Bell, a Columbus High School graduate and a tackle on the 1957 football team has been wounded in the fighting in South Korea.
District court Fall term to be opened Monday Judge Lester Holt is schedule to open th fall term of district court here Monday at 10 a.m. and swear int he 12-man grand jury from 16 veniremen notified to be present at that time.
The Labor Day holiday will not interfere with court.
100 YEARS AGO
Ford announces change in body type Body changes and chassis refinement more pronounced than any made since the adoption of the model T chassis had announced here today by the Ford Motor Company. There will be no advance in price, it was stated.
Moulton battles Columbus to a draw Moulton kept its promise of giving the locals a real ball games Sunday when the visitors forced to the lead int he sixth by scoring two runs on singles by Krause and Greer and a double by Fehrenkamp, while Daddy Greer pitched shutout ball until the ninth.
125 YEARS AGO
Clippings from state exchanges Cameron Herald: A good deal of cotton comes to the Cameron gins. Loaded wagons are standing on the yards nearly all the time.
Herald: The stock of old corn is not yet exhausted, and the new crop this year is very good.
Essential to success In showing that judicious newspaper advertising is one of the strongest aids in building up a lucrative business, the Baltimore Herald quotes the testimony of a Chicago paper, which stated not long ago that one dry good rim had paid $79,215 for advertising during the year ending the 30th of April.
