Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1917:
A.B. Musselman, of the Chester Steam Laundry, notified police headquarters that machinery to the value of $300 was removed from the stone yard at Twelfth and Welsh streets early yesterday. Among the articles reported missing is one Worthington pump with a 1-inch driving belt. A description of the stolen good was furnished all junk dealers in order to apprehend the thieves, if any attempt is made to dispose of the pump.
75 Years Ago – 1942:
New York’s “Little Flower,” Mayor Firoello H. LaGuardia, will address the opening luncheon of this year’s Community Fund and War Chest campaign on Oct. 26. Aggressive and belligerent, the boss of Gotham has made a host of friends, and probably just as many enemies, since becoming the chief executive of the metropolis in 1934. Chester Mayor Clifford H. Peoples and Shaeffer M. Glauser, executive director of the Community Fund, recently inducted him to visit the city.
50 Years Ago – 1967:
Someone told Johnny Unitas he had completed passes for more than 17 miles. “Is that so?” said the all-time great quarterback of the Baltimore Colts after he had passed his team to a 38-6 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. “I guess I’m due for a 17mile checkup,” he jested. Unstoppable when he finds a weakness in the defense, Unitas found a glaring one in Eagles cornerback Aaron Martin.
25 Years Ago – 1992:
The furious two-alarm fire that gutted the Honeybaked Ham Co. yesterday likely began when a propane tank a store employee used to torch bees in a rear dumpster ignited inside the popular gourmet meats store on Baltimore Pike in Springfield. The fire began about 3:05 p.m. in the back of the ham store – the left-end unit at Cutler’s Shopping Center – and quickly consumed the entire building. “This was a great store in a great community. I’m really sorry to lose this one,’ said Ed Sharr, Honeybaked general manager.
10 Years Ago – 2007:
A water main break Monday evening caused Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital officials to divert emergency room patients to other facilities until crews could stop the water from leaking through ceiling tiles. The main lobby was closed off, where it appeared most of the water had leaked. The reception desk was draped with a tarp and trash receptacles were strategically placed beneath tiles that had been removed from the ceiling.