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100 Years Ago – 1917: The “house inspector” who is reputed to have been working a successful confidence game in gaining entrance to residents in the upper section of the city, was taken into custody yesterday afternoon on East Eleventh Street by Patrolman Gordon. He is now occupying a cell in the city hall jail under $300 bail to await further hearing, when Chief of Police Vance will endeavor to show that the “house inspector” is among the band of housebreakers here.
75 Years Ago – 1942: A Baltimorean, who claimed he had gambled all his life and would continue to do so as long as he lived, was held under $1,500 bail this morning in police court by Magistrate R. Robinson Lowry after he was charged with having been the proprietor of a Three-Card Monte game on Saturday at Third and Hinkson streets. A 21-year-old man from Robinson Street, Manoa, who was arrested at the time, told the court he lost $40 to the Baltimorean. He was held under $100 bond as a material witness.
50 Years Ago – 1967: Michigan Gov. George W. Romney, mentioned prominently as a Republican presidential hopeful, will receive no welcome from the city or county GOP organizations when he visits here tonight and Thursday. That’s the way the governor wants it, county and city officials said today. Romney is visiting the nation’s poverty areas on what he calls a nonpolitical fact-finding tour.
25 Years Ago – 1992: Build homes, not bombs. No justice, no peace. And elect Democrats. These were the messages piped over the loudspeakers at Saturday’s homeless march and rally – a dizzying, day-long crusade that began with a protest vigil in front of Republican Congressman Curt Weldon’s Upper Darby office and ending with a rally on the steps of Chester City Hall. Along the way … there was rap music, a marching band, clowns, balloons and a dozen off-the-cuff speeches by Democrats and community activists calling for less military funding in the U.S. budget and more money for housing and social programs.
10 Years Ago – 2007: Chester residents will soon see another housing development sprouting up in the city at Third and Jeffrey streets, as city officials broke ground for the project last week. T.J. Properties Inc., a Philadelphia-based, minorityowned real estate firm, will construct the 26 single-family units. Slated for completion in fall of 2008, the houses will be energy efficient and located in a Keystone Opportunity Zone, making them exempt from local real estate taxes through 2013.