Other Times
100 Years Ago – 1919: The Chester Times, having found that its rapid growth and steadily increasing advertising and circulation demanded increased press facilities, have recently installed in its pressroom a big, new 32-page press, built by R. Hoe & Co., world famous printing press manufacturers of New York City. This new machine enables the Times to be printed at a rate of 30,000 4-, 6-, 8-, 10-, 12-, 14- or 18-page papers and 15,000 20-, 24-, 28- and 32-page papers per hour, thus increasing the previous capacity of the Times more than 100 percent and enabling it to print a much larger paper at a higher rate of speed.
75 Years Ago – 1944: James A. Devine, of Highland Park, president of the Llanerch Country Club, has won a new trial in an order filed at Media by Judge Henry G. Sweney. Devine was convicted with several others last June on charges of purchasing whisky which had been stolen from a state liquor store in East Lansdowne. The club president contended that he was under the impression that the liquor was the surplus stock of a taproom that was closing.
50 Years Ago – 1969: A pair of teenagers playing in the woods along Township Line Road in Upper Chichester stumbled upon the body an 82-year-old Chester Township man missing since June 15. The body was discovered in dense underbrush about two blocks from the man’s home. City and state police conducted an intensive search for the man for two days after he was reported missing last June. Some 20 state and local patrol cars along with a helicopter were involved in the search for the retired carpenter.
25 Years Ago – 1994: A Lansdowne man charged with decking a musician outside an Upper Darby bar in July was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing in district court. The victim, a member of the featured band at the Speakeasy, 53Garrett Road, was carrying his guitar and a microphone out to the car and was allegedly hit in the jaw on the sidewalk by the 29-year-old. A female friend of the victim testified the man came out of the bar threatening everybody and hit the victim in the face.
10 Years Ago – 2009: Colwyn police are warning residents that a flimflam artist posing as an insurance adjuster has been contacting residents. He approached several homeowners, identifying himself as an insurance adjuster and said he specialized in leaky roofs.