Days Gone By
100 YEARS AGO, 1924 » Slot machines are credited with a double break Saturday night. A Hayes Street man first went “broke” and when his wife learned of this sad news, his home was broken up. A Store on West Second Street near Highland Avenue was the scene of the excitement. According to the man’s wife, he was paid $45 at the Viscose Company Friday and as was his usual customer, went to the store and put all the money in the quarter slot machine. Saturday, he borrowed $10 more dollars and was on his last few coins when his wife burst in. A cuspidor sailed through the air and collided with his head. He fled. The same missile traveled through a plate glass window, then the wife turned her attention to the slot machine and with a few neat strokes, it was rendered hors de combat.
75 YEARS AGO, 1949 »
Caught red-handed in a burglary at the Roxy Theatre, Fourth Street and Central Avenue, last midnight, a 26-year-old Byram Street man was held with bail for further investigation today by Magistrate R. Robinson Lowry. In a true fast-movie thriller, Officers James Ettner and Julius Constantine caught the man before he could get to work on the second floor office safe.
50 YEARS AGO, 1974
» From the AP —
Gov. Shapp, bristling over federal gasoline allocations, has threatened court action if Pennsylvania does not receive more gasoline by Tuesday. “I’m sick and tired of the runaround we get. Every time we talk to them (the Federal Energy Office), it is a different story,” Shapp charged Sunday.
25 YEARS AGO, 1999 » The battle between Darby Mayor Paula Brown and Council President Alfred Robinson Jr. has moved into cyberspace. Brown, who also happens to be the borough’s Democratic Party chairperson, set up a web page about a year and a half ago. Robinson, the co-chairman of the Democrats United for Change, had his page created a few months ago. Both political web pages feature useful facts about the borough, such as job opportunities for residents and information about the revitalization project. But both Robinson and Brown have taken shots at each other’s political factions, too.
10 YEARS AGO, 2014 » As luck would have it, Nether Providence Township is going to share in a small chunk of the tax dollars derived by the county from Harrah’s Philadelphia. Commissioners President Nate Much announced on Thursday that the county had decided to award $30,000 from the gaming revenues to Nether Providence, to go toward a new police sport utility vehicle.