Looking Back Through the pages of the Wapakoneta Daily News
100 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 28, 1921
Merchants are preparing for the Harvest Sale and Mardi Gras today, Friday, and Saturday by decorating their stores and windows in the colors of autumn. Each establishment is a
bower of beauty and fragrance with the natural decorative material and products of the season. No more elaborate efforts were ever made to entertain a big host of people than the merchants have made to provide suitable atmosphere for the three-day sales event and civic social function the last three days of the week. The artistry is well thought out and would do
credit to even the most proficient decorators, The business people have gone to a big expense to supply these settings. Many of the stores are
offering extra special bargains in limited lots and prices that are ridiculously low, in fact the prices merchants are asking for them is equivalent to giving them away. Inasmuch as local authorities have clamped the lid on Hallowe-en
celebration by youngsters which tends toward destruction of property, an opportunity is presented the young people to enjoy Thursday evening’s Mardi Gras with the older people. The lid is off for Thursday insofar as hearty and
harmless fun is concerned. The merry makers are expected to observe the law, but they can have all the fun they desire.
TO OUR VISITORS while in Wapakoneta for the Big Harvest Sale and Mardi Gras, You will be welcomed at the Favorite Restaurant.
Good Home-cooked meals—home-made pies-good meats and sandwiches. We also serve a 20 cent Plate Lunch. Give Us a Trial. The Favorite Restaurant
The H.W. Taeusch & Sons Co. Today, Friday, and Saturday. We will have all kinds of
bargains too numerous to mention. EXTRA FINE OYSTERS IN PINTS OR QTS. A good rubber BALLOON with every purchase of 2 pounds fresh oil cooked salted peanuts for 25
cents. Lock Two, Gold Lace, Botkins, White Foam Flour at 95 cents the sack and a balloon for the kiddies. All kinds of fresh vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Come and See Us.
Mardi Gras Specials! Today, Friday, and Saturday. Fresh Sausage, 20 cents/lb. Fresh Ham Roast, 20 cents/lb. Veal Chops, 23 cent/ lb. Swift’s Premium Oleo, 30 cents/lb. This is
colored and ready for use. All our fresh meats and sausage furnished by Carl Distelrath. A trial order from you will be satisfactory to all of
us. Willipie St. Market, formerly Sanitary Meat Market. 12 Willipie St, Phone Main 1437.
75 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 28, 1946
Union Center Grange of Uniopolis will hold a Halloween Mardi Gras at the opening meeting tonight. Public is invited to attend for an evening of fun. Prizes will be given for the
best costumes and members and guests are requested to mask or pay a fine. Lunch committee suggests that members and guests bring one covered dish or pumpkin pie, corn bread or cooked soup beans. Other refreshments will be
on hand.
50 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 28, 1971
Visit Our Tap Room. Ruby’s back Tuesday and Saturday Nite. Friday and Saturday Nite
Special: mug beer and pitcher beer. You all Come Here! Our Specialty—home-cooked
Meals. Ray’s Rest. & Tap Room, Wood St.
Koneta Krisp Fried Chicken—new taste sensation! Our own exclusive recipe. Ask for it by name… Koneta Krisp, available only at the Hub. The Hub Room, Wapak Truck Plaza
25 YEARS AGO, OCTOBER 28, 1996
Orville Shoup, 69, 205 W. Main Street, died October 26. Mr. Shoup owned and operated Shoup’s Short Stop Market, for 10 years until 1977. He retired from Ametek Westchester Plastics in 1994. A recipient of the Purple Herat,
he was a sergeant with the U.S. Army during World War II and Korea.
Margaret Blackburn, 85, of Mudsock Road, died October 27. She had worked as a beautician for 45 years in the Wapakoneta and Elmview area.