Bemidji saw some hard times in the decade preceding the 1920s. Saloons were closed, sons and husbands went off to war, and the Spanish Influenza epidemic closed schools and businesses for seven weeks. Major fires took down many of the frame buildings on Second and Third Street, and the city was left with a lot of empty real estate. Many thought that when the saloons closed due to Prohibition, the town would die.
On the contrary, Walter Brooks, banker, reported that savings went up substantially, and money was more available than ever. A local building boom started in 1921 and held up through the 1920s until the collapse of the financial world on Black Friday in 1929.
Changes to Nottinghamshire polling stations for May elections to avoid school closures nottinghampost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nottinghampost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anne Martin
Wicked Local
Hingham’s Yesterdays, 75 years ago from the files of the Hingham Journal for the first week in March as compiled by Anne Martin.
1945
One of the most successful and pleasurable Ladies’ nights held by the Hingham Rotary Club took place last Thursday evening at the Central Fire Station, upon the invitation of Chief Albert Kimball of the Fire Department. Over 80 attended the affair, including District Governor Howard B. Peck of Fall River, and Mrs. Peck. A lobster dinner, augmented with cold cuts and chicken salads, was furnished by Dora Ferguson, caterers. Music was furnished by Mrs. Vivian Mulvey, accordionist, and Mrs. Richard Woorf, pianist, Marshfield, Mass. The entertainment was furnished by Sherman Woodfall of Hingham, who showed the colored sound pictures of his 14,000-mile trip in the small yacht “Violta” made four years ago. He and his brother Russell, who was killed in Panama two years ago, built the boat in the back yard of their home i
保定教师40幅古建筑系列手绘定格古城风韵 bd.hebnews.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bd.hebnews.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.