March 9, 1931
After blowing incessantly for more than 60 hours the wind abated early today bringing an end to the blizzard that had raged over the weekend. The sun appeared a dazzling brightness against the whiteness of the new snow that fell during the storm. Drifts in many parts of the city are said to be higher than in 20 years. In lots of places the snow is banked to second story windows and over the tops of small trees. Many houses in exposed locations are in saucers with snowbanks on all sides as the wind swirled the snow about and packed it in peculiar formations. With the wind quieted the work of digging out got under way. Householders wielded shovels to tunnel between their homes and the sidewalks. The city plows made a valiant effort to clear walks this morning, but in most cases the snow was so deep the plows merely scraped the top off. Stronger equipment will be used when there is no danger of re-drifting. One of the effects of the storm will be greatly beneficial. It wi
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Dec. 21, 1920
Mrs. J. Journeau was bound over to the January term of Circuit Court under $500 bonds this morning on a local option charge following an examination in Recorderâs Court before E.J. Millington. Chief Ernest Harris was the only witness for the people. He testified that he swore out a search warrant and found liquor on the Journeau premises Dec. 14. John Mack and Al Smith accompanied him, he said, and found a gallon jug of homemade whisky under Mrs. Journeauâs skirts in a room just back of her soft drink and tobacco store at 401 N. Mitchell St. There was two inches of the same kind of hootch in a quart bottle full of some other kind of whiskey in a bread box in the store. The defense tried to establish that all the liquor was in a dwelling but Prosecutor W.H. Yearnd brought out that this was not the fact. It was also testified that Mrs. Journeau had had roomers which indicated that there might be some difficulty in establishing that the rooms back of the store,