This week 125 years ago, the Chico Weekly Enterprise reported on a young man who checked into the Union Hotel claiming he had just been robbed at Marysville, and that he would send to his wealthy Missouri father "for a fresh supply of the 'needful.'"
Headlines up to 150 years ago this week include: Noise law generates some heat, Severe Winds Create Most Glenn Damages, Rezoning OK'd For Broadway, Salem Streets, Almond Market Extended by Packed Products, That Salmon Law, and Chico Past And Present.