140 years ago
The Mountain Mail, Dec. 11, 1880: Mr. Moll dropped a revolver in his store Wednesday and it âwent off.â
The ball passed through a partition in his store and tore into some packages of tobacco in his packing room.
Nobody was hurt.
100 years ago
The Salida Mail, Dec. 14, 1920: Society attended enmasse at the annual charity ball given by the Elks at their home Friday evening. Records of former years were broken and over 200 attended.
The beautiful home of the Elks was tastily decorated and brilliantly lighted but was made more beautiful and more brilliant by the presence of more than 100 of Salidaâs society ladies attired in gorgeous gowns of clever creation, which added to the charm of the wearer. Many out of town guests attended.
anarchists. right now protesters are trying to re-energize the occupy wall street movement with demonstrations around the world. they re called may day rallies and one is happening today in d.c. organizers are calling for strikes against work, banks or anything that promotes commerce. news4 s melissa malay is live with more. take a lack at this map, they re holding demonstrations in more than 120 city across the world, including here in d.c. protesters say this will be the most visible effort in the u.s. since occupy canvas came down in the fall this is the occupy movement s may day website that has been streaming video from sites. thousands of people are participating, they re calling these may day rallies part of a global general strike to protest unfair labor practices. and of course, rally for higher wages and more jobs. demonstration,s, strikes, and acts of civil disobedience are planned from l.a. to madrid. this was the scene in san francisco as protesters picketed.