Past Tense | Community | themountainmail.com
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 ...
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