The best cigars and Red Skelton at the Colony
The best cigars and Red Skelton at the Colony By Tim Colliver - tcolliver@aimmediamidwest.com Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from back in the day. This week in 1886, the Hillsborough Gazette reported that J.M. Jones had a small tobacco shop at 28 S. High St. in Hillsboro, and advertised he had “the best two-for-a-nickel cigars in town.” Next door at Quinn’s Drug Stor...
Source: timesgazette.com