Headlines in History 1925: Seething flames and rolling smoke added to 'Dante's Inferno'
What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
Jan. 8, 1906: “Never before in the history of Elkhart was the lid on so tight as yesterday. It was absolutely impossible to get a drink at any of the Main street saloons, and those who sought the back doors of the heretofore favored places were turned away disappointed.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 9, 1918: “Bakers who insist that they are privileged to charge more than eight or eight and one-half cents per loaf for bread, under the regulations of the federal food administration, will be required to furnish facts in addition to a mere statement, if they are to be permitted to continue business under license.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 10, 1925: “The seething flames of hell, the weird volumes of rolling smoke and vapors, the effect of sepulchres heated white hot, which forms never-to-be-forgotten scenes in the productions of ‘Dante’s Inferno’ which ends its week engagement at the Oliver theater to-night, were obtained by secret methods evolved by Henry Otto, the director, and a corps of chemists and pyrotechnical experts sent to Hollywood by Mr. Fox to assist in making this remarkable picture.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 11, 1938: “Telescopes of St. Joseph Valley Astronomers are idle as bad weather wrecks one observation party after another. Outdoor meetings have been canceled last month and Monday night, a special study of the moon through a 10-inch reflecting telescope was voided by clouds.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 12, 1946: “New discoveries in treatment of injuries will be taught here in a refresher course for instructors, to be given next week by the St. Joseph county chapter, American Red Cross, in its division of first aid and water safety.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 13, 1958: “More than 1,000 Boy Scouts and about 2,000 spectators were on hand Sunday at the five locations in South Bend-Mishawaka area for the ninth annual Tri-Valley Council’s Klondike Derby.” — The South Bend Tribune
Jan. 14, 1965: “The proposal to establish a junior college system separate from state universities failed to gain a single signature of support Wednesday night from members of the South Bend branch of the American Assn. of University Women. In contrast, 36 AAUW members, many of them school teachers, signed a paper endorsing the proposed expansion of the South Bend-Mishawaka campus of Indiana University to a four-year, degree-granting institution.” — The South Bend Tribune
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