The way it was 7/11

100 Years Ago -- July 11, 1903

AROUND TOWN -- Crawford's Nevada band returned this morning from Pittsburg where they helped furnish the music for the big celebration arranged by the United Mine Worker's Association. John Mitchell spoke to an immense crowd in the afternoon. Nine bands were in the parade. A feature of the day was the contest in which six bands were entered. A band in Columbus, Kan., won the first prize. Second prize was won by a band in Fort Scott, Kansas, and third prize by a Nevada band. ITEMS -- Two boys named Harding were arrested today by Constable Taylor. They were charged with disturbing the peace at Lake Park Theater by throwing stones into the theatre. 75 Years Ago -- July 11, 1928

WEATHER -- Nevadans had very little sleep last night during a terrific windstorm, the worst probably that has occurred here in a quarter of a century. The storm was more of a hurricane or tornado, a veritable gale blowing every minute. Some hail fell and according to Weather Gauger Kaupp the rainfall amounted to one and three-fourths inch. While the wind caused great havoc, big trees down in every part of town, the damage was not nearly so great as feared.

50 Years Ago -- July 11, 1953

When Harry Chew, Cottey College Art instructor, won a seven week creative fellowship to a noted Eastern foundation last Monday, the award was a substantial recognition for a rising young artist who has been quietly building a reputation for excellence in major shows in many parts of the country. Chew, a 28-year-old third generation Chinese-American, archives an international and almost a universal quality in his paintings. Study of his work at his Stockard House Apartments just off the campus showed that he never completes the mural. Nor does he have any hankering to design such useful and decorative things like rugs or wallpaper. His work falls between these extremes of slavish realism and creative abstract. AROUND TOWN-- The "Little Circus on Earth" played to a strictly one afternoon stand when forty-one youngsters gathered yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Nevada Country Club. It was a gala afternoon from the moment they purchased tickets at the booth to the dismantling. The wild animal display featured a bear and wildcat, of the stuffed variety, in cages.