The way it was 7/17
July 17 100 Years Ago -- July 17, 1903 SOCIETY and CLUB NEWS -- One of the social functions of the summer season was the 20th wedding anniversary reception given by Mr. and Mrs. C.F. White at their palatial residence on West Austin Street from two until 10 o'clock this evening. More than 300 engraved invitations were issued for the occasion and if there were any regrets, there must have been very few for the spacious White residence was filled with their friends from receiving hours until long after the handsome clock on the beautiful mantel had announced the closing hours. The reception was all that a fairy could imagine and the White's excellent reputation for entertaining was fully sustained.
75 Years Ago -- July 17, 1928 Real Movie Stars here in person at the Star Theatre tonight. Wallace Berry, Raymond Hatton, Chester Conklin, Charlie Murray, Cohen and Kelleys, we can name them by the dozens especially when we recall the successful comedy teams in the movies. With two comedians working together their ability to build up the comedy situation in order to swing laughter a much more successful performance can be given and that it is how Fatty Laymon and Charles Dorety became prominent in motion pictures.
50 Years Ago -- July 17, 1953
BUSINESS AROUND TOWN -- After owning and operating the Harner Grocery at 129 North Main since 1913, Harry L. Harner recently sold the store and retired. The Harner Grocery, Nevada's sole surviving old-fashioned country store, has been a Vernon County landmark for sixty years. It's stock a little of almost anything. An ex-clerk in the Harner store, Louis Lane, 1515 West Ashland, has purchased the business from Harner. A bachelor, Lane has been employed at the store for thirty years. He assumed management of the store July 6. Lane does not plan to make any changes in the operation or character of the store. In this age of change, his plans should ensure the fact his store will grow even more distinctive as the years roll by. CLUB NEWS -- William E. Hansen, city manager of Pittsburg, Kansas, who spoke to the Rotary Club Thursday noon at the Mitchell Hotel, painted a rosy picture for the Midwest area of the United States and especially for Pittsburg and Nevada, which he said are in the exact center of a 300 square mile area that should expect growth in the years ahead.