May not have been the top headline stories of 1920, but heres a few just for fun clips from January 1920 Clyde Enterprise issues. Pool Rooms are not allowed to open on Sundays. To conserve fuel only one out of three ornamental lights are lit at night, even on Main Street. Popcorn that WILL pop sold at Estill’s! Skating has been the most enjoyable sport among Clyde people for the last couple of weeks. Fenn’s Pond and Waterworks Pond are very popular. Fox Hunting in the neighborhoods is being organized by George Henry. He “plans to bag more of these fleet footed fellows.” J.C. L. Krebs & W. W. Wells received a patent on a variable speed control governor for the Clydesdale Trucks. Senator Harding looms bigger every day as the candidate for President as more and more people in the county get to know him. Ohio beet sugar can be bought in Clyde for 15 cents a pound. Old Fashioned Horehound Candy and Cherry Drops are the rage at Brown’s Drug Store. It is recorded that 100 years ago the first white settler to locate within the city limits of the village of Clyde was one, Jesse Benton. Why shouldn’t we plan to celebrate! A new store is coming! The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. will open for business on March 1st by C. W. Whitehead who has leased the block formerly occupied by E. M. Crawford Clothing Co. A sausage 43 feet long is reported by G.E. Setzler south of town.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:09:17 +0000
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