Fire hits brewery in Mishawka; all off-duty firefighters were called

Lina Portman2 weeks ago

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What was in the news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers you these newspaper extracts to give you an idea.

June 16, 1900: “The Mishawaka Woolen Company, which specializes in manufacturing wool boots and rubber goods, called in its workforce for the season, about three months earlier than usual. This is not due to overproduction or poor trade, but to the fact that the company has already sold everything it could make for that season and is therefore forced to refuse any new orders until the Mishawaka factories can be expanded. — The South Bend Tribune

June 17, 1918: “Every German foreign woman in South Bend must register. From today until June 26, all female enemy aliens must report to the local police station, where their fingerprints will be recorded and an identity card issued, which must be carried by the holders for the entire duration of the war. — The South Bend Tribune

June 18, 1922: “If you're looking for a little romance in your automobile, you don't need to look any further than paint to find it. There, in the shine of its body and the shine of its wheels and wheels, if they have not lost their shine, is reflected a not insignificant history that recalls the days of coaches along Fifth Avenue with the sound of the hooves and hooves of thoroughbreds. the sporty blast of tallyho’s horns. The color, or combination of colors, that your car is finished in is anything but modern. They were not chosen according to the whims of the car manufacturer or its paint shop foreman. They saw the light of day a century or more ago, when the horse still reigned over the boulevard and the main road. — The South Bend Tribune

June 19, 1936: “Mrs. RD King, of the Coquillard Golf Club, a 30-year veteran of the golf wars, today overcame a 16-stroke handicap to defeat Mrs. Marshall A. Smith, jr., of Chain o' Lakes, 3-1, and win the second annual women's urban handicap tournament sponsored by the City Women's Golf association. The tournament was played on the Coquillard course. — The South Bend Tribune

June 20, 1949: “The voters with the power to end the 62-day-old Bendix strike were today intermediaries in the pincers of literature and words as Bendix management and Local #9 leaders of Bendix, UAW-CIO, presented conflicting interpretations of the government. Henry F. Schricker's Peace Plan. More than 100 union delegates (elected representatives of the department) voted unanimously Sunday afternoon to “accept the recommendation of their leaders and reject the governor's proposal.” » — The South Bend Tribune

June 21, 1950: “A three-alarm fire that tore through the second and third floor storage rooms of the Kamm & Schellinger Company Inc. bottling plant on North Center Street in Mishawaka Tuesday afternoon sent three firefighters at St. Joseph Hospital and caused what happened Brewery officials estimated the damage to the building and its contents was believed to have started at. caused by faulty wiring or spontaneous combustion. — The South Bend Tribune

June 22, 1962: “Skin tests performed on 21,279 children in St. Joseph County public and parochial schools during the past year revealed that 76 of them had a positive tuberculin reaction.” — The South Bend Tribune

Lina Portman

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