Price of Bread Now Two Loaves a Quarter

1921

Price of Bread Drops One and Two Cents Here

The retail price of bread dropped in Madison Wednesday. Pound loaves are now selling at 9 cents and pound and a half loaves at 13 cents a piece or two for a quarter. The small loaves formerly cost 10 cents, the large ones 15c.

—The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, May 13, 1921, page 8.


Vagrant Gets Ten Days At Solitary

Ten days of solitary confinement in jail was the sentence given Fred Hannigan Wednesday by Judge Hoppmann in superior court. Hannigan pleaded guilty to a charge of vagrancy. He was arrested after the police had received complaints from several women residing on the east aide. They allege he called them names and annoyed them.

—The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, May 4, 1921, page 4.


ENGINEERS DISCARD CORDUROY TO DANCE

Engineers will lay aside texts, corduroys, T-squares, and slide rules on Friday, May 6, to dance. Lathrop hall gym will be used for the occasion.

The only reminder of the day's routine will be a small blue print program tied with chalk-line string and decorated with sketches showing engineering activities. Punch is to be served, and Thompson's orchestra will play. Prof. and Mrs. Richard McCaffery and Dean and Mrs. James D. Phillips are to chaperone the dance.

—The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, May 4, 1921, page 6.


Oil Stove Explodes; Burns Hole in Floor

A small hole was burned in the living room floor of the Michael Erber home, 118 N. Frances St., Tuesday afternoon, when a small oil stove exploded. No. 2 fire company answered the call. The damage was slight.

—The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, May 5, 1921, page 7.


100th Anniversary of Napoleon Death Observed

PARIS — Mass was celebrated in Notre Dame cathedral in observance of the 100th anniversary of the death of Napoleon.

—The Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, May 5, 1921, page 7.


Oklahoma, 1954

Tonkawa Music Pupils Set Vesper Service

TONKAWA, Dec. 6 — Members of the instrumental and vocal music departments of Tonkawa high school will hold a Christmas vesper service at 4 p.m. December 19, in the high school auditorium, Supt. A. J. Evans announced.

The program will be under direction of Miss June Skeels, vocal music instructor, and Bob Stephens, band director.

—The Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, December 7, 1954, page 13.