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Mail Tribune 100, Aug. 26, 1922 continued By Alissa Corman Aug 27, 2022 12:00 AM A A News from 100 years ago The following news items were drawn from the archives of the Mail Tribune 100 years ago Aug. 26, 1922 continued TWO RECORDS BROKEN AT PUBLIC MARKET Two records were broken by the public market of this forenoon. First it was the largest retail and wholesale market and best patronized in the ten years’ history of the institution, with home grown edibles of all kinds from the valley on sale, and next the Red Cross sale of home baked cakes was the very largest sale of the kind in the market’s history, the cakes being all sold out to the eager buying public by 8 a.m. Over 30 farmers had stuff on sale and because of the crowded inside condition wagon loads of melons and the like were sold in the yard outside. Peaches were in great demand, and over 100 boxes along of the Carmon free stone variety were sold by A. N. Wright of Phoenix. Hereafter the market will open at 7 a.m., instead of at 6 a.m., as heretofore, as in the opinion of the farms the 6 o’clock hour is too early for this time of year. KIDS GUESTS OF KIDD SHOE STORE The Page theater was crowded with children this morning when a free party was given by C. M. Kidd and company, local shoe merchants, and the Billikid Shoe company. Charles Chaplin was the feature of the morning and the many children who attended enjoyed the party immensely. They were given a squawker each when they left the theater and for an hour afterward anyone within a mile of Main street could have easily gained the impression that a flock of several thousand young geese had been turned loose in the city. LOCAL AND PERSONAL A string of ten race horses passed through Ashland last evening on the way to the county fair grounds where they will be entered in the races during fair week. The horses belonged to Mr. Holbrook of Klamath Falls. — Ashland Tidings. ----- One side of the Brownlee mill is now in steady operation and logs are being cut as fast as in any mill of the country. The logs are handled by modern mechanism, the carriage is equipped with steam setwork and the speed and precision with which the lumber is cut is surprising to persons who have never seen an up-to-date sawmill in operation. — Alissa Corman; [email protected]