100 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 30, 1925

The Roaring Spring Bakery operated by J.C. Hamer, was destroyed in a Sunday evening fire with an estimated loss at $8,000 to $10,000. Reported by the owner’s wife, the origin of the blaze was in the annex from the wires contacting the waxed wrapping paper. About 400 barrels of western flour burned, machinery and equipment were badly damaged, but the trucks and cars were removed by firemen.

Folks in the Mines section witnessed another blizzard that piled snow in drifts greater than seen in many years. The county rotary plow “made snow fly” from the record high drifts in...