What was making news in our area during this week in years past? The History Museum offers these newspaper excerpts to give you an idea.
Nov. 17, 1904: “Notre Dame is working overtime in preparation for the final game for the state championship with Purdue. Coach Salmon is confident and has inspired the men with enthusiasm by telling them that if they work hard the rest of the week they will again have the honor of being the first team in the state, and the work is now better than at any time before this season.” — The South Bend Tribune
Nov. 18, 1913: “Living after the true fashion of a traditional hermit with only a meager supply of food, and shelter that consists of a wagon top covered with tin, a man sits before his fire in the stretch of woods east of the city, evidently contented with his self imposed lot in life. Only when children, who wandering in the woods look upon his habitation with curiosity, does he seem to awake from his reveries and greet them with a cheery smile or a few words in broken English.” — The South Bend Tribune …