How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
Nov. 4, 1924: After working on shifts through the night, deputies from the Logan County Sheriff’s Office captured two men, McKinley Verdein and Frank Liesman, about 8 a.m. Monday (Nov. 3) and charged them with the theft of approximately $300 worth of clover seed. The seed was taken from the homes of Victor Maurer, Louis Hertzfeldt and Leonard H. Hughes, all residing southeast of Lincoln.
75 years ago
Nov. 4, 1949: The Bloomington Association of Commerce is asking U.S. Rep. Leslie Arends to “do anything you can” to alleviate the serious coal shortage in Bloomington-Normal. A carbon copy of the letter was sent to Sens. Douglas and Lucas. “Our local dealers inform us that there is not now, today, a ton of coal left in the yards of the dealers of this community,” the letter said. “That means within a few days, hundreds of families are going to feel the effects.”
Nov. 4, 1974: Several persons were injured and six arrested Sunday afternoon (Nov. 3) when a march against McLean County Sheriff John King turned into a rock-throwing melee. Demonstrators gathered at about 2 p.m. on the courthouse square and from there marched to The Daily Pantagtaph building, contending that the Pantagraph had been “timid about covering the Ling story” and criticizing an editorial endorsement of the sheriff. From there, the group to a circuitous route to the county jail, where police in riot helmets with clubs were waiting…