This day in history: November 7
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Date(s) - 07/11/2029
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1896
The employees of MacKinnon’s mill received their wages in gold. There is no longer a scarcity of the yellow metal, for there is no object to hoarding it, and all prospect of profit by doing so is dispelled by the election of McKinley.
1909
An early morning large fire caused the destruction of the John Pierce Company stone crushing plant on Burnt Rocks, with the loss estimated at $150,000. The fire started in the electric transformer. The flames were difficult to fight because of the inaccessibility to the plant.
1950
A new chapter was written in the city’s administrative history when local voters decided that the school board, now appointive, should become elective in the future.