On Second Thought, Don't "Trade in Hobart"

Burt Thompson, Sr. and Jr., had been operating the ten-cent store on Third Street for nine years when they decided, in late July 1920, to close their Hobart location and concentrate on their Crown Point store. The Gazette, reporting on their departure, couldn't resist mentioning their past Hobart boosterism.


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… Also, tidbits of news about some acquaintances.

William Waldeck, the village blacksmith of Deep River, was selling a cow. The 1920 Census shows his wife, Augusta, at home with him, so apparently she had recovered from her health problems.

While the report of George Severance, Jr.'s accident doesn't say what kind of machinery was involved, I'd like to think it was aviation-related — if the poor guy had to have his fingers mangled, I mean — rather than some mundane factory equipment.


Sources:
♦ "10¢ Store Quits Hobart." Hobart Gazette 6 Aug. 1920.
♦ "All kinds of Wants." Hobart Gazette 6 Aug. 1920.
♦ "Local and Personal." Hobart News 5 Aug. 1920.
♦ "Local Drifts." Hobart Gazette 6 Aug. 1920.