Nov. 7 through the years

100 Years ago – 1925

 The Jackson-Medwin Better-Value Store opened in Martinsville. Advertised for the grand opening were candies, from 20 to 40 cents per pound; boys’ corduroy and tweed pants at 98 cents; and imported dressing combs at 79 cents. For the ladies were rayon silk chemises, rayon silk stepins, Satinette stepins, ladies’ flannel nightgowns, ladies’ Satinette bloomers and ladies’ Satinette princess slips, at 69 cents each. The store was at T.E. Gravely & Company’s old stand in Public Square.

75 years ago – 1950

ATU and ABC agents seized an 800-gallon-capacity still and destroyed 4,000 gallons of mash during a raid in a location about a mile north of Philpott Station.

25 years ago - 2000

Is it hearing loss or just an earwax build-up? Belton Audiology & Hearing Aid Center at 218 E. Main St. promised to answer that question for you with a “Video Ear Inspection” – but only from Nov. 6 through Nov. 10.

— Information from museum records and the Henry Bulletin and the Martinsville Bulletin.