Fur coats are to be seen on the streets now about as often as they are in the coldest of winter. All the farmers or men who have any distance to drive and who own such coats always have them on on these days. One of the dealers of fur coats say that the grades and prices average about the same each year. The drummers come around early in the summer to get their orders.

The small boys in Lewiston are having all kinds of fun gathering and distributing horse chestnuts. It need not be said that more time is required to gather the chestnuts than it takes to distribute them.

50 Years Ago, 1955

Fall isn’t over but Winter’s first frigid fingertip has already touched the Twin Cities, pushing the mercury down to 20 degrees. While milder weather is predicted for today, the chilly winds and cloudy skies yesterday brought to mind the line about “the west wind doth blow and we shall have snow.” Householders are struggling with storm windows and motorists are talking anti-freeze and snowtreads and wondering where they put the chains this spring.

25 Years Ago, 1980

The return of Standard Time, also called Slow Time, takes place at 2 o’clock tomorrow morning. Wise householders will change their time pieces when going to bed tonight, so that they will be on the correct time for Sunday services and other activities.

Observance of Standard Time is general in the United States, although most states take part in the semi-annual time change for the warmer months of the year.

Standard time means that it will get dark earlier, by the clock, in the afternoon. Many people will be going home from work after dark, adding to the usual hazards of the autumn driving season. Extra precautions can prevent accidents.

The change to Standard Time is easy. Time pieces should be set BACK one hour at bedtime tonight. Beginning tomorrow, church services, public functions and business activities will be on Standard Time.