• Five hundred cases of nice ripe peaches landed in New York, the first large consignment of South African fruit to reach this country. It is the intention to inaugurate a Cape Colony fruit service whereby from 5,000 to 10,000 cases of peaches, plums, pears and nectarines will be delivered in New York weekly.

• The Pure Food Law enacted by Congress, taking effect Jan. 1, 1907, provides severe penalties for dealers who handle articles of food adulterated or misbranded. Extracted honey is one of the chief articles for abuse by dishonest men, however, dealers can make themselves secure on this score by using honey put up by, and bearing the label of H.B. Phillips, Auburn, ME. The largest bottler of pure honey in Maine.

50 Years Ago, 1957

• A Miami-bound airliner crashed with a dazzling, eerie flash on Rivers Island in the East River. Moments earlier, it had left LaGuardia field in a fierce snowstorm, hours late because of weather.

• The Boston Celtics with Bill Sharman hitting for 33 points defeated the New York Nickerbockers, 116-98, in a National Basketball Association game before a Boston Garden sellout audience of 13,909.

• The nation’s 1956 bill for accidents was added up to 95,000 killed, 9,450,000 injured and almost $11 billion in cash losses.

25 Years Ago, 1982

• Twin City residents were treated to a showing of the Northern Lights with the skies to the northwest turning blue and green during the display.

• A New Hampshire senator is studying plans for a new law which would require outdoorsmen to pay for the costs of “avoidable” rescues. He applies the label to rescues made necessary by the taking of irresponsible risks.

State Sen. Raymond Conley will meet with officials of the Fish and Game Department and the National Guard, as well as other agencies in search of a fair method of assessing the cost of emergency rescue missions to those who bring the trouble onto themselves.