100 Years Ago: Santa Clara News (October 28, 1913)
* Santa Clara’s First Merchants’ Fair Will Mark New Epoch in Successful Carnival History of Mission Town: Week of Celebration and Exposition Exhibits
* Mass Meeting Planned for Highway Talk
* Municipal Water Works Wells Best in County
* Town Clerk Augustine J. Cronin to Wed Local Belle, Miss Mayme Condon
50 Years Ago: Santa Clara Journal (October 30, 1963)
* Dog Owners Arise! Cats Get Better Deal: Dog Impound Fee $25, Cats only $6
* Airport Industrial Park Now at Halfway Point: Former City Land Draws New Industry
* Jesse Inman Dies in Headen Park Family Home at 88: Home Adjacent to Civic Center at 1785 El Camino Real
* John J. Montgomery Exhibit Opens in Vacant Downtown Store: His Historic 1905 Santa Clara Flight Remembered
* PTA Replaced by Autonomous Group at Santa Clara High—200 Try Again
* Six Vie for Judge: ‘Illegal’ Annex is Approved: Court Test Seen on Annexation
* ‘Fare De Well’: William Walsh Shoe Repair Shop at 946 Main St. Closed after 42 Years to Make Way for Urban Renewal
* Santa Clara Philharmonic Hires 13 New Musicians
* Library Bookmobile Makes 29 Stops in New Santa Clara Fall Schedule
Compiled by Mary Hanel, Local History Librarian Santa Clara City Library