25 years ago — 2001
NASHVILLE ‒ A coalition of health groups asked the state legislature Monday to raise the state's tobacco tax by 30 cents a pack of cigarettes, a move it said would improve the health of Tennesseans and raise revenue. Tennessee has the seventh-lowest tobacco tax among the states — 13 cents a pack — and has not raised the levy since 1969. Only Virginia, where the tax is 2½ cents per pack and was last raised in 1967, has gone longer without an increase.
50 years ago — 1976
Though the official kickoff of the Here's Life, Memphis campaign is still about a month away, curiosity has been aroused by bumper stickers and lapel buttons proclaiming "I Found It!" As will be revealed in the coming weeks, what has been "found" by several thousand
local clergymen and lay persons participating in the program is a "new life in Jesus Christ." The Here's Life, Memphis campaign, which will run Nov. 15-Dec. 3, is a mass evangelistic effort undertaken by religious leaders and church members throughout the city. The local crusade will run in conjunction with similar campaigns in 185 other cities across the country.
75 years ago — 1951
Registration for the history-making regional convention of the nation's two major exhibitor groups is expected to reach 600 this morning when the last delegate signs up at convention headquarters at the Gayoso. Groups representing the Theatre Owners of America and Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors arriving last night, were met at the airport by Welcoming Committees composed of wives and daughters of delegates already assembled. Among late arrivals was national Allied president, Trueman Rembusch of Indianapolis.
100 years ago — 1926
On a mission of purchasing, not propaganda, three representatives of the All-Russian Textile Syndicate were in Memphis yesterday conferring with officials of the Newburger Cotton Company. This syndicate sends representatives to the Newburger office here practically every year to purchase a quantity of the staple for their industry, the largest single industry in Russia. Heading the delegation to Memphis was Alex Gumberg, vice president and treasurer of the All Russian syndicate.
From The CA's photo archive: Carriage Crossing in Collierville
Take a look back at Carriage Crossing's 21 years in Collierville in the photo gallery below.
This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: What was happening in Memphis history on Oct. 16? A look back through the years
