June 8, 1907

A fierce street fight about 11 o'clock last night on South Street near Lincoln. At least one man was injured.

June 7, 1947 (No June 8 edition)

President Truman divided his time between his bed-ridden mother at Grandview and comrades he served with in World War I.

June 8, 1997

Thanks to new programs tailored to businesses and consumers, banking is now available with a computer and a modem.”Your computer can now be like its own branch of the bank,” said Joyce Pavia, vice president for public affairs at Marine Midland Bank.

June 8, 2002

It is often among the last things mentioned in accounts about Harriet Tubman, that she was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. She enlisted in her early 40s and served as a nurse, scout, spy and cook.

- Compiled by Linda Simmons