June 29, 2023

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO JUNE 29, 1923

LaRue Newspaper Quits The Struggle: Because the paper has been operating at a loss, the LaRue News has suspended publication indefinitely, so the editor, Charles W. Ellis, announced. The paper, a weekly, was established in 1883. It was owned by Grant Copeland, of Washington.

A Subscriber 50 Years: In renewing her subscription to the Gazette, Mrs. Hanna Smart, of Magnetic Springs, says she has been a subscriber to the Gazette for fifty years and cannot do without it.

Baccarat Lake was thronged with people when the resort was formally opened to the public, and many found relief from the torrid weather in the lakes cooling weather. The Ameri…

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