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…

Read this entire article as it appeared in print in our eEdition

LATEST NEWS
In Retrospect
Community
100 YEARS AGO From April 22, 1926 The new Masonic Temple at LaRue, will be dedicated May 2. The ceremony will be in charge of Most Worshipful Grand Ma...
April 23, 2026
Sheriff’s Report
Community
From Union County Sheriff’s Office reports: Therese M. Smith, 28, of Columbus, was cited for failure to control following an injury crash. At 7:43 a.m...
April 23, 2026
Police Beat
Community
From Richwood Division of Police reports: An officer responded to the 300 block of East Blagrove Street at 9 p.m., April 12, for a reported theft. In ...
April 23, 2026
A balanced breakfast
Local News
The good news is breakfast for students at North Union will be free of charge next year, but the bad news is lunch prices will rise by a quarter. Duri...
April 23, 2026