In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 31, 1923

Frank Cramer, of Marion, has completed a deal for the Billy Berke clothing store. Possession will be taken about the middle of September. Mr. Cramer has been with the Bindley Grocery company of Marion for several years, and has just completed a new residence in Marion. He is a former resident of Richwood and for several years was employed in the A. I. Glick clothing store. The new proprietor of the Berke store is enterprising and well liked here and will be successful.

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Two Richwood boys, John L. Brobeck and Howser Hunt, were among the twenty-nine Ohioans who were awarded medals for general excellence at Camp Knox, Kentucky. E company, second regiment, won the silver cup for the highest company score in the fiel…

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