November 16, 2023

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 16, 1923
The event of next week in town will be the jitney fair and carnival which will be held in the grade school building. Last year we prepared for a like event but the pandemic of measles hit us and we were prevented from having it. Now this year we want you to double your support so as to make up for last year. Do you know what we mean by a jitney fair? Well, of course, you know what a jitney is. But if we tell you too much, you will know too much. Come and find out.
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D. E. Ogan, of Richwood, has been appointed deputy registrar of automobiles by Secretary of State Thad Brown. Harry Agner, of Milford Center and August Vollrath of Marysville, are other deputy registrars for this county. The appointment of a registrar in …

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