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May 2, 2024

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO

May 2, 1924

May 1: Wolgamot’s fountain is now open for service, all kinds of sodas, sundaes and drinks. Coco Cola. – adv.

. . .

May 1: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hough and son, Jack, of Columbus, were guests of Mrs. Elizabeth Bigelow Sunday.

. . .

May 1: Mrs. Clarence Fox spent the latter part of the week with her husband at Akron.

75 YEARS AGO

May 2, 1949

May 5: Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Shoup and daughters, of Marion, Mrs. Nan Bell and Mrs. Edna B. Patrick visited B. F. Hudson, at Columbus Sunday.

. . .

May 5: Mrs. Mary Howe, of Decatur, Ills, and Mrs. Milton Davis of Urbana, were called to Richwood last week by the serious illness of Mrs. Harvey Donohoe east of town.

50 YEARS…

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