In
November 7, 2024

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO

Thursday, November 7, 1924

President Coolidge is Re-Elected. From early returns it now seems that President Coolidge has been re-elected by a tremendous popular majority, probably equaling or exceeding that given Warren G. Harding in 1920.

. . .

The drop curtain at the opera house is being repainted this week. The work is being done by the Emmett and Browning Art Studio, of Columbus and is a very creditable piece of work. The tormentors on the state will be repainted and new draperies painted for the picture screen. It would be well if the entire state setting could be repainted. Audiences which assemble in the opera house have grown somewhat tired of seeing the same dingy scenery.

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Hallowe’en fun makers in Richwood seem…

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