In
March 27, 2025

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO

March 27, 1925

Robert Fish won second place among fourteen contestants in the Oratorical Contest at Marysville, his subject being, “The League of Nations.” This was a fine contest, most of the orations being very high class. Not a small feature of the program was the chorus o ninety voices gathered from different parts of the county. In the poster contest Lucille Lake, of the Richwood schools received first place the prize being $2.50.

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Arthur S Barnes, known to his boyhood friends as Claire, is visiting his father, P. E. Barnes and his sister, Mrs. O. L. Mather, and family. This is Mr. Barnes’ first visit here in twenty-two years and he found many improvements in the town. He and his brother, George Barnes, are proprie…

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