In
June 26, 2025

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
From June 25, 1925
J.L. Thompson, of Wilmington, has been elected principal of the Richwood High School. Mr. Thompson is a graduate of Wilmington college. The election of a principle fills the local teaching staff.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, sons Paul and Vincent, and Russell Welch spent Sunday at Russells Point. – – – Mr. and Mrs. Owen Smith, of Marion and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, of LaRue, visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Smith, of west Ottawa street. – – – Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Conkright and son, Fred, and Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Moore, of Marysville, were the Sunday dinner guests at the H.B. Dubbs home on south Franklin street.
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Be it known to all, I, D.E. Ogan, Mayor of Richwood, Union County, State of Ohio, do hereby procla…

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