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April 16, 2026

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
From April 15, 1926
Students of the Essex high school will give a play, “Aaron Boggs, Freshman.” at the Essex M.P. church. The play is a comedy in three acts. The parts will be taken by Claud Swartz, Pery McDaniel, William Sanders, Penrose Richard, James Dutton, Glenn Blue, Ivan Hamilton, Evelyn Elliott, Dorothy Davids, Edna Knachel, Dorothy Louie Burbaugh, Eva Oberdier and Daisy Robertson.
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Local and Otherwise: Miss Crystal Daniels has accepted a position as head nurse in a hospital at New London, Ohio – – Mrs. L.S. Fox, Mrs. Harry Hall and son, Donald, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Neal Doty, of Columbus, this week. – – Mrs. Victor Seelos and little Miss Barabara Krumbush, of Bucyrus, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wy…

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