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July 16, 2026

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
From July 15, 1926
Gazette begins its Fifty-Fifth Volume: With this issue, the Gazette begins its fifty-fifth year as a chronicler of the events of the community. When the paper was started by Colonel James Vaughn in 1872, it marked the beginning of a new epoch in Richwood’s history. The paper today ranks among the oldest of local institutions.

75 YEARS AGO
From July 12, 1951
Pvt. Robert E. Farringer. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Farriner, 109 W. Ottawa. Richwood, Ohio, will graduate from the Medical Replacement Training Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He has completed eight weeks of training in medical subjects and will now be assigned to advanced study in another Army Sch…

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