In Retrospect
100 YEARS AGO
From Nov. 4, 1926
French scientists, concluding an investigation of smoke in large cities announce that smoke, with its companion gases, soot and cinders, is a menace to health. The smoke pall covering most cities shuts out the beneficial ultra-violet rays of the sun; the gases and the soot promote respiratory diseases. This constitutes no new discovery for the harmful effects of smoke have been well understood for sometime. The experiments of the Frenchmen will, however, furnish additional necessary scientific proofs and they are therefore of value.
75 YEARS AGO
From Nov. 8, 1951
Starting this week the LaRue News has become a part of the Richwood Gazette. This was brought about because of high…
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