100 years
Jan. 14, 1916
Judge H.T. Mathers today announced that he will be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for common pleas judge of Shelby County.
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Ed Staley has sold his bakery on Spruce Street to Frank Briggs and Otto Blakely, who will continue the business under the firm name of Briggs and Blakely. Mr. Staley will devote his entire time to his grocery. Mr. Briggs, who learned his trade at the Sexauer Bakery, will have charge of the bakery and Mr. Blakely will attend to the outside work.
75 years
Jan. 14, 1941
Stockholders of the First National Exchange Bank named the following directors at their annual meeting today: J.C. Cummins, F.P. Thedieck, H.A. Amos, William Kingseed, C.R. Anderson, W.R. Anderson, C.J. Fogt and L.C. Wagner. The board organized by electing J.C. Cummins, president; H.A. Amos and W.R. Anderson vice presidents; C.M. Fogt, cashier.
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A high school football coach who once left Ohio State University because he was “too small” to play on the varsity football team, was named head coach at the same school replacing Frank A. Schmidt. The new Buckeye football mentor is Paul Brown of Massillon, Ohio.
50 years
Jan. 14, 1966
Three members of the Sidney Kiwanis Club were installed into Division Three chairmanships Thursday night at the New Madison Kiwanis Club. Taking office were Don Fogt, chairman of the new club-building for the division; Lloyd Lutz, division agriculture chairman; and Ed Neuce, division public relations chairman. Another Sidney Kiwanian, Leroy Bishop, last week was installed into the division’s highest office as lieutenant governor.
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VERSAILLES – Carol Gasson, 22-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gasson Jr., and a senior at the University of Dayton, became the first girl to be accepted by the law school of Notre Dame University. A $6,000 scholarship goes with the privilege.
25 years
Jan. 14, 1991
City officials say they learned a lot from flooding that occurred at year’s end and are planning improvements to alleviate future problems. In a discussion that featured improvement plans proposed by the city staff and complaints and compliments from residents, council reviewed the flood that occurred after this area received 3.45 inches of rain between Dec. 27 and 30, following heavy precipitation earlier in December which made for a total of 9.02 inches for the month, according to a report prepared by Director of Community Services Richard Hohman.
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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The mere presence of U.S. forces in the Middle East has sparked anti-American outbursts across the Muslim world from Pakistan to the western Sahara. Should America’s armed forces crush Iraq, some Muslim analysts predict a firestorm directed against the United States and its Western allies – although the U.S. – led force arrayed against Baghdad includes a number of Arab states. “You may win one battle but you will lose the entire Arab world,” King Hussein of Jordan told a recent interviewer. “I don’t think the future (of Arab-American relations) would be very bright.”
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