In
April 11, 2024

In Retrospect

100 YEARS AGO
APRIL 11, 1924
April 10
Traffic on the Erie line between Marion and Dayton was blocked for six hours Friday afternoon as the result of the derailment of two cars of northbound passenger, No. 16 just south of Broadway. Failure of the mechanism of the mail car is given by officials of the road as the cause for the accident. The mail car was damaged and the track was badly torn up.
. . .
At a meeting held last Sunday in Columbus, directors of the Heart of Ohio baseball league elected Carl Allgower, of Richwood, president; E. E. Moeller, of Delaware, vice-president and H. D. Osborne, Prospect secretary – treasurer.
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The following report is for the first quarter, 1924, ending April 1st: Total number of books loaned during quarter, 30…

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