Monthly Archives: March 2017

1896 Giveaway — Distances/Fares, Best Records

Posted on March 28, 2017 by admin

Theses last pages complete the posts on the Towne Carlisle 1896 advertising giveaway. (An index to all entries in covering this item can be found on the Blog Multi-Part Series Page.) The “Distances and Fares” page gives and indication of … Continue reading →

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“Turning Back the Hands of Time”

Posted on March 25, 2017 by admin

Another newspaper article about Yellow Springs in years gone by. Although the source and date of the article are not identified, it is obviously a reprint of earlier articles for which the date and source (Yellow Springs News) have been … Continue reading →

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1910s Cemetery Book — Pages 22 and 23

Posted on March 22, 2017 by admin

[Other pages from the book are indexed on the “Blog Multi-Part Series” page.] Although only one entry is rather startling (“smothered, case for coroner”), what may be somewhat surprising is a the lack of causes of death linked to World War … Continue reading →

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Old Hotel Life

Posted on March 18, 2017 by admin

From another old newspaper article with no source noted, but since the content is a reprint, at least we have the date and source of the reprinted material. These advertisements describing the delights of the Yellow Springs Hotel almost 200 … Continue reading →

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From the Antioch Bookplate Archives — 1970s part 8

Posted on March 14, 2017 by admin

The latter half of the 1970s showed a focus on full-color, offset-printed bookplates. The company tried to develop designs for a wide range of styles, ages and interests, as even this small sample demonstrates. (B-114 was a reworking of earlier … Continue reading →

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Early Political Passion

Posted on March 11, 2017 by admin

Don’t forget the Yellow Springs Historical Society program tomorrow, Sunday, March 12, at 2:00 pm in the Senior Center Great Room on the history of the Little Miami Railroad, to be given by Dave Neuhardt. The railroad was important to … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Artist

Posted on March 8, 2017 by admin

Among the undated newspaper articles from unnamed sources found in the documents from Mary E. Morgan was a profile of an artist associated with the CCC Camp in the 1930s. PEN AND INK DRAWINGS OF SCENERY ARE MADE BY FORESTRY … Continue reading →

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Why They Came — Pages 26 – 29

Posted on March 4, 2017 by admin

(Previous entries here, here, here, here, here and here.) Morgan, Kettering and Birch are names mostly familiar to Yellow Springs residents and visitors, but the Little Peace Conference less so. Might there be current applications of the LPC, whether to returning veterans or … Continue reading →

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