Monroes Sesquicentennial Turns 150 With Look Back Ahead
The town marks 150 years since land was platted in 1817 by John H Piatt and Nathaniel Sackett, tracing back to Sackett's 1631 lineage with Roger Williams. Once a small settlement, Monroe now hosts a weekend sesquicentennial with 2000 plus residents and reflections on progress from stagecoaches to jet planes and electricity. The piece ponders the next 150 years and the march of technology.
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Monroe
John H. Piatt
Nathaniel Sackett
Sackett
America
Roger Williams
Pratt
West
Romney Stumbles in GOP Candidate Race
Governor George Romney faces mounting credibility issues as he attacks President Johnson and hints at brainwashing on Vietnam. Analysts say his uncertain interviews and rapid rebuttals aid opponents while prompting defense from Johnson supporters. The piece ends with a biblical quote.
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George Romney
Romney
Johnson
Vietnam
Monroe Sesquicentennial Refects 50 Years of Growth in Ohio Town
George Crout recalls Monroe in Lemon Township celebrating its 150th anniversary. From log cabins to a trading center, the village prospered as a midway stop between Dayton and Cincinnati. shops, wagons, carriage work, and early industry flourished, with hopes for new buggy works and a Shortline connection.
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Monroe
Lemon Township
John H. Pratt
Nathaniel Sackett
James Monroe
The
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Meeker
Grismer
Carr
Peter Jotter
William
Ohio
John Young
Middletown
Early Stagecoach Travel Shapes Dayton to Cincinnati
A passenger could leave Dayton at 2 30 arriving Monroe for supper and reach Cincinnati by 9 00 for 2 50. Monroe’s hotels grew after schedules planned overnight stays. McClure opened the first Main Street inn about 1825, Clarkson built a rival, Elias erected the Half Way House on Pike Street, later replaced by a brick hotel, and Simpson built another. The arrival of railroad cars to Middletown in time weakened the stagecoach lines.
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John Baker
Nathaniel Sackett
Lebanon
Main Streets
Rev. Sackett
John P. Wiliamson
Isaac Conover
Miami Valley
Dayton
Cincinnati
Monroe
Voorhes, Rucker and Stevenson
McClure
Main Street
Colonel Clarkson
Pike Street
Elias
Simpson
Middletown
Ubi
Romney Attacks Mark Romney as Political Animal in Campaign
Marianne Means notes Gov George Romney signals a savage early campaigning style ahead of the 1968 GOP nominating race. He accuses President Johnson of political motives and questions moral principles, raising concerns about personal attacks in presidential contests.
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Osage Beach
George Romney
Michigan
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
Jerry Voorhees
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Romney
Johnson
Romney Erring Politically In Vietnam Debate
Washington editorial questions Gov. George Romney's Vietnam remarks and his readiness for national leadership. It cites his brainwashing comment and assesses whether he would have acted differently from Presidents Kennedy Johnson Eisenhower amid Southeast Asian tensions.
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Michigan
America
Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Southeast Asia
White House
Eisenhower
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
Subscription details for the Middletown News Journal list prices per copy and weekly totals for city deliveries and mail options. Rates show 10c weekday, 15c Sunday, 60c weekly, $15 yearly in trading areas, $24 outside trading areas, and $38 yearly for outside the U S, all payable in advance.
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U.S.A
Price of riots satire from New Guard column
In a humorous New Guard piece, Karen L. Cole satirizes riot sponsorship by a fictitious firm Hurts Rent-A-Riot. The dialogue parodies escalating violence, signs, and guarantees, ending with a wry note on American identity and politics.
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Revolution, Incorporated
Karen L. Cole
University of California At Los Angeles
Young Americans For Freedom
Young Republicans
New Guard
Yaf’s
Clarifying Hoyle Phrases and Hawking Terms
The piece defines Hoyle as the Edmond Hoyle rules book for games and explains a jess as the hawk or falcon leg strap with leash. It notes the Sun’s distance relation to distant planes and Hawaii’s pineapple output, ending with a claim about Britain’s dense railroad network.
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Edmond Hoyle
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