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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1885
Page
3
Local notes report a court matter decided in favor of the other side, a Palestine Commandery meeting and a Red Cross degree conferred, a building replacement after a fire, a drunk well-digger seized by a posse, police action over a tailor shop mishap, church reunion, marriages, a basketball league talk, chicken thefts halted by townsfolk and a famed shooting contest, plus various civic happenings and obituaries.
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