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Newspaper Clippings

1895. 1780 found carved in a tree.
1837. John Blancett obituary.
1854. Laborer killed in field near Blanchester.
1854. Swindler in Blanchester

1858. Blanchester counterfeiters.
1864. Samuel Baldwin store robbed.
1867. Civil war soldiers, brothers Ezra and Abner Cadwallader. Blanchester.
1870. Dance brawl in Blanchester.

1873. New Ohio county proposed.
1876. Marion Township history.
1897. Mennonite preacher prays for a calamity, Blanchester.
1898. Blanchester bicyclists must carry light and ring bell.

1912. Tornado hits Blanchester.
1912. Tornado hits Blanchester.
1918. Arcade roof in Blanchester collapses.
1932. Blanchester bank robbed of $15,000.

1949. Cowan's Creek mound yields skeleton.
1949. 1,100 year old Indian tomb found at Cowan's Creek.
1949. Cowan's Creek mound excavation.
1949. Prehistoric house found during building of Cowan Lake.

1949. Lake Cowan, skeletons found in Indian mound.
1953. Lake Cowan visited by 10, 000.
1956. Evangelical United Brethern Church of Midland homecoming.
1956. Village Shoppe opening in Blanchester.

1888. Abel Leever falls on ice.
1860. Blanchester freight train robbery.
1897. Electric lights come to Blanchester.
1887. Blanchester man falls into cellar.

1860. Van Pelt train accident, Blanchester.
1916. Catherine Rude, eggs for sale.
Felix Rude bitten by spider.
1874. Garrison Corner play story.

Harvey Smith cuts throat and dies.
1880. Man poisons family and is hung by mob, Blanchester.
Marion Township, wolves and bears.
Melba B. Wade death.

1896. Murder of Giant Ben Brown, Blanchester.
1873. New county for Ohio denied.
1943. Clinton County Fighting Men - Donald D. Goodwin.
1895. Peddler murdered in Blanchester.

Pioneer pastimes - Squirrel hunting.
1913. $5 fine for spitting on sidewalk in Blanchester.
1878. War on Blanchester salons.
William Garrison finds horse.

1887. Mastodon bones found in West Woodville.
1894. John Dumford crushed by straw stack, West Woodville.
1895. 7¢ burglary, West Woodville.

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