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SINCE THE TIME of ancient Rome, equestrian monuments have been erected in public places as tributes to important figures in society, most often rulers and military commanders.

100 Years Ago: 1923 The Philharmonic club entertained the Festival Chorus, the Woman’s Literary Union, the Foyer Musicale, and the Business and Professional Women’s club at a reception at the studio last evening. Miss Gabrielle Jalbert, who has just returned from two years’ study of the violin in Montreal, gave a recital program.Miss Jalbert was […]

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100 Years Ago: 1923 Where did the alcohol in Henry Tarr’s fish house come from? Where did it go? Last Monday Mr. Tarr went to his fish house for his gear. An object under a quilt took his eye. At first he thought there was a corpse under the quilt but on snatching it away […]

100 Years Ago: 1923 The rain came just in time to help out the water situation on the farms in Maine. Many wells had gone dry and water for all purposes was being hauled from springs and ponds and streams. Many had taken advantage of the dryness to dig new wells, as it was believed […]

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100 Years Ago: 1923 A haul of 75 gallons of high grade alcohol was made on the Poland Spring road yesterday afternoon, by Deputies Leveque, Maloney and Dobbins of the Sheriff’s department. The seizure came about as result of a tip received at the Sheriff’s office concerning the peculiar actions of a party of motorists […]

Excerpts from Saturday, September 5, 1915, Paso Robles Record: Colonists want an open door –The remarkable degree to which Atascaderians are governed by the Lewis […]

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