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SportsUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals As It Were: John Brickell was captured by Natives, but kept many of their ways in freedom Ed Lentz Guest Columnist Captured by Native Americans when he was young, John Brickell never forgot where he came from. When he returned to that world, he never forgot where he had been. The trail Brickell followed was a long one that ended in what would one day be Ohio’s capital city.  In 1842, Brickell told the story of his life and adventures to the American P...

As It Were: Early streets in Columbus didn’t provide smooth passage Ed Lentz Today, the streets of downtown Columbus tend to be taken for granted.   The success of asphalt paving in the past century has meant most streets are reasonably straight and clean.  Such was not always the case.  The story of the streets of Columbus – especially in the old city within two miles of the Statehouse – is a complicated one. And it is a story made more complicated for a variety of reasons.  Colum...

As it Were: Sunset Cox had a way with words as newspaper owner Ed Lentz Samuel Sullivan Cox was a man of extraordinary abilities.   Cox lived in Ohio during its formative years and through a bloody Civil War before moving to New York City later in life and ably represented his part of town in Congress. Along the way he made enemies and friends as a classic conservative War Democrat who deplored the Civil War but supported the Union.   Today a statue of him stands in Tomkins Park in the Low...

Leaving House or Representatives, After Forty-Six Years Service April 1 1923 NEW YORK HERALD “Uncle Joe” Quits, Smiling Leaving House or Representatives, After Forty-Six Years Service NEW YORK HERALD WHEN Uncle Joe Cannon quit Congress on March 4 public life in the United States lost one of its most picturesque figures. For longer than most readers can remember his black felt hat, white chin whiskers and aggressive cigar have been familiar in C...