Mr & Mrs Thomas Scahill - Dual Birthday Party - Historical Newspapers - Lima News, Lima, Ohio

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Lima News is a daily newspaper in Lima, Ohio, USA covering local news, sports, business, jobs, and community events. The newspaper is published seven days a week.

The News was founded in 1884. It covers Lima -- named by Judge Patrick G. Goode, who insisted on the Spanish pronunciation "Lee-mah" after the capital city of Peru, though the local vernacular, "Lye-mah", prevailed -- and the surrounding communities of Allen County, Ohio.

Name: Mr & Mrs Thomas Scahill, of Rout 2, host birthday parties for Margaret Houtz and Dicky McClain.

Newspaper: Lima Daily News, Lima, Ohio

Event: Officers Are Elected By College Club

Venue: Home of Mr & Mrs Thomas Scahill

Date: 2 August 1940

Allan Scahill

Mrs Thomas Scahill - Eats 20 Year Old Blueberries - Historical Newspapers - The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana

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September 4, 1889, on the eve of Montana statehood, Marcus Daly gave birth to Montana’s best financed and most prestigious newspaper, the Anaconda Standard. Just five years earlier, Daly had platted the town site of Anaconda, named for his extraordinarily rich copper mine located in Butte. The new town would house smelting operations for one of the world’s most successful metals corporations. To run the Anaconda Standard, Daly sought out John H. Durston, a former professor of philology from New York University and an editor of the Syracuse Standard [LCCN: sn91066098]. In 1888 Durston had brought his family west to operate a failing gold mine east of Butte, but he soon signed on with Daly to bring the newspaper to life. Daly’s initial investment of $30,000 provided for a state-of-the-art printing press, luxurious editorial offices, and the money to hire experienced editors, reporters, and graphic designers. The Anaconda Standard was to be the rival of newspapers in Minneapolis and the Pacific Northwest...

Name: Mrs Thomas Scahill opens and eats a 20 year old can of blueberries

Newspaper: The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana

Event: Well Kept

Venue: Ipswich

Date: 12 April 1914

Allan Scahill