

When did the telephone arrive here?
The telephone rates were to be uniform ... • not exceeding $30 per year for business houses, firms and offices, • nor $18 per year for...
Apr 16, 2024


80 years ago it was "fast time" vs. "slow time"
Daylight Saving Time was a phrase foreign to the general public, and the time change was determined by each locality Here’s a thought:...
Apr 11, 2024


Welcome to pre-awning Main Street
Don't you just love that street light! Welcome to pre-awning Main Street Bluffton, circa 1962. The overheads came later in the 1960s....
Apr 10, 2024


April 1949 - Bluffton watches eclipse of moon
Described as the most perfectly visible here in more than a century Historically, April is apparently eclipse month in Bluffton. From the...
Apr 9, 2024


Nightfall in Bluffton 3:08 p.m., 4/08/24
As expected, nightfall in Bluffton, Ohio, came early on Monday, April 8, 2024. – Photo by Fred Steiner But, who expected this? For nearly...
Apr 8, 2024


A story...if only we could tell our great-grandparents
about the Great American Eclipse of 2024 Believe in coincidences? Ponder this one. Eighty-five years ago this month our Bluffton...
Apr 7, 2024


85 proms ago the question was: "Dancing or no dancing?"
First time dancing question asked for the junior-senior banquet Here’s an interesting question. Should dancing be permitted at the...
Apr 6, 2024


60 senior class plays ago in Beaverdam
Meet the cast of the 1963-64 Beaverdam HS senior class play It's the Beaverdam High School senior class play cast from 1963-64. The play...
Apr 4, 2024
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