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The et cetera chronicles – vol. 103: Play ball!
A collection of local baseball history.
The Ira Welborn story
On Saturday, March 1, 2025, Ira Welborn made his last vault.
The 1970s: Forward together part 1
The 1970s saw a continued period of sustained economic growth.
The et cetera chronicles – vol. 102
Another collection of short stories from local history.
The et cetera chronicles – vol. 100 Black history
A selection of local history centered around our rich African American heritage.
The U.S. Naval Hospital – part 2
As the completion date neared, Dublin tried to cope with its growing pains.
Voyage on the ships of death
Soldiers are killed in wars. Whether through the rage of combat, the explosion of artillery or the wrath of communicable diseases, men die. What is often too hard to endure is death probably caused by a total lack of human decency.
PIECES OF OUR PAST: I know I saw it!
Some folks said that Earl and Eleanor were seeing things. And, to top it all off, Earl and Eleanor lived in a haunted house for six years.
1924: A century ago
Yet another year has quickly come and gone. The year 2024 is soon to be in the history books. In this crazy world of the news of 2024, let us go back a century to 1924 to take a look at some of the trivial news of 1924 during a time when the world was a lot less crazy.