125 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1892
The second annual report of the Board of Health of Sidney, for the year ending December 1, 1891, has been issued. The report covers 16 pages and for the first time gives statistics for an entire year. The mortuary report shows that 67 persons died in Sidney within the year. Of these 31 were females and 36 males. The largest number of deaths from one cause was severe-consumption, with the next five from heart disease. Eleven were over 80 years of age and thirteen between 60 and 80.
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The village of Anna will make a substantial improvement this spring by the erection of a city building. It will be of two stories 42 by 70 and will cost $5,000.
100 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1917
Officials of the Monarch Machine Co. have learned that the 16 new coastwise submarines being built for the U.S. Navy will be each equipped with a Monarch lathe. These submarines are the first ever built to be equipped with a complete machine shop. A few minor changes will be necessary to accommodate the machines in the space.
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The Shelby county dry forces will meet tomorrow evening in the First Baptist church. Tom Hare, the man who led the fight that put West Virginia dry will deliver the address. All dry workers and members of the W.C.T.U. are urged to be present.
75 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1942
An ordinance providing salary increases for city employees in the various departments was approved by city council at its regular meeting last night. The ordinance provides for increases of $10 per month in most cases for city employees as well as members of the police and fire departments. Council also passed an ordinance providing a $500 fine and six months imprisonment for anyone trespassing upon or sketching or photographing buildings used as public utilities or employed in national defense work.
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Although no details were revealed Representative Stephen Young said today in Washington that a new ordinance plant costing “several million dollars will be constructed soon by the army in Western Ohio, somewhere near Indian Lake.
50 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1967
VERSAILLES – School bells clamored with an unfamiliar air and halls empty for a month filled with excited students as some 1500 youngsters re turned to classes today after an enforced vacation. Doors swung open for the first time since they were locked Jan. 28 for the unexpected mid-term holiday because voters in Versailles school district rejected a five-mill operating levy to keep classes running. School board members shut the schools down for a month to allow state subsidies to accumulate rather than put the system deeper in debt by borrowing funds. The Holiday will be made up in June.
25 Years Ago
Feb. 27, 1992
“There is definitely a big time shortage of primary care physicians” in Shelby County, said Dr. Eric Newman, Wilson Memorial Hospital director of the emergency room. His statement supports the findings of the National Association of Community Health Centers report that 14 percent of the Shelby County population is medically needy. Surrounding counties have no or very low percentages of people not getting medical service.
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Nationwide, about 17 percent of Americans have inadequate access to health care, the National Association of Community Health Centers concluded. More than 1.5 million Ohioans don’t have access to basic health care services and the problem is most extreme in the state’s southern tip, according to a study released today.
