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100 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Nov. 4, 1920
REPUBLICANS SWEEP COUNTRY
The election of Tuesday was a literal Republican landslide. Harding and Coolidge have been elected president and vice president by probably the largest vote in the history of the country. The result is doubtful in the following states: Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Tennessee, and leaving these states out, Harding and Coolidge have 389 electoral votes and Cox and Roosevelt 142. Republican candidates carried every northern and western state with the possible exception of the states mentioned above.
75 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Nov. 1, 1945
Herbert Kent Relates Experiences in Japan
Benge Youth Who Fought on Bataan, Corregidor Returns after 40 Months in Prison
A second Adams County youth, S/Sgt. Herbert Kent of Benge, cam home last weekend to relate more maddening details of 40 months in Japanese prison camps and to learn the sad news of his brother's death while in Japanese hands. The son of Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Kent, pioneer Benge farmers, Herbert was liberated last August and arrived home last Wednesday morning after treatment at Army hospitals. He has regained his normal weight of 150 pounds and is recovering speedily from the ravaging effects of a 40-month starvation diet.
50 years ago
The Ritzville
Journal-Times
Nov. 5, 1970
WWII Chaplain to Show Slides
Pres. Joe Castle will show slides he took in the South Pacific during World War II at next Wednesday's luncheon meeting of the Ritzville Chamber of Commerce. Castle was a military chaplain of infantry with one of the longest service records in that theatre of war. He will tell of his experiences in amphibious landings. The meeting falls on Veterans Day. Castle, as chamber president, urges all members who can attend to do so, and bring guests who may be interested in the program.
25 years ago
Ritzville Adams
County Journal
Nov. 2, 1995
Voters will head to polls, determine races, issues
City of Ritzville: Ritzville will have a new mayor as Kirk D. Danekas is the sole candidate for this position. Council Ward candidates appearing on the ballot for Ward No. 1 are Layne Iltz and Stan Streeter; Ward No. 2, Beth Jean Carvenka-Balch and Jan Collard; Ward No. 4, Paul Gibler and John Kallinen; and Council-At-Large, Linda Kadlec and Russell A. Rummer.
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