BIG RUN â Even though the Big Run Peepers appear to be a recent revelation â the tiny frogs peep when spring arrives â the method of proclamation is as old as time itself.
Jefferson County President Judge John H. Foradora was the guest speaker for the annual banquet and said that speaking at the banquet was one of the toughest assignments that could be presented to anyone over the years.
BIG RUN â The Big Run Citizen of the Year Award is much like the Man and Woman of the year in Punxsy â a closely guarded secret â but every once in a while the word gets out ahead of time.
That was the case this year when the Peepers Banquet committee honored Big Run's oldest citizen, Velma Schierer Bowser, at the grand old age of 93.
Bowser said she found out she was going to win because she received a card in the mail congratulating her before the banquet was scheduled to take place.
Bowser said she was shocked when she read it.
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
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Local Intelligence
(February 12, 1896)
SUED FOR ASSAULT
A School Teacher Tried for
 Punishing a Girl
