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0177 - The Ohio Story: "Mother Thompson and the Meanest Man In Ohio"

The history of Eliza Jane Trimble ("Mother Thompson") who lead a temperance crusade in Hillsboro.

Tags: Alcohol, Dead Fall Saloon, Dr Dio Lewis, Eliza Jane Trimble, Hillsboro Ohio, John Henry Thompson, Mother Thompson, New Vienna Ohio, Saloons, Temperance Movement

0415 - The Ohio Story: "Pistol-Packin' Editor"

The story of Samuel Alanson Lane, pioneer sheriff and early historian of Akron and Summit County. Sam produced the Akron Buzzard, a small tabloid, that brought to light problems of society.

Tags: Akron Buzzard, Akron Daily Beacon, Akron Ohio, Aurora Ohio, Cascade Roarer, Charles Cobb, Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit Counties, Newspapers, Paulina Potter, Pavillion House, Richard Elkins, Sam Lane, Samuel Alanson Lane, Squire Artemis Stocking, Summit County, Summit County Beacon, Temperance Movement, Western Reserve

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