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Bookmark or Share- Old River - NCR Park - DAYTON HISTORY BOOKSWhat wonderful memories at Old River. My dad taking us there to swim and then later when I could ride my bicycle and go with my buds. Diving for pennies... I liked Old River better than Oakday because you could wear a mask. Many years later I was able to take my kids before it closed.
- Rike's Department Store - DAYTON HISTORY BOOKSBut my mom would patiently listen as if they were the most exciting adventures ever told. On occasion, during my afternoon meal, she would tell stories in chapters that would take days to finish. This is how I was introduced to the tales of The Arabian Nights, The Man in the Iron Mask, and countless other literary classics.
- Miracle Lane - DAYTON HISTORY BOOKSI once won a Halloween contest at Miracle Lane. I was about 5 or 6 years old (maybe 7 or 8, hard to remember). It came down to me and a girl. I was dressed as an Indian princess with pigtails and leather dress with beads, and when I took off my "mask" a dark beige stocking (hosiery) and wig and they saw I was a boy, I won. Got a Brownie camera ...
- GIBBETED - EXECUTION OF A YOUTHFUL MURDERERBut they carried him up again. Father Murphy supporting his head The unfortunate wanted to see the light once more, to get one little glimpse at the sun the narrow world within the corridor, and the faces before the scaffold. They took off his ghastly mask while the noose was being readjusted.
- When Influenza Came to Dayton 1918 - DAYTON HISTORY BOOKSShe should also wear a gauze mask containing a pledget of cotton saturated with a mild antiseptic solution. The attendant and every other member of the family should use every few hours a mild alkaline antiseptic throat and nose wash prescribed by a physician. The attendant should wash the hands in an antiseptic solution after each exposure.
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