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January 25, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

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Items from “Damascus Through the Years 1808-2008”:

In 1909, the Damascus Academy reported it graduated 31 students. In 1911, the former academy was leased to a public school district.

An item from a local newspaper from May 18, 1897, said that on May 14, two large eagles attacked John Johnson, 3. “The child was badly scratched and torn by the talons of the eagles,” the paper reported.

At least seven Damascus men died during the Civil War. Some 24 veterans were buried in the Damascus Cemetery.

The 266-page, soft-cover book is available for $15 at three locations: Damascus Hardware, Friends Church and Methodist Church. For more information, call Donna Lautzenheiser at (330) 537-4334.