“Whether or not an arrest will be made in connection with the death of Ella Sommer now depends largely on an analysis of the medicine taken by the unfortunate woman before she went to the Parker home.” “Dr. Lorin Hall was asked to make an analysis Tuesday morning but had Continue Reading
Deep Mystery in Sugar Grove as Wells Pop out of Ground
“Well! Well! Well! There is a mystery in the wells at Sugar Grove, on the AP highway, West Side, and the inhabitants of that settlement are trying to decide what is is all about.” “Last Friday night some of the residents heard rumbling outside in the dark, cold, December air Continue Reading
Wife Watches Husband Fall to His Death
“Plunging 100 feet into the Ohio River, when he stumbled and fell while walking across the C&O railroad bridge at Sciotoville, Dewey Wilson, 32, of Sedgwick, west of Ironton, drowned at 4:40 PM Monday. City firemen dragged the river all night but failed to recover the body.” “Wilson’s wife, Mrs. Continue Reading
Scioto County Commissioner Falls to Their Death
“Henry B. Ruel, 66, of 731 Fourth street, president of the board of Scioto county commissioners, was fatally hurt Monday afternoon when he fell 20 feet from a ladder in a barn on his Raven Rock farm. Mr. Ruel fell about 4 PM and died in Portsmouth General hospital at Continue Reading
Two Immense Stills Found by Officers near Vesuvius
“State Prohibition officers, EC Farmer, Matt Wilson, Charles Hutchison and John Jenkins, raiding in the old Vesuvius section of Lawrence county struck paydirt when they uncovered two stills, one with a 1000 gallons capacity, one with 600, 209 gallons of liquor and 40 barrels of mash. The operators evidently had Continue Reading
Death of Mrs. C.C. Hyatt
“Elizabeth Taylor Hyatt, wife of CC Hyatt, died Sunday evening at ten minute before six o’clock, after a lingering illness, aged 79 years, 5 months and 12 days. She was a patient sufferer, looking forward to a better life with a Christian hope. She born in Maryland, near Baltimore, May Continue Reading
Death of Mrs. Duke at Piketon, Ohio
“Died at Piketon, Ohio, Mary 7th, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Duke, aged 68 years, 5 months and 14 days. The deceased was born in Virginia, and emigrated to Ohio, with her parents, at an early age. After a few years of wedded life, her beloved companion was stricken down by a Continue Reading
The Obituary of Mrs. Dora B. McAllister
“Mrs. Dora B. McAllister, 1530 Robinson avenue, died at 8 AM today at her home following an illness since last August. She had been bedfast a week and her death was attributed to complications.” “She was born in Greenup county, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Clutts Hornbuckle. She came Continue Reading
The Death of CC Hyatt
“Thomas T. Yeager received a telegram Wednesday from Mrs. McClure, at Hemet, California, conveying the sad news of the death of her venerable father, CC Hyatt, who passed away Sunday and was buried yesterday.” “Mr. Hyatt went west in November, 1898, with his daughter, settling in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Continue Reading
John K. Duke: Preferred Death to the Pen
“John K. Duke, who was convicted last week at Portsmouth of embezzling the funds of two of the Building & Loan Associations of that city, thwarted the aims of justice by shooting himself through the head with a revolver, a few minutes before he was to have been sentenced to Continue Reading