Leroy Swords, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swords, passed away in Baltimore from spinal meningitis. Born in Portsmouth, he worked at Baltimore shipyards and attended local schools. He is survived by his parents, several siblings, and a grandmother. Funeral services will be held at Long Run United Brethren Church.
“Leroy Swords, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swords of Long Run, died at 1 AM Saturday in a hospital at Baltimore, Maryland, after a week’s illness of spinal meningitis.” “The youth was employed at the shipyards at Baltimore, where he had gone recently. He was born January 27, 1923, at Portsmouth. He attended …
“Portsmouth, November 9- A third body found in the Ohio river near here today led officials to believe the mystery surrounding the fate of three teenage youths, missing since October 16, was solved.” “Orville Elwood Jarrels, 17. Harold Littleton, 15, and Charles Mead, all of near Portsmouth, started out on October 16 in a rowboat …
“A Hygean Run man was held Saturday night in connection with the slaying of his brother whom he admitted he clubbed to death with a rifle during an argument.” “William Franklin (Babe) Boyd, 24, also of Hygean Run, was killed about 9 PM Saturday in a scuffle on Route 112 about six miles north of …
“Neighbors and friends accorded 62 year-old Louis Smith, the village blacksmith of Fullerton, Kentucky, a warm welcome, when he returned to his home with his bonny bride from this side of the raging Ohio, Monday evening. At the Probate office Dr. Jackson united him in marriage to Mrs. Lina Webb, a comely widow, who is …
“In the prime of a busy and useful life, the death summons came early Tuesday night to Charles C. Hobstetter, well-known shoe factory foreman at his home 374 New Fifth street. An attack of typhoid fever which was most serious from it incipiency hardly a week ago, was the cause of his untimely end.” “A …
“John William Richard Morris, aged 43, proprietor of the Star barber shop, was shot and almost instantly killed in his place of business in the Massie Block, on Market street, by Mrs. Nettie Collison Baker Shumate, aged 41, a comely grass widow, at 7:55 Wednesday evening.” “The murder came as a sequel to repeated clashes …
“Mary Lou Buckle, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Buckle of Swauger Valley, died at 11:40 PM Thursday in Mercy hospital of burns which she sustained when her clothing caught fire while she was playing Thursday afternoon. Her body was severely burned and she was also burned about the face, hands and …
