
“The fellow from Portsmouth who stole a couple of bushels of turnips off the patch belong to Frank Sommer on the West Side, Thursday evening, had better take warning and not try to repeat his act, else he will received a load of buckshot.”
“Mr. Sommer says he knows the thief and he may prefer charges against him. The fellow drove his buggy right into the patch and helped himself, pulling up the choicest of the crop.”1Thief Stole Turnips. (1912, October 12). Portsmouth Times, p. 7.