“Henry Duncan, of Carter county, Kentucky, a member of Company F, 22nd Kentucky Regiment, started for the reunion Wednesday morning, in company with a neighbor, and met his death in a tragic way, in sight of this city where he was joyfully expecting to meet his comrades and friends.” “They Continue Reading
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Tragedy Mars Pleasure Trip on Ohio River
“Three persons, including a mother and daughter, were drowned and three others had a remarkable escape from a similar fate, when a motorboat capsized in the Ohio river one mile east of Sandy Springs about 8:15 PM Monday. The bodies were recovered.” “The dead were: Mrs. Russell Kennedy, 57, her Continue Reading
River Searched for Man’s Body at Vera Junction
“Harry Johnson of Nauvoo appealed to county officers today to search for his father, Frank Johnson, 69, of West Side, who has been missing since March 19.” “William Spriggs of Dry Run told county officers that he saw Mr. Johnson walking toward the Scioto river bridge.” “Apprehension that their father, Continue Reading
Youth Killed While Visiting Friend’s Home
“A 16 year-old boy was killed Saturday afternoon when a pistol apparently was discharged accidentally and his companion is being held by city police for investigation.” “Pearl Collins, 16, of 3040 Gallia street, died in Portsmouth General hospital at 2:10 PM about 40 minutes after he was shot in the Continue Reading
Portsmouth Prostitution in 1876
“Last Saturday night the police made a decent upon a house of doubtful repute, kept by Mollie Wright, on Washington street between Tenth and Eleventh streets. Two dusky sons of Africa were found, and some frail one, all of whom were arraigned in the Police Court. Mollie paid her fine, Continue Reading
Anarchist Explodes Bomb at Second Presbyterian Church
“The red-handed anarchistic dynamiter who has been working his own free will in his attempts to destroy property, got in his most destructive piece of work thus far last Saturday night. A keg of powder and a few sticks of dynamite were recklessly exploded in the portal of the Second Continue Reading
Detective Will Lloyd Who Will be Buried and Resurrected
RJ Coach, a general manager of the Phoenix Detective agency, Cincinnati, is negotiating with Samuel Timmonds, superintendent of the Portsmouth Street Railway company, for an exhibition at Athletic park of his clever expose on the trick of hypnotists, whereby subjects are buried and then resurrected several days afterward. The expose Continue Reading
Laid Away All Unwept: No Mourner Goes to the Grave of Poor Girl
“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