“A brief telegram received this morning by John Cooley from D. C. Huffman, surgeon of the Dayton Soldiers’ Home, announced the death of Mr. William Montgomery, formerly of this city. The announcement was received with genuine regret by the many persons in the city who were interested in the welfare Continue Reading
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Squatter, M.D.: Now Accepting Patients and Parlor Floors
“Captain Beatty, the well known dealer in ties, owns property at the corner of Eighth and Gay streets, which just now happens to be vacant. Tuesday the Captain sent Henry Long to the house to make needed repairs. Long got in all right, but on trying to enter a certain Continue Reading
Fist Fight on West Side
“An old grudge culminated in a fist fight between John Bodmer and Ernest Pick on the West Side, Thursday morning. The two men who have been enemies for years, met in the road and words soon led to blows. Pick was badly worsted, and when he found that he was Continue Reading
The Obituary of Mrs. Katherine Setser
Mrs. Katherine Setser, 28, wife of William Setser Jr., passed away at the residence here at 7:45 p.m. Monday after a long illness with tuberculosis. Surviving are the husband and a daughter, Billie Kay; and the father, Roy Polley, of Franklin Furnace. The body will be moved tonight to the Continue Reading
Obituary: Josiah S. Jeffords, Civil War Veteran and Former West Side Resident
“Josiah Sherman Jeffords, a former well known resident of the West Side, died Tuesday morning at 7:30 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sadie Terry, of Ironton. The remains were brought here on an N. & W. train Thursday morning and taken to the Bethel church on the Continue Reading
Miss Winnie Davis Accidently Killed by a Friend
“SOUTH WEBSTER, O., Oct. 27.—Tiff Collett, of Chaffin’s Mills, this county, while loading a shotgun yesterday afternoon about 4 o’clock, accidentally shot Miss Winnie Davis. The load entered in the region of the heart and caused instant death. Both parties are well known, highly respected young people of Chaffin’s Mills. Continue Reading
Grid Injuries Fatal To Greenup Soldier
“Word was received here today by Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Van Bibber of east of Greenup that a football injury proved fatal to their son, Carl Van Bibber, 24, a soldier in the U.S. Army stationed in Hawaii.” “Mr. Van Bibber suffered an injured vertebra Friday in a football game Continue Reading
A Card of Thanks from John F. Molster
“I desire to express my heartfelt thanks, as well as I can find language to indicate my feelings of gratitude, for the very great kindness and assistance shown and rendered me during the terrible suffering of my son James, and after his death, by the Gaylord Rolling Mill Company and Continue Reading
Words Left Behind: The Monument of Hannah Spangler Waring
In Brick Union Cemetery in Lloyd, Greenup County, Kentucky, not far from the banks of the Ohio River, rests Hannah E. Spangler Waring. She was born April 26, 1833, to Christian Spangler and Cassandra Rigg, and later married James Lawrence Waring. Hannah died on July 8, 1865, at just 32 Continue Reading
Obituary: Benjamin Lewis — Slave, Soldier, Citizen
“Eighty-five years of life, begun in slavery, followed by service in the Civil war, and later service among many prominent private families in Portsmouth is being brought to a close, it is thought by the condition of Ben Lewis, an aged colored man. His mind is rapidly failing him and Continue Reading