“James Bryson, a once prominent citizen of Portsmouth, died a few days ago at Brick Union, Kentucky, opposite Haverhill, aged 71 years.” “Mr. Bryson many years ago erected a flour mill near where the Grand Opera House now stands and afterwards operated a distillery in Kentucky as a member of the firm Brown, Bryson & …
“Mr. Homer Bedell, whose serious illness we mentioned lasted week, died Thursday last, at 11 o’clock, AM. He was a member in good standing of Aurora Lodge, No. 48, of Freemasons. He leaves a wife and three children, the oldest of which is eight years. The funeral services will be held at the late residence …
Adolph Glockner and Henry Frowine left Wednesday for Powellsville on the final quail hunt of the season. They have been very successful from the start and got their full quota almost every day spent in the field. Erik Thomson has bagged 185 quail to date.”
“What is there in modern civilization to cause the awful increase of sudden deaths? Is it the penalty inflicted upon mankind for seeking to become possessed of knowledge beyond the limit of Divine intent, and pushing of the life powers beyond what they were intended to perform? Has the race become over-wrought and over-educated? In …
“Henry Seibert, a farmer, who lives near Union Mills, was missed the latter part of last week. He was last seen at the opera house Wednesday. On the Monday following a man named Anderson was hunting in the Scioto bottoms west of Kaps’ brick yard. Approaching what he tool to be a log, he was …
“Very few persons know that there was a jail escapade from Sheriff Pursell last Sunday night week. The incident, very suspiciously too, has been suppressed as far as it could be, none of the city papers thus far having published it. It was a very strange escapade, for it was a woman who made the …
“Tragedy halted a marriage planned for Greenup Saturday night when Misses Kathryn Truesdell, 18, of Friendship was injured fatally in an automobile accident on Route 125 about a half mile west of Friendship about 3:30 PM yesterday.” “She died from a broken neck while en route to Mercy hospital in an automobile.” “Miss Truesdell and …
“Miss Lulu Hutsenpiller, aged 18 years, died at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Evans, at Pond Run, Monday, after an illness of several weeks from consumption. She was a working member of the M.E. church, and was well and favorably known by many friends in this city. She was buried Wednesday at Sandy …
“A colored woman, the wife of John Steptoe, who lives on North Waller street, was hunting Mayor Row yesterday afternoon with a tale of woe on her lips. She claimed that her husband was unfaithful and said that yesterday afternoon she had caught him visiting a white woman living in the neighborhood, a Mrs. Basham. …
“The citizens of Nile township have felt outraged and indignant over a recent scandal, that finally developed into a run-away scrape.” “About thirteen years ago a young man named Benjamin F. Hutsenpiller, married an excellent young lady of that township, a daughter of Mr. John Evans. There was no trouble in their domestic life for …