“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
Greenlawn Cemetery Sexton’s Report of Burials For November 1874
Sexton’s Report of Burials For November. 4th—Sarah Hazlet, aged five days; spasm.7th—Mrs. Lewis Pfleger, age not known; typhoid fever.7th—Martha Day, aged twenty-one years; consumption.10th—Lottie Wymer, aged seven months; dropsy of brain.10th—Nancy Barklow, aged twenty-six years; consumption.10th—Elizabeth Anderson, aged thirty-two years; consumption.13th—Homer Bedell, aged thirty-six years; tumor of brain.14th—Emma J. Barbee, Continue Reading
U.S. Government Acquires Initial Tract for Portsmouth Atomic Site
“WAVERLY — The U.S. government completed purchase of the first tract of land today for the Portsmouth Area atomic energy plant.” “Land involved was a tract of 81.7 acres on Beaver road, in approximately the center of the A-plant site, which was owned by Victor J. Darst and his wife, 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
Removing Bodies from Chillicothe’s Old Presbyterian Graveyard
“On Tuesday last Col. Underwood, on behalf of the Scioto Valley Railway Company, commenced the work of clearing off the old Presbyterian graveyard. The first thing to do was to remove the fences and open the route of the road from Second to Main.” “The removal of the bodies is 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
The Noble Art of Begging
“Roy McElhaney had a little experience with professional beggars last week that has caused him to lose considerable faith in the goodness of humankind. Last Wednesday as he was at work in his shop on Market street, he was approached by a poorly dressed, forlorn looking young woman who handed Continue Reading
Returning to Greenlawn Cemetery: A Better Pass Through History
In October 2024, we spent the better part of a day walking through Greenlawn Cemetery in Portsmouth, Ohio, camera in hand, taking a photograph every three seconds. Our goal was to document the grounds for Google Street View—a full walkthrough of the cemetery’s paths, markers, and layout. The result was Continue Reading