“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 …
“Arch Kimble was taken into custody Sunday night by Sheriff Rickey and Deputy Al Richards and locked up at the county jail on a charge of possessing a still unlawfully. The arrest was made on complaint of the defendant’s wife and a search of his home on Eleventh street, near Washington, resulted in the uncovering …
“The Valley road was sold at public auction today to the B&O for $3,700,000, being a million and a half above the minimum price set by the court.”
“In tearing up a Second street sidewalk a few days ago a number of brick were found with the name ‘E. Doll’ in raised letters. This method of marking brick with the name of the manufacturer is generally supposed to be modern. The letters were even and well-formed. The brick made now are stamped with …
“James Murphy, age 57 years, a well-known Greenup county man, was killed by a fall of slate in the mines of the Main Island Creek Coal Company at Barnabus, West Virginia, several days ago. The remains arrived in Ironton and were intrerred in Lawrence cemetery. Reverend Sampson conducted the funeral. This is the third member …
“Death in terrible form was cruelly meted out to Elmer Ruggles, 48, while he was at work in the plant of the Cambria Clay Products company at Black Fork at 5 o’clock Friday afternoon.” “He fell between two 2400 pound clay rollers he was cleaning and was crushed to death, ever bone in his body …
December 5, 1921: Identity of Murder Victim Still a Mystery; Clues Are Followed by Officers “With his throat slashed from ear to ear, the lifeless body of an unidentified man about 50 or 55 years old, was found on Dry Run Sunday morning at 10:30 by William Bolton, who resides near where the murder occured, …
“Bailey Post at a meeting Friday night, adopted the following resolutions on the death of Lafayette Sickles:” “Whereas, Death through the unseen and unknown providence of a just God, has again invaded our thinly growing ranks and has taken from us our highly esteemed comrad, Lafayette Sickles, who served his country during the Civil war, …
“Wheeling, West Virginia, November 3 – Jealousy caused terrible tragedy at Georgetown, Ohio, three miles west of this city. All concerned in the affair were from Wheeling. Scott Linton shot Dot Gray, a woman of the town said to have been his wife, and William Metzger, in whose company she was.” “With both lying at …
“News reached the city today of a sad drowning which occurred yesterday afternoon near Buena Vista, the victim being Jesse, the little ten year old son of David Metzer, a prominent farmer in that community.” “The accident occurred shortly after noon. The two little sons of Mr. Metzer, Walter aged twelve and Jesse aged ten …