“The Committee of Arrangement, Treasurer and other officers of the Wesley Chapel Aid Society, held in Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio, April last, have settled and paid all dues and expenses of the Society, and found the net proceeds to be $120, which has been expended in purchasing clothing, catables, and other necessaries for the …
“The ‘Old Homestead of General Kendall,’ situate one mile from Portsmouth, is for sale, and can be purchased low, and on easy terms. This is a very handsome country residence. There are twenty-three acres of level land, every acre of which is fit for garden purposes. The dwelling house is well-arranged, and consists of eight …
“Mrs. Lizzie Byerly, 79, od Sciotoville, Rt 4, passed away at 1:30 AM today at the home of her son, Lowell Byerly of Ontonagon Addition.” “Born March 30, 1866, in Friendship, Mrs. Byerly was a daughter of Hartman and Catherine Betz Boltz. She spent her youth in the Friendship community and later lived in Stockdale …
“Mrs. Nathan Jones, of the First Ward, died of lung troubles, after a lingering illness, last Wednesday night. The remains were taken to Keystone Furnace, Thursday, for interment.”
“The colored people of Scioto county propose celebrating Emancipation Day at Davis’ grove, on the Scioto Valley Railway, on Monday, 22nd of September.”
“Virginia Frost, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Frost of Stout, Adams county, died in Mercy hospital at 5:30 AM today of a shotgun wound in the left chest. The small shot, according to Coroner Virgil Fowler, were self-inflicted, and caused lung hemorrhages. The shot missed the heart.” “According to relatives who talked with …
“Leroy Swords, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swords of Long Run, died at 1 AM Saturday in a hospital at Baltimore, Maryland, after a week’s illness of spinal meningitis.” “The youth was employed at the shipyards at Baltimore, where he had gone recently. He was born January 27, 1923, at Portsmouth. He attended …
“A Hygean Run man was held Saturday night in connection with the slaying of his brother whom he admitted he clubbed to death with a rifle during an argument.” “William Franklin (Babe) Boyd, 24, also of Hygean Run, was killed about 9 PM Saturday in a scuffle on Route 112 about six miles north of …
“Neighbors and friends accorded 62 year-old Louis Smith, the village blacksmith of Fullerton, Kentucky, a warm welcome, when he returned to his home with his bonny bride from this side of the raging Ohio, Monday evening. At the Probate office Dr. Jackson united him in marriage to Mrs. Lina Webb, a comely widow, who is …
“In the prime of a busy and useful life, the death summons came early Tuesday night to Charles C. Hobstetter, well-known shoe factory foreman at his home 374 New Fifth street. An attack of typhoid fever which was most serious from it incipiency hardly a week ago, was the cause of his untimely end.” “A …