“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 …
One of the more intriguing pieces of ephemera in my collection is a yellow receipt, numbered 9310, issued from Greenlawn Cemetery on October 15, 1942. Signed by cemetery superintendent Arthur Mucha, the receipt was given to Reverend Emory Bracken Frye, a minister from the Stoney Run area of West Portsmouth. It records the purchase of …
“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.”
“Portsmouth, November 9- A third body found in the Ohio river near here today led officials to believe the mystery surrounding the fate of three teenage youths, missing since October 16, was solved.” “Orville Elwood Jarrels, 17. Harold Littleton, 15, and Charles Mead, all of near Portsmouth, started out on October 16 in a rowboat …
“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 …
“John William Richard Morris, aged 43, proprietor of the Star barber shop, was shot and almost instantly killed in his place of business in the Massie Block, on Market street, by Mrs. Nettie Collison Baker Shumate, aged 41, a comely grass widow, at 7:55 Wednesday evening.” “The murder came as a sequel to repeated clashes …
Charles E. Winters, a clothing designer from New York, is leaving his position at Schwartz Clothing in Portsmouth to join his brother JR Winters in a new business in Easton, Pennsylvania, following the former proprietor’s death. The opportunity at the leading tailoring store in Easton is deemed a lifetime chance.
Dad Brown, once a firefighter, was recently arrested along with Mandy Martin at her home in “Paradise Alley.” Previously incarcerated for “various infidelities,” he now faces another likely term in the Cincinnati workhouse. Both were seized in bed and detained by the police.
“It required a jury in Judge Blair’s court just forty minutes Thursday morning, to bring in a verdict of guilty in the paternity case of Lucille Liming against James Piatt. The trial started late Wednesday and was resumed at the opening of court Thursday morning. The complainant went on the stand and named the defendant …