“Whether or not an arrest will be made in connection with the death of Ella Sommer now depends largely on an analysis of the medicine taken by the unfortunate woman before she went to the Parker home.” “Dr. Lorin Hall was asked to make an analysis Tuesday morning but had Continue Reading
Portsmouth
Scioto County Commissioner Falls to Their Death
“Henry B. Ruel, 66, of 731 Fourth street, president of the board of Scioto county commissioners, was fatally hurt Monday afternoon when he fell 20 feet from a ladder in a barn on his Raven Rock farm. Mr. Ruel fell about 4 PM and died in Portsmouth General hospital at Continue Reading
Death of Mrs. C.C. Hyatt
“Elizabeth Taylor Hyatt, wife of CC Hyatt, died Sunday evening at ten minute before six o’clock, after a lingering illness, aged 79 years, 5 months and 12 days. She was a patient sufferer, looking forward to a better life with a Christian hope. She born in Maryland, near Baltimore, May Continue Reading
The Obituary of Mrs. Dora B. McAllister
“Mrs. Dora B. McAllister, 1530 Robinson avenue, died at 8 AM today at her home following an illness since last August. She had been bedfast a week and her death was attributed to complications.” “She was born in Greenup county, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Clutts Hornbuckle. She came Continue Reading
Schoolmates as Pallbearers
“The funeral of Master George Russ, who died after a week’s illness with pneumonia, took place from St. Mary’s church, Wednesday morning. Six of the boy’s school classmates acted as pallbearers. They were Ralph Brennan, Walter Welty, Frank Bruch, Stan Switalski, Ed and Cornelius Schaefer.”
Portsmouth to Condem Land to Expand Greenlawn Cemetery
“From a reliable source it is learned that application will be made to the city council, Wednesday evening, to condemn the land necessary for the proposed extension of Greenlawn Cemetery.” “Members of the board of public service when questioned about the matter thought that the time had not yet quite Continue Reading
The Sudden Death of CS Kelley
“CS Kelley, the Ninth street grocer, died rather suddenly at his residence in the Sixth Ward, last Saturday morning, in his 50th year. While attending the US Courts of Cincinnati as a witness two weeks ago, he became quite ill, but did not take his bed until the day preceding Continue Reading
Body Found at Portsmouth’s Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad Depot
“A rumor crept out last Thursday that the body of a person, packed in sawdust, had been discovered at the freight depot of the M&C Railroad in this city, and a Times reporter sharpened his pencil, fathered up nearly a quire of blank paper, hurried down stairs three steps at Continue Reading
The Insanity and Suicide of John A. Seifert
“Between the hours of midnight Sunday night and daylight Monday morning, John A. Seifert, a German residing on Seventh street, got up out of bed, he slept with one of the children, without being observed by the family, and going into the itchen drew a razor, and in the darkness Continue Reading
The Drowning of Adam Heisel
“Adam Heisel, a young man of seventeen, learning the shoe trade with Mr. Steindam, on Market street, was drowned last Saturday night while bathing in the Ohio river at the steamboat landing. His whereabouts were unknown until his clothes were found on the wharf Sunday morning, which led his friends Continue Reading