“Ex-Mayor John J. McFarlin died suddenly in Topeka, Kansas, last Monday, at which place he had made his home for the past six years. His death resulted from apoplexy. The deceased was in the sixty-sixth year of his age, having been born in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1825.” “No man was Continue Reading
“Last Thursday a woman died in this city at the remarkable age of one hundred and eighteen years. It seems incredible that such things can be, but the facts and figures in this case are too well authenticated to admit of doubt. But even this woman would have cut a Continue Reading
“Year after year Portsmouth, like every other city, sends forth her young men and those of older growth, to take their stations, and try their fortunes in the stern battle of life. Some go to distant points; some north, some south, and many to the boundless west. This scattered all Continue Reading
John Eisman was born January 20, 1839, in the city of Forcheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, the son of Smile Eismann and Eva Friedman. He spent his boyhood in Forcheim and received his education in the public schools of that place. After leaving school at the age of eighteen, he learned Continue Reading
Running a general store isn’t what it used to be but Steliane Loukes will never run out of things to sell. “We had everything under the sun,” Miss Loukes said of Candyland and Variety Store, the little shop at Second and Market that is practically bursting with a bizarre assortment Continue Reading
“A robber rated second place in a battle with Miss Steliane Loukes, 18, attendant in the Tender Candyland confectionery at 142 West Center street last night.” “The battle began when the robber slugged Miss Loukes, knocking her to the floor beside the cash drawer. It ended when she drove the Continue Reading
West Union Village Cemetery, also known as “The Old Cemetery” is atop a small hill at the southern terminus of Market Street in West Union, Adams County, Ohio. The cemetery is neatly divided in half by a paved road; with northern hillside being the historic section, it’s southern slope a Continue Reading
“Dear Times- I promised that when I received ‘Scioto’s’ second communication, you should hear from me again. That communication is before me, and now I proceed to fill that promise.” “Henry Massie agreed to give Francis Adam’s deed for that entire body of land then lying west of the old Continue Reading
“In a brave and heroic attempt to save the life of his only daughter, Betty, eleven years of age, George M. Taylor, publisher of the Portsmouth Morning Sun, lost his life in the treacherous Scioto river, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, sinking beneath the water after he had completely exhausted Continue Reading
On a hillside overlooking the Ohio River and the town of Garrison, Kentucky, rests the son of William Marshall Bagby and Mahala Isabella Bruce. A veteran of the Spanish American War, having served in Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company M of Circleville, Ohio, Arthur worked for the railroad until Continue Reading
