“The colored people of Scioto county propose celebrating Emancipation Day at Davis’ grove, on the Scioto Valley Railway, on Monday, 22nd of September.”
The Life and Death of Moses Gregory
“Died at his residence in Portsmouth, Ohio, December 15, 1871, Moses Gregory, in the 71st year of his age.” “As Mr. Gregory was one of our oldest citizens, and had been identified with interests of Portsmouth from his early childhood. till the day of his death, it becomes necessary to give him more than passing …
James Ratliff Beheaded by Valley Train
“As the passenger on the Scioto Valley, that is due here about four o’clock PM, was turning the curve on the Davis farm about two mile a half this side of Lucasville Thursday, the engineer saw a man just ahead lying across the track. The brakes were immediately applied to save the man but not …
Died Among Strangers
“Charles Lundley, a brakeman on a freight train drawn by Engine No. 12, Scioto Valley Railway, died last Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock, of typhoid fever, in this city, at the residence of William Johnson, engineer of Engine No. 10. Mr. Lundley was an industrious young man, the only support of his mother, residing near …