The Portsmouth Shoe Manufacturing Company Incorporated

“Portsmouth is to have another shoe factory. That much has been definitely settled. The company has been in process of organization for several months. Dr. Tremper and Charles N. Franck are the prime movers in the new concern. The company was incorporated at Columbus Thursday. It will be known as Continue Reading

Portsmouth: Shoe City

“Portsmouth is developing into a shoe manufacturing city. About 600 persons are now employed there in the making of shoes. More establishments are to be started. The lesson is this, that energy and enterprise are bigger things in a town than natural resources. –Ironton Register.”