There is much alarm still on the West Side over the spread of smallpox. Meaning to prevent the disease from setting back his work, Manager Wellman of the new stone works ordered all men to be vaccinated at once, under the alternative of dismissal. The entire force of forty men, Continue Reading
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Teamster Badly Hurt
“Portsmouth, Ohio, September 4A serious occurred at Raven Rock Freestone Works, near this city, this morning. George Puckett, a teamster, started out of the quarry with an immense rock on his wagon; the rock slipped off, falling on him, fearfully crushing his right hip and ribs. Recovery is doubtful. He Continue Reading