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Double Checking Ironton Ohio Census
It appears that Ironton took a nosedive in the nose count…We quote from this column on Monday morning… “Ironton boosters and the Board of Trade should be prepared for bad news…
Ironton Ohio Fire Department History
MAY 21, 1918 – That date was a long time ago to City Foreman George Bruce…Recently he found an old newspaper among books at his home…The paper is a copy of the Irontonian of the above date…George started reading the advertisements and then a headline caught his eye…It...
Who’s Hungry
WHO’S HUNGRY? – Nothing printed in this column since Soliloquy first appeared five years ago last January, has resulted in as many phone calls as the listing last week of grocers on South Third Street over the past three score years… It is always my pleasure to listen...
Reunion Time
The “old-timers” of the high school class of 1931 are gathering this week for a reunion on Saturday night…A lot of water has gone under the Ironton-Russell bridge since that class graduated
Octobers to Remember
The tenth month was a busy one for important events in this city years ago…It was on the first of October 1879 that “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” showed at Union Hall,
Christ Episcopal Church History
Sixty-nine years ago today, the ground was broken for the beautiful stone Christ Episcopal Church, one of the most attractive in the city…While the ceremonies were going on, the kid on the corner looking on with a dirty face was me…
Falling Leaves Drifting Down
The Indian Summer Weather…The colorful trees up and down the residential streets…The falling leaves like a December snow storm…The newsboy who delivers a daily out-of-town newspaper
Captain William T. Scoville
Captain W. T. Scoville died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, last Monday. He was formerly a resident of Burlington and Ironton. In the former place he spent his boyhood days. In Ironton, Ohio.
Capt. John Combs Death
Ironton Register Aug. 23, 1894 Capt. John Combs died last Saturday and his funeral took place at the residence of Maj. Jere Davidson, Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. E. E. Moran conducted the funeral services, and the interment was at Woodland. The funeral was...
How Some Slaves Weren’t Caught
About the year 1856, when Ironton was in her infancy, there came word to Burlington, Ohio, that some half dozen slaves had escaped from Kentucky, and that they would cross, it was supposed at or near Ironton.
General Fuller, Muster, Hotels, Burlington, etc.
General Fuller, Muster, Hotels, Burlington, etc.Ironton Register, Thursday, August 8, 1895 For the Register.With what anticipation did we boys await the time of general muster day when the able-bodied citizens of Lawrence County, Ohio, were called together to go...
Obituaries of Former Slaves
Last Sunday afternoon, Albert Holt, a well known colored man, was found dead in his bed, at his home, on Washington street. He was up and about on Sunday morning, and was last seen about 11 o’clock,
Who Remembers Jay Taylor
Today’s paragraph is about the chief of the civil aeronautics administration, Los Angeles, remembered by many living near Lawrence Street School during the roarin’ twenties as Jay Taylor
October Years Ago in Ironton, Ohio
The last week of October in years gone by left a record of many events occurring in the city…October 28 1863, Frank Neekamp opened a shoe store on second Street and the city hasn’t been without a Neekamp Shoe Store the past 102 years, operated by members of the same family.
Horatio Alger Story
A real estate deal announced yesterday means another new look and improvements on Railroad Street, the sixth big expansion by the Tri-State Furniture Co. since 1950