NEWS ITEMS OF LONG AGO Many important events are recorded in the newspapers of long ago occurring the third week of May…Wm. D. Kelly opened the Exchange Bank on Second Street near the railway track...
Ironton
Big Stone House
BIG STONE HOUSE – Norman Walton has a birthday today…The retired banker whom I have known since he was a boy living on Washington St., now occupies the beautiful stone home at Fifth and Adams Sts....
The Princess Skating Rink in Ironton, Ohio
THE PRINCESS SKATING RINK was located on Third Street, now known as the Sportsman, put a lot of new life in that section of the city in 1903…The big building was erected by T. H. B. Jones, owner of...
Ironton, Ohio in 1905
IRONTON, OHIO IN NINETEEN HUNDRED FIVE – Civic pride was soaring high in 1905…That was the year of the campaign to build a new courthouse in Ironton, Ohio…Voters are a special bond issue election...
Ironton, Ohio in 1901
NINETEEN HUNDRED ONE – 1901 was the year that Carry Nation, the anti-saloon agitator, was smashing bar mirrors, bottles, and glasses with her hatchet…President McKinley was shot at the Pan-American...
It Happened Here
IT HAPPENED HERE – A headline in the Herald-Dispatch Monday morning turned the memory calendar back to 1933 for this columnist, a memory that many senior citizens will recall…Franklin D. Roosevelt...
The City’s Finest
THE CITY’S FINEST – The biggest Open House Party in the city's history is anticipated on October 5, when members of the families of the Ironton Division of the Dayton Malleable Iron Company are...
He Loves Ironton Ohio
HE LOVES IRONTON, OHIO – The man with snow-white hair like Santa Claus, whom we met standing with a cane on the sidewalk at the old Marlow Theatre corner, is a gentleman who truly loves Ironton, now...
New Parking Lot
NEW PARKING LOT – The big new parking lot of the Dayton Malleable at Third and Vine streets will be ready for the Open House celebration in which the entire city is invited to take part on October...
American Legion Anniversary
ONE OF THE FINEST – The 47th anniversary of the American Legion is being celebrated nationwide today…Although not active today, Frank J. Goldencamp Post 59 was among the first 60 in the nation and...
Our Town Advertised Coffee
OUR TOWN ADVERTISED COFFEE THIS IS IRONTON, OHIO – This is the second chapter in a review of events that occurred to spread the name of Ironton, Ohio, for a wide during the early years of history of...
Rockettes
April 5, 1966 THAT PERFECT STEP – Mary Martin at Eastertide, the Sunday night TV show on Channel Three, had a surprise for many in this vicinity when she introduced in person the members of Radio...
William Cardwell
JUST 49 – William A. Cardwell, plumbing contractor, came to Ironton forty-nine years ago today… “I must have liked the town,” said Bill, “as I stayed and my three sons were born here”…The town was...
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...