The matrimonial experience of John Adkins and his wife Adelia has not proven to be one of unalloyed bliss. It will be remembered by the readers of the News that on the 17th day of December last, John and his cousin Delia decided
Stories
William Weih
Constable Ed. Hansford is figuring on taking a trip to Ironton, Ohio, one that he desires very much. The opportunity came through one William Weih, a carpenter who was taken from an east-bound Frisco passenger Tuesday morning by a raving maniac. He was accompanied by Arthur Jenkins, who hails from the same town in Ohio.
Sherritts Ohio
Portsmouth Daily Times, Portsmouth, Ohio, 05 Jan 1924 Fire Destroys Store, Post office Mr. J. L. Richards, Ninth and Waller streets, received a message this morning telling of the total destruction...
Belle Melvin Kidnapping
Belle Melvin, aged 11 years and an inmate of the Children’s Home, was the victim and her aunt, Mrs. Arch Melvin of Catlettsburg, was the abductor.
The little girl was taken from the Kingsbury School grounds shortly before the time for school to begin. Mrs. Melvin approached her niece and two little girls, with whom she was playing, and wanted them to go down the street with her so that she could buy them something.
Squire Burvender
Squire Burvender was born in Surrey County, North Carolina, on March 3, 1827. He came to this county in 1856. His parents are Jacob and Talitha (Hill) Burvender, who settled in Lawrence county in...
Making of Clothes & Shoes
Flax was raised for lint and clothing. When the seed was ripe the flax was pulled up by the roots and spread on the ground to rot. The rottings were done by the rain and the dew. It did not impair the strength of the lint, it only made the straw brittle and loosened it from the lint so that it might be separated from the lint. It was then broken by hand; then scattered to separate the lint from the stalk. This was done by driving a board into the ground and sharpening the other end.
Lamar Boudinet Seeley
There is no old age of the heart in Oregon, says Lamar Boudinet Seeley, veteran Portlander. With the enthusiasm of a boy and among his friends, Mr. Seeley celebrated today his 75th birthday. For 53 years of his active life he has been a citizen of Oregon.
Ernest Whitcomb Crichton
After an illness of 10 days, Ernest Whitcomb Crichton, a veteran steamboat man of Oregon, died last night at his home, 280 East Seventeenth street, North. The cause of death was peritonitis. Mr. Crichton was born at Buckhorn Furnace, Lawrence county, Ohio, in 1850 and came to Oregon in 1875, taking a position with the old Oregon Iron Company, with headquarters at Oswego. In 1877 he went into the steamboat business with Captain U. R. Scott, S. H. Brown, Z. J. Hatch and L. B. Seeley, having charge of the steamers “Ohio” and “City of Salem.”
Fifty Emigrants for Oregon
Last December, Mr. T. R. Worthington came to this county to drum up laborers for the Oswego Iron Works, Oregon. Mr. Worthington is himself a collier,
William D. Kelly’s Farm
We took a stroll, the other day, over the farm of William D. Kelly, adjoining Ironton, and we were much pleased and interested with the systematic order everywhere displayed. All its operations seem to be conducted with energy and skill; and all he parts unite and harmonize,
Burlington Ohio Song
“There ‘s Joe Davidson In his brick house so large,
He kept old man Wescoat, a purpose for to charge.
If you’d buy a half pint, he’d charge it to the rear,
For they had lived in Burlington for one hundred year.
Kansas and Our County
Dr. Sloan and Ed. J. Sloan of Bartramsville, in this county, passed through here on the Fleetwood last Tuesday night, on their way to Kansas, where they intend to procure some land, settle and work out their fortunes. They are both high minded, intelligent young men and deserve success. We are sorry to lose them from this county. They take with them two horses and a wagon, and at St. Louis they will abandon railroads and rivers, and go it alone in their wagon.
Church Clocks
THE MULBERRY BUSH By David Wright No Source Given Congregational Church and Presbyterian Church Clocks - The first recorded labor dispute between the city fathers and a city employee took place 91...
News of Long Ago
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...
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....