Pine Creek News

Portsmouth Ohio Times 26 Aug 1893 pg 3

Pine Creek – Elizabeth, Decatur, and Rome Townships.  Pine Creek was named for Capt. John Pine had his camp at the forks of the creek on the edge of Lawrence County.

PINE CREEK NEWS

• Farmers are preparing their soil for wheat. They all say there is nothing in wheat, but they need to raise something.
• Messrs. Charles and Henry Meyers of Ironton are on Pine Creek putting up a cistern for Hartman Rissinger.
• Mr. Anton Stabler, of Ironton, was visiting at his grandfather’s on Pine Creek for the past few weeks; he has a broad smile on his face among the girls.
• There was a large crowd from this place [who] attended the picnic at Pine Grove Furnace last Saturday. It seems they were livelier coming home than they were at the picnic.
• Mr. John Parton was in Ironton last Monday getting his sawmill repaired.
• Earnest Race and his mother, from Pittsburg, spent a few weeks with his friends and relatives on Pine Creek.
• Adam Race and M. J. Reissinger flew to Bloom Switch a few weeks ago.
• Jeddie Willis has the finest crop of peaches on Pine Creek.
• John Staker is putting down a well at his place.
• Miss Lizzie James is spending a few weeks with her friends at this place.
• Miss Maggie Straker is visiting her relatives here.
• George Evans, a farmer of Pine Creek, will leave us. He is going to move to Oliver Doty’s farm.
• Farmers are all complaining about hard times, but Adam Race is hiring hands and preparing his farm, whereas other farmers are letting their farms grow up with briers and brushes. That is just what makes bad times. Farmers are getting too stingy to hire hands to keep down the briers and brush. Farms are growing up like a wilderness. Farmers are not all alike.
• Charles Wolf and Henry Staker were buggy ridings last Sunday.
• Miss Richie Lang was in Ironton last Friday visiting relatives.
• Lutherans at Powellsville are to have a new pastor next Sunday.
• Frank Appel and the family of Ironton are visiting his father-in-law on Pine Creek.
• A large crowd at Adam Gleim’s last Sunday, and Mr. Gleim kindly invited them to call again.
• Washington Brumbaugh started for the World’s Fair last week, where he will spend a few weeks.
• William Cook started for Marion county last Monday.
• Robert A. Goodsam was the guest of Hartman Reissinger last Sunday. Come again, Robert.
• John Heminger was visiting John Staker’s Sunday.
• Henry Staker is hauling stones for his new house.
• Mart Cook, of your city, was in our neighborhood last Sunday.
• August Frowine, of Powellsville, took in the reunion at Harrisonville last week.
• Misses Lizzie and Ciara Kuhner were visiting their home at Bloom Switch last Sunday.
• Messrs. Means and Smith are putting up a fine barn for William Race.
• Nicholas Staker has the finest watermelon patch on Pine Creek.
• Hartman Reissenger is talking about going to Hot Springs for his health.
• Our fall election is coming, and we want all Green township Democrats to come out.

Lookout No. 1

Portsmouth Times
6 Nov. 1875, page 3

Depredations are reported on Pine Creek in Lawrence County, similar to those we reported in Valley Township last week. Men who cannot get the labor to buy meat are stealing it. The jails of the country are being rapidly filled. Crime is on the increase. Furnaces are suspended. Coehogs? are being abandoned. Merchants and tradesmen are making assignments all over the country, and winter is coming. We are getting down to the hard pan. Those who voted for the money and power will feel the pinching times. They are coming. They are now upon us.