“Two plain drunks, a crazy man and a freak, constituted the round up at police station today up until three o’clock.” “Pat Clifford, the crazy man, an account of whose conduct appears elsewhere in this paper, was run in this forenoon.” Amel Minery and George Doerr, the two plain drunks Continue Reading
Fanny Salters McLean Weary of Life, Ends It
“There was great excitement in the First Ward of this city, last Thursday morning, as the intelligence circulated that a young lady at the McLean House had committed suicide. The story was too true. Fanny Salters McLean, the second eldest daughter of the late W.E.S. McLean, whose widow keeps an Continue Reading
Roy McCall: A Lamb at Rest in Beech Fork
Hidden along the wooded slopes of Brush Creek Township in Scioto County, Ohio, the small grave of Roy McCall rests quietly beneath the canopy at Beech Fork Cemetery. His modest, hand-carved monument is both a personal memorial and a remarkable example of Appalachian folk artistry — a child’s death preserved Continue Reading
Ephemera Friday #25: City Beer Garden Advertisement
This advertisement for the City Beer Garden, operated by William Asche, appeared in the Portsmouth Times on December 16, 1882. The establishment was located at the corner of Eighth and Chillicothe Streets in Portsmouth, Ohio — an area that, at the time, was becoming increasingly known for its saloons, beer Continue Reading
Blake’s Big Show: Where the Buffalo Hang and the Possums Roast!
“Bear meat! bear meat! bear meat!Buffalo meat! buffalo meat!Venison! venison! venison!Turkeys, roasting pigs, coons, possums, chickens, ducks, geese, and the finest beef, mutton, veal, pork and lamb in the city, at Blake’s, Saturday and Monday, December 22nd and 24th.” “Go to Blake’s big show and see the Buffalo hanging whole Continue Reading
Sorrow Upon Sorrow: The Death of Sumner Bostwick
“Samuel Bostwick, an insurance agent, aged 37, married, took strychnine at upper ferry landing at 4 o’clock this afternoon.” “Bostwick took the poison right at the landing. He then started up the hill and dropped at the top. He was seen by passers-by, and it was at first thought he Continue Reading
Tragic Drowning of 12-Year-Old Wells Bostwick in Mead’s Pond
Wells Bostwick, a twelve-year-old son of Sumner Bostwick, a former well-known insurance man, fell into Mead’s brick yard pond, at the head of Mill street, and was drowned, Tuesday evening. The pond in some places is fifteen feet deep and the bank is very slippery. It is thought the boy Continue Reading
Insane Man Reported Slayer of His Niece
“A story of the killing of an 18 year old Kentucky girl, Mary Messer, by her uncle Henry Messer, while insane, was brought to this city early thursday morning by John Messer, a cousin of the girl reported dead.” “The crime, according to the story, was supposed to have been Continue Reading
Typhoid-Stricken Family Faces Eviction
“Mrs. Thomas Henderson is critically ill at her home on the West Side and her daughter is down with typhoid fever. The family is in distressing circumstances, yet this did not deter Al Turner, the landlord, from serving notice on them to vacate, though Henderson was only four dollars delinquent Continue Reading
The Canal is Doomed
“The Chillicothe Gazette has the following of interest:” “The conditions at the state dam have been greatly aggravated by the rise in the Scioto river on Saturday, which washed out 300 feet of the tow path of the canal below the dam. The attention of the board of public works Continue Reading