Infirmary Infamies and Cruel Treat of County Poor
A lengthy expose details alleged neglect and mistreatment at the county infirmary. It accuses the directorate and Superintendent Mattox of underfunding medical care, denying milk and butter to inmates, and exploiting pauper labor for improvements. The piece cites bills, supplier records, and political intrigues surrounding the infirmary operation and staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Acra
Mattox
Board of Infirmary
Watch Found After Thirty Years Restores New Richmond Educator
Professor George W. Felter, longtime New Richmond superintendent and Clermont County educator, recovered a silver watch lost in 1856 near Blue Ash. Henry Williams found it while plowing, and locals arranged its return. Felter plans to repair the heirloom with Ed B. Scott, cherishing the piece amid praise for his schools’ strong leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Felter
New Richmond
Clermont
Blue Ash
Sycamore Township
Hamilton County
Henry Williams
Felter
Express
Ed B. Scott
Richmond
Coon Guenther's Shot and Local Court Crackdown
Near midnight on Tuesday last, Conrad Guenther and Gus Loebrick visited Jacob Wolf on the Ohio turnpike seeking money. After a chilly reception at Guenther's aunt's house, Guenther drew a .44 pistol and was shot in the chest, taken to the hospital, with the ball unretrieved. The would be killer is expected to die. The court fined and jailed several others for liquor sales and assault, urging to curb retailing poison. James Lronos named Hamlet replacement in Amelia's suburb as Rilea Nichols departs to Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Guenther
Gus Loebrick
Jacob Wolf
Ohio Turnpike
Wolf
Guenther
Fred Merkel
Thomas
Atchley
Batavia
Hoerner
Camp Washington
Loebrick
Michael Reisinger
Felicity
Costa
William Bolles
Mike Mappes
Frank M. Neal
Neville
Moscow
Jacob H. Rapp
Williamsburg
Rapp
Jal
Ohio
Clermont County
Mt. Carmel
Amelia
Bethel
Nicholsville
Milford
New Richmond
Franklin District
Ohio Township
W.s.strickland
Ohio in the Senate recounts early Ohio leaders
A historical sketch notes Colonel Meigs and Othniel Looker among Ohio’s early Senate figures, detailing Meigs’s fame from the War of 1812, his postmaster general tenure under Madison, Looker’s governorship and brief senate service, and Tiffin’s pivotal roles in state governance and public lands, alongside Griswold’s brief senatorial service and other contemporaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meig
Jim Blaine
Thomas Scott
Madison
Othniel Looker
Hamilton County
Senate
Meigs
Marietta
Washington
Edward Tiffin
Worthington
Tiffin
Philemon Beecher
Lancaster
Tom Taft
Tom Conkey
Carlisle
England
Burgoyne
Philadelphia
Charlestown
Virginia
Mary
Robert
Thomas Worthington
Ohio
Cincinnati
Ross County
Northwest Territory
Dr. Tiffin
George Washington
General St. Clair
Jefferson
Burr
John Adams
Mary Porter
Delaware
Josiah Meigs
Weat
Chillicothe
Public Service
Robert T. Lytle
Williamsburg
Paris
France
D. M. Tiffin
M. Scott Cook
C. G. Comegys
Colonel Meigs
Stanley Griswold
TiMin
Cuyahoga
Huntington
Torringford
Connecticut
Yale, College
Shooting on Williamsburg hill sparks disputed tale
A Batavia resident recounts a shooting on Williamsburg hill February 15 and defends his claim while denying others observed him firing. He explains hesitations about sharing details, cites revolver ownership in his family, and appeals to citizens to support the fire department during emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Hill
Spee
Nexer
Agne
Henry Mers
Soma
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John Fischer
His
Mikado Mattox
Twekebury
Batavia Township
Wilson
Dudley
Andersonville
Otis Dudley
Enos D. Prather
Franklin
Courier
New Democratic
Enos
Cincinnati Evening Telegram
Miller
TOR Ee Eas
White & Heinrici
White & Dustin
Levy
Hite & Dustin
Hite & Henrici
Epee
Mober
Februaarc
Beneeree Anit
Eeesaee mi
Preeaved
Une
Aandi Heinrici
Coon Guenther
James L. Nronos
Hamlet
Amelia’s
Rilea Nichols
Kansas
Walpole
New Hampshire
Michigan Territory
Shawneetown
Ilinois
Ohio Grand Lodge
A. M
J. B. Covert
Withamsville
Hamer Lodge
Owensville
Robert Magee
Magee
Carrie Beagle
Olive Branch
Kate Robinson
Nellie Moore
J. W. Kain
Lulu Wyatt
Lindale
Ora Kyle
Della Temple
Ella Hall
J. A. Rilea
Turp
Messrs
Surpp & Gregory
Shipp & Gregory
H. C. Newcombe
Mt. Oreb Monitor
Joseph Landerwitch
Landerwitch
Nathan Anderson
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
W. FE. Motsinger
George Maham
Clermont Social Lodge
Marathon
George A. Pollard
Emma
Pollard
L. W. Bishop
L. D. Manning
Geesner-Pierce
Pierce
Geesner
H. Johns
Williams
Joseph Martin
Ella Varley
The
Board Education
Miamiville Special School District
Rosenbaum & Co
Barney Wolf
Shaw Brothers
John Nichols
Franca BR
Snider
M. Eppert
Belle Thomas
David Morris
William B. McDaniel
M. B
James Prickett
James Kelly
Sane
Alfred Baugh
G. A
Orebaugh
Joseph Buerkte
Bionollok
L. Dellar
John Dellar
Cedron
W. N. Nichols
Lindsey
Henry Harter
Henry
Hiarter
William Applegate
Nelson Applegate
Washington Territory
Carrie
William Crane
Pacific Slope
Betsy
Isac Jester
Phoebe
Jackson Township
Isaac
Cowen
Mary J. Kain
Frederick A Kain
Tom Proctor
Lebanon
Esther
Academy
Mt. Pisgah
Samuel
Citiseny
Wady
Joan W, Lan
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