Flat Forgery of Ancestral Notes Shocks Court
In a grim Cincinnati case, Rachel O. Clark sues Louisa Covalt executrix over two notes forged to collect from the Covalt heirs. Testimony reveals a scheme to imitate signatures using a Covalt wife’s letter as a copy, with a plan to trap buyers via a bogus advertisement. Jurors render a verdict for the defendants. the case is described as extraordinary in local legal history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel O. Clark
Louisa Covalt
George W. Covalt
Chris Clark
Frank Clark
Covalt
Dunty
Curty
Sloan
George Covall
Clark
Clermont
Cincinnati
Geniah Covall
Mary
Clarks
George W. Covall
Geo. W. Covalt
G. W. Covalt
Nichols & Nichols
End of a long life together in quiet faith
A Courier notice recalls two octogenarian couples who died on the same day after over fifty years of marriage in Jackson township. John and Rebecca Rapp aged 80 and 79 are featured, followed by the death of John Behymer and wife of Locust Corner, born 1807 and 1868, who shared a lifelong bond from childhood and were buried at Locust Church as respected, charitable Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township
John
Rebecca Rapp
John Behymer
Locust Corner
Locust Co’r
Fulton
Kenova Shaped on Paper But Brimming With Promise
A Portsmouth Tribune observer finds Kenova, at the Norfolk & Western crossing with C&O, largely on paper yet rich with potential. Plans include a four story stone hotel, coal tipple, and a union depot shared by N&W and C&O as rail lines converge at the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenova
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Portsmouth Tribune
Renova
Huntington
Ceredo
Catlettsburg
Big Sandy River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Norefold and Western
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Norfolk and Western
Scioto
Ohio
C.&c
Fifteenth Street
Newport News
Mississippi Valley
Lexington
Hunting
Almost One Hundred Death of a Lady Who Was Revolutionary Soldier's Daughter
Sarah Hulick widow of Charles Robinson of Amelia died at 95. Born 1797 in New Jersey she moved to Clermont County in 1814 and married in 1818. She had nine children and lived 66 years married. Her life spanned from Washington to Lincoln, witnessing immense progress and changes. She was known for sound judgment, charity, and devout Christian life. Burial was in Amelia with Rev Fulton delivering the funeral address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Hulick
Charles Robinson
Amelia
Sussex County
New Jersey
Clermont County
Batavia
United States
Atlantic
Washington
Robinson
Fulton
Lincoln
Woman Perishes in Grate Fire in Newtown Home
Mrs Ella Bridges aged 27 of Newtown died after falling into a grate during a vertigo spell. Neighboring witnesses smelled burning flesh as her two year old child slept nearby while the husband Wesley Bridges had briefly left the room. The incident occurred after they visited her mother and returned home to an unusually hot fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newtown
Wesley Bridges
Ella Bridges
Philhours
Ashland Station and Norfolk & Western Upgrade
From Kenova to Ashland and Coal Grove the Norfolk and Western line improves service. The route will connect Ashland with Kenova and North Kenova, with Coal Grove as a ferry link and plans for through vestibule trains and modern upgrades to a first class seaboard to Columbus trunk line.
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Ashland
Kenova
Ceredo
Catlettsburg
Norfolk & Western
Coal Grove
North Kenova
Great Trunk Line
Seaboard
Columbus
Local notices celebrate prizes for reporters and rail plans
A wave of small town items notes Mrs. Nannie E Witham earning third prize of a buggy in a Clermont Courier contest for best reporter amid school support. Lizzie Ward wins a ten day New York trip with Lee Hitch taking second to attend the World’s Fair. E C Pechin reports Norfolk and Western aims to develop mineral lands. eleven blast furnaces operate along the old Cincinnati and Eastern line with further units planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie E
Geo. Witham
Clermont Courier
Milford Enterprise
Lizzie Ward
New Richmond
New York City
Courier Publishing Company
Lee Hitch
Bantam
Felicity Times
E. C. Pechin
Ohio and Northwestern Railroad
Cincinnati and Eastern
Norfolk and Western
Portsmouth Tribune
Ex-County Treasurer Coleman to be released. calls to repay funds
The Western Star editorial urges the release of ex county treasurer Charles E. Coleman from the Ohio penitentiary and expects him to return recovered county funds totaling 30 000 to 40 000 dollars. It calls on Prosecuting Attorney Anderson and Judge Runyan to act to secure repayment and arrest on remaining indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Coleman
Ohio
Columbus
Lebanon
Coleman
Hufford
Anderson
Runyan
Star
Elopement and pursuit across the hills stir Jefferson township
A widower Mac Shaw elopes with Charley Bussey’s wife, mother of a yearling, sparking a quarrel and pursuit by Bussey and Peter Shafer. They head toward West Virginia but hide in the hills as threats of vengeance loom. Passaic post office praised under Benj E McGrew with receipts rising from 12000 to 25000. Gus Ivan of Monterey loses a finger to a gun burst. Syrup of Figs advertised as the best family laxative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Township
Mac Shaw
Charley Bussey
Bussey
Peter Shafer
Vengence
Shaw
West Virginia
West Union
New York World
Passaic
New Jersey
Benj. E. McGrew
New York
Dutch Horse Thief Escapes on Ohio River Steamer
A Dutch horse thief on a Clermont to Cincinnati steamboat escapes his guards by slipping out of a state room on the Ohio River voyage. The Edenton Horse Thief Association pursues the suspect, who reaches Kentucky as Captain Ferris and companions realize the man is gone. Authorities offer a new reward and the tale ends with the thief free while Ferris and crew face blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edenton Horse Thief Association
John Ferris
W. Scott
Warsaw
Kentucky
Ohio
Ferris
Scott
Newport
Barr
Clermont
Mr. Ferris
Burkhardt
Liberty
Cincinnati
Kaintuck
Captain Ferris
Batavia
Edenton Protective
America
Advertizer Promises Reward for Dead With Paper
The New York Advertizer offered $500 to a family if a man found dead carried a copy of the paper dated his death. The offer drew two responses quickly, causing ordinary citizens to avoid keeping the Advertizer, fearing a hoodoo and hindering enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Enterprise
Woman fatally burned by clothing near Aberdeen
Mrs Eliza Dixon aged lady living with her brother James Tomlin near Aberdeen Brown county was fatally burned Wednesday evening when her night clothes ignited before an open fire. She jumped into a bed with her brother and two children, who were rescued with difficulty as flames spread. A sister of her brother's wife previously died in a similar clothing fire from the same grate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Dixon
James Tomlin
Aberdeen
Brown County
Fryman and Snyder tied to church theft recovery
The Fryman and Snyder firm based in Williamsburg appears to have wide operations. Miss Virginia Brown and J. B. Cover’s stolen Presbyterian church property at Monterey was recovered from Fryman & Snyder’s cold storage near Afton, found among their commercial effects after bankruptcy and jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fryman & Snyder
Williamsburg
Virginia Brown
J. B. Cover
Presbyterian Church
Monterey
Afton
Falling on icy streets injures notable salesman in Georgetown
Ellis Pence, famed traveling salesman for Hillsboro Marble and Granite Works, slipped on Georgetown ice last Tuesday, broke his arm, and caused cracks in nearby houses. The impact was reportedly felt as far as Ripley, twenty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Hillsboro Gazette
Clermont
Ellis Pence
Hillsboro Marble and Granite Works
Ellis
Ripley
Prison doors swing outward and parole for ex-auditor Albert Graham
Ex-auditor Albert H. Graham of Warren county has been paroled from the penitentiary. He plans to protect and support his family and rebuild his name with employment found for him. Graham, 48, was imprisoned March 12, 1884, for misappropriation of $81,000. his partner Charles Coleman received two years and is released by term expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Graham
Warren County
Columbus
Charles Coleman
Graham
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Gust
Geo. W
Pearl Street
Covalis
Rachel Clark
Springdale
Covall
Charles Dunty
Covalts
Commercial Gazette
P. J. Nichols
H. J. Buntin
Geo. Covalt
George
Blanchester
Ington
Rela
Ted
Pattison
Hilleboro Gazette
Gus Ivan
Suerpy
Melville Bros
Lima
East Fork
Leontine Hulick
Bessie Griffith
Lizzie Blanchard
Hattie Kain
Grace Hamilton
Nannie Dimmiton
Nannie Moore
Mable Cowen
Bertha
Vesta Bishop
Marie Dennison
Bessie Denham
Anna Ransom
Cecil
Edna Hulick
Mary Lane
Dora Needfam
Mt. Carmel
Fishback
Dayton Insane Asylum
Father Anderson
St. Philomena Church
Stonelick
St. Patrick Church
Cumminsville
Jane Hal
Lerado
Athens
Hendra
Simmons
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