YEAR  | 
    ARTICLE TITLE  | 
  
   
    | 1790's | 
    The Laziest Man in the World Lived in Southeastern 
      Scioto County | 
  
   
    | 1810 | 
    Biggest Tree in Ohio (Sycamore of Fifteen 
      Horses) | 
  
   
    | 1829 | 
    Extraordinary Circumstance of George Telston | 
  
   
    | 1853 | 
    Earthquakes Felt in Portsmouth | 
  
   
    | 1883 | 
    Clara Bell is Found | 
  
   
    | 1887 | 
    Mrs. Sarah Gowdey - General Grant's 
      Nurse | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Millionaire Peter Hayden Comes to Portsmouth | 
  
   
    | 1888 | 
    Ida Runser Leaves to Study | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Harvey Sly Rodded at the Base of the Brain | 
  
   
    | 1889 | 
    Dry Run Natural Furnace Discovered | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. William Lewis Struck by Brick | 
  
   
    | 1893 | 
    Lorenzo Dow Owns the Oldest Sleigh in America 
     | 
  
   
    |   | 
    The Wrong Man | 
  
   
    | 1894 | 
    Ward Family in Distress | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. Robert Trexter Deserted by Her Husband | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Williard Claims Champion Girl | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. William Heid Accidentally Shot  | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Robert Morris captures Largest Pike in this 
      area | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. Meyers Inherits Several Thousand Dollars | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Will Evans, Champion Corn Husker | 
  
   
    | 1895 | 
    Jones, Emmett, Seymour Feud | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Austin Missing man | 
  
   
    |   | 
    J. Ruggels to Leave for Fourth Trip | 
  
   
    |   | 
    John McDermitt Dies in Penitentary | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George Turner Fires at Bologna Thief | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Charles Tilton and Charles Butcher Skip for 
      St. Louis | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Brothers Fight a Duel | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dunham Bicycle from Rhode Island 
      to Portsmouth | 
  
   
    |   | 
    John Sturgeon Sent to Workhouse | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Spiritualists Search for Gold | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Fireman Mershon Totally Blind | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Jesse Bond Poisoned | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Robert McAuley Returns Home | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Ella Potts injured by collapse of brick oven | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Charles and William Sempler Engage in Drunken Encounter | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George Davis Estate | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Fratricid at a Dance | 
  
   
    |   | 
    William Price Assaulted | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George H. Freshell attempts suicide | 
  
   
    | 1896 | 
    Mayor Holloway's House Burglarized | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mary E. Martin declared insane | 
  
   
    |   | 
    M. Jacobs builds house, but forgets chimney | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Richard Masters shot at by James Moore | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Thomas McKee Arrested | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George Davis found in box car | 
  
   
    |   | 
    McFarland, Wertz, Dice refund crop money 
      to tenants | 
  
   
    |   | 
    William Ferrell found in box car | 
  
   
    | 1897 | 
    Dave Reed Falls at Iron Mill | 
  
   
    |   | 
    B. W. Scratton accidentally shot  | 
  
   
    |   | 
     Little Girl Bitten by Rattlesnake | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Tree was old post office | 
  
   
    |   | 
    J.C. Cole one of Jesse James' Gang arrested in 
      Portsmouth | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. Nancy Powell Burned | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Frank Lyons found with hands and feet tied | 
  
   
    | 1899 | 
    Brickyard Strike | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Scioto Hills Site of "Free Love" | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Gold Found in Philip Multer Estate | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. Lillian Anders Divorces | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Hannah Gallagher Fatally Beaten | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Richard Junge Shot | 
  
   
    | 1900 | 
    Lydia Williams Assaulted | 
  
   
    | 1901 | 
    Katie Dolt Assaulted | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Race Riot at Ironton | 
  
   
    | 1902 | 
    Kentucky Profanity Law | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Nannie Gillan accidentally shoots mother | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Bullet Injures Two | 
  
   
    | 1903 | 
    From Newsboy to Millionaire | 
  
   
    |   | 
    William Glasco Attacks Miss Maloney | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Charley and Earl Polley Shot by Brother | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mr. Jacob Schaefer Endorses Doan's Kidney 
      Pills | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Detroit Southern Railroad Camp Struck By 
      Lightning | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Vincent Brown Accidentally Shot By Daughter | 
  
   
    | 1904 | 
    Toy Pistol Factory in Portsmouth Explodes | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Berl Cooper Shot by Edward Burton | 
  
   
    | 1905 | 
    Four Women Rescued | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Bomb Hurled at a House | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Wesley Tinsley and Bafter McElhaney Shot | 
  
   
    | 1906 | 
    James Hart bit by snake | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Import Strike Breakers | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mrs. Michael Burns Attempts Suicide | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Earl Houlton Injured in Football Game | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Local Residents Become Millionaires | 
  
   
    | 1907 | 
    Fred Whiteman Shot by Policeman | 
  
   
    | 1910 | 
    Samuel F. Bridwell Hit by Lightning | 
  
   
    | 1911 | 
    Frank Lair & Wife Assaulted and Robbed | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Samuel Moore Will Lose Hand | 
  
   
    | 1912 | 
    Jesse Niece shoots John Jamison | 
  
   
    | 1913 | 
    Ohio State Federation of Labor Holds Meeting 
      in Portsmouth | 
  
   
    | 1914 | 
    Stephenson Sisters Admit Burglary | 
  
   
    | 1917 | 
    Austrian Plots to Bomb Portsmouth | 
  
   
    | 1918 | 
    Scouts in Rubbish Drive | 
  
   
    | 1920 | 
    Mrs. George Willis Buried the Wrong Husband | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Postcard is Delivered--Mailed Nine Years Ago | 
  
   
    | 1922 | 
    Elmire Higgins to Find Family | 
  
   
    | 1923 | 
    Walker Brothers, Morris, McCain Convicted of 
      Booze Making | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mayor Stops KKK Parade | 
  
   
    | 1924 | 
    Old Pals have "Pictures Took" | 
  
   
    | 1927 | 
    Miss Beauford Hughes Falls from Cliff | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Portsmouth Woman Invents Sewing Machine 
      Light | 
  
   
    | 1929 | 
    Junior Bloomfield, 3, Poisoned | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Joseph Locke Shoots Wife & Mother-in-Law | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Motion Picture Theatre Owners Arrested | 
  
   
    | 1930 | 
    Hunting Season Accidents | 
  
   
    | 1931 | 
    Louis Hyland Robbed | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Andrew Payne Disappeared | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mysterious Fish Deaths | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Marianne Moors Paris Bound | 
  
   
    |   | 
    John Lloyd Injured in Car Accident | 
  
   
    |   | 
    County Moonshiners | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Geraldine Abrahams has hiccoughs for 1 
      year | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George Williams robbed | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Mary Coddle & Daisy Theobald Injured 
      in Accident | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Ellis Nelson Swallows Bottle Cap | 
  
   
    | 1932 | 
    Wingless Chicken in Portsmouth | 
  
   
    |   | 
    City Manager Frank Sheehan Received Threatening 
      Letters | 
  
   
    |   | 
     292,300 Loaves of Bread Donated | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Clay Township Money is Missing | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Grace Fuller & Marvin Groog pass bad coins | 
  
   
    |   | 
    James Haley dies from Scarlet Fever | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Nina Bouts is Missing | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Elizabeth Fletcher Found in Lima | 
  
   
    |   | 
    John Osborn stabbed | 
  
   
    |   | 
    William Pennywick beaten at auction | 
  
   
    | 1933 | 
    Gladys Shover Swallows Plum Stone | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Cock Fight Tax | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Free Beer With Meals | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Boat Idea Sinks  | 
  
   
    |   | 
    State Reps. Hurt In Pike Country Wreck | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Arch Bolton Stabbed in Row | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Sheriff Bridwell Stabbed | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Grocer Takes "Play" Money | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Liquor Costs CWA Workers to be Arrested | 
  
   
    |   | 
    A New Dam is Needed | 
  
   
    | 1934 | 
    Kentucky Governor Receives Death Threats 
      with Portsmouth Postmark | 
  
   
    |   | 
    George Flagg shot | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Branch Rickey's parents injured in auto accident | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Alfred Angel shot | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Betty Stratton Walks in Sleep | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Loren Coffman Disappears | 
  
   
    |   | 
    William Newman Tortured and Robbed  | 
  
   
    | 1935 | 
    Four Rob Montgomery Wards Store | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Citizens Fight Ban on Dancing   
     | 
  
   
    | 1936 | 
    Boys Missing Mother Hunted | 
  
   
    | 1937 | 
    Miss Ruth Lloyd becomes Head of Tax Committee | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Carl Hall, Cult Leader, Hiding in Portsmouth | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Typhoid Fever Hits Portsmouth | 
  
   
    | 1943 | 
    Deer Hunting Returns to Ohio After 50-Year 
      Absence | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Deer Season Ends In Ohio | 
  
   
    | 1944 | 
    Ronald Boggs, age 3, disappears | 
  
   
    | 1946 | 
    Homer Hickman Killed in Auto Accident | 
  
   
    | 1947 | 
    Bus passengers have hour of terror  | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Everett Lee Anderson, Willie Ray Welch Holdup 
      Bus | 
  
   
    | 1952 | 
    Women Choose Church Over Jail Time | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Doctors Set $1 a Mile Fee on Country Calls | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Squirrels Lead to Gun Battle; Two Wounded | 
  
   
    | 1953 | 
    Suspected Sheriff's Slayers Stop in Wheelersburg | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Slot Machines Found in Ohio River | 
  
   
    | 1955 | 
    Chez Paree in Wheelersburg Busted for Bingo | 
  
   
    | 1958 | 
    Jet Plane Crashes in Ironton | 
  
   
    |   | 
    Boy Scout Shoots Sheriff | 
  
   
    | 1959 | 
    McDermott Bomb Attempt | 
  
   
    | 1960 | 
    Cattle Rustlers | 
  
   
    | 1965 | 
    Hills Robbery Suspect Caught | 
  
   
    | 1966 | 
    William Harsha III Injured in Auto Accident | 
  
   
    | 1968 | 
    French Weather Balloon Lands in Scioto County |