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14/12/2024

As they crossed the bridge, Fred Ashcraft swung at his cousin with a right hook. Horn raised his left arm to protect himself, but the punch landed on his jaw and Horn fell to the ground. Ashcraft then kicked him three or four times in the body and the head.

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14/12/2024

Dry agent Harold Shugg told Louise to keep her mouth shut and told the driver to step on it. A short time later, the driver took another side road and stopped in the middle of a creek. Shugg told her that if she didn’t shut up, he would toss her into the creek. “Shugg then grabbed me and pushed me down in the back seat. He tried to raise my dress and I tried to push him away.”

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14/12/2024

There was a rap at the door and Mr. Peters opened it to stand face to face with Gervais Ward and a revolver. Canary and Bates were close behind, also waving handguns. Mr. Peters said: “They told me to sit down and keep quiet and I certainly did it. I was glad to do it.”

Read abou the hunt for "The Wild Canary" at the Little Chicago Chronicles....

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21/11/2024

SKOTCH HERITAGE
How red plaid became a Hamilton icon

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jnpM08Bboddkvd2muB6syk4UnFBj86bicxZD8eMeiMU/edit?usp=sharing

20/11/2024

Local History
Famous Visitors: Abraham Lincoln & The Liberty Bell

Back to Hometown History Famous visitors: Lincoln & The Liberty Bell Two of Hamilton’s historic markers commemorate the occasions of famous visitors coming to town. On the current city hall plaza at the corner of Martin Luther King and High Street, an Ohio Historic Marker commemorates September .....

20/11/2024

John B. Weller: The Blustering Feller
The fifth Goveror of the state of California started his political career as a Butler County Prosecutor and U.S. Representative for the district.

Back to Hometown History John B. Weller The Blustering Feller Add to the list of distinguished individuals who got their start in Hamilton but became a national sensation one John B. Weller (1812-1875), the fifth Governor of California. Weller was born in Montgomery, Ohio, in northern Hamilton Co...

20/11/2024

New in the archives....

DEADLY SCUFFLE IN THE NORTH END
Harry Booth came from behind the bar with a club in his hand. He tried to separate the two scuffling men, and eventually raised the club to strike Hoskins, but Hoskins whipped out a pocket knife, fending off blows as he slashed the knife around...
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20/11/2024

DEADLY SCUFFLE IN THE NORTH END
Harry Booth came from behind the bar with a club in his hand. He tried to separate the two scuffling men, and eventually raised the club to strike Hoskins, but Hoskins whipped out a pocket knife, fending off blows as he slashed the knife around...
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20/11/2024

FAMILY TRAGEDY BY THE CANAL
She accused him, he accused her, things got louder, and finally, the youngest son James whispered to his older brother, “I’m going to jump into the canal like that other boy did,” and ran from the house in his pajamas.
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20/11/2024

New to the Little Chicago Chronicles online archives:

A Crack-Down On Shirkers:
According to the investigation, Officer McCormick sold $54 worth of ci******es to Clifford Lamb, proprietor of the City Meat Market on South Front Street. McCormick did not deny it, but claimed he didn’t “know it was an offense.”

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25/04/2024

New items in the LITTLE CHICAGO CHRONICLES archives!!!

The County Courthouse Safe Caper
Chasing Auto Theft Rings
War on Pool Halls & Slot Machines

25/04/2024

Three new stories in the archives of THE LITTLE CHICAGO CHRONICLES

The County Courthouse Safe Caper
Chasing Auto Theft Rings
The War on Pool Halls & Slot Machines

https://www.richardojones.us/fingo-veritas/the-little-chicago-chronicles

17/02/2024

Although mostly forgotten in the annals of local history, Hamilton can boast of a native son who was a pioneer of modern theater, especially important in the world of epic outdoor drama.

17/02/2024

New page in the archives....

17/02/2024

New page in the archive of articles on notable Hamiltonians:

17/02/2024

New page in the archives:

17/02/2024

New page in the archives...

25/01/2024

Here's a podcast about a 1948 murder in Reily Township.

A Body Between The Rails: The Reily Mattock Murder

Episode 198 is centered on one of my favorite murder tropes, the so-called “eternal triangle,” between the cranky old farmer, his fading wife, and the handsome young farmhand. Yeah, that’s not going to end well, but they might have gotten away with it if they had just put the body across the tracks. It’s all in the details.

Culled from the historic pages of the Hamilton Journal-News and other newspapers of the era.

The Reily Mattock Murder Episode 198 is centered on one of my favorite murder tropes, the so-called “eternal triangle,” between the cranky old farmer, his fading wife, and the handsome young farmhand. Yeah, that’s not going to end well, but they might have gotten away with it if they had just ...