Black and white stereopticon card image of people and trees. BeechWood was the name given to the country home near Wheelersburg which belonged to Portsmouth attorney and poet Fernando Cortez Searl, 1825-1904.
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 106. Beecher- Tilton Slander (1880s); Lyceum Bureau; Wilhelm's Opera House; Biggs; George H. Stillman; Dan Spry; Rabbi Schapiro; Jack Hathaway; Jim Riggs; Sam Jennings; Charley Brown
Photo image of scanned scrapbook page 181. Beecher- Williams Trial (1880); Rev. Henry Ward Beecher; Plymouth Church; Theodore Tilton; Local Lyseum; Wilhelm's Opera House; Biggs; Colonel George H. Stillman
Scanned page 140 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing a typed text account of the Beecher-Tilton Trial of 1880 in which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn) was sued by Theo. Tilton (one of his members) for alienating the affections of his wife. Shortly after the trial, Mr. Beecher came to Portsmouth to lecture under the auspices of the local Lyceum at the Wilhelm Opera House and stayed at the Biggs where Mr. Tilton also happened to be staying on his way to Maysville.
Scanned page 141 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing a typed text account of the Beecher-Tilton Trial of 1880 in which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn) was sued by Theo. Tilton (one of his members) for alienating the affections of his wife. Shortly after the trial, Mr. Beecher came to Portsmouth to lecture under the auspices of the local Lyceum at the Wilhelm Opera House and stayed at the Biggs where Mr. Tilton also happened to be staying on his way to Maysville.
Those involved included: Colonel Geo. H. Stillman, Dan Spry, Rabbi Schapiro, Jim Stephenson, Jim Riggs, Jack Hathaway, Frank Robinson, Charlie Brown, and Isaac LIonberger.
Scanned page 142 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing a typed text account of the Beecher-Tilton Trial of 1880 in which Rev. Henry Ward Beecher (pastor of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn) was sued by Theo. Tilton (one of his members) for alienating the affections of his wife. Shortly after the trial, Mr. Beecher came to Portsmouth to lecture under the auspices of the local Lyceum at the Wilhelm Opera House and stayed at the Biggs where Mr. Tilton also happened to be staying on his way to Maysville.
Those involved included: Flint Kendall, Geo. Freshell; Jake Gist; Jim Hager.
Bottom: Ad clippings for A. Lorberg, Fashiopnable Merchant Tailor; Isaac Richman, Clothing and Gents' Furnishing Goods; M'Farland, Sanford & Co. Clothing and Woolens; and a black & white image of Captain McClain.
scan of two newspaper photos with a brief description underneath. Top: Bill and Barbara Bihl, winners in the fair's 4-H division beef contest. Bottom: R. P. Overturf (L) looks over a steer owned by Bill Lewis (R) that the Scioto County Fair Board purchased.
black & white scanned image from publication.
Images shown: Miss A. Jackson, LaFayette Jones, Will Williamson, A.J. Finney, Henry Hall, and Cornelius C. Hyatt, noted as the oldest citizen of Portsmouth, he was born August 29, 1804.
