Newspaper clipping of John R. Skelton with the draft wheel used in the Portsmouth recruiting office during the Civil War. The wheel was on exhibition at the Vienna Camp No 26, Sons of Union Veterans in 1940.
Scan of a Portsmouth Daily Times newspaper article telling about Wheelersburg rebuilding itself one year after the tornado. Article includes photos of the destruction and then the rebuilding process.
Newspaper article from Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, February 22, 1954. Opening of Reitz Music Center, owner Charles A. Reitz.
Location: 713 Sixth (6th) Street, Portsmouth, Ohio
Amber glass bottle embossed: "Portsmouth Br'g & Ice Co. Portsmouth, O. Registered" on front. "D.O.C.36" on lower back side. The 1899 Portsmouth City Directory listing: Portsmouth Brewing & Ice Co., president & treasurer J. Esselborn, secretary Oscar Knorr, brewers lager beer and ice manufacturer. 258, 260, 262, & 264 West Second (2nd) Street. In 1914 Mr. Esselborn was still president & treasurer, George Zeisler was secretary at 224-230 Second (2nd), phone # 94.