Pocahontas County Bicentennial ~ 1821 - 2021

Thursday, September 19, 1901 THE NATION’S CHIEF EXPIRES William McKinley, the twenty-fourth President of the United States, died at 2:15...

Thursday, September 12, 1901 PROMISCUOUS DANCING We have come upon a tract written about Cromwell’s time by Peter Walker anent...

Thursday, September 5, 1901 SHOOTING OF THE PRESIDENT The whole country deplores the terrible affair at Buffalo, where a man...

Thursday, August 29, 1901 DANCING We have discussed many of the moral and social topics so why not have a...

Thursday, August 15, 1901 BIG FIRE IN MARLINTON Friday, near noon, fire broke out in the kitchen of Samuel Cooper’s...

Thursday, August 15, 1901 To see the lumber piles near Lee Overholt’s at Buckeye station is an eye opener as...

Thursday, August 8, 1901 A new war seems to have broken out between the French and the Moors in Northern...

Thursday, August 1, 1901 Mrs. Izzie Dilley has a garden that presents an object lesson, illustrating the possibilities in near...

Thursday, July 25, 1901 IN OLD SCHOOL DAYS There is an old field schoolteacher in this county, who is still...

Thursday, July 18, 1901 THE DONKEY (A Fable) A Donkey belonging to a farmer who browsed about the Public Commons...

July 11, 1901 The worst storm of the season in the vicinity of Greenbank occurred last Saturday. There was hail,...

Thursday, July 5, 1901 STATE vs MARY YOUNG, continued OKEY COLLINS The next witness is from Webster County, 25 years...

Thursday, July 27, 1901 STATE v. MARY YOUNG The interest at the last term of court centered in the trial...

Thursday, June 20, 1901 Hevener Dilley, near Dilley’s Mill, owns a sheep that has a remarkable record. Sixteen years ago,...

Thursday, June 13, 1901 A prominent citizen of Randolph County brought suit against a newly married woman for breach of...

Thursday, June 6, 1901 Depositions are being taken this week by U. S. District Attorney Scott in the case of...

Thursday, May 30, 1901 Last week, a colony of bees in transit broke loose from their box in the depot...

Thursday, May 23, 1901 THE FEED QUESTION Hay and grain are scarcer in this county than at any time in...

Thursday, May 16, 1901 A man remarked the other day that if he had a spite against a man, he...

Thursday, May 9, 1901 A gentleman who has traveled extensively remarked that he believed Marlinton to be the prettiest place...