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Gladiator Newspaper from March 15th, 1888 from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Gladiator Newspaper from March 15th, 1888. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Gladiator Newspaper from March 15th, 1888 is text, with genre newspaper. Its dimensions are 15.25 in. x 11 in.. It is 4 pages long.
It was created on Thursday, March 15, 1888.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor. Ezekiel Mettles, 1833-1914 is the Publisher.
"The Gladiator" was a newspaper published in Worthington from 1887 to 1888 by Ezekiel Mettles. The office for the Gladiator was located in the Goodrich Block on the southwest corner of Main (High) Street and the Public Square. Pages one and two of the newspaper contain advertisements including several for Worthington businesses, along with state and national news and short columns.
Articles pertaining to local news appear on page three. Items mentioned include "Bishop & Lewis are putting on lots of Wall Paper" and "Good wagon tongue for sale." A death notice reads, "Died, after a lingering illness, at his residence one mile north of Flint, George Washington Bert, in the 25th year of his age." George Mettles advertises "Pigeons for Sale." Another notice relates the death of "Mrs. Fannie Chance who was born near Worthington, Franklin Cty, Ohio in 1812. At 17 years of age, in 1829, she married Isaac Fisher, who was a Revolutionary soldier." An obituary for Lorenzo English, Esq. appears in this issue.
Advertisements in this issue include "O. Johnson, M.D., Worthington, Ohio," "W.F. Griswold, Notary Public and Civil Engineer, Worthington, Ohio," and "R. W. Evans, dealer in stoves and tinware in Worthington."
It covers the topics retail trade and newspapers.
It covers the city Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg2000.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 2014.004.08.
The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1310.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on February 21, 2022. It was last updated February 25, 2022.