Tim Vollet

Chillicothe

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Looking back: When Mead constructed its new office building at Ninth and Paint streets

1 week ago | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Tim Vollet, Special to the Gazette“They aren’t losing any time, are they?” These words must have been said by more than one papermaker as they arrived for their shifts that June morning 100 years ago. There was a beehive of activity going on outside a familiar little brick building the Mead workers had passed countless times. This morning, an out-of-town wrecking crew from Dayton was busy tearing out the structure’s interior fixtures and piling the debris on the green lawn.
Looking back: Part II of the Shamrock dance hall fire

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Tim Vollet

Sunday evening, March 15, 1925, a police car carrying two Ross County deputy sheriffs kicked up a cloud of dust as it steered into the parking lot of the Shamrock dance hall and into an empty space. Deputy Arthur Crago, an artilleryman in the recent World War, climbed out from behind the wheel, eyes carefully surveying the area. Crago ran the county jail, and his wife was matron in charge of the women's jail.
Looking back: Part II of the Shamrock dance hall fire

1 month ago | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Sunday evening, March 15, 1925, a police car carrying two Ross County deputy sheriffs kicked up a cloud of dust as it steered into the parking lot of the Shamrock dance hall and into an empty space. Deputy Arthur Crago, an artilleryman in the recent World War, climbed out from behind the wheel, eyes carefully surveying the area. Crago ran the county jail, and his wife was matron in charge of the women's jail.
A dance hall fire, blue laws, and how Chillicothe reacted in the 1920s

2 months ago | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Chillicothe was the scene of an early skirmish in an intensifying battle between religious and secular forcesThe local spat was picked up by numerous newspapers across the countryEarly Sunday morning, May 3, 1925, a strange orange glow streamed through the windows of the Scott family’s Western Avenue home and startled them awake. Too early for sunrise, mom, dad and kids all rose from their slumber and made their way to the front of the house.
Looking back: City and county jails used 'dungeons" to deter bad behavior

Mar 16, 2025 | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Friday night, Feb. 27, 1925, prisoner John Owens threw a tantrum inside the Ross County jail. He had burglarized the Central Barbar Shop several weeks before, stealing $68 and a revolver. After being arrested and placed behind bars, Owens had done nothing but cause trouble, fighting other prisoners, cursing, tearing up furniture and acting like a wild man. On this Friday evening, the crazed prisoner violently yanked a wedge-shaped piece of iron from his cell’s stone wall.
Looking Back: 100 years ago, kids were excited to get free tickets to 'Peter Pan'

Feb 9, 2025 | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

The Levy Clothing Company on N. Paint St gave away 500 free ticketsParamount's 'Peter Pan' was showing at the Majestic TheatreMore companies got involved during Peter Pan WeekSaturday morning, Jan. 10, 1925, hundreds of noisy, excited children and their mothers crammed the entrance to the Levy Clothing Company on N. Paint St. There was something magical in the air.
Looking Back: The Gazette's Election Party was a political tradition

Nov 22, 2024 | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Tim VolletSpecial to the GazetteIt was Election Day, Nov. 4, 1924, and as the hour approached midnight the crowd, which had packed Paint Street outside the Gazette building all evening long, began thinning out, dispersing down the dark sidewalk to cars and home. Only diehard political junkies remained behind, determined to hold out until the much-delayed local election results came in.
Looking back: Defense Day fizzled out quickly despite participation in first one

Oct 11, 2024 | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Tim VolletSpecial to the GazetteThreatening skies hovered over a crowded Yoctangee Park, late Friday afternoon, Sept. 12, 1924, as a seemingly endless stream of hungry men and women, mess kits held in outstretched arms, shuffled forward in line. A handful of American Legion members were stationed behind an Army field kitchen and they spooned generous portions of pork and beans, mashed “spuds” and hard tack onto waiting plates.
Looking Back: Former Chillicothe boy abducted by traveling showman in 1924

Jun 22, 2024 | chillicothegazette.com | Tim Vollet

Thursday evening, March 13, 1919, sometime between 7:30 to 8 pm, 10-year-old Verda Pennell shifted the grocery bag she was carrying from one arm to the other and hurried up the sidewalk toward her Adams Avenue home. Ahead in the distance a man was standing just off the road near the intersection of Fourth and Watts streets, but the girl didn’t think much of it. As she approached the man, though, he blocked her path and asked if she would like to take a walk with him.
Looking Back: Chillicothe declares war on rats in 1924

May 11, 2024 | yahoo.com | Tim Vollet

Early evening, April 14, 1924, John Knecht stood behind the counter of the South End Meat Market at Paint and 8th streets and dropped a chunk of hamburger steak on the butcher’s block. Wiping his left hand on his bloody apron, his right hand picked up a large knife off the counter. The veteran butcher made a sweeping motion with his arm and skillfully sliced off a small piece of the meat.