Reminisce: Well-shooting business boomed for Hercules Torpedo in 1888
In the spring of 1889, the city editor of the Lima Daily Times journeyed to the semi-secluded home of one of Lima’s newest industries, describing a route “along the banks of the meandering Swinona (Hog Creek),” past the cemetery, the land of Benjamin C. Faurot and the residence of James McBeth to an area southwest of the city in Shawnee Township.
Holy Cow! History: When seed sacks were chic
Necessity is the mother of invention, we are told. The recent economy reminds us of how the mother of all hard times, The Great Depression of the 1930s, turned desperate families into hothouses for creativity and imagination. Times were especially challenging for farmers. Even in the best of times, many farm families often lived dangerously close to poverty.
A two-pronged approach: Medication, therapy work together in combating addiction
LIMA — In 2022, there were 4,915 people who died from accidental drug overdoses in Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Health. While that number is actually lower than 2021’s total of 5,174 overdose deaths, that number is still almost 500 more than the population of Ottawa, according to 2021 U.S. Census Bureau data. Eighty-four percent of those deaths were related to opioids, the majority of them related to fentanyl specifically.
Places with the most expensive homes in the Lima area
Ohio could begin nitrogen gas executions under new bill
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Republican attorney general put his weight behind a legislative effort Tuesday to bring nitrogen gas executions to the state, joining what could be a national movement in pro-death penalty states to expand capital punishment on the heels of Alabama’s first use of the method last week.
Putnam County court records, Jan. 16-25
Putnam County Common Pleas Court
Boys Basketball: Wilson becomes next point guard up for Lima Senior
LIMA — Saying next man up is easy. Coaches and players say it all the time.
Boys basketball notebook: St. John’s beats Spencerville; Elwer goes over 1,000 points
SPENCERVILLE – Cameron Elwer picked a great time to have a historic night.
John Grindrod: Small things noticed that may carry a larger message
As still a part of the work world, I see my share of people pretty much every day in the buildings I’m working, in the occasional hotels in which I stay and in the places I grab a bite, in addition to those I pass when I’m not working. While observing my fellow men and women and their actions, I’ve taken note of some things that may carry a larger message.
Lori Borgman: Online mix-up heats up the kitchen
A text arrived saying a dress I ordered online had been delivered to our front porch. And so it had, in a large and heavy box.
