by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
By Hank Nuwer The Greenville Democrat said James J. (J.J.) Webster looked too dignified to be a criminal. “Rather did he appear as a bank clerk,” the paper said. Tall and dark, Webster wore spectacles and a brown business suit at his trial. The...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer I became fascinated with the history of 19th century Chinese workers in America while conducting research for my historical novel, Sons of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey.” In one chapter, an Idaho buckaroo attempts to cut off the queue... by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Travel Reviews
Near Darke By Hank Nuwer When Gosia and I moved to Union City, Ind., we stopped by an antique and nostalgia store on 236 N. Columbia Street, Union City, Indiana. The building over time served many owners. It hosted a civic club, dry cleaners, a vacuum cleaner store, a...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hank Nuwer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks The influence of lobbying groups and the media on the law-making process in the United States with selected examples of offenses to the detriment of minors and crimes of human trafficking. Crimes against victims regularly...
by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
Week after week, 52 Wednesdays a year, Ohio publisher Charles W. Roland put out the Greenville Democrat from 1866 to 1899. His name at birth on Aug. 6, 1831, was Charles W. Rowlands. He was the son of a housewife and a shipyard worker from the Isle...