by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, True Crime
By Hank Nuwer This is the story of George Washington Clear, born in 1849, the youngest son of Phillip and Mrs. Clear. On June 7, 1871, Clear married a young woman from Union City, IN, named Anna Moist. George and Anna soon raised a baby they...
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 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...
by Hank Nuwer | Feb 1, 2024 | Hank Nuwer Autobiography, Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories, Humor
By Hank Nuwer My wife Gosia’s dream to ride at top speed in a stockcar will come true next month. That’s her birthday gift from me. 10 years ago, I seized my own stockcar opportunity on the Lucas track in Clermont, Ind. “Dear Hank. Congratulations. Drivetech... by Hank Nuwer | Mar 5, 2023 | Hank Nuwer Indiana & Ohio Stories
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Good day, Reader: I was thinking of adding one of the strangest and saddest columns I ever penned. So here it is. I won’t say, “Enjoy!” But maybe you’ll learn something about groupthink with this tale from the past in...
