by Hank Nuwer | Apr 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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 | Uncategorized
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...
