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Early History


Early History

Early Newport History submitted by Debbie Noland Nitsche

Early Settlement

Death and Disease

From: HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO 1788 - 1881 by: H. Z. Williams
pages 427-428

1823

Early Drinking Habits

Early Drinking Habits from Henry Howe, LL.D., Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol. II, Published by the State of Ohio, C.J. Krehbiel & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1888, 1904. p. 827,28

Early distilleries in Newport and attitudes toward drinking by Susy Wetz

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