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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 2-4, 1924 A clean sweep for Coolidge and Paulen is indicated in Pittsburg based on the early count this … more
The burden of freedom
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The burden of living up to ourselves is upon us again.   – Stephen Dunn I was watching the Yankees’ melt down in the World Series when the boom, boom, boomer and flash-crack of … more
Sixty days of wows
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 1, 1924 Due possibly to the fact that the city was patrolled by an extra-large force of officers last night, … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 31, 1924 Students and faculty of the Pittsburg Teachers College, about 500 of them, were in attendance last … more
An evening drive on Halloween
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Prologue. Time - the present. A young man, Jim, is riding in the passenger seat of a car driven by a young woman, Mary Ann. Jim is thinking about making out with Mary Ann, but in just a short time, … more
Homecoming memories
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     Those of you who are older will know what I mean when I say that the older we get, the more important our memories are to us, especially the many good memories.  For those … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 30, 1924 The Teachers College calendar, published monthly by the school printing department, has been issued … more
Grocers find a boa in the bananas —twice!
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 29, 1924 Sheriff's officers at Shreveport, La., have jailed a man in route from New Orleans to Pittsburg and … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 26-28, 1924 The question of whether coal companies operating in this field but which are not Kansas … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 25, 1924 W. W. Fisher and Mrs. Estelle Davis, nationally known negro speakers, addressed a fair-sized … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 24, 1924 The soaping of windows in the business district and the turning over of small buildings in the … more
Pioneers in the Cherokee Neutral Land
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Today’s photo (date unknown) is of the pioneer home — logs chinked with mud and rocks — of Robert and Minerva Fowler, ancestors on my mother’s side, who settled in the … more
Funny-money circulating in Pittsburg
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 23, 1924 Distribution of spurious $10 bills by counterfeiters in Pittsburg and the surrounding mining camps … more
Local surprises
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     I have always found it interesting that many people are always anxious to learn about people and places far away from home and often times to even visit those places which is … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 22, 1924 Efforts are being made at the Teachers College to revive the Green Lizard society, which was … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 19-21, 1924 The hero of many demonstrations, Walter Johnson received today from his hometown of Coffeyville, … more
Getting a new gas meter
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After my afternoon nap a couple weeks back, I descended the stairs and heard strange, rattling noises below my kitchen window. Upon investigation I discovered a youngster (in his 30s) wrangling … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 18, 1924 A letter carried across the Atlantic Ocean by the German Zeppelin, ZR-3, from Berlin to New York was … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Oct. 17, 1924 Kansas soft coal mining conditions are improving and working hours are mounting, said William … more
On the open road 
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Today’s photo, snapped by Denis Buche on I-25 Highway, shows me at the start of a hitchhiking odyssey — the trip from Albuquerque to Denver on Christmas Day in 1978 with my brother, John, … more
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