Pittsburg Headlight to announce elections results over loudspeaker as they arrive
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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11/2/24
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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 …
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By J.T. Knoll
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11/2/24
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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, …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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11/1/24
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Police ask motorists to be extra careful as kids go trick-or-treating
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/31/24
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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, …
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By J.T. Knoll
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10/31/24
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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 …
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By Lois Carlson
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10/30/24
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Red Cross collects record 327 pints of blood in one day
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/30/24
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/29/24
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Movie tickets for 37 pennies; local banks are short on coin supply
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/26/24
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Three students held up on Broadway; bandit absconded with $3.81
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/25/24
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Pranks must wait until Halloween warns city Marshall
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/24/24
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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 …
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By J.T. Knoll
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10/24/24
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/23/24
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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 …
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By Lois Carlson
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10/22/24
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Corpse turns out to be very much alive … and drunk
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/22/24
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Thieves blow up unlocked safe; only get 75 cents’ worth of loot
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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, …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/19/24
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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 …
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By J.T. Knoll
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10/19/24
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Pittsburg man receives ‘mit lufttpost’ via German zeppelin
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/18/24
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The Jones Store in Pittsburg closing Jan. 1
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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 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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10/17/24
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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, …
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By J.T. Knoll
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10/17/24
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