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Hard crust bread is good for you
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This week’s photo is of Martin Spritzer perched on the running board of the Frontenac Bakery delivery truck sometime after 1944 when he and his wife, Julia Vacca Spritzer, took the bakery over … more
Asbestos you didn’t see that coming
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 19, 1925   A new record for sale of Pittsburg bonds was attained yesterday when the commission disposed … more
Education up in air for student project
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 18, 1925   Matt L. Walters of Scammon was elected president of District 14, United Mine Workers of … more
George Washington, Part 2
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     Last week I shared with you the history of George Washington’s ancestors and their coming to Virginia and eventually how his parents began their life together on the farm, … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 15-17, 1925   Yesterday’s grist of naturalization hearings before Judge D. H. Woolley netted … more
Baker 75 years old today
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 14, 1925   William M. Jardine, president of the Kansas State Agricultural College, was selected today by … more
Celebrating people and businesses
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 13, 1925   Reports that Russia, which before the World War was one of the leading exporting countries, … more
This being Black History Month I’m publishing the biography of a quite remarkable Black man who brought not only hard work and ingenuity to Pittsburg, but also “lifting, loving, caring, … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 12, 1925   Long skirts for coeds, also high necked dresses and no rouge at Lincoln College. Coeds of … more
Concluding a case, remembering legacies
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 11, 1925   Men posing as special deputy sheriffs who have conducted liquor raids in Crawford County … more
The Washington’s: Part 1
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    For many of us, February is a bright spot after the let-down of the extra busy holidays and often very cold weather of January. (Especially true this year.)  February ushers in … more
A feathery situation
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 8-10, 1925   A large attendance is expected at the all-day good roads meeting to be held here tomorrow, … more
Celebrating Kansas in Pittsburg
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 7, 1925   A soldier may now will his Kansas World War bonus claim, if yet unpaid at his death, the … more
He Flew with Eagles, Pt. 4
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Here’s the final installment in a four-part series about Pittsburg’s Jack Gilliland by Dr. William E. Powell, former geography and geology professor at Pittsburg State … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 5, 1925   Wholesale egg prices yielded to mild weather again today with a 3-cent drop. All grades took … more
Building bridges to improvement
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 4, 1925   Plans for six bridges in Crawford County, on township roads, are being prepared by C. M. … more
Snap to it
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As a fan who has followed the Chiefs since they played at Municipal Stadium (on the K.C. Athletics baseball field) and got dissed by Vince Lombardi after losing to the Packers in the first Super … more
Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Feb. 1 – Feb. 3, 1925   The Kansas City Southern is the chief figure in the current railroad gossip. … more
Upgrades and basketball highlighted in SEK
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Jan. 31, 1925   Reorganization of the Pittsburg Pavers & Builders Brick Company, which four or five years … more
Court orders sale of J. & P. Railroad
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Jan. 30, 1925  Sale of the property of the Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Company upon four weeks’ … more
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