Looking Back - The Morning Sun

TEST ALERTNESS — Dawn Briggs, student at Westside, swerve bicycle in repsonse to a signal from Glenn bliss, PE instructor.

Public dance halls condemned as sites of ill repute

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 29, 1924 Uncensored public dance halls in rural districts were condemned by sub-order 316, Anti Horse Thief … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/29/24

THANKSGIVING PAGENATRY — The spirit of Thanksgiving prevailed at Lakeside School as first graders reenacted the first Thanksgiving. Paige Meinhardt, Janet Trisler, Janel Sperry and Alice Cook portray two Pilgrims and a pair of Indians.

Pittsburg home to two championship teams; PHS band to play at Cards-Chiefs game

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 27-28, 1924 For the first time in memory, Pittsburg is today in possession of two football championships … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/27/24

Millard Laing’s Legacy

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Today’s photo from “Pittsburg State University, A Photographic History of the First 100 Years,” by Randy Roberts and Shannon Phillips Julien shows Professor Millard Laing, chairman … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/27/24

TINSEL FOR CHRISTMAS— Tinsel street decorations go up in downtown Pittsburg as the city prepares for the official opening of the Christmas shopping season in the city.

Man attacked with shovel and robbed near Lone Elm crossing

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 26, 1924 Attacked by a man armed with a shovel, Charles Brown, Joplin & Pittsburg Street Railway Co. … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/26/24

FLAG IS RAISED — John White, right, chairman of the Centennial committee, and Tom Murray, Centennial business manager, raise the flag over Camp ’76 in downtown Pittsburg. The flag was provided by U.S. Representative Joe Skubitz and presented to the Centennial committee.

Local miners receive first paycheck instead of cash payment.

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 23-25, 1924 Miners employed by the Central Coal & Coke company were paid by check last week, inaugurating … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/23/24

Word play gourmet

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I’ve discovered in writing this column over the years that there’s a lot of other wordplay gourmets, aka ‘word nuts’, out there. You might be one yourself if you love puns, … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/23/24

Janice Grisham, top center, special education teacher at Girard’s Haderlein Elementary School, leads LiPS program exercises in a first grade classroom.

Recaptured fugitives cause more trouble, damages to cell

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 22, 1924 Ninety-five tickets had been issued early this afternoon by Mrs. Elizabeth Drake, Secretary of the … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/22/24

Reupholstery and flour sack dresses

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Today’s photo — from “Pittsburg State University, A Photographic History of the First 100 Years,” by Randy Roberts and Shannon Phillips Julien — is of the KSTC … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/21/24

Paintings by Lil LaChance, David Champ, and their daughter Meghan, 5, are part of the new exhibit in the PAACA Gallery at Pittsburg Memorial Auditorium

Local eatery a front for speak-easy; Walnut youth injured in bounty hunt

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 21, 1924 Installation of a new type of slot machines in a number of the pool halls and cigar stores of … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/21/24

Four bottles, four chickens, and four shoes

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 20, 1924 U.S. Sen. Arthur Capper of Kansas, leader of the farm bloc in the Senate, addressed the Cincinnati, … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/20/24

Dr. R.V. Haderlein, left, is congratulated by Edwina and Jerry Stanton during dedication ceremonies for the Robert V. Haderlein Building at SEK Education Services in Greenbush.

Busy day: man survives collision on Joplin St., another denied citizenship, and Broadway is flooded,

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 19, 1924 If it was not wet before, part of Pittsburg's business district was wet last night, as one of the … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/19/24

Luis Szaran, left, Paraguayan conductor and composer, goes over the score of his ‘Concertino for Violin and Orchestra” with Paul Carlson, violinist, and Carolann Martin, conductor of the Southeast Kansas Symphony. Paul Smith, right, has been serving as translator for Szaran during his visit.

PSU named state’s safest campus

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 16-18, 1924 Resolutions condemning the officials of district 14, United Mine Workers of America; urging that … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/16/24

Sunrise, sunset

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Last Tuesday, as Linda and I were driving Highway 54 west at duskfall from Ft. Scott, the Kansas horizon fisheyed into clouds and fiery sunbath — huge, muscled, purple clouds interspersed with … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/16/24

The recently restored Tower Ballroom at Trapper Jack’s Restaurant. Once one of the hottest night spots in the area, the Tower had a capacity of 325 people, with another 220 in the main dining room and 75 in the loft meeting room.

The Tower Ballroom ready to make memories, again

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 14, 1924 Organizations giving dances, holding boxing, wrestling and other athletic events or staging football … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/14/24

Housed at the Hotel

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PSU’s ambitious ‘Gorilla Rising’ project will soon transform the historic Besse Hotel, which has been vacant for several years, into student apartments on the upper floors and a mix … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/14/24

Pittsburg proposes opening 12th Street to the bypass

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 13, 1924 Disapproval was voiced today by J. L. Hutchinson, principal of the senior high school, to the … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/13/24

Rockhurst middle hitter Andrea Attach tries to get a kill past Pittsburg State’s Benita Bauer (15) and Lucy Weiner (10). Rockhurst defeated PSU 15-2, 15-2, 15-1.

CK County candidates win general election after primary defeats

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 9-11, 1924 What athletics means to modern civilization keynoted the address by the president of Drake … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/9/24

The Quintessence of a Dog

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I’ve been back in my workshop, back working with wood. I aim to be an artisan, not an artist. Indeed, to be recognized as an artisan would be a great step forward for me as a … more

By Bobby Neal Winters | 11/9/24

Taking a step back

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While trying to come to terms with life in the USA going forward after the election, I came across an interview with Walker Percy, a novelist I first read in the late 1970s. The common thread of … more

By J.T. Knoll | 11/9/24

Opolis-Asbury Highway opens; Pittsburg applies for new 4-lane bypass

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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 Years Ago Nov. 8, 1924 The Opolis-Asbury concrete highway, southeast of Pittsburg, has recently opened to traffic. For some … more

Compiled by Phil Burgert | 11/8/24