The road to Independence
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This year is the 248th birthday of the United States. Next April marks the 250th anniversary of the start of the War of Independence at the Battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775. What followed was …
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By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected]
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7/3/24
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Inflation a driving issue of election
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 29-July 1, 1924
Workmen are pouring concrete on the last section of the stadium, which probably will be …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/29/24
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Police say over 120 arrested in CR so far this year — most are alcohol -related
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
1 00 Years Ago
June 28, 1924
M. M. Rose of Fort Scott was unanimously elected superintendent of Pittsburg schools at a special …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/28/24
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Man arrested for selling stolen Ford in Pittsburg
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 27, 1924
Crawford County's total tax evaluation, including both rural and city property, personal and real, …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/27/24
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The Big Pool
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This photo taken from the west end of the old Municipal Pool (“The Big Pool”) in Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park shows plenty of action in the water as well as the old high diving board …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/27/24
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Pitsco received People’s Choice Award
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 26, 1924
The Teachers College picnic tonight at Lincoln Park will be the largest in school history, it is …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/26/24
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Cherokee man arrested with 35 gallons of chocolate liquor, some of it chilled
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 25, 1924
Pittsburg today was thronged with a veritable "circus parade crowd,” as one merchant aptly …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/25/24
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Ritchie Valens
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This is the final column about the three rock ’n roll musicians that perished in that wintery fatal plane crash just outside of Clear Lake, Iowa on Feb. 3, 1959
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By Lois Carlson
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6/25/24
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Summer of ‘62
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Last Wednesday morning I heard the neighborhood rooster crow and started having summer flashbacks, starting with the chicken yard out back of our bungalow in the Frontenac.
How, as a …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/22/24
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Four busted in Frontenac & a foiled escape at county jail
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 22-24, 1924
During the past two years, the Cherokee community high school has changed its agricultural course …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/22/24
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Two quarts wine, 1 pint whiskey, & 1 still send Croweburg man to jail
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 21, 1924
Alexander Howat, deposed head of the Kansas United Mine Workers union, yesterday placed in …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/21/24
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Investigating the past
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PITTSBURG, Kan. — Half-dozen students interested in researching their family history attended a genealogy class at Pittsburg State’s Grubbs Hall on Thursday. Led by PSU history professor …
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By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected]
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6/21/24
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1957
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This week’s 1957 picture from “Images of Pittsburg” by Randy Roberts and Janette Mauk has a caption that points out the Hotel Besse towering over downtown Pittsburg and a KOAM Radio …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/20/24
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What to do as double b-day celebration approaches
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 20, 1924
A record attendance was established at Lincoln Park last night on the occasion of the first …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/20/24
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Crap game robbed of $130 in cash and property; bandits escape
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 18, 1924
That Crawford County farmers will do well to get into the dairying business, was the consensus among …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/18/24
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Buddy Holly
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On a recent bus tour to Iowa, our group visited numerous places and among them was the Surf Ballroom at Clear Lake, Iowa. Many of you reading this will remember the tragic plane …
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By Lois Carlson
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6/18/24
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Police on trail of stolen car ring
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 15-17, 1924
The first Kansas state convention of the Izaak Walton League is being held today at the Chamber …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/15/24
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Pittsburg’s Senior Babe Ruth team improves to 9-0
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 14, 1924
Earl Patton of Radley and family have returned from a motor trip through Missouri, Illinois, Indiana …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/14/24
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Hidden lessons in the flag
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"Resolved. That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation."
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By Dustin R. Strong / [email protected]
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6/14/24
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Hooch sends wedding party into ditch
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
June 13, 1924
Gus Herby, who brutally murdered his estranged wife at Arma earlier this week, was found dead in his …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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6/13/24
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