Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives 100 years ago Aug. 28, 1925 Meet P. T. Ellis, civic evangelist. Mr. Ellis, former president of the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce and prominent in activities and affairs of the organization for a long time, has been employed by the chamber at Ottawa to direct a civic week there, Sept. 21-28. Mr. Ellis was at Ottawa this week meeting with the chamber officials and directors and will go back there for work within a few days.