This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Local ads and notices mix in bustling rural town
A dense page of classifieds and brief notices lists real estate loans and insurance contacts, farm equipment including McCormick mowers at 70 dollars, canned goods at the Bakery, silk hose at Clay's, and Johnson County fare. Citizens visit from Browning to Jackson, with social calls, livestock sales, porch painting advice, and upcoming Fourth of July plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey’s
Calhoun & Thornton
Ebner White
Sorrell
Tom McCarty
Milan
Pleman Beck
Oklahoma
L.M. Kenley
Dickinson's
Joe Street
Purdin
China
J. D. Langdon
L. R. Holding
Polson, Mont
J.P. Turner
Junius Buxton
Jackson Township
Alex. Gooch
Bailey Hardware
Clay's
Higgins & McDuff
Hanna
Bailey’s. Crains
Tarzan
Crains
Clay’s
R. W. Whaley
Kansas City
Wm. Detwiler
R. A. ‘Pétérs
John Murdock
Unionville
Bailey's
H."c. Pearson
Ernest Pearson
Near Purdin
James Willis
Marceline
Wade Havens
James Sides
Brookfield
Winchester
Dave Bailey
Linenus
H. R. Hamilton
Carter
Lowel. Brantner
Uncle Sam
F. G. Peters
Chillicothe
G. F. Peters
Charley Laing
Denver
Wm. Patterson
Charley