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!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1955
Page
5
WESTERN KANSAS reports a Ness City fisherman pulled a large trout from Big Springs, a park pet, amid local outrage in Scott City. The 4 plus pound fish fueled tensions as residents joke about the missing treasure of the trout pool.
Brief humor item notes a playful twist urging kindness to foes, claiming such behavior unsettles adversaries and provokes a humorous reaction. Short, witty column style lines read like a punchy civic quip from a 20th century feature.
Old Settlers organize their annual two day picnic as weather prompts a river level forecast. The Arkansas River, near normal earlier, fluctuates with recent rains in the upper Arkansas Valley. Predictions indicate a possible rise as Syracuse area rainfall and tributaries feed the river, with multiple Kansas counties reporting shower totals including Tribune and Oakley.
Pre fair events draw about 200 4-H and Future Farmers of America members in crop and home judging and a style revue. 125 girls competed in clothing, 45 boys in best groomed boy, with state fair spots at Hutchinson pending. Livestock judging set for Monday at 9 30 a.m. from the courthouse.
City considers installing activated traffic signals at the Main and Hackberry and Fourth and Fulton intersections to protect pedestrians. City Manager Deane Wiley cites a roughly $600 per intersection cost for a signal system with vehicle lights and pedestrian push buttons. The signals would stop vehicles and pedestrians until pressed and would be activated at school crossings after a brief duty cycle. A PFA delegation urged traffic aid at the Fulton crossing last term, and replies from three cities are awaited before action.
President Eisenhower rested at his Gettysburg country home and prepared to depart for a Colorado vacation. He will drive to National Airport and fly to Denver around 4 p.m. EDT, aiming to stay through October.
In Knoxville Baptist Hospital a baby girl was born weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. The Rev. and Mrs Swan Bush chose the name Connie Diane Bush, inspired by the practice of naming hurricanes after girls.
The 52nd annual Finney Haskell County Old Settlers reunion and picnic will be held at Earl Owston Farm south of Garden City next Wednesday and Thursday. A two day program starts at 10 am with horse races, games, dancing, and a large basket dinner. Speakers include Rev Wylie Lathan and Rev E P Rogers with entertainment from the Walter Rundell band Ray Hudson orchestra and others. About 200 participants are expected. attendees are asked to bring baskets and race equipment.
AIRMAN Herbert Leiker of Hays Kansas remains in serious condition with a fractured spine at Lackland Air Force Base hospital after a motorcycle crash Sunday in Waco Texas.
A late breaking hurricane crosses into Pennsylvania as heavy rainfall, flooding, and power outages hit the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. New York reports a record monthly rainfall while Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York suffer widespread outages. The storm death toll rises to 34 with several missing and feared dead. In Pennsylvania, recent steady rains end a severe drought.
A Boston to Nova Scotia Trailways bus with 36 passengers plunged down a 30 foot embankment on Route 1 in Nobleboro Maine. A 62 year old woman, Rachel Wilbur of Boston, died two hours after the crash. Bus driver Eugene McNally 38 Hampden sustained crushed back and paralysis.
Three drivers faced traffic charges after Friday afternoon auto accidents in the city. Frank Harrison McClure was cited for an improper right turn after colliding with Harold Chester Dyck at Haitie and Kansas. Mrs Harold A Stoner was fined $10 for running a red light in a crash with John Franklin Summers at Main and Kansas. Clifford Lyle Romesburg’s sentencing for careless driving was set for August 22 after a collision with Samuel Jackson Fairchild at Eighth and Pine. Outside the city Manuel D Rodriguez of Deerfield lost control east of Holcomb, smashing a transformer and grazing two parked trucks owned by W J Smallina. damage was light and investigators continued.
Mrs Paul Payton newly appointed industrial inspector studied Garden City area this weekend covering the western third of Kansas. She found no major violations but noted many employers were unaware of the law's limits on women and minors. The frequent fault was failure to secure work permits for children under 16 in vocations covered by the child labor laws. Permits are issued by the school superintendent, with no recent requests reported. The inspection also reviewed rest room facilities sanitation and first aid as part of educating employers on legal requirements.
Thomas Mann, the German born author and 1929 Nobel Prize winner, died in Zurich after a heart attack at age 80. He fled Nazi Germany, lived in the United States, and became a U.S. citizen in 1944.
A Chesapeake Bay schooner on a pleasure cruise split in a storm off North Beach Maryland, killing ten including six men three women and a nine year old girl and leaving four missing. Thirteen others were rescued by firefighters police National Guardsmen and volunteers with two men ferrying survivors in a 14 foot skiff through high waves. The Levin J Marvel of Annapolis broke up leaving only debris. Survivors include John Mechling skipper and his three crew members. Stephen Marion a 17 year old高中 student recounted the disaster.
Pratt director Dave Leahy of the State Forestry Fish and Game Commission estimates Kansas will receive 40 000 to 50 000 dollars annually for five years from earmarked federal wildlife funds. He noted the 84th Congress approved 1312 million dollars to release funds held in the US Treasury for 10 years.
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee extended the deadline for neutral nation truce supervisors to exit Korea after a wave of demonstrations and assaults on the Wolmi Island truce team compound in Inchon. Rhee cited assurances from Assistant Secretary Robertson that the U S will seek peaceful withdrawal of the four nation commission.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.