Dusty Tale of a U.S. Marshal Turnabout in Kansas
A U.S. Marshal Lee Kemper recounts being stopped for speeding near Junction City and Topeka after a arresting trip, receiving a ticket for 60 mph while noting a faulty speedometer. The piece also advertises Penny’s Popular Pop and Popcorn Parlor, and notes local youths selling drinks to workers, with small-town rivalries and a Community Chest promotion led by Mrs. Clifford Hope Jr. and city bug-spray concerns at 1011 North Fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kemper
Kansas
Kemper
Junction City
Topeka
Martin Craig
Penny
North First
Gordon Penny
Clifford Hope, Jr
W. E. Rutherford
J. T. Bunney
North Fifth
Deane Wiley
Buildings Destroyed by Fire in Foxtown Kansas
Two structures burned yesterday in Foxtown 10 miles northeast of Pittsburg. The Vincent Fonicario house burned to the ground leaving only the chimney, and a nearby empty building was gutted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Town
Foxtown
Kas
Pittsburg
Vincent Fonicario
Chuckle: Dog Wins Friends Without Reading Books
A lighthearted Chuckle notes how a dog can win friends and influence people without reading books, highlighting the canine charm and social savvy in humorous style.
Man pushes invalid wife nearly a thousand miles
Roscoe Mendenhall, 50, pushed his invalid wife Elizabeth, 38, in a wheelchair across nine states from Miami to New Albany, then back toward Hot Springs. A tire came loose near New Albany. police jailed the couple after a passing motorist reported their plight. Elizabeth has been disabled since childhood. doctors urged Florida sun for strength. The voyage began with $260 saved, aimed at braces and mobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
Roscoe V. Mendenhall
Miami
Mendenhall
Eliza
Beth
Florida
Five Die In Train Crash at Marked Tree Arkansas
Five persons died and two were critically injured when four cars of the Frisco Kansas City Florida Special derailed near Marked Tree. Among the dead were Edith Randall Rinker and her child Glen, plus Patricia Jane Crawford and dining car chef William Richards. The crash left a sleeping car and dining car wrecked and sent many injured to Memphis and Jonesboro area hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark
Frico
Kansas City-Florida
Memphis
Edith Randall Rinker
Macon
Glen
Patricia Jane Crawford
Kansas City
Kas
William Richards
Bonner Springs
Jonesboro
Tulsa Youth Held for Trial After Tavern Stabbing
Grover Ross a 17 year old Tulsa youth faced assault with a deadly weapon charges after a tavern argument led to a stabbing of Bob Ellis. Ross was bound over to district court with a $3000 bond. Police verify ages and investigate cereal malt beverage act violations linked to Wednesday tavern visits with Robert Fillpot of Satanta. Ellis sustained a 2.5 inch back wound described as not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Ross
Tulsa
Bob Ellis
Ross
M.C. Schrade
Mitchel Geisler
Oklahoma City
Okla
Robert Keith Fillpot
Satanta
Mike
N. Eighth
Ellis
Two Paroled in Robbery Case
Two young men convicted of burglarizing Drees Liquor store were paroled for two years by District Judge Roland Tate. Thomas Dae Wilkison, 22, Digton, and Elwood Thomas Miller, 20, Tanover, Pa., were sentenced to 1 to 15 years and released after paying half of $130.45 court costs and half of $285 in stolen merchandise and guns. Wilkison, recently separated from military service, dropped his birth certificate and papers in the store during the May break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drees
Roland Tate
Thomas Dae Wilkison
Dighton
Elwood Thomas Miller
Tanover
Wilkison
Kiger Appeal Dismissed by Kansas Supreme Court
TOPEKA The Kansas Supreme Court dismissed as premature an appeal by Martin Kiger, director of the State Department of Administration, in the Eugene Hiatt case. Hiatt was dismissed last month for insubordination and misconduct in office. The court said no final order exists until a peremptory writ is issued, and noted Kiger may appeal again after that writ if issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Supreme Court
Martin Kiger
State Department of Administration
Eugene Hiatt
Hiatt
Fred Hail Tur
Kiger
Hilt
High Court
Supreme Court
22 Are Known Dead Following Terrific Rains
Terrential rains along the New England coast caused severe floods across nine states and DC. At least 22 dead with millions in damage. Scranton and Tamaqua faced emergency declarations as water mains burst and transport halted. Helicopters evacuated hundreds, while trains and camps faced closures and rescues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New England
United States
Diane
Carolinas
Enrollment for Garden City schools to begin Monday
Enrollment for the 1955-56 term will start Monday for more than 2,500 students in Garden City schools. Ninth graders and high school seniors report first, with other grades following on assigned days. total projected at about 2,700, up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Garfield
Garfield School
Supt
J. R. Jones
Jones
Life Theater
Tooms
Junior High
Manhunt Ends With Capture in Chicago
Richard Carpenter, a 26 year old ex convict, surrendered after a desperate standoff that left tear gas and gunfire erupting from a third floor apartment near the Biltmore Theater. Patrolman Clarence Kerr was wounded in the earlier gun duel, following the slaying of Detective William Murphy in a subway station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Dillinger
Richard Carpenter
Elwood Zier
Carpenter
Biltmore Theater
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
William Murphy
Ino
Ag Expert To Local Position In Kansas Extension Service
Dale Edelblute from Harvey County becomes extension area agriculturist based in Garden City, effective Sept 1. The role creates a broader wind erosion focused program for 22 southwestern Kansas counties, under Paul Griffith of Kansas State University. An engineering colleague will join to support field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Dale Adelblute
Harvey County
Garden City
Paul Griffith
Kansas State College Extension Service
Kansas
Edelblute
Great Plains
Denver
Fura
Benson
Griffith
Chamber Maps Work Program For Garden City Growth
The Chamber of Commerce held a noon luncheon to draft a Program of Work guiding future Chamber operation in Garden City. Thirty guests, led by President Hoy Elling, proposed projects from a four year state college to improved parks, library, hospital facilities, off street parking, and convention solicitation. Long range aims focus on industrial and agricultural development including petro chemical and water resources, with a goal to better area relations across Southwest Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Garden City
Hoy Eling
State College
C. of C
Elling
Kansas
Bob Shelton
Etling
Jim Sloan
Tom Meschke
Henry Hall
Chet Cleaver
Larry Klesen
Gene Holloway
Everett Miller
Stuart Awbrey
Ray Guthrie
Deane Wiley
Bob Wells
Bob Emery
Bass Powell
Floyd Rieker
Chiff Hope, Jr
Shelby Bourne
Jim Dunn
Cy Wasinger
Bob Schreiber
Gladys Wren
Doug Crotty
Willard Leopard
Leigh Perry
Ted Ludwig
Charles Collins
Ralph Gardiner
Emil Salyer
Two Bandits Rob Bush City Bank in Broad Daylight
Two armed men robbed Bush City Bank in Kas and tied up cashier Alva Henderson at about 10:30 a.m. They fled in an old model car with 1500 to 1800 dollars, including three hundred and six fifty dollar bills. Law officers set roadblocks as they pursued suspects northeast of Garnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush City
Kas
Anderson County
Alva Henderson
Garnett
Local collision leads to yielding charge against driver
Tony Domingo Salz, 67, of 703 Ida, is charged with failure to yield right of way after a collision yesterday at Walnut and Sixth involving his car and a car driven by Gladys Lee Robinson, 17, of 704 E Chestnut. Mrs. Guy F. Robinson, 309 E Chestnut, suffered a forehead laceration as a passenger. Robinson drove east on Walnut while Saiz entered from Sixth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Domingo Salz
Ida
Walnut
Sixth
Saiz
Gladys Lee Robinson
E. Chestnut
Guy F. Robinson
Miss Robinson
Finney County farm numbers and land use shift
Finney County saw a slight drop in farms from 739 in 1950 to 726 in 1954 while individual operators declined. Land used rose by over 27,000 acres, from 782,852 acres in 1954 to 785,746 in 1959, with average farm size also increasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Finney County farms show growth in land value and large-acre holdings
The 1954 census reports Finney County averaging 1,078.3 acres per farm up from 1,022.7 in 1950, with 833,280 total farm acres and 93.9 percent farm ownership. There were 524 resident farmers on farms in 1954, down from 527 in 1950, and 231 farms surpassing 1,000 acres, eight more than in 1950, while land and building value rose from 59,897 dollars per farm and 39.74 dollars per acre to 80,011 and higher per-acre value. Forty percent of farms are sampled for land and building value estimates from about 20 percent of farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Pinney County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dickie Stengel
Dickie
Bill Lange
Center Street
M. P. Reeve
Bill
Stengel
Lange
Iruce
Arkansas
éFhoto
John Frasier
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pausins
Clifford Mayo
Pegay Fletcher
Dear
Mangan
Dean Salter
Vera Spillman
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Maryland
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Iisland
Virginia
New York
District of Columbia
Rhode Island
Scranton
James T. Hanlon
Red Cross
Hanlon
Tamaqua
Schuylkill
Hazleton
The
Weather Bureau
Delaware
Port Jervis
N.Y
Easton
Povonos
James E. Cole
Armed Services
Coast Guard
Poconos
Delaware River
Sparrowbush
Air Force
Jubilee Beach
Godeffrey
Eddy Farm
Cieers
New York Central
Russell
Mass
Westfield
Bolton
Junior High West
Supt. Jones
Bree
E City
EA St Goodlanes
Great Bend
Oy Russell Ah HN
Pratt
Amarilla
Denver Tatunita
Hoto
John Fraziery
John Boyd
Juniper Drive
Bush City Bank
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!