Commissioners Proceedings Create Public Road Across Township
County records show a township board authorizing a public road relocation or dedication. It states alignment from a mile insertion to the southeast corner of a section, with adjoining landowners releasing claims for damages and a $3 fee to cover road use. The board notes a road record entry and to notify the Collyer township trustee. County Clerk Dananne records the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kester
Kewier
Titton
Pecinnad Taree County Slane
Ani
Collyer
Seloven
First teaching contract in Trego County school tale
In September 1885 I signed my first teachers' contract for a pol on Big creek in Trego county Kansas. The school board included a clerical professor and two directors who claimed range from Smoky Hill to the Union Pacific. A lone sod schoolhouse stood on the prairie as I arrived to find no children yet and the peculiar tale of the community.
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Big Creek
Trego County
Kan
Ary Shepherd Leonard
Shawnee County
Illinois
Fair Kansas
Smoky Hill
Union Pacific
Big Creek Valley
Bob
Dodge City
Reminiscences Of A Frontier Schoolhouse Life
A teacher recalls early one room schools, wandering cow ponies, and hardy students in a frontier district. She notes bare desks, improvised blackboards, and a director who rode a pony to deliver advice. Students walk miles, help with cattle, and later build a sod schoolhouse with a rusty stove.
Legendary Kansas school life and warm memories in western woods
A Topeka Capital recounts fifteen years of teaching in western Kansas, describing harsh winters with coal scarce and students burning buffalo chips to keep warm. Children walked miles across the Saline and Smoky rivers, rode ponies to school, and shared scarce books while a dedicated teacher earned $32 a month for six months and lived in a shale-roofed dugout. The memoir spans winter terms near the Smoky river and two terms in a Russian district, noting a large early schoolhouse, a growing library, and enduring memories from a long career in education.
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Saline
Jesse James
Smoky River
Ellis County
Kansas
Topeka
Unequalled Opportunity for Home Seekers in Idaho Tract
80,000 acres to be opened June 1 1908 at Salmon River Tract near Twin Falls Idaho offer homeseekers a low price chance for farms in fertile country Special Homeseekers Rates tickets on sale May 26 via Union Pacific inquire of R B Morse Also notes political commentary on Senator Long Kansas and comparisons to future senators The piece also mentions stomach health advice with Kodol and a brief popularity note about Leland over Stubbs in World weeklies Belleville Telescope subscription request.
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Salmon River
Twin Falls
Idaho
Union Pacific
R. B E. Morse
Hambone Song Revels in Distress and Appetite
A humorous verse laments a dyspeptic narrator whose liver rebels and stomach yearns for hambone and mustard greens. The speaker wanders through vivid appetite imagery, recalling boyhood scenes while poking at bodily discomfort.
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Hambone
Flour Sale Announcement and Local Ads
A newspaper item advertises a Monday April 20 closing sale at Osterkamp's Feed Store offering high patent flour at 1.25 a sack with a promise of quality. The note promotes Kodol for indigestion sold by W. W. Gibson and includes a brief endorsement of Cy Leland as a Republican gubernatorial candidate and a public health claim about Kodol digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Osterkamp
Osterkamp
Kidney Pills Advertise Fast Kidney Relief
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney ailments. It claims dramatic relief from backache and drops of strength after regular use. The testimonial cites Mrs. Hatin of New York and Milburn Co. as distributors and urges readers to remember the name and buy only Dean's.
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DeWitt
Grason
Pal Tommy
Drain Briedlnum
Ridsey
Ans
Hens
Dean
W. W. Gibson's
All Saviors
Pos Milburn Co
Hatin
New York
Duan
Ami
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Commissioners’ Proceedings
N Dananne
Jmen
Little Johnnie
Brank
Io Low
Theony
Cvyer
Saline Valley
Senator Long
Roosevelt
Senate
Long
Senate of the
United States
Leland
Stubbs
Belleville
Cyrus Leland
Osborne Farmer
W. W. Gibson
Co. D. Vetter Notary Public
Ooaruan
T. W. Bundy
Wells
DR. S. Huff
Mound Valley, Kansas
Burns
Connecticut Fire Peace Company
Hartford
Wa-Keeney
Mason Auctioneer
Jones
Wareeney
Lindsay
WEW Bank
Ofice
DR. C. F. Bohman
John A. Nelson
WA Keeney
T. W. Cloud
Mousy
Wa-Keeney, Kas
W. R.C
Children's Hour
G. M. Coe
Ramtec
W. Ww. Gipson
W.H. Swiggett
WA Keeney, Kans
M. Hutzel
Keeney Kansas
HF Kline
Wa-Khuuhney
O. A. Johnson
Eras Ave
Kansas City
W. W .Gibson
Bright's
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