by Darren McMannis | Feb 15, 1926 | Old News, Science
Dancing Causes A Girl’s Death. Physician Declares That Charleston Is Dangerous For Young Women. Seneca, KS – The recent death of Evelyn Myers, 17, was “due to dancing the Charleston,” her physician, Dr. W. R. Boyer of Pawnee City, Nebr., said in a statement made...
by Darren McMannis | Jul 7, 1924 | Good Old Days, Police Court
AIR MAIL FLIER TOOK FLIGHT INTO REALM OF LOVE, AND CRASHED. Aviator Also Was a High Flyer in Finances – Cleaned Up $16,000 But Gave it Back. And Now he’s in Jail, Lacking $500 for Bail. Burrton, Kansas July 7, 1924 – Winning $16,000 in a somewhat shady...
by Darren McMannis | Jun 6, 1924 | Family, Old News
Deserted His Child. George Hamilton is a prisoner at the Harvey county jail here because he refused or failed to support a daughter by a former marriage. Hamilton and his wife were divorced years ago. It is understood that both have remarried since. The girl,...
by Darren McMannis | Feb 24, 1923 | Fire, Old News
Considerable damage resulted from a fire that broke out at the Burrton Produce Co. building at Burrton. The flames were thought to have had their origin from a defective flue. The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson, Kansas. February 24, 1923. Page 2.
by Darren McMannis | Feb 4, 1922 | Electrocution
The body of Eddie E. Bargreen, who was electrocuted, while working on electric wires a short distance west of Newton, Friday morning (February 3, 1922), was sent to Carbondale this morning at the request of the mother, who resides at that place. It is thought that the...
by Darren McMannis | Mar 9, 1919 | Influenza, Killed In Action
Private Eaarl Floyd Alfred Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Hood, of Newton, was born May 24, 1897, at El Dorado, Kansas, and came to Newton with his parents in 1908. He completed the common school work in the city schools and later was employed here, the last 2 years...
