by Darren McMannis | Dec 7, 1903 | Good Old Days, Robbery
Two employees of a certain Newton firm are being joshed considerably by their fellow-workmen today over an incident that happened this morning. Yesterday they were sent to a certain Newton home to do some work which necessitated their being inside the house much of...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 4, 1903 | Fire, Old News
About eight o’clock this morning the fire department was called to the home of Mrs. Liddie Travis at 424 East Eighth street and found her house in flames. The water was unsatisfactory at first and the kitchen of the small one story building was destroyed and...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 3, 1903 | Shooting Accidents
Jap Weathers, southeast of town had an accident one day last week, and is indeed fortunate to escape without injury. While shooting his shot gun one of the barrels exploded, tearing a big hole in the barrel and breaking the frame of the gun. The gun was almost a...
by Marty Fuller | Jul 13, 1901 | Husbands & Wives, Old News, Police Court
C.S. Bowman Converses with the Wronged Wife of William Bristol while on Santa Fe Train NEWTON – While on his recent trip to Kansas City and St. Joe, Mo., C. S. Bowman rode in the same car with Mrs. Bristol, the wronged wife of William Bristol, whose perfidy was...
by Marty Fuller | Jul 24, 1900 | Alcohol, Police Court
Witnesses in the Charles Heddy Liquor Trial at Burton Badly Rattled BURRTON – The case against Charles Heddy, charged with bootlegging at Burrton, came to an abrupt termination yesterday morning. The four principal witnesses for the State could not “get...
by Darren McMannis | May 11, 1898 | Good Old Days, Old News
A Plan that Furnishes a Meal for 7-1/2 to 9 Cents. Nine of the most staid and respected families in Burrton, Kansas, have thrown away their stove lids and packed their dishes on the back kitchen stoves. Whether they have imbibed somewhat of the restless...
