by Marty Fuller | Mar 3, 1881 | Alcohol, Old News
NEWTON – The order of Mayor Love last Thursday, that all saloons in the city be finally closed that night, was obeyed since which the above named luxuries have ceased to exist. Quite a wholesale business was done by the saloons and drug stores on Thursday,...
by Marty Fuller | Mar 3, 1881 | Alcohol
NEWTON – The order of Mayor Love last Thursday, that all saloons in the city be finally closed that night, was obeyed since which the above named luxuries have ceased to exist. Quite a wholesale business was done by the saloons and drug stores on Thursday,...
by Darren McMannis | Nov 13, 1879 | Good Old Days, Old News
We understand that in a certain school district in this county, the directors have closed the school house against religious services being held there. In a new country like this and where the people are opening new farms, and many of them with very limited means,...
by Darren McMannis | Mar 30, 1879 | Fire, Old News
A Horrible Affair. Just before we go to press, through C. A. Van Ness, we learn of the details of a sickening disaster that occurred Sunday (March 30) in Lincoln township (Sedgwick County) whereby two men lost their lives and a woman was badly burned. Mr. Ed...
by Darren McMannis | Jun 20, 1878 | Good Old Days, Old News
Last week a young man from the country, after taking an over dose of corn juice, attempted to embrace a colored lady, whose husband came up at that moment, and he “took in” the situation at a glance – as well as the young man. The gushing youth was...
by Darren McMannis | Apr 18, 1878 | Good Old Days, Old News
Look out for rattlesnakes! A farmer 2-1/2 miles east of Walton says he has killed over 20 this spring – killed four in plowing half a mile. The Newton Kansan, Newton, Kansas. Thursday, April 18, 1878. Page 2.
