The Good Old Days in Harvey County, Kansas

Word To The Wise Is Sufficient.  For two successive Sunday evenings the services of the Methodist Church have been disturbed by persons outside the Church who have been noisy and inconsiderate of those worshipping inside.  On one occasion several bricks were thrown in...

In Some Instances Most Commonly Used Drug "Out of Sight".  If you purchased a pound of carbolic acid a little over a year ago for twenty cents and the druggist asked you to pay $2.00 for a pound you bought today, would you not do some rapid calculating and wonder just...

Motor Car Craze Is Determined.  Kansans are buying too many motor cars according to a statement made today by W.F. Benson, State Bank Commissioner in Topeka.  He asserted that the farmers could add to the wealth of the State by purchasing more manure spreaders and few...

NEWTON - A physician of the city tells of an incident happening in his office which he might send to the "That Reminds Me" department of the Ladies Home Journal.  A couple of little lads were in his office recently and one spied the satchel he is accustomed to take...

A deaf mute writes that he dreads the coming of cold weather because he can't satisfactorily argue with his wife when he wears mittens.  The Evening Kansan-Republican, Newton Kansas.  November 20, 1911.  Page 2.

Bad singing will earn as much as good singing.  The blind singers who are in town today are so bad that they are paid liberally to move on.  The Evening Kansan-Republican, Newton Kansas.  Monday, August 8, 1904.  Page 1.

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.

A young man near Burrton took the notion the other day that he would get married and went to the Post Office to get his license.  On being told that he would have to go to Newton to get it, he got mad and said he would come around when the new postmaster was...

A three year old son of Mrs. Johnston, living near Annely, was brought to the city this morning for treatment.  The other day while feeding corn to the chickens, he had a few grains left, and thinking to fool the chickens - "Now you see me, now you don't" - stuck them...

The Sun Outdone The Electric Light Plant A Grand Success.  The Vigorous City of Burrton Illuminated as Well as Any City in the West.  Light Displays Miles of Streets and Fine Business Blocks.   Burrton, Kansas, March 9 - Burrton is the most brilliant city of 1,000...

Sheriff Wafer authorizes us to call the attention of persons who frequent the swimming and bathing places in Sand creek near this city, that the public exposition of persons in their nakedness during the day time and upon the public highways, as for instance at the...

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,...

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 soon sober enough...

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.

The scoundrel who marked in large letters with red paint, on the doors of the Congregational Church, "For Sale or Rent," ought to be introduced to the tar barrel and feather bag, and then invited to leave the county in one hour.  The County Attorney in his efforts to...

In the good old times, when a man was mysteriously missing, the first thing done was to drag the mill ponds and creeks to ascertain whether he had been accidently drowned; but now they examine his accounts to see whether he has stolen anything.  The Newton Kansan,...

The spiritualists of Newton, believing that investigation is the royal road to the citadel of truth, have organized a Religious Philosophical Society for the purpose of developing Mediums, and investigating psychic phenomena.  The Harvey County News, Newton Kansas. ...

J.E. Ruth and George W. Sweesy are members of the Halstead base ball club.  While both were running to catch a ball, their intelligent heads collided.  Ruth had one eye blacked and cheek bruised rather severely, while Sweesy had his nose broken and smashed very badly,...

Be industrious and frugal young man, and a bright future will await you. Many a poor young man with only a little crowbar and a good deal of skill has opened a bank. The Newton Kansan, Newton, Kansas. August 29, 1872. Page 3.