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 | Dec 6, 1915 | Good Old Days, Old News
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...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 6, 1915 | Good Old Days, Old News
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...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 4, 1915 | Good Old Days, Old News
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...
by Darren McMannis | Nov 27, 1915 | Good Old Days, Old News, Science
Thumb Sucking Is Discouraged. Where a baby sucks its thumb, it may irreparably injure its speaking and singing voice in after years, Dr. Newton C. Thomas of Northwestern University of Chicago, told delegates attending the National Council of Teachers of America which...
by Darren McMannis | Dec 5, 1912 | Good Old Days, Old News
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...
