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PHS Band to march in D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 26, 1924
Children of the city schools are busy these days practicing operettas. Four operettas are …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/26/24
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Easter Memories
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As I write this weeks column it is more than chilly outside with a pretty good cold north wind. However, the spring flowers don’t seem to mind. I have been …
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By Lois Carlson
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3/26/24
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B-and-E along Broadway — 75 years apart
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 23-25, 1924
Charles F. Spencer, president of the Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators Association, said …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/23/24
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PHS girls decide to wear colored dresses for graduation
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 22, 1924
More than 1,500 people were drawn to Gerard today by the county spelling bee in which more than 600 …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/22/24
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The Joy of Working Pt. 2
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In this week’s column, Margaret Shaw Forsyth continues her chronicle about the delight she found working at KOAM radio in the 1950s. — J.T.K.
Hospital Admissions and …
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By J.T. Knoll
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3/21/24
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Game wardens arrest 7; robbers ding Ma Bell
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 21, 1924
Ku Klux Klan issues entered selection last night of ten delegates to represent Mulberry in the …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/21/24
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Pittsburg Tanning Co. moves factory to Carthage
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 20, 1924
Candidacy for sheriff of Alexander Howat, deposed District 14 president of the Mine Workers who has …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/20/24
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Northeast student confident of win at state spelling bee
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100 Years Ago
April 19, 1924
“Tragedies of Books." So reads a sign on a table of books which Mrs. Theresa Randolph, …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/19/24
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High school sports
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Sometimes I wonder why things have to be so complicated. Like many of you, we remember when life was so much simpler and life was good. How did we and generations …
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By Lois Carlson
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3/19/24
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PCMS gains two medals at science fair
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100 Years Ago
March 19, 1924
That “dis snow don't mean nuttin’ to a good ‘bo,” was demonstrated this …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/19/24
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Straight from the shoulder
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The first thought I had following rotator cuff surgery last week — as I looked down to see my left arm and elbow forming a right angle in a sling on my chest — wasn’t worry about …
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By J.T. Knoll
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3/16/24
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Arma landmark scheduled for demolition after 60 years
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100 Years Ago
March 16-18, 1924
The W. H. Schwartz Drilling Co. "spudded in" at 2:30 this afternoon on the city's new well, …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/16/24
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Four moons and a Sun
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 15, 1924
A Joplin airline car of the J. & P., coming into Pittsburg at shortly before 1:30 this …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/15/24
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The Joy of Working
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After publishing excerpts of a biography by former Pittsburg resident, Dick Shaw, in this column, I got to know his sister, Margaret Shaw Forsyth. We soon discovered we were of the same ilk and began …
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By J.T. Knoll
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3/14/24
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Pittsburg has most up-to-date roundabout shops in the U.S.
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 Years Ago
March 13, 1924
A telegraphic request from John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, to …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/13/24
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Heavy rains flood homes and back-up sewers
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100 Years Ago
March 12, 1924
Scoring Republican and Democratic political parties, Alexander Howat, in a two-hour talk before the …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/12/24
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St. Patrick’s Day
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As we approach St. Patrick’s Day I seem to have turned my “clock” back several years. Being in a family where the surname is O’Malley, St. Patrick’s Day was a …
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By Lois Carlson
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3/12/24
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Teens ask for more recreational activities
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100 Years Ago
March 9-11, 1924
Nine persons were arrested; 700 gallons of wine, 200 gallons of whiskey and 500 gallons of mash …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/9/24
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A parable of our times
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A while back, John Bozich — a good friend of mine who grew up north of the Republic of Frontenac in Arma and, like me, emigrated to Pittsburg — sent me the allegory below after some …
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By J.T. Knoll
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3/9/24
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County Treasurer pleads guilty to grand theft
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100 Years Ago
March 8, 1924
The arrest this week of four men in connection with the theft of cars is thought to have broken up a …
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Compiled by Phil Burgert
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3/8/24
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