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Paving the way to a pie contest
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Mar. 1-3, 1925
Hundreds of Crawford County citizens are affected by the new tax bill which became law when …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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3/1/25
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Collaboration to reach higher goals
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 28, 1925
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. True of this city, their niece, Miss Margaret Hamilton of Kansas City, …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/28/25
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My Accidental Mentor
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This week I’m running the first of four installments of George Week’s recollections of his captivating adventures on the open road in 1972. — J.T.K.
It was partly …
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By J.T. Knoll
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2/27/25
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Letters reach better than biographies
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 27, 1925
William Tecumseh Sherman, seasoned veteran of many a campaign during the Civil War, leader of …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/27/25
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Issues in infrastructure
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 26, 1925
Pittsburg brick will be used in the construction of the new $5,000,000 Sears-Roebuck building …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/26/25
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Building leadership through education
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 25, 1925
Pietro Yon, one of the world’s greatest organists and the foremost composer for that …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/25/25
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No loss for words
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It seems that since my favorite reference librarian retired, she’s had more time to lollygag and, therefore, skedaddle around the Internet in search of underused jargon to send me.
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By J.T. Knoll
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2/22/25
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Invisible Joinery
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about making a frame for a cedar chest. My intention was to segue off that and talk about frameworks in a more abstract way, but I got sucked into a vortex of …
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By Bobby Neal Winters
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2/22/25
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Bridging the way to a great season
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 22-24, 1925
Grading and chatting of several road projects in Crawford County, delayed since December …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/22/25
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On the right track to leadership
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 21, 1925
Nine applicants for deputy mine inspector were among nineteen persons to whom examinations …
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2/21/25
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Resuscitating the fine arts
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 20, 1925
William Dooking of Lawrence, today was appointed general receiver for defunct state banks of …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/20/25
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Hard crust bread is good for you
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This week’s photo is of Martin Spritzer perched on the running board of the Frontenac Bakery delivery truck sometime after 1944 when he and his wife, Julia Vacca Spritzer, took the bakery over …
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By J.T. Knoll
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2/20/25
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Asbestos you didn’t see that coming
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 19, 1925
A new record for sale of Pittsburg bonds was attained yesterday when the commission disposed …
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2/19/25
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Education up in air for student project
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 18, 1925
Matt L. Walters of Scammon was elected president of District 14, United Mine Workers of …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/18/25
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George Washington, Part 2
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Last week I shared with you the history of George Washington’s ancestors and their coming to Virginia and eventually how his parents began their life together on the farm, …
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By Lois Carlson
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2/18/25
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Rebuilding education structures and buildings
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 15-17, 1925
Yesterday’s grist of naturalization hearings before Judge D. H. Woolley netted …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/15/25
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Baker 75 years old today
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 14, 1925
William M. Jardine, president of the Kansas State Agricultural College, was selected today by …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/14/25
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Celebrating people and businesses
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 13, 1925
Reports that Russia, which before the World War was one of the leading exporting countries, …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/13/25
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W.W. Caldwell: lifting, loving, caring, and sharing
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This being Black History Month I’m publishing the biography of a quite remarkable Black man who brought not only hard work and ingenuity to Pittsburg, but also “lifting, loving, caring, …
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By J.T. Knoll
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2/13/25
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Former resident receives induction to hall of fame' would be a good one
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Excerpted stories in Crawford County newspaper archives
100 years ago
Feb. 12, 1925
Long skirts for coeds, also high necked dresses and no rouge at Lincoln College. Coeds of …
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Compiled by Joshua Smith
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2/12/25
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