There is a great divide between the voices of Kansans and the legislators who are shutting down their right to be heard.
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Thursday morning, Dec. 19, 1872, the citizens of Ellsworth, Kan., woke up to see the ground covered with snow. First thoughts on beholding the beautiful snow were that it might interfere with the Festival and Ball that evening at the brand new Grand Central Hotel.
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In this edition, you’ll see some beloved Christmas wishes from our county youngsters. I truly enjoy reading them. I always have a good laugh, or at least a chuckle.
Read moreIt’s been four months since the police raid on the Marion County Record, but new revelations are deepening our understanding of what may come to be regarded as a signal moment in the history of American journalism. The more we know about the newspaper raid, the more alarmed we should be, because the stench just keeps growing.
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Curly Marshall has found his way into The Way West more than once with his infamous approach to life. He had a habit of hanging out with the most notorious characters on the southern Kansas plains, some going as far as to say that he rode at the head of a gang of horse thieves. The Dec. 5, 1872, Ellsworth Reporter recalled that he had killed at least one man in Ellsworth’s wild end-oftrack days of 1867-1868.
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My husband is a major believer in no Christmas decorating until after Thanksgiving. The older he gets, the harder the line he seems to take with this belief.
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A fascinating window into the past was published Dec. 14, 1901, in the Topeka State Journal. The story features the reminiscences of John Armstrong, an anti-slavery activist who had been in Topeka since its founding in 1854.
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