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AL Allen County, Kansas, was established in 1855. It was one of Kansas’ original 36 counties and named for William Allen, U.S. Senator from Ohio who was a strong supporter of westward expansion. The county seat of Allen County is Iola, Kansas.
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Smith County Old News
courtesy of the Kansas Old Newspaper Transcribers Guild (KCGS)
The Storms in Pratt and Sedgwick Counties
Wichita, Kan. May 10 - Thomas Smithson, a farmer living near Pratt, a town west of here, was killed in the late gale by the falling of his house, which was blown down. Two members of his family were seriously injured, but not fatally. Several houses in Pratt were...
Calvin Race Buried Yesterday
Calvin Race, an old settler and esteemed citizen, was buried yesterday. He died suddenly of heart disease Sunday night at 11 o'clock. He was justice of the peace for Valley Center township, Sedgwick county, and father of A.C. Race, deputy treasurer of your county. He...
Not Leaving Kansas
ABILENE. Hon. J. R. Burton, of Abilene, asserts that the published surmises that he is about to leave Kansas have only the slight foundation that he has made some investments in Colorado. He says that he expects to live, die, and be buried in Kansas; the two latter...
A Mean Sheriff
WELLINGTON. Sumner county has a sheriff so mean that, according to one of the Wellington papers, he compels a poor, demented, defenseless, sick man, who has been adjudged insane by a court and jury, to walk five miles while conveying him to the insane hospital, in...
Warner Tilter Acquitted At Larned
Larned, Kas., Dec. 24 - Warner Tilter, who killed Horace Tibbs last summer in a dispute over the respective merits of the Sons of Veterans society and the G.A.R., was acquitted to-day. The Emporia Weekly News, Emporia, Kansas. December 30, 1886. Page 2. ©...
A Brutal Murder
SEDAN, KS - We have just been given the particulars of one of the most terrible murders ever committed in Chautauqua county. The killing took place on the 19th day of February. The circumstances are about as follows: John Hogan with a wife and six children lived in...
Blizzard News
IOLA - It was found impossible to keep the school house comfortably warm last Friday, and the school had to be dismissed. The township trustee has been called upon quite frequently during the late cold snap to furnish lodging for tramps. Not enough snow for sleighs...
Washing Machine Patent
IOLA - By returns from the patent office, we notice that O.J. Smith, of Iola, has been recently granted a patent on a washing machine. The Iola Register, Iola, Kansas. Friday, January 15, 1886. Page 5. (c) Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of...
One Thing Certain
IOLA - In alluding to the report that Commissioner Sparks was in danger of assasination, the Champion remarks that "one thing is certain - they can't blow his brains out." The Iola Register, Iola, Kansas. Friday, January 15, 1886. Page 5. (c) Transcribed by Darren...
Children Reading Newspapers
IOLA - Several teachers in different parts of the county have told us recently that they use the Register to a large extent in their schools in place of the prescribed school readers. We are glad to note this. Not chiefly because it is the Register that is used -...