BUTLER COUNTY, KANSAS - NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Two Osage Indians Escape ~ 6 Nov 1868
Four Men Killed Near Douglass ~ November 11, 1870
Affairs in Butler County - Outlaws Fleeing to the Woods ~ December 10, 1870
On The Wing – Augusta, KS – January 29, 1871
Pickwick out Pick Wicked ~ April 1, 1871
El Dorado In Ruins ~ June 23, 1871
Dolly Gordy Shot and Killed by Friend ~ Oct. 12, 1880
He Died For Love (Mr. McAboy) ~ Nov. 16, 1886
In Custody, A Man Charged with Robbing his Partners is Arrested at El Dorado ~ February 28,1889
An El Dorado Man Missing ~ May 29, 1890
A Little One's Deadly Sleep (Pruitt child) ~ March 5, 1892
Towanda was Completely Destroyed & Several People Killed - April 2, 1892
Many will Mourn ~ April 4, 1892
C. L. Wescott & Infant Child of Elmer Hall Die ~ April 5, 1892
Towanda again Wiped almost out of Existence ~ May 14, 1892
Miss Horner, the Kansas Poetess, Well Known in Chicago, Seriously Hurt ~ January 2, 1893
A Kansan Killed at Chicago (Dr. A. H. Wilson) ~ September 8, 1893
Todd Arrested - He Turns up in El Dorado Somewhat Disfigured ~ December 28, 1893
Shooting in Butler County ~ March 22, 1894
Thousands Stolen ~ April 12, 1894
An Old Kansas Settler Kills Himself ~ August 11, 1894
Marshal Walker Is Injured ~ November 3, 1895
Reunion at El Dorado ~ September 24, 1897
A Preacher Broker's Hard Luck ~ November 19, 1897
A Modern Bridge ~ June 11, 1898
Andover Train Robbery ~ July 18, 1898
Train Robbery at Andover ~ July 22, 1898
Robbers Caught ~ August 12, 1898
The Kenworthy Case ~ August 12, 1898
Ready for a Mob ~ August 30, 1898
Alleged Train Robbers Caught ~ August 5, 1898
Stanley at El Dorado ~ September 20, 1898
Sentenced to Hang ~ December 13, 1898
Death of H. H. Gardiner ~ February 3, 1899
Kansas Girl A Suicide (Mary Wilson) ~ April 6, 1899
No Danger ~ Henry DeWitt ~ October 6, 1899
The Daily Walnut Valley Times Newspaper
1899 Year in Review
Ex-Congressman Clover Commits Suicide ~ January 2, 1900
Buglars make a Raid at El Dorado ~ April 20, 1900
Made A Dummy Gun ~ November 19, 1900
An Explosion - Clipper Mills ~ November 19, 1900
No Trace of Convicts ~ November 20, 1900
Explosion at El Dorado ~ November 20, 1900
Two Deaths May Result (Clipper Mills) ~ November 20, 1900
The Daily Walnut Valley Times Newspaper
1900 Year in Review
Firebug at Work in Augusta - 12 Oct 1900
Butler County Township Officers - 21 Nov 1902
Chas. Howell Arrest - February 3, 1903
C. A. Hayman's Bad Luck - July 3, 1903
A Goat Killer Found ~ September 24, 1903
A 21-Year-Old Wife A Suicide (Laura Shaff) ~ August 1, 1905
Relatives of Harry Waldorf Believe He Was Murdered ~ 1906
Rich, But Dies in Hovel ~ February 14, 1908
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Dr. Cowles, Teacher of First School In El Dorado, Is Dead ~ July 27, 1910
Latham Man, 84, Hangs Self with Seven Foot Rope (Aaron Surber) ~ May 3, 1915
Alice Lahon, 7, Seriously Hurt when javelin Hurled Wildly ~ May 3, 1915
The First Death in Half Century (John Henry Stucker) ~ October 12, 1915
Mrs. B. T. Freeman was Hurt When Car Ran into Deep Ditch – Died Tuesday - 17 Nov 1916
Two Women Injured When Autos Crash – One Seriously - 1 Dec 1916
Rioters Disarm Patrolmen - 1 Dec 1916
Baby Girl Falls Off High Bridge; Injuries Serious - 8 Dec 1916
Alleged Child Slave’s Mother Also May Have Been A Victim - 22 Dec 1916
Youth Kicked By Horse Seriously Hurt ~ 29 Jan 1917
J. B. Adams Home To Be Colonial Mansion ~ 6 Mar 1917
Boom Spirit Strikes Towanda; Many Structures Are Planned ~ 5 March 1917
Young Man is Victim of Horrible Accident (Oscar Crosson) ~ July 5, 1917
Crushed Beneath Wheels of Freight Train (McNulty) ~ July 5, 1917
Augusta Farmer and Oil Men Stage Fight - Farmer may Die ~ July 5, 1917
Walnut River Claims Toll; C. F. Bussey Drowns - July 6, 1917
Scion of Wealthy Family is Buried in Pauper's Field - July 19, 1917
Train Hits Sleeping Man, Hurled Fifty Feet to Death - July 21, 1917
Uncontrollable Temper Blasted Lives of Two Families - July 21, 1917
Three Dead In Big Explosion At El Dorado ~ December 29, 1918
Only Flaming Rafters wake Sleeping Man (Molahan) - January 7, 1919
Man Who Shot Fellow Worker Here, Dies on Battle Field - January 8, 1919
Woman Prefers Death to Police Headquarters - February 20, 1919
John Wilson Sends Two Bullets into Missourian When Finds Him Tampering Whiskey ~ May 16, 1919
John Wilkinson is Charged with Murder when "Slain" Man Lives ~ May 17, 1919
George G. Rinehart, Well Known Oil Man, Claimed by Death ~ May 17, 1919
El Dorado Boy's Body is Found in Bronx River ~ May 28, 1919
Stranger is Run Down and Killed by A Locomotive ~ June 7, 1919
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Belle Vista Mausoleum ~ 1921-1924
Find Faint Clew of Missing Woman (Josephine Bryant) ~ January 15, 1921
Dead Youth's Parents Given Small Damage (Louie Wilson) ~ January 15, 1921
Kansas Farmer Kills Himself (John Koontz) ~ June 21, 1921
Youth takes Acid (Morris Copenaver) ~ August 24, 1921
Two Augustans To Be Honored (William Wayne Wilson & Howard Arthur Skaer) ~ August 31, 1921
Luther Cook Shoots His Wife ~ September 5, 1921
Hold Aulter in El Dorado After Full Day Search ~ November 20, 1921
Ralph Klopten, Alleged Towanda Bandit, Caught ~ January 17, 1923
Wichita Woman Held in Jail Here (Emma Wolf) ~ January 31, 1923
Fine Team of Mules Killed by Train ~ September 20, 1923
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Thirteen Is Not Unlucky Number ~ 12 June 1922
Liberal Family Visits El Dorado In House On Wheels ~ 15 June 1922
Finish Basement For New Church ~ 17 June 1922
Five Have Their Tonsils Removed ~ 17 June 1922
Beaumont Plans Big Celebration ~ 26 June 1922
Santa Fe's New Line Is Approved ~ 20 July 1922
Troop No. 1 Is Back From Camp ~ 20 July 1922
El Dorado In Film Nearly Finished ~ 24 July 1922
Ruth Grocery Makes Record ~ 24 July 1922
South Butler Pioneers Here For Short Visit ~ 24 July 1922
15 Cases of Disease Reported This Month ~ 27 July 1922
The Klan At Douglass, Kas. ~ September 13, 1922
A Klan Initiation Forbidden ~ October 22, 1922
Klan At Revival Meeting ~ October 23, 1922
Chemical Truck Of The Fire Department Saves New Rural School ~ 19 March 1923
El Dorado Bad Town; Everyone Carries Gun ~ 24 March 1923
Build Addition To Brown Shoe Co. ~ 7 May 1923
El Dorado Klan In Memorial Service ~ 7 May 1923
Cost Rev. Storey $6.66 To Get Dog ~ 14 May 1923
Klan Makes Showing At Augusta Church ~ 16 May 1923
No Further Action On Cemetery Project ~ 18 May 1923
El Dorado Has Entry For Ice Cream Eating Honors ~ 22 May 1923
W.R.C. In Charge At Two Cemeteries ~ 22 May 1923
Augusta Jeweler Has Book Dating From Year 1198 ~ 26 May 1923
Says He Is Luckiest Man In The World ~ 26 May 1923
A Pair Of Girls Walks To El Dorado ~ 6 June 1923
Kick of Horse Breaks A Leg ~ 6 June 1923
Klan Initiates 36 New Members ~ 6 June 1923
Give $50 To Couple That Will Be Married In Plane ~ 14 June 1923
Epidemic Of Measles Is Abating In Town ~ 26 June 1923
Old Church Building Sold ~ 29 June 1923
Freak Hen Egg Is On Display ~ 3 April 1924
Veteran El Dorado Meat Dealer Quits (George Browne) ~ 30 April 1924
Take Charges To The County Farm ~ 8 May 1924
County Charges Find A Vastly Different Home ~ 9 May 1924
Orders Received to Stop Delivery On Star Route ~ 22 May 1924
A Fitting Service Held at Rosalia ~ 31 May 1924
A 14-Foot Fall Fails to Bruise ~ 2 June 1924
Was A Blackhand At Powell Home? ~ 5 June 1924
Kansas Town Swept by Fierce Tornado ~ June 15, 1924
Dr. Nossaman is Held in Jail ~ January 6, 1926
Starnes Tries to Kill School Teacher ~ February 11, 1926
A New Home for Welte Cleaners ~ October 12, 1926
Robber 'At Home' At The Sanfords ~ 5 Jan 1928
Rescue Children In Burning Home (Children of Mr. & Mrs. Beatty) ~ 19 January 1928
Motor Car Sales Show a Big Gain ~ April 14, 1928
Trial of Hash Started Today (Charles Hash) ~ October 28, 1930
Charles Hash Convicted on A Minor Count ~ October 30, 1930
Indoor Range Is Being Installed ~ 9 Dec 1930
First Hospital Was Started Years Ago ~ August 28, 1931
'Pretty Boy' Floyd Once A 'Guest' Here? ~ February 1933
The New $70,000 Augusta Theatre ~ June 19, 1935
Boxing Match is Fatal for Youth ~ 7 Jan 1936
Find A Man Dead In Yard Saturday (Ethan Allan Junkins) ~ 6 July 1936
Heart Collapse Fatal To Scout In Kansas Lake (David Fiedler) ~ July 14, 1936
Curtis Clayton had been Dead for Two Days before Body was Found ~ 12 Aug 1936
Woman Is Found Dead In Garage (Aldie Haver) ~ December 4, 1936
Start Work On Parking ~ 15 Feb 1939
Planned Rites for Tornado Victims ~ June 10, 1941
Scholarship To El Dorado Minister ~ 7 July 1941
Father O’Sullivan Had Part in Mass ~ 14 July 1941
The Burns Citizen Newspaper
Bill Cooper Hits Truck Projected Out Into Street ~ 11 Feb 1949
Barbecued Burgers ~ 30 Oct 1952
Lost Belongings Following Explosion (Bill Haaga family) ~ January 13, 1954
One-Act Plays Presented Tonight At High School ~ 26 Oct 1954
Trio Admits Station Robbery ~ 7 Jan 1955
Rose Hill May Be Incorporated City ~ 9 Feb 1955
Fined for Using US-77 for Take-Off ~ 17 Feb 1955
It Happened in El Dorado; Bridegroom Goes to Wedding Without His Pants ~ 12 April 1955
Butler Co. Cave Has Been Explored ~ 6 June 1956
Two-Car Crash Injures Three ~ 19 January 1957
Tornado Whips Along Southwest Edge of El Dorado - June 11, 1958
Presentation of Evidence Scheduled (J. B. Blackmore) ~ 30 June 1958
Augusta on Route of ‘Pony Express’ Run ~ 1 Nov 1960
Frozen Drink Machine Installed in Augusta ~ 7 June 1961
Robert Shannon, 95, Dies, One of Oldest Residents of Augusta ~ 1 Nov 1961
“Cards for the Handicapped” Drive ~ 6 Dec 1961
Rose Hill Mayor Has Valuable Old Newspapers ~ 12 Dec 1961
Leon to Mark 40th Anniversary of First Oil Well ~ 14 Dec 1961
Car Believed To Be Cause of Bridge Falling ~ March 21, 1962
New Ownership for Old Pickrell Home ~ May 21, 1962
Kitzelman Case in the Spotlight ~ 1963
Christmas As Observed In Kansas by Pioneer Family in 1871—92 Years Ago ~ 19 Dec 1963
Thomas Benton McKinney Passes At Age 105 ~ 9 July 1964
Norbert Suthers Hired to Take School Census ~ 3 Nov 1964
Four Eldoradoans Die In Plane Crash (Coutts, Greenbank, Haberlein and Westlund) ~ January 23, 1965
Community Shocked at Bridge Tragedy; Story Pieced Together During Week ~ March 4, 1965
Funeral Homes Discontinue Use of Ambulances ~ Dec 1965
A “Driving Lesson” Doomed Seven El Doradoans To A Watery Grave ~ Oct 1966
Harvey R. Morgan Is Victim; Woman To Be Charged ~ December 7, 1967
Bluestem Dragged for Body - Frank Whitehead ~ July 13, 1968
Frank Whitehead Drowns at El Dorado Lake ~ July 14, 1968
El Doradoan's Body Recovered - Servcies for Frank Whitehead ~ July 16, 1968
Vandalism Which Caused Extensive Damage Investigated ~ July 23, 1968
Two Boys Drown in Walnut - Both Wichitans ~ July 26, 1968
Boy's Body Recovered from Walnut River ~ July 29, 1968
Four Arrested in Connection with Vandalism ~ August 1, 1968
Wichita Test Pilot Killed (William Coons) ~ October 1, 1968
Pilot Dies In Plane Crash (James Flowers) ~ October 10, 1968
Jesse J. Frye Dies While Fishing ~ April 29, 1969
Augustans Die In Crash (Freddie Jo Chorn & Michael Cuddy) ~ May 8, 1969
Cosmetology Institute To Be Held Here ~ 30 May 1969
Augusta Boy (Thomas Neal Thompson) Dies of Burns; Rites Friday ~ June 5, 1969
Augustan's Body Found (Robert Burns) ~ June 21, 1969
Augustan Is Found Dead (James F. Mathews) ~ July 29, 1969
Rose Hill Memories of July 4, 1905 ~ July 3, 1969
Three Augustans (Leroy, Alta & Debra) Die In Crash ~ October 20, 1969
Crash Kills Youth -- Randall Vestring, 18, is Victim ~ 6 Nov 1969
Augusta Explosion Kills El Doradoan (Bob Sammons) ~ May 1, 1970
The Little Red School House ~ December 15, 1970
Stuart Simpson Found Dead At River Bridge ~ January 29, 1971
Harold Krier Airplane Accident ~ July 7, 1971
Benton Man Dies In Crash Near Airport (John Beard) ~ December 27, 1972
Augusta Man Drowns While Swimming (Steven A. Smith) ~ June 25, 1973
90 Year Honor List ~ January 17, 1974
Augusta Child Severely Burned (Mary Deeann Murphy) & Her Death ~ July 24, 1974
New Methodist Church Consecrated Next Sunday ~ December 5, 1974
Voters Will Decide Nov. 5 on Selling Old County Farm ~ 26 Sep 1974
Memorial Erected for Jeff Hudson ~ October 31, 1974
Former El Doradoan Was Watergate Juror (Miss Marjorie Milbourn) ~ 4 Jan 1975
Judge Heilmann Says El Dorado Should Be Proud of its Police ~ 14 Jan 1975
The Daisies Visit Kirby Funeral Home ~ 22 Jan 1975
Helping Hand Club Meets at Burns ~ 22 Jan 1975
Teresa Burton Wins ‘Family Leader’ Honor ~ 22 Jan 1975
Psychiatrist Joins Staff of Mental Health Center (James R. Leach) ~ 23 Jan 1975
Patrol Nabs Four After Break-In ~ 31 Jan 1975
Augustan in Vienna With WSU Symphony Orchestra ~ 2 July 1975
El Dorado To Mark 104th Year Friday ~ 11 Sep 1975
Youth Apparent Suicide in Car ~ 25 Oct 1975
Thelma Johnson Killed In Crash / Charges Filed ~ November 3, 1975
Double Funeral Saturday at 2:30 for Galen and Vickie Watkins ~ November 28, 1975
Exhaust Fumes Kills 2 Students (Marty Barmhall and Terry Moody) ~ March 10, 1976
Augusta Man's Body Found in Reservoir (Johnny Michael Groce) ~ March 29, 1976
Blind Driver Heard Voice: "GET CALM" ~ February 16, 1978
Mid-Air Collision Kills Two Pilots (John Forst and Rev. Charles Cannon) ~ May 1, 1978
Four Newton Residents Die in Crash (Lowe Family) ~ May 18, 1978
Former Andover Man Drowns in Walnut (Victor W. Wohrley) ~ May 18, 1978
Teri Ash Dies in Head On Collision - July 12, 1978
Dr. Gene V. Williams Killed In Balloon Accident ~ July 4, 1979
Dagels Remember Oil Camp Days ~ 1980
Two Arrested in Shooting, Melee at State Park ~ April 4, 1994
Rick Follin Rulled Incompetent to Stand Trial ~ April 30, 1994
Coutts Museum Celebrates Birthday Today ~ May 30, 1995
Raymond Boucher Receives 50-Year Pin from Masons ~ June 12, 1995
Saturday Speaker Launches Series Leading To Stapleton Day ~ March 3, 2000
Gracia Burnham Shares Stories of Captivity ~ 9 December 2007
New Police Car Sirens in El Dorado ~ 9 March 2008
Rose Hill Bank, An Era Ending ~ August 18, 2011
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