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Two Osage Indians Escape ~ 6 Nov 1868

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

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

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

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

Murder Case; Samuel Smith ~ December 9, 1898

Sentenced to Hang ~ December 13, 1898

Death of H. H. Gardiner ~ February 3, 1899

No Danger ~ Henry DeWitt ~ October 6, 1899


The Daily Walnut Valley Times Newspaper 1899 Year in Review

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Articles


Ex-Congressman Clover Commits Suicide ~ January 2, 1900

Buglars make a Raid at El Dorado ~ April 20, 1900

Slain with a Pick ~ April 27, 1900

Two are Still at Large - Search for Prisoner Who Escaped from Kansas Penitentiary ~ November 18, 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

Index to Articles

Articles


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 21-Year-Old Wife A Suicide (Laura Shaff) ~ August 1, 1905


The Burns Citizen Newspaper

Index to Articles

Articles 1909-1915

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

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

The Burns Citizen Newspaper

Index to Articles

Articles 1918-1920


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

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

The Burns Citizen Newspaper

Index to Articles

Articles 1921-1925


The Burns Citizen Newspaper

Index to Articles

Articles 1926-1933



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

Smith Case to Jurors by Tonight (Ed Smith) ~ April 13, 1927

Ed Smith is Guilty of Murder ~ April 14, 1927

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

Evidence in the Case Charging Assault with Intent to Kill is Completed (Charles Hash) ~ October 29, 1930

Charles Hash Convicted on A Minor Count ~ October 30, 1930

Indoor Range Is Being Installed ~ 9 Dec 1930

The New $70,000 Augusta Theatre ~ June 19, 1935

Find A Man Dead In Yard Saturday (Ethan Allan Junkins) ~ 6 July 1936

Boxing Match is Fatal for Youth ~ 7 Jan 1936

Infection, Following Accident 2 Months Ago, Results Fatally for Augustan (Chester Ohmart) ~ 30 Jan 1936

Curtis Clayton had been Dead for Two Days before Body was Found ~ 12 Aug 1936

Start Work On Parking ~ 15 Feb 1939

Rose Hill Cemetery ~ 1941

Scholarship To El Dorado Minister ~ 7 July 1941

Father O’Sullivan Had Part in Mass ~ 14 July 1941

The Burns Citizen Newspaper

Articles 1949 - 1952

Bill Cooper Hits Truck Projected Out Into Street ~ 11 Feb 1949

Barbecued Burgers ~ 30 Oct 1952

Rose Hill May Be Incorporated City ~ 9 Feb 1955

Birthday for Joe ~ 9 Feb 1955

Fined for Using US-77 for Take-Off ~ 17 Feb 1955

Get Money Back ~ 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

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

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

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

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

Cosmetology Institute To Be Held Here ~ 30 May 1969

Fires Flare ~ 6 Nov 1969

Crash Kills Youth -- Randall Vestring, 18, is Victim ~ 6 Nov 1969

Augusta Explosion Kills El Doradoan (Bob Sammons) ~ May 1, 1970

Voters Will Decide Nov. 5 on Selling Old County Farm ~ 26 Sep 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

Cow-Calf School ~ 14 Feb 1975

El Dorado To Mark 104th Year Friday ~ 11 Sep 1975

Four Newton Residents Die in Crash (Lowe Family) ~ May 18, 1978

Former Andover Man Drowns in Walnut (Victor W. Wohrley) ~ May 18, 1978

Dagels Remember Oil Camp Days ~ 1980

Escape Inmates Apprehended In Area of Dallas-Fort Worth (Michael Heaton & Lawrence Frye) ~ Jan. 2, 1987

20th Anniversary of Discovery of Petroleum in El Dorado Field ~ Reprint from 1935 Newspaper ~ October 9, 1990

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

             

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