Lyon County, Kansas
Newspaper Tidbits Index
Kansas
now has 518 miles of Railroad in Operation ~ 17 Jan 1868
An Escaped Captive
~ 7 Feb 1868
A Proposal ~ 19 June 1868
$5 Reward ~ 28 Aug 1868
Only One Paper
In The State Older Than The Emporia News ~ 18 Sept 1868
Billiard Saloon
For Sale ~ (18 Sept 1868)
Two Osage Indians
Made Their Escape ~ 6 Nov 1868
Seven Feet of Snow
Reported in Maine ~ 19 March 1869
Rev. M. S. Croswell
resigned the Pastorate ~ 11 June 1869
Fourth of July,
1776, Occurred On A Thursday ~ 9 July 1869
Large Numbers
of Texas Cattle Drovers Are Passing Through Town ~ 9 July 1869
M. G. Mains Writes
His Impression of The Country ~ 20 Aug 1869
Destructive Prairie
Fires Swept Over Different Parts of Lyon County ~ 10 Dec 1891
Wreck
Near Emporia ~ 9 March 1893
Henrietta Van
Cleve Files For Divorce and Reveals A Rather Interesting Story ~ 7 Dec 1893
A Kansas Storm - Many Persons Injured ~ 6 May 1894
Lyon County Republican Convention ~ 21 July 1895
Small Twister In Kansas ~ 23 May 1896
Jury
Blames King - Full Text of The Verdict ~ 21 Sept 1897
Fourth Class
Postmasters Appointed in Kansas ~ 26 Oct 1897
Queer Conceit of Lyon County Lovers Causes Trouble ~ 25 Jan 1898
Butter Making In Lyon County ~ 11 Feb 1898
Lyon County "Reformers" ~ 2 Sept 1898
Lyon
County Tangle - (John Madden and Jesse Gray) ~ 13 Sept 1898
Interesting History
of Early Days of Lyon County ~ 27 Jan 1899
He Fell In Battle - Funeral of Archie A. Aldrich ~ 23 Feb 1900
Death
of Lyon County Pioneer - Prof. Edward Elias ~ 16 March 1900
Pushing On At
Emporia ~ 16 March 1900
Deserved A Good
Dinner ~ 16 March 1900
Cross Bank Failure A Factor ~ 10 April 1900
Lyon County For Breidenthal ~ 17 April 1900
Editor Eskridge of Emporia Shoots Himself (Charles Eskridge) ~ 17 July 1900
New Text Books ~ 31 July 1900
Emporia Man Stabbed ~ 10 Aug 1900
Victim of Lightning - George Atkinson ~ 2 Nov 1900
All Over Our State ~ 28 Dec 1900
Arrest of L. M. Peoples of Hamilton ~ 19 Feb 1901
Lyon County Aroused - Olpe Women Threaten to Smash Joints ~ 19 Feb 1901
Two Masked Men Held Up an Olpe Crowd ~ 12 March 1901
Orient Road Work ~ 26 April 1901
Kansas Is In Need of Rain ~ 3 May 1901
Lyon County to Plead for a Reduction of Its Assessment ~ 22 July 1901
Kansas Rivers Run High ~ 6 June 1902
The Quaker Doctrine Exploited In Kansas ~ 30 Oct 1903
Train Ran Down A Handcar ~ 15 July 1904
The Last Lyon County Saloon ~ 5 March 1905
A Fair In Lyon County ~ 7 Oct 1908
Kansas Robbers Get $2,000 ~ 30 Nov 1908
Olpe Goes Thirsty Again ~ 6 Aug 1911
Kansas Woman Gives Threats For Threats ~ 23 Sept 1911
Ducks are Lifesavers ~ 15 Aug 1915
Olpe, Kas., Well Shows Oil ~ 15 Feb 1917
Emporia Poet Writes Christmas Cards for Lyon County Boys ~ 26 Dec 1917
Good Roads For Lyon County ~ 1 Jan 1919
Kansas Hunter Dead Under Motor Car ~ 10 Nov 1921
Burglars In Raid At Olpe, Kas. ~ 27 June 1922
Booze Raids In Emporia ~ 20 Oct 1922
Hopkins Won't Participate In Trial of William Allen White ~ 14 Nov 1922
Woman Flyer, Motor Flaming, Forced to Land ~ 24 Aug 1930
New Professional On The County ~ 23 Feb 1952
How To: Relationship ~ 1 Mar 1983
No Cure Known For Genealogy Bug ~ 30 Mar 1985
Basic Genealogical Information Given ~ 2 Jan 1992
Social
Security Information For Genealogists ~ 9 July 1993
Students Raise Money for Copter ~ 9 Oct 2007
Emporia Main Street Receives
Accreditation ~ 16 Oct 2007
Bedtime Stories ~ 27 Oct 2007
Free Day Is Good Incentive
For Food Drive ~ 8 Dec 2007
Playhouse Benefits
A Second Chance ~ 22 Dec 2007
2007 Emporia Year Review
~ 29 Dec 2007
A Break From Burgers ~ 7 Jan
2008
Olpe High Ranked Among Nation's Best ~ 13 Feb 2008
Lyon County Bee Lasts Quite A While ~ Nishat Yasmin Is A Victor In 17 Rounds ~ 16 Feb 2008
Flipping for 60 Years ~ Kiwanis Club Members Keep Tradition Alive ~ 1 March 2008
Olpe Water Project Is On Hold ~ 12 March 2008
Family Operation ~ Five Guions Work at Furniture Business ~ 15 March 2008
Boatload of Help ~ 25 March 2008
Emporia Main Street Accredited ~ 9 April 2008
50 Years of Tasty Food (Olpe Chicken House) ~ 1 May 2008
'Neuter Scooter' Program Launched ~ 10 May 2008
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