THOMAS COUNTY, KANSAS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
First Battle Between Troops and Indians Occurred Last Monday - January 1, 1873
Prairie
Fires - April 16, 1885
Thomas
County Trivia - April 16, 1885
Mule
Thieves - May 21, 1885
Wild Horses - May 21, 1885
First Dog Fight & Rattlesnakes - May 21, 1885
First Litter of Pigs - June 25, 1885
Thomas County & Colby Population - October 1, 1885
Blanchard Draws on Strattan and Courtney Assaults Miller - October 1, 1885
The Remarkble Mr. Wollen - January 7, 1886
A Blizzard - January 7, 1886
Colby - January 28, 1886
Woman Wanted - February 11, 1886
Dentist in Town - March 11, 1886
Warrant Sworn Out for Sawdust Charley, Art McKinzie, Kid Wright & Kit Mudgett - March
18, 1886
Trapping Badgers - July 29, 1886
Dr. Martin, Mr. Baker Looking for Land - August 12, 1886
Census of Township 7, Range 37, Taken by Geo. Benson - August 26, 1886
Mrs. Thresher's 7 Year Old Son Fell From a Horse - August 26, 1886
Georgia Williams Fined - February 3, 1887
Buckwheat Cakes Contest, Allen, Douglass - February 10, 1887
Serious Accident Befalls J. O. Jones - April 28, 1887
For County Clerk - W. W. Smith - October 6, 1887
Democrat Ticket, Thomas County - October 20, 1887
A
Hard Case - May 24, 1888
Tarnished Whiskey Individuals Plead Guilty to Imbibing Too Much Stimulants - May 31, 1888
Reward for H. A. Shiveley's Whiskey - May 31, 1888
Peter Olson, Railroader, Trial for Drunkeness - May 31, 1888
Another Boot Legger Sent Up - June 14, 1888
Judge Irwin and the Drunken Railroader - July 12, 1888
Oakley
Becoming Notorious - August 20, 1888
Preliminary Examination of Joel t. and Iona Harris - September 6, 1888
Difficult and Successful Surgical Operation - November 1, 1888
The Place to Buy Cheap Goods - December 14, 1888
Zeigler in Town - January 17, 1889
County Officers
Hale Township Officers - February 1, 1889
C. K. Smith & Sun Put Up 300 Tons of Spring Water Ice - February 7, 1889
Advertised Prices at A. V. Warrens - February 15, 1889
49th Wedding Anniversary - Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Edwards - July 11, 1889
Henry Housten's Daughter Bit by Rattler - July 11, 1889
Advertised Letter List - August 22, 1889
William Vert Child Stunned by Lightening - September 12, 1889
Sheriff Showalter Failed to Remove Hat - March 13, 1890
Tumor Removed from Z. D. Benton - March 27, 1890
Tuesday's Wind Strongest Ever Known in this Portion of Kansas - April 10, 1890
No Interesting News this Past Week - May 8, 1890
Letter from Iowa - February 12, 1891
Colby Tribune News - March 12, 1891
Census Report for 1890 Stats - March 12, 1891
List of Letters Remaining Uncalled for at Colby Post Office - March 12, 1891
71st Birthday - Willie Summers - March 19, 1891
Brewster Items - April 23, 1891
Franz Louis is Now A Citizen - January 1, 1893
J. W. ZIke Son Fell and Broke His Arm - July 11, 1889
Settlers
and Cowmen Make War In Kansas ~ June 8, 1903
Marriage Tends to Make Girls Stronger - September 26, 1912
Mail Goes Through - September 26, 1912
Harry Marshall Lost Seven Horses - September 26, 1912
S. C. Parrott Wants Your Vote for Representative - October 3, 1912
Beaver Family Reunion - November 7, 1912
List of Jurors ~ February 26, 1913
Thomas County in the Midst of A Real Blizzard for Several Hours - March 20, 1913
Big
Tornado - March 27, 1913
A Bad Accident - The Jones Boy - May 1, 1913
Anniversary Dinner - May 29, 1913
Good City Water - October 13, 1913
Old
Time Prairie Fire - October 1, 1914
Light Service ~ April 15, 1915
Fifty Automobiles on Colby Streets Saturday - April 22, 1915
Bill Shiftless Dropped into Town Last Saturday ~ June 3, 1915
Another Hold Up ~ August 12, 1915
A Little Fracas - Doctors come to Blows ~ August 26, 1915
A Man was Killed at Morland on the Union Pacific - August 26, 1915
Mary Pickford at the Lyric - January 6, 1916
J. L. Parrott Burned - January 20, 1916
Fleeing Suspects Slay Two Officers in Running Fight - August 25, 1925
Bulk Oil Station Burns - July 31, 1930
A Suitatorium Fire - July 31, 1931
Make Important Capture - August 6, 1931
Young Farmer Meets Horrible Fate, Slowly Burning to Death in Wrecked Automobile - August
13, 1931
Brewster's Famous Flying Dutchman Ends Ten-Year Air Career in Fatal Crash Today - September
17, 1931
Confesses, Kills Self (Frank Young) ~ June 20, 1932
Kersenbrock's House Burned to the Ground - June 4, 1941
Kersenbrock - Tracey - June 4, 1941
