Yesteryear

Looking Back

On April 1st, an angry thunderstorm with lots of dangerous lightning moved through the area, but only after lightning struck one of two oil tanks filled with two loads of crude oil in a battery located at 24 and U Roads six miles north of Codell.
14 years ago

56 Years Ago

* And So They Say: Elton Smith: “They tell me the only way you could find a place to fish for walleye at the Webster Reservoir was to elbow someone out of the way.” Jim Riedel: “If they slap on any more taxes, I won’t have anything left of my paycheck.
56 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago

Next Tuesday, the local United Telephone Exchange will be host to the managers and owners of independent exchanges of this district. The district comprises all the counties west of Jewell and Mitchell Counties.
94 years ago

Looking Back

Taten Pulec was the 2010 Kansas Kids State Champion in his 12 and Under Division for folkstyle wrestling at the Kansas Kid Championship Tournament in Topeka. Dr.
14 years ago

What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago

Even with the dates of the Rooks County Fair’s annual meeting five months away, J. Q. Adams, the association’s secretary, is a busy man. In the past month, he had contracted for a significant portion of the free acts and other entertainment. Again, Mr.
94 years ago

Looking Back

Thomas and Ruth Ann Bigge were named as the 2009 Kansas Master Farmer/Master Farm Homemaker at a banquet held at the Courtyard By Marriott Hotel in Junction City. They were also to be honored at the Kansas State Fair in September.
14 years ago

56 Years Ago

And So They Say: Reid Baxter: “I guess everyone thinks spring is here as we ran out of fishing licenses Saturday.” Bill Bedore: “Now that the ball games are over, there is nothing to do but listen to the politicians cuss each other.
56 years ago
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