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A Man Carried Twenty Feet by a Whirlwind and Killed

Last Saturday our community were both shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of W. J. Van Eman, of Grove township.  It...

Shooting Affray in Reno County

In Troy township last Sunday evening, two young men named respectfully - Prowley and Shanley, had a difference of opinion with regard to the...

A Shooting Scrape At Emporia

A Shooting Scrape At Emporia Last Thursday evening, in John Campbell's billiard hall, Frank Gatewood made a murderous assault upon David Campbell, a young man,...

WJ Van Eman Carried 20 Feet

A Man Carried Twenty Feet by a Whirlwind and Killed Last Saturday our community were both shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death...