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DEATH ENDS IT

Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith is Over. He With Two Others Killed at Crossing. STOPS A MARRIAGE. Other Two Victims to Have Been United Sunday. Maggie Marney and Edward Smith Find Union in Death. ONLY ONE IS ALIVE. Mrs.…

From the March 5, 1909, Rossville Reporter: Mr. [Seth] Cormack, the balloonist, made a most successfully ascension with his balloon last Saturday evening. The feat was viewed by many and all said it was one of the best they had ever seen.

In the…

July 19, 1923
L. E. Gomery, of Hays, Kansas representing the U. P. highway which passes thru Rossville over the same route as marked by both the Midland and Victory routes, was in the city Tuesday trying to get the local business men to give $100 as…

DECEMBER 1913
Rossville Main Street will be graveled, according to a decision by the city council. The portion to be graveled will start at the south end near the railroad and run- to the north end of the block and west on Pottawatomie to the city…

The Shawnee County Reporter
Thursday, June 22, 1961
Volume LXII Number 33
Mrs. Flo Emert of Rural Rossville escaped injury Wednesday of last week when she jumped from her car that stalled on the railroad crossing in Rossville. Her 1960 Pontiac was…

The Shawnee County Reporter
Thursday, June 22, 1961
Volume LXII Number 33
Mrs. Flo Emert of Rural Rossville escaped injury Wednesday of last week when she jumped from her car that stalled on the railroad crossing in Rossville. Her 1960 Pontiac was…

E.R. Heslet, 43, of Rossville was in critical condition after his car struck the rear of the Harold Reser car. Mrs. Reser, riding in the car driven by her daughter, Lillian, was examined for shock and possible back injury and released from the…

[Caption: The Datsun wagon in which five girls were injured was extensively damaged.]

Five Rossville Girls Injured in Car Accident
At approximately 3:30 p.m. Wed¬nesday, May 16, an accident occurred on a country road near Rossville which resulted…

Death rides the highway
Tragedies: Above is the station wagon, loaded with nine occupants, which plunged into Cross Creek. Three died. The lower picture shows the car in which the single occupant died in a one-car accident…

[Caption: Emil Kovar escaped serious injury after Union Pacific train hit his car last week. The car sustained major damage. Photo by Lisa Rosenow]

Kovar Suffers Rib Injury in Car-Train Mishap
Emil Kovar, 82, Rossville, escaped serious injury…