1913 Rossville Roads Graveled

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Title

1913 Rossville Roads Graveled

Description

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 limits. With the three miles finished west of town, a continuous gravel road of about 22 miles will stretch west of Topeka.
Hattie Kirby and Walter McCleary were married in Kansas City and went to Texas for a honeymoon.
The 14th annual M.W.A. Grand Ball will be held at Fritz Hall New Year’s Eve. Music will be provided by Kramer’s five-piece or¬chestra.
The county commis¬sioners are being urged by the Secretary of State to designate the county roads in Shawnee County. The last legislature provided a tax on automobiles and motorcycles, the revenue to be used in the improve¬ment of county roads. This money has been collected in Shawnee county but can¬not be used until the com¬missioners have de¬signated certain of the roads as county roads.
This seems to be the day and age when every farmer has a chance to go to school. If he can’t go for four years, he can go for a year, and if he can’t go for a year, the Kansas State Agricultural
College offers him a ten- week’s course, beginning January 6, 1914.
The little auto that has been on exhibition for several weeks at Rossville Cash Store as a prize to the boy selling the greatest amount of cookies and crackers was won by Ho¬ward Bixby. Ralph Hartzell was second, Theo Marney third, and Willie Shipley fourth.
The Reporter begins its' 15th year since the paper succeeded the “Times” or “Gimlet” as its old patrons called it. The editor has also purchased the Silver Lake Mirror and will publish both papers. The Mirror will continue to be published at Silver Lake with Frank Skinner looking after the mechanical end of the business.
C. E. Cless has landed the agency for the Ford automobile in this ection [sic] of Shawnee County.

Creator

Shawnee County Recorder, Rossville, Kansas

Publisher

Rossville Community Library

Date

Originally published in December 1913
Featured as a "Way Back When" article on December 12, 1963

Rights

Original text is public domain; reprint is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties.

Format

newspaper clipping

Identifier

RCL0482

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