83 10 1892 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/e9bb4e381ea1beaada9c3bd1eb30d6c2.jpg a4075fc8100463f17e8f5e00d74ceaff Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Notable Fires, Rossville, Kansas Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Charles Oldfield charged with arson, 1964, Rossville, Kansas Subject The topic of the resource Fires Description An account of the resource This cotton mattress in the house owned by Earl Ables in Rossville burned completely last week without setting the house afire. Charles J. Oldfield, 59, of Rossville was charged with second degree arson Friday in the Court of Topeka. Oldfield lived next door to the Ables house (the former Wm. O'Neil place) which was vacant. Another attempt to set the house on fire was made by setting a fire in this cabinet drawer. Even the box containing the wallpaper sitting below the drawer was burned. The third attempt, putting rags between lath in the wall, also burned itself out without setting the house on fire. Bare footprints in the snow from the Oldfield door to the Ables door lead in the arrest of Oldfield. He gave no reason for the arson attempt. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas used with permission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource January 1964 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0427 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/0c4bbc1e3e0c120e91cb7b5b62674a4c.jpg 4c86424dff2743299fb3eacd7ab9f869 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Transportation and Accidents History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Subject The topic of the resource Transportation accidents Description An account of the resource 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 demolished after it was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train. Mrs. Emert's car apparently stalled on the crossing and she jumped from it as the train was coming to a stop at the station a block away. The accident occurred on the crossing just east of Cross Creek. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas used with permission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 22, 1961 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0428 Title A name given to the resource Flo Emert train accident, 1961, Rossville, Kansas http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/8b3d71be46a31024f4f68968ec0270a1.jpg 4c86424dff2743299fb3eacd7ab9f869 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Transportation and Accidents History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flo Emert train accident, 1961, Rossville, Kansas Subject The topic of the resource Transportation accidents Description An account of the resource 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 demolished after it was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific passenger train. Mrs. Emert's car apparently stalled on the crossing and she jumped from it as the train was coming to a stop at the station a block away. The accident occurred on the crossing just east of Cross Creek. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas used with permission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 22, 1961 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0428 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/e93a288ded2f305500825d0b192ebb6f.jpg 4f34b997e2685ea30309e877be3c4a4d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Transportation and Accidents History Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1963 Accidents on Maple Hill Road, Rossville, Kansas Subject The topic of the resource Transportation accidents Description An account of the resource 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 hospital. Heslet's seven year old son, William, was treated for face cuts and released. The accident occurred about 6 p.m. Saturday about two miles west of Rossville on the Maple Hill road. It was reported Mrs. Reser and her daughter were driving to the field to pick up Mr. Reser when they saw him in another car approaching from the opposite direction. The Reser car slowed down to stop so they could talk to Mr. Reser. Heslet's car approaching from behind struck the Reser car, driving it through the ditch. ------ James Wamego Booked for DWI After Wreck TOPEKA - James R. Wamego, 21, Rossville, was booked on drunk charges after he admitted driving a car which turned over late Monday west of Rossville on the Maple Hill road. At first, Wamego insisted that he was a passenger, officers said. He was found lying near the car in a corn field a short distance west of US-24 on the Maple Hill Road. No other occupants of the car could be located. The owner of the car, James S. Vanderblomen, Channelview, Texas, later told officers he loaned the car to Wamego. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shawnee County Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library, Rossville, Kansas used with permission Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 6, 1963 July 12, 1963 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All rights reserved Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0429 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/98e4208170c9d95c2dd21baf6998d9ca.jpg 19ddb7ad3b1050e51a71797c6f22b3ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Profiles of Local Persons, Rossville, Kansas Photo A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of man, Shellabarger Photographer, Horton, Kansas Description An account of the resource Shellabarger, Horton, Kan. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shellabarger (photographer) Horton, Kansas Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Unknown Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource From the donated collection of Sara Horak to the Rossville Community Library in 2015. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0690 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/2dc2e1eeca9adb162233e345fe604b2d.jpg 5aa3320a5d6a4bcd5e458b0e367700a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Silver Lake resident Benjamin Hook(15) is shown here in 1924 with his mules on his potato farm. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1924 Title A name given to the resource Hook Farms Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Lake Centennial Publication Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Silver Lake Public Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/792abb6c40d2b673a48e392d58642870.jpg bb207eb41ad336770248cb1a082c15b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The J. Thomas Lumber Company in 1970 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1970 Description An account of the resource Located at 203 Railroad St. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Lake Centennial Publication Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Silver Lake Public Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c9db33bca91dda83885cc52e942a7fa5.jpg 7a8536d330e50769afa01babedf92ab9 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/75b4c14a868b88369d7bbc84fa2acb17.jpg 567943843601e3fbba6c5cc2e0fed8d3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Silver Lake Wehner's Thriftway Description An account of the resource Wehner’s IGA officially opens for business in Silver Lake after changing from Western Auto to True Value Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 3, 1969 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Lake Centennial Publication Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Silver Lake Public Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/a199d3540b2fdd5d62be98ab5161d5df.jpg 2c901b037e4bcef191986f9283075c18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wards IGA Subject The topic of the resource Silver Lake Businesses Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-70 Description An account of the resource The Silver Lake Library is now housed in the building were Wards IGA used to be. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Lake Centennial Publication Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Silver Lake Public Library http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c37775c4782f1c88c20639f191623089.jpg 19556373bdec8888aa5db711265354b1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Silver Lake Lions Park Description An account of the resource The Silver Lake Lions Club purchased land at the southeast edge of town, gave it to the city and has continued to maintain it as a Community Park. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 1970 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Silver Lake Centennial Publication Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Silver Lake Public Library