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Dr. Robert S. Gabbey was born May 4, 1833, in Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and married Annie Welton in 1854. He was appointed the Rossville, Kansas, government physician in 1861 and was the first justice of the peace appointed in 1867. He applied…

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Future business outlook good

Future business outlook for Shawnee County appears to be on the better side. Regardless of what the recent tele¬vision show “The Land” said about small towns in Kansas dying, those in Shawnee County…

"Now is the time when corn needs water. If the water does not come from above, it must come from below, through irrigation," Herb Bulk, Shawnee County agent said in outlining plans for the annual irrigation tour in Shawnee County.

Bulk said a…

U.R. Zeller of Rossville was recently named the county sorghum yield champion at a banquet held in Topeka where county sorghum yield champions were honored. Zeller's yield of 6036.35 pounds per acre topped Shawnee County in the dryland division of…

Rossville Farmer Gets Jaycee Award

The Topeka Junior Chamber of Commerce has named Richard D. Kelsey of Rossville the outstanding young farmer of the year.

Kelsey, 30, has been farming for eight years. He operates a partnership project of 750…

Friday, August 28, is the date of the Kaw Valley irrigation and crops tour. The day will get under¬way at 9:00 AM at the Clifford Holcomb farm which is located ½ mile west of the Kiro store on Highway 24, west of Topeka. Mr. Holcomb used irrigation…

Exterior view of church

2nd and Main looking North (2 photos)

1889 Baseball Team

Homer Davis operating threshing machine