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The calendar has turned to fall, and the weather is slowly following suit. Harvest is underway with combines rolling through fields and semis hauling grain to elevators and on-farm bins. There’s more of those bins and semis now than ever before because there’s more grain.
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Writing from Ellsworth, Kan., dateline Oct. 4, 1868, a Leavenworth Times correspondent who signed himself as “B” described his trip from Fort Reynolds, Colo., to Hays, Kan.
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Read moreI’m terrible with follow up; just ask any of my friends. But this time, it’s more important than usual I stick to my plan.
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James Ohio Pattie published, in 1833, a memoir of his travels with his father, Sylvester Pattie, over the plains west of the Missouri River. Their adventures began once they reached Nebraska’s Platte River in July of 1825. The Pawnee villages along the Platte welcomed them with celebration and trade.
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Did you know that I am a SHICK counselor? That means I offer free, confidential counseling regarding employment and Medicare information, supplemental information, and Part D — prescription drug plan comparisons and enrollment. I take Medicare appointments all year long, but Open Enrollment is only Oct. 15–Dec. 7.
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The Marquette Volunteer Fire Department was kind enough to take this photo Saturday morning of Marquette’s Thunder on the Smoky from the department’s raised ladder on one of its trucks. The Tribune was represented by photographer Lori Farmer, who loaned her camera to Fire Chief Gary Duesberg for the photograph.
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