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Charlie Jennison bristled just a bit after two “school girls” passed him as he stood in the doorway of his hotel/saloon.
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Through vertical consolidation, corporate farms control the majority of Kansas’ beef, swine, dairy and poultry operations. (Socially Responsible Agriculture Project)
Paul Johnson
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It’s doubtful downtown Ellsworth will ever appear on the nightly news with looters running in and out of burning stores hauling away as much merchandise as possible before order is restored.
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Early Kansas was filled with wild characters that left quite a legacy. Many of them may not have been the kind of person that you would want for a friend or neighbor, but they sure make Kansas history interesting!
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Establishing a newspaper in a frontier Kansas town was not for the faint of heart. Newspapers, as well as newspaper men, came to town with all the bluster and brilliance of the dawn, often to depart the scene without so much as a whimper.
Read moreFall harvest has come to a screeching halt for my family. We have had some minor issues that have slowed us down, but those issues are always expected during the marathon known as fall harvest. We began back in August picking corn. Since then, we have transitioned to popcorn followed by soybeans followed by sorghum with wheat sowing sprinkled into the mix starting in late September.
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