Category: Freethought Town of Liberal Missouri
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“This Strange Town – Liberal Missouri” Name Index
J. P. Moore’s This Strange Town – Liberal Missouri, A History of the Early Years, 1880 to 1910 has no index. Thinking at least a name index might be helpful, I have prepared one. George H. Walser is mentioned on virtually every page of the book so I’ve not counted him in the index. Rather…
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Rosa Fields’ School Report on Liberal, Missouri
Liberal’s paper, “Enterprise”, published a number of essays on Liberal which were written by school students. A now defunct page on Liberal gave the following essay, by Rosa Fields, as published in December 1895. The first schoolhouse was built in Liberal in 1884. A 2 year high school was begun in Liberal in 1897, the…
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Old View of Liberal, Missouri’s Main Street
Click to view larger. View of Main Street in 1905, looking north. Image from J. P. Moore’s “This Strange Town – Liberal, Missouri”
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Edna Jackson’s School Report on Liberal, 1895
Liberal’s paper, “Enterprise”, published a number of essays on Liberal which were written by school students. A now defunct page on Liberal gave the following essay, by Edna Jackson, as published in December 1895. The first schoolhouse was built in Liberal in 1884. A 2 year high school was begun in Liberal in 1897, the…
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“Missouri Town Might Assure Stockton as Atheist Target”, 1963
An article on Liberal from the September 4, 1963 Lawrence Daily Journal World. Front page news items were “80 Persons Die in Swiss Crash”, “2 Negroes in School in Spite of Wallace”, “Khrushchev Tour Indicates Moscow Changing Strategy”, “Topeka Youth Crackdown Set”, “Johnsons Meet Swedish King”, “KU Soph Admits Breaking Windows Windows in Rival Frat…
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The Quarrying Industry of Missouri, 1904 (at Liberal)
Now, it may seem kind of absurd, my putting up a posting on the quarrying industry at Liberal, but this was part of what Liberal was about, People such as George Walser made a living off mining stone. So, here you go. The quarrying industry of Missouri Ernest Robertson Buckley, Henry Andrew Buehler 1904 Right…
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M. D. Leahy, the head of Freethought University in Liberal, Converts to Anarchy, 1888
The below is from the publication Liberty, March 31, 1888. Advocating individualist anarchism, “Liberty” was published by Benjamin Ricketson Tucker from August 1881 to April 1908. * * * * * LIBERTY Not the Daughter But the Mother of Order Boston, Mass., Saturday, March 31, 1888 Whole No. 121 Of recent conversions to Anarchy the…
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State Board of Agriculture Lecture in Liberal, Missouri, 1904
MISSOURI STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE Monthly Bulletin Vol. IV June, 1904 No. 3 The Institute.—Let me say a word here in favor of the commendable work now being done by our State Board of Agriculture. The farmers’ institute and the display car of products are working closer into the confidence of the older farmers than…
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Violet by George H. Walser
A sample of George H. Walser’s poetry. “Violet” is from The Bouquet, also published in 1897. * * * * * A LITTLE BOOK OF MISSOURI VERSE Collected and Edited by J. S. Snoody Press of Hudson-Kimberly Publishing Co. Kansas City, MO 1897 VIOLET When Morning stole across the distant plain To wreathe the peeping…
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Liberal Mutual Telephone Company Didn’t Like People Sharing Their Service
The people of the Liberal Mutual Telephone Company *really* didn’t want people sharing service with their neighbors and friends. * * * * * From Telephony, The American Telephone Journal, July 2, 1910 Good Arguments Against the Borrowing Habit. Mr. G. H. Dixson, secretary and manager of the Liberal Mutual Telephone Company, Liberal, Missouri, is…