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A Debate Over “Free Love” at Liberal Ended in Expulsion of Some Free Love Proponents
Sexual promiscuity is the first thing that springs to the minds of some regarding the term “free love”, but the Free Love movement of the 19th century was closely tied with feminism, having everything to do with individualism and the rights of women and children (for instance, those born out of wedlock). One needs to…
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Article on Liberal by the Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration, 1941
Back when writers were considered as being worthwhile individuals, I guess, and given jobs in which they got to write, or compile, whatever. * * * * * MISSOURI A Guide to the “Show Me” State Compiled by Workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri Copyright 1941…
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Cora Rachel Noyes Greene
Original photo of Cora Rethouched Tinted Cora, daughter of James Allen Noyes and Caroline Atwell, was born 19 April 1863, at “1 and 1/4 oclock” in Wakishma, Michigan. She married Frank GREEN, 30 March 1886, at the age of 23, in Junction, Kansas. She died in childbirth, 16 Oct 1887. Cora died in childbirth. Her…
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Centennial History of Missouri (The Center State), One Hundred Years in the Union, 1820-1921, By Walter B. Stevens
To no avail, I’ve attempted to discover what community of freethinkers had been living in the below mentioned Paris, Illinois. * * * * * Centennial History of Missouri (The Center State), One Hundred Years in the Union, 1820-1921, By Walter B. Stevens Community Experiments Missouri has had its share of community experiments. Perhaps the…
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Noyes Family Constitution
Being Free-thinkers who had been associated with socialist experiments and who had moved to Liberal, Missouri, which was expressly for liberals, it’s not surprising that the Noyes family would form their own family constitution. The document displays the year as being 283. The Dictionary of Missouri Biography notes that Liberal was utilizing a different dating…
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CAROLINE ATWELL NOYES’ DIARY OF TRIP FROM ANNA, IL TO LIBERAL, MO IN AUGUST 1882
In August of 1882, James Allen Noyes and wife Caroline Atwell, set out from their home in Anna, Union, Illinois for their new home in Liberal, Barton, Missouri, a town founded by George H. Walser in 1880 and intended for freethinkers, “no priest, preachers, saloon, God, or Hell” welcome. With Caroline and James would have…
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PANSY NOYES BRYANT ON THE MARAIS DES CYGNES MASSACRE
Pansy Noyes Bryant recorded the family’s connection with Marais Des Cygnes Massacre. First, a few introductory notes from me. On May 19 1858, Charles Hamilton–who had arrived from Georgia in 1855 with the determination of making certain Kansas would enter the Union as a slave state–with some 30 Pro-slavery Missourians from the neighborhood of West…
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Original Plat of Liberal, Missouri
The original plat of Liberal, Missouri, printed in the 1980 Centennial “Liberal News”. This image is courtesy of Nancy Benton. Right click “view image” to see full size. Liberal as it is today. View Larger Map
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Images of Spook Hall
The below images are of “Spook Hall” in Liberal, Missouri, which served the spiritualists of the community, thus its name. Nancy Benton provided the below image of Spook Hall in winter, noting, “The building still stands today. During WW II it was used as a canning center. People could go there and preserve their food…
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NATIONAL SPIRITUALIST ASSOCIATION DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES 1914-1918
Spiritualism became quite popular in the mid to late 19th century. Interestingly enough, and not surprisingly, some of those who had been interested in the utopian movements were attracted to spiritualism. For example, James Allen Noyes, after the failure of the Alphadelphia Association, eventually moved to Liberal, Missouri, a town founded for free thinkers. Spiritualism…