Month: July 2010
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Lucas Countyan Posts a Story on the Flood of 1851
Today, Lucas Countyan posts a story on The Flood of 1851 and its effect on Van Buren and other counties in Iowa. The account is one written by a Mr. Hussey and Iowaville is one of the places addressed specifically. No relatives are mentioned, immediate or distant, which, if you think about it, is good,…
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Silk at Alphadelphia
A. C. Van Epps, the writer of the note below on silk, I find mentioned in “The Romance of China”, chronicled as having visited a Chinese junk on “exhibit” in New York’s harbor, with Chinese crew, and interviewing a Chinese artist about silk production in China. The adventure of that particular junk, a business venture…
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Woman with Child on Swing
Washington Parish, Louisiana. A woman hides her face from the camera. A child swings in the background. One can see beyond a shed of some sort and before it perhaps a metal tub. In the background there is either a lake or a farmed field. (Hennesy line.)
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Mention of McKenney Feed Store in Obituary of Employee, Josiah Webb
This was published to the Chautauqua County, Kansas USGenweb site by Frieda Wells. It appeared in the Sedan Times Star on January 24, 1952 * * * * * * * * * * MR. JOSIAH WEBB Josiah J. Webb Dies Saturday, Jan. 19 After Long Illness Josiah J. Webb died Saturday, Jan. 19, after…
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The Noyes Home at Liberal, Missouri
The Noyes home at Liberal, Missouri. Perhaps taken early evening one summer. If one looks carefully there is a person seated to the front side of the house, and a group of people standing around the back porch.
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Old Chautauqua County Train Depot
Larry McCombs sent me this photo of an old Chautauqua County, Kansas train station. It’s 72 dpi and no larger than what you see here so there’s not much that can be done with restoration. If one attempts darker tones, even if they belong (and look nicely dramatic), one loses a lot of the detail,…
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James Albert McKenney Family Photo, circa 1922
Photoshopped Original scan. Image courtesy of descendents of Mabel Clair (McKenney) Tripp. Family of James Albert McKenney and Vera Crockett. Right to left: Lela, James, Lloyd (in rear), Vera, and Thelma. Making a guess that this was circa 1922 when Lloyd was about 13, Thelma about 11 and Lela about 8. For more information on…
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Hathia Becker’s 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 Hathia Becker, 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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Timothy John Leahy
Timothy Leahy was a brother of M. D. (Maurice) Leahy who founded and was president of the Freethought University at Liberal, Missouri. The University was founded when Leahy was but about 21 years of age and lasted for two years, dissolving due to some falling out with George Walser, and subsequently being unable to maintain…
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Blue Grass Blade vs. Hough, Pt. 4 : The Truth is Out at Last
Continuing from part 3 with letters and editorials concerning the M. D. Leahy controversy, refuting the Rev. Hough assertion that Freethinker M. D. Leahy, who established the Freethought University, had undergone a Christian conversion. This letter which the Blue Grass Blade published in this September issue is written by M. D. (Maurice) Leahy’s brother, who…