John Cyrus Orr from Freeport, Kan., 9 miles east of Anthony, fought and was wounded at the St. Mihiel offensive in France at some point between Sept. 12 and 15, 1918, during the war to end all wars, World War I. Orr had been, like many Kansas men, drafted as a private in the 89th [...]
Bruce Bowker, 61 Osawatomie, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at his home. A visitation is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday with a short service at 8:30 p.m. at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie. Judith Ann Thompkins, 68, of Osawatomie, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Olathe Medical Center. Services are pending at Eddy-Birchard [...]
I RECEIVED a total of two calls personally and one email via one of the publishers of the Osawatomie Journal about my column in last week’s edition. The first call came in from Linda Crouch of Plum Creek Treasures. She was very kind, but let me know that Plum Creek Treasures had quilting supplies and [...]
100 Years Ago Over 30,000 people cheer the Ex-President and whistles scream a noisy welcome as the Roosevelt special puffed into Osawatomie. A reception, luncheon at noon at the State Hospital, dedicatory speeches, Theodore Roosevelt’s speech and then well Teddy goes to Lawrence to sleep. Theodore Roosevelt’s Speech – “New Nationalism, Progressive Policies for Government, [...]
Osawatomie will celebrate the centennial anniversary of John Brown Memorial State Park Sept. 18-19 during the community’s annual Freedom Festival. The two-day festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the park, Main and 10th streets. The festival will include an arts and crafts fair, frontier artisans, food vendors and [...]
U.S. Civil War re-enactors Mary Beth Menold and Matt Walker are forming a union that no confederate can do apart on Sept 18. The couple will be married following the Battle of Osawatomie reenactment during Freedom Festival. The nuptials will take place in the gazebo near Adair cabin in John Brown Memorial Park. And Freedom [...]
Osawatomie Elks Lodge No. 921 will host a gun and knife show the weekend of Sept. 18-19 at City Auditorium, 425 Main St. The show will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 and 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 19. The event will coincide with the community’s annual Freedom Festival that [...]
Courtesy of Judy Kinder Linn County News The Parker Harvest Fest will once again kick off the fall festivals for the county, as the community welcome visitors to the event during the weekend of Sept. 18-19. This year’s theme is “Once Upon a Time” and will primarily focus on storybook titles and nursery rhymes. Crystal [...]
Prairie View dropped two matches against Iola and Fort Scott at a triangular in Iola. Prairie View’s first match was against the host team, the Iola Fillies. They lost the first game 9-25. It just seemed like they couldn’t find any momentum. The second game showed some glimpses of the teams potential. With a few [...]
From the first week that we published the Osawatomie Journal, volunteer help has been vital to our success. Each week since we started, a group of local people have gathered to help us roll papers and deliver them. The process week one took us about 14 hours, now we can deliver papers in Osawatomie and [...]