Plainville did not have newspapers until Feb 1885. I'm not sure about Stockton. You might check with the Rooks County Historical Society http://www.rookscounty.net/museum.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl White" <cwhite02@cox.net> To: <ksrooks@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:59 AM Subject: [KSROOKS] 1875 newspapers from Stockton or Roots County >I checked the database at the Kansas State Historical Society's website, >and > could find no newspapers for 1874-75 in Stockton or Rooks County. > However, I printed off your request, and when I am next at the library > (we're expecting 12 inches of snow tomorrow, ice today, I'll see if I can > find anything. If I do, I'll post it back here. > Cheryl, in Berryton, Kansas > > -----Original Message----- > From: ksrooks-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 2:00 AM > To: ksrooks@rootsweb.com > Subject: KSROOKS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. newspaper in Rooks co 1873-1876 (nkbj1776@juno.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:53:21 GMT > From: "nkbj1776@juno.com" <nkbj1776@juno.com> > Subject: [KSROOKS] newspaper in Rooks co 1873-1876 > To: ksrooks-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20110130.185321.178.2@webmail07.vgs.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I am wondering if there is anyone out there with access to old newspapers > from Stockton and Rooks co. that could look something up for me. What I am > looking for is a report of a possible trampling by cattle or horses of a > young man named George Jones who was 17 in 1875. I have a picture of him > taken in Stockton in 1875, when he was married and he had a lot of scars > around his eyes, and damage to one of his eyes. There was still heavy > bruising along side the right eye, but the scars were all healed over. > like > it had been at least a few months since whatever happened to him. He > didn't > appear to have burns so I don't think it was a steam engine explosion, but > the scars look consistent with getting kicked or more likely trampled by a > horse or cattle. So I am thinking there might be an article talking about > whatever happened to him either in early 1875, or sometime in 1874. > ____________________________________________________________ > Dermatologists Hate Her > Clever Mom Uses $5 Trick to Erase Wrinkles and Look Younger Instantly. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4d46163baf09be4ccc6st03vuc > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the KSROOKS list administrator, send an email to > KSROOKS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the KSROOKS mailing list, send an email to > KSROOKS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSROOKS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of KSROOKS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1 > ************************************* > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSROOKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message