The Fargo Springs Times Thursday April 22, 1886 New Publishing Company. Proprietors: C.J. TRAXLER, W.B. GREEN; Editor, A.K. STOUFER.

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I am sure this is the Golden Derrick. The complex was built and owned by the Smith Family, formerly of Smith's Drug Store Both Roy and his wife were early Seward county residents. The cafe was across Kansas Ave from the swimming pool. I may cpi;d help you further, e-mail me if I can. Florence ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

That is all the material I have for Seward County at the moment. I will order another roll of film soon, but it will still be awhile before it arrives, as I have film ordered that is not here yet, and has to be read first. When I know what roll of film I will order I will notifiy the list. Suggestions work too. Have a good one!! Jim

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday December 10, 1889 Charlie VESSELS and wife welcomed a little girl to their home on Tuesday, the 3rd inst. The trio are happy and contented, and the way the "Village Smithy" hammers music out of his anvil is astonishing.

The Liberal Leader Thursday November 5, 1889 Liberal Township Ticket For Trustee, W.A. GORSLINE; For Justice of the Peace, Lambert WILLSTAEDT; For Treasurer, E. GORSLINE; For Clerk, (non listed), For Constables, Joe KERN and G.W. WARE.

The Liberal Leader Thursday November 5, 1889 Democratic County Ticket. For County Clerk, C.C. HOOD; For Treasurer, P.F. VESSELS; For Register of Deeds, W.D. KNAPP; For Sheriff, John VanBUSKIRK; For Coroner, Wm. NEUMULLER; Fro Surveyor, John SWINDELL.

The Liberal Leader Thursday October 22, 1889 The Republicn county convention, which met at Springfield last Saturday, nominated the following candidates: For Sheriff, S.W. DUNN; For County Clerk, L.E. KEIFFER; For Register of Deeds, T.BOTKIN; For Treasurer, Roy RAGLAND; For Coroner, Col. J. H. PITZER; For Surveyor, H.C. EVANS.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday October 22, 1889 Married by Probate Judge, I.F. POSTON, on Oct. 21, 1889, at Springfield, Kansas, Mr. Edward F. SEABORY, of Peoria, Ills., and Miss Maranda HOLLAND of Cook county, Texas, were joined in marriage at the residence of Mrs. BARNES. Long may they wave and may their shadows never grow shorter.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday October 22, 1889 Thinking it not good to live alone always, Mr. Ellsworth C. PILE, in company with his best girl, Miss Dora A. YEAGER, both of Seward county, Kansas, applied at the residence of Probate Judge I.F.POSTON, on Sunday, October 20th, and were by him joined in matrimony, in presence of several friends. Thus he got his "Yo" Agar and she got her "Pile."

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday October 8, 1889 William A. WELLMAN, one of the young men engaged at the Arkalon Sugar Mill, concluded last week that it wasn't good for a man to live alone, and accordingly he came up to Liberal last Sunday whree he was married by Police Judge WILLSTAEDT to Miss Mattie L. POTTER, a beautiful and estimable young lady of Arkalon. The bride's brother, Mr. Fred Potter of Arkalon, and his wife acting as best man and brides-maid, and Mr. R.J. Beauchamp and several other citizens witnessed the ceremony. We wish the young couple an abundant measure of happiness and hope they will enjoy a long life of success and prosperity.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday September 3, 1889 A.E. ROGERS, of this city, and Miss Rose McALISTER of Winfield, Kansas, were married at the latter place on August 8th. We congratulate and extend to the happy couple our best wishes for their future prosperity.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday September 3, 1889 Mr. W.E. LIPSCOMB and Miss Ollie McDERMOTT, both of this city, were married at Herington on Sunday, August 25th. They visited Kansas City and other points and returned to Liberal last Friday, when they were warmly welcomed by their many friends here. We join with the rest of the community in wishing the young couple a long life of happiness and prosperity.

Florance:? Thanks for writing.? I don't believe that was the name in 1958-59, however it sat near the street with a long row offices further back, many of which were in the oil business.? Do you have an address?? BTW - my address is thecomyn@aol.com Thanks, Pat -----Original Message----- From: ksseward-request@rootsweb.com To: ksseward@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 3:16 am Subject: KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 30 Today's Topics: 1. Thos. G. LAIRD (Jim Laird) 2. Liberal Lodge No. 283, A.O.U.W. elects officers. (Jim Laird) 3. City Officers: Liberal; May 2, 1889 (Jim Laird) 4. Re: KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 (Fish5353@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:06:31 -0400 From: "Jim Laird" <jlaird@bellsouth.net> Subject: [KSSEWARD] Thos. G. LAIRD To: "Jim Laird" <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <00a701c81bd8$01837f20$9401a8c0@Josie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Liberal Leader Thursday July 18, 1889 Thos. G. LAIRD, living 6 miles northeast of here, brought in last Monday a bunch of volunteer cane, which is measured 8 feet in height. Mr. Laird has a corn field of 40 acres which promises at least 50 bushels of corn per acre, and his cane is doing splendid. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:04:38 -0400 From: "Jim Laird" <jlaird@bellsouth.net> Subject: [KSSEWARD] Liberal Lodge No. 283, A.O.U.W. elects officers. To: "Jim Laird" <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com>, "Jim Laird" <KS-OLD-NEWSPAPERS@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <00a001c81bd7$bdf24930$9401a8c0@Josie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Liberal Leader Seward County Thurday July 18, 1889 Liberal Lodge No. 283, A.O.U.W. W.R. SHEEN, Deputy Grand Master Workmen of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, who has been here in the interest of his order since the last six days, instituted a lodge last Tuesday. The name adopted is "Liberal Lodge No. 283." and the following are the officers for the next six months: H.V. NICHOLS, M.W. G.C. BROWN, P.M.W. Dr. G.W. HARRIS, Overseer. W.H. DAY, Foreman. C.H. DODD, Recorder. J.H. SPURGEON, Financier. G.L. LIGHT, Receiver. C.C. PRATHER, Guide. L.E. CAIN, I.W. G.W. MITCHELL, O.W. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:00:08 -0400 From: "Jim Laird" <jlaird@bellsouth.net> Subject: [KSSEWARD] City Officers: Liberal; May 2, 1889 To: "Jim Laird" <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com>, "Jim Laird" <KS-OLD-NEWSPAPERS@rootsweb.com>, "Jim Laird" <KS-FOOTSTEPS@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <009901c81bd7$1d143000$9401a8c0@Josie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday May 2, 1889 City Officers. Mayor, M.A. NELSON. Councilmen, Pres., W.A. RHODES, L.J. WHITE, C.C. PRATHER,C. SUMMERS, H. ELLESON. City Treasurer, G.C. BROWN. City Clerk, J.C. SWILER. Police Judge, Lambert WILLSTAEDT. City Marshal, S.W. DUNN. (Side Note: Lambert Willstaedt, is also the Editor and publisher of the Liberal Leader at this time.) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:15:35 EDT From: Fish5353@aol.com Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 29 To: ksseward@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <bf5.204e0113.3459f617@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Could the restuarant be the Golden Derrick, if not when would it have been in operation? I have tried to contact you, but address will not go through. Florence Palmer Herring ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ------------------------------ To contact the KSSEWARD list administrator, send an email to KSSEWARD-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the KSSEWARD mailing list, send an email to KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KSSEWARD-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 KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 30 *************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

The Liberal Leader Thursday July 18, 1889 Thos. G. LAIRD, living 6 miles northeast of here, brought in last Monday a bunch of volunteer cane, which is measured 8 feet in height. Mr. Laird has a corn field of 40 acres which promises at least 50 bushels of corn per acre, and his cane is doing splendid.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thurday July 18, 1889 Liberal Lodge No. 283, A.O.U.W. W.R. SHEEN, Deputy Grand Master Workmen of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, who has been here in the interest of his order since the last six days, instituted a lodge last Tuesday. The name adopted is "Liberal Lodge No. 283." and the following are the officers for the next six months: H.V. NICHOLS, M.W. G.C. BROWN, P.M.W. Dr. G.W. HARRIS, Overseer. W.H. DAY, Foreman. C.H. DODD, Recorder. J.H. SPURGEON, Financier. G.L. LIGHT, Receiver. C.C. PRATHER, Guide. L.E. CAIN, I.W. G.W. MITCHELL, O.W.

The Liberal Leader Seward County Thursday May 2, 1889 City Officers. Mayor, M.A. NELSON. Councilmen, Pres., W.A. RHODES, L.J. WHITE, C.C. PRATHER,C. SUMMERS, H. ELLESON. City Treasurer, G.C. BROWN. City Clerk, J.C. SWILER. Police Judge, Lambert WILLSTAEDT. City Marshal, S.W. DUNN. (Side Note: Lambert Willstaedt, is also the Editor and publisher of the Liberal Leader at this time.)

Could the restuarant be the Golden Derrick, if not when would it have been in operation? I have tried to contact you, but address will not go through. Florence Palmer Herring ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Can anyone help me with some info on?a restaurant in Liberal.? In particular, I am trying to pin down what it was called and where it was located.? It had been open before, but closed and then reopened under new management with the Stewart family in the summer of 1958.? They operated it for a couple of years at least.? Believe it was on the north edge of the city, on 83, maybe out as far as 15th.? A good full service restaurant, which added a back room club the following year.? Does anyone remember the place?? Appreciate any info. Pat? -----Original Message----- From: ksseward-request@rootsweb.com To: ksseward@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 3:14 am Subject: KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors (Jim Laird) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:02:01 -0400 From: "Jim Laird" <jlaird@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors To: <ksseward@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <001b01c8197b$e17da9c0$9101a8c0@Josie> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original As always you stay busy. Have a good one!! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Stewart" <MaggieOhio@columbus.rr.com> To: <ksseward@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > Thanks Jim. I recently took over the Seward County, KSGenWeb > site at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/seward/index.html > Be sure to visit the resources page. I'm working with Laura > Ball to get the cemeteries all online. Liberal is mostly up in > text files and we are working on the photos. Restlawn I'm > in the hs or so getting them online. > > I've been helping the Kansas USGenWeb Archives for a long > time. The page for Seward County is at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ks/seward/seward.htm > > A Note: I was born in Liberal and found many of my relatives > as well. I really appreciate that Jim is doing this for all of us > Seward County Researchers. I have acquired a 1946 Book > of the History and Genealogy of Seward County. I'm still > trying to figure if is or ever was copyrighted. Once I have an > all clear I can post from that. > > Maggie > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/bio/bio.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Laird > To: ksseward@rootsweb.com > Cc: lknw@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:59 PM > Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > > > First off LKNW, you are welcome. You really should thank Maggie Stewart, > as > it was she who asked me to look at some microfilmed newspapers for Seward > County. Maggie does a lot of good work. > > Second, have added those surnames you've mentioned to this list I carry > around for Seward county. > > Third, the newspaper, The Liberal Leader, I am posting from only goes to > January 7, 1890. In looking at newspapers on microfilm by the Kansas > State > Historical Society, as you probably already know, Arkalon did have a > newsapaper, apparently from April 1888 to December 1892. KSHS holds two > rolls of film for this one. This means your obituary for Mr. T. G. Laird > will appear in another newspaper. It also means though, that there could > be > a lot of Laird material in those Arkalon newspapers. > > Lastly, I am wondering about your Laird's and where they came from and > who > they are in relation to my Lairds. I thought at first, and it still may > be > the case, that they are some of those Laird's from Tabor, Ia., who ended > up > in Edwards County, Kansas, speaking here of Henry Laird who has the local > library in Belpre named after him just off Laird street. Some of those > Lairds also ended up in Nebraska. We could be distant cousins. Most of my > Lairds came from Erie, Pa., to Ill., to Ia., to Mo., to Ks.(Jefferson > County for one). Curious to be sure about the connection. > > Hope any and all of the material helps. Have a good one!! Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lknw@aol.com> > To: <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:24 AM > Subject: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > > > > My thanks go out to Jim Laird for transcribing so many articles from > > "The Liberal Lyre" for us. Many members of my ancestral family have > > already been mentioned - grandfather Will F. LAIRD; great-grandmother > > E.F. BROWN; great-aunt Minnie BROWN TINSLEY; and distant cousins Loles > > BRACKETT and Jennie VANNESS. > > > > I am curious to know if there was an obituary published in the > > newspaper for Will LAIRD's father - Thomas G. LAIRD. He died on > > February 21, 1893 in Arkalon and was buried in Liberal. Also, perhaps > > there was mention of the marriage of my great-aunt Edith Pearl BROWN to > > William Henry FEATHER on July 2, 1893 in Liberal. Other family names of > > interest in Seward County are WILLIAMS, SPENCER and HOLLINGSWORTH. > > > > Jim, your recent posting of the article "Girls and The Newspapers" was > > very entertaining. I look forward to reading your future postings. > LKNW > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > > http://mail.aol.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ To contact the KSSEWARD list administrator, send an email to KSSEWARD-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the KSSEWARD mailing list, send an email to KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KSSEWARD-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 KSSEWARD Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28 *************************************** ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

As always you stay busy. Have a good one!! Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggie Stewart" <MaggieOhio@columbus.rr.com> To: <ksseward@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:52 PM Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > Thanks Jim. I recently took over the Seward County, KSGenWeb > site at http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/seward/index.html > Be sure to visit the resources page. I'm working with Laura > Ball to get the cemeteries all online. Liberal is mostly up in > text files and we are working on the photos. Restlawn I'm > in the hs or so getting them online. > > I've been helping the Kansas USGenWeb Archives for a long > time. The page for Seward County is at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ks/seward/seward.htm > > A Note: I was born in Liberal and found many of my relatives > as well. I really appreciate that Jim is doing this for all of us > Seward County Researchers. I have acquired a 1946 Book > of the History and Genealogy of Seward County. I'm still > trying to figure if is or ever was copyrighted. Once I have an > all clear I can post from that. > > Maggie > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maggieoh/bio/bio.htm > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Laird > To: ksseward@rootsweb.com > Cc: lknw@aol.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:59 PM > Subject: Re: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > > > First off LKNW, you are welcome. You really should thank Maggie Stewart, > as > it was she who asked me to look at some microfilmed newspapers for Seward > County. Maggie does a lot of good work. > > Second, have added those surnames you've mentioned to this list I carry > around for Seward county. > > Third, the newspaper, The Liberal Leader, I am posting from only goes to > January 7, 1890. In looking at newspapers on microfilm by the Kansas > State > Historical Society, as you probably already know, Arkalon did have a > newsapaper, apparently from April 1888 to December 1892. KSHS holds two > rolls of film for this one. This means your obituary for Mr. T. G. Laird > will appear in another newspaper. It also means though, that there could > be > a lot of Laird material in those Arkalon newspapers. > > Lastly, I am wondering about your Laird's and where they came from and > who > they are in relation to my Lairds. I thought at first, and it still may > be > the case, that they are some of those Laird's from Tabor, Ia., who ended > up > in Edwards County, Kansas, speaking here of Henry Laird who has the local > library in Belpre named after him just off Laird street. Some of those > Lairds also ended up in Nebraska. We could be distant cousins. Most of my > Lairds came from Erie, Pa., to Ill., to Ia., to Mo., to Ks.(Jefferson > County for one). Curious to be sure about the connection. > > Hope any and all of the material helps. Have a good one!! Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <lknw@aol.com> > To: <KSSEWARD@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 1:24 AM > Subject: [KSSEWARD] Arkalon & Liberal Ancestors > > > > My thanks go out to Jim Laird for transcribing so many articles from > > "The Liberal Lyre" for us. Many members of my ancestral family have > > already been mentioned - grandfather Will F. LAIRD; great-grandmother > > E.F. BROWN; great-aunt Minnie BROWN TINSLEY; and distant cousins Loles > > BRACKETT and Jennie VANNESS. > > > > I am curious to know if there was an obituary published in the > > newspaper for Will LAIRD's father - Thomas G. LAIRD. He died on > > February 21, 1893 in Arkalon and was buried in Liberal. Also, perhaps > > there was mention of the marriage of my great-aunt Edith Pearl BROWN to > > William Henry FEATHER on July 2, 1893 in Liberal. Other family names of > > interest in Seward County are WILLIAMS, SPENCER and HOLLINGSWORTH. > > > > Jim, your recent posting of the article "Girls and The Newspapers" was > > very entertaining. I look forward to reading your future postings. > LKNW > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - > > http://mail.aol.com > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KSSEWARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >