by Darren McMannis | Nov 24, 1927 | Biography, Sedgwick
PLAYMATES ARE REUNITED AFTER HALF A CENTURY Pioneer Women Find Each Other at Church Reunion WICHITA, KS – After 50 years separation, Mrs. F D Hughes of 1007 South Water, and Mrs. Ellen Winchel of Newkirk Okla., childhood playmates, met at the home of Mrs. G W...
by Darren McMannis | Jun 28, 1920 | Old News, Sedgwick
FORMER SOLDIER’S BODY WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO FILL PAUPER’S GRAVE Shall the body of a soldier who fought with the Allies be allowed to rest in a potter’s field? WICHITA, KS – An emphatic “no” was the local American Legion’s answer to the question when they...
by Darren McMannis | Jun 27, 1920 | Old News, Sedgwick
WICHITA, KS – In the early morning of June 27, 1920, Rock Island Railroad Special Agent Charles F. Artz arrested four men on vagrancy charges near the Rock Island tracks in North Wichita. As Agent Artz escorted the men out of railroad yards to meet a city...