All ‘A’s’
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COLUMN ONE
23 March 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Towne of Superior, Neb., visited in Rossville, with Mrs. Irene Cleveland, over the week-end. They were on their way to Kansas City, Mo., to get Mr. Towne fitted for an artificial arm. His right hand was torn off last year in a combine. Mrs. Towne is a sister of Lawrence Attebury and was raised near Auburn.
11 September 1958
Mrs. Etta Howerton Amis of Topeka passed away September 7 at age 84. Burial was in Rossville.
5 September 1963
Mr. and Mrs. John Andrick announce the birth of a daughter, Brenda Kay, born Wednesday, August 28. She weighed 8 lbs 13 ozs. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parnell of Seneca, Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Andrick of Rossville.
17 February 1966
Mr. and Mrs. John Andrick announce the birth of a son, Terry Lee, Thursday, February 10. He weighed eight pounds, 13 ounces. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Parnell of Seneca, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Andrick of Rossville. The great grandmother is Mrs. Charles Bales of Seneca.
20 June 1963
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Anderson, formerly of this area, have moved back from California and will make their home here. They will live in their trailer house. The Andersons {Anderson’s} operated the Golden Belt Tavern in Rossville years ago and in ’51 to ’57 ran the Silver Dollar Tavern in Delia.
COLUMN TWO
June 1951
Mike Kesler, real estate dealer of Topeka, reports the sale of the Frank J. Anderson 160 acre farm 3 miles northeast of Delia to Mr. and Mrs. John Stum.
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“A” families
all years
Amis, Armstrong, Anderson, Anders, Atkinson, Atkins, Amos, Albin, Ausherman, Allen (see Berry, Lewis), Anspaugh
COLUMN ONE
1950—July 31, 1908
Dr. J. M. Amis who for several years has practice medicine in Rossville moved to Topeka where he will be one of the staff physicians at Dr. Keith’s hospital.
6 December 1907
Archie Armstrong sold his drug store yesterday to Mr. Omer Goyette, who has been manager of the business for Mr. Armstrong.
10 January 1902
Born to Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Armstrong, January 6, a daughter.
23 July 1914
TO RENT—On shares, 35 acres of good wheat land, and 40 acres excellent hay land. Will rent both together or separate. 23 July 1914 J. B. Anderson
June 1934
Mrs. Ted Anderson and three children accompanied by Miss Lorene Parr, left today for Deer River, Minn., to spend several weeks where Mr. Anderson is in charge of a boys’ summer camp.
July 1924
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Anders of Delia are the parents of a little daughter born July 9th.
2 February 1928
Another new restaurant was opened in the Melenson building by Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Atkinson.
2 September 1937
Mr. and Mr. Jay Atkins are the proud parents of a son born to them August 28th, to whom they have given the name James Louis.
28 April 1938
A family party was given Friday honoring Mr. and Mrs. Jay Atkins who are leaving the Willard neighborhood and moving to the Ben Caskey farm near Dover.
20 June 1035
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Anderson and three sons of Tulsa, Okla., accompanied by his mother, left last Friday for Deer River, Minn., where Mr. Anderson will have charge of a boys’ summer camp.
COLUMN TWO
18 November 1937
Rossville children are now to have the opportunity to develop into youthful Fred Astaires and Anna Pavlovas! The Lillian Amos School of Dancing, Manhattan, is to open a branch studio here at the W. E. Patton home.
10 January 1924
Mrs. Clark came up from Topeka Monday to stay with her daughter, Mrs. G. C. Albin.
17 April 1924
Mrs. G. B. Faskin left Saturday for Downs, Kansas, to spend several weeks with her parents. Mrs. Faskin has been living with Rev. and Mrs. G. B. Albin for about two months.
17 April 1924
Mrs. Clark of Topeka returned home Tuesday after a short visit with her daughter and husband, Rev. and Mrs. Albin.
19 June 1924
Mrs. Lydia Clark of Topeka came today to make a short visit with her daughter, Mrs. G. C. Albin.
6 December 1901
John Ausherman of Cross Creek is having a hog-killing time. He butchered four porkers last Monday.
11 August 1904
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Ausherman August 11, 1904, a daughter.
March 22 & March 29, 1907
Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Ausherman, March 20, a daughter.
18 January 1917
Mrs. Carl Ausherman of Kiro visited home folks here last week while Mr. Ausherman was assisting M. L. Whearty harvest ice.
4 December 1924
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ausherman, of Topeka, announce the birth of a baby girl born November 23. They have given her the name of Virgina {Virginia} Juanita. Mrs. Ausherman was formerly Miss Leona Thomas of Willard.
16 August 1928
Twin girls were born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ausherman of Elmont. August 14, 1928.
5 June 1924
J. M. Amis, M.D.,
General Practicioner {Practioner}. Office in Gabbey building. Calls answered day or night. Rossville, Kansas.
COLUMN THREE
6 December 1901 Mr. John Allen, living north of town has sold his farm and will move to Osage City in the near future.
26 June 1924
Mrs. Bennie Allen of St. Marys was a Sunday guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phelps Lewis.
5 March 1936
(First published in the Rossville Reporter, March 5, 1936) Extra.
In the Probate Court of Shawnee County, Kansas.
In the matter of the estate of Oscar C. Allen deaceased {deceased}.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that on the 6th day of April, 1936, I shall apply to the Probate Court sitting at the Court House in the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, for a full and final settlement of said estate and for an order of there Court finding and adjudging who are the heirs devisees or legatees of Oscar C. Allen, deceased.
You are further notified that any claim for compensation as administrator, and for attorney fees and other expenses necessarily incurred in the administration of said estate will be heard on the 6th day of April, 1936, at 10 o’clock a.m.
16 C. E. GRESSEE, ADMINISTRATOR. ROSSVILLE REPORTER THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1936
3 November 1991
Matthew Scott Anspaugh, ROSSVILLE
Matthew Scott Anspaugh, 2, Rossville, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 1991, at his home of complications resulting from a near-drowning on April 30, 1991.
Dr. W. WikeScamman, Shawnee County District coroner, said an autopsy to determine the exact cause would likely be related to the near-drowning,
Anspaugh was born on March 31, 1989, in Topeka, the son of Kenny Ray and Paula Michele Fulton Anspaugh. He had lived in Rossville all his life.
Survivors include his parents, a brother, Andrew Anspaugh, Rossville; grandparents, Tim and Iris Fulton and Ken and Vicki Anspaugh, all of Rossville; great-grandparents, Leonard and Elizabeth Barker, Topeka, Stella Cain, San Antonio, Texas, and OraNellis, Rossville, and a great-great-grandmother, Emma Anspaugh, Topeka.
Services will be a 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rossville Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Matthew will lie in state from 10 a.m Tuesday to noon Wednesday at Parker-Price Mortuary and at the church one hour prior to service time. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the mortuary.
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“A” families
ALEXANDER - Railroad - see DAVIS
COLUMN ONE - March 26, 1914 to August 27, 1936
26 March 1914
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Alexander, parents of Chas. Alexander, Rossville’s popular Union Pacific agent left yesterday for their home in Auburn, Ill., after a stay of several months. Mr. Alexander has filled the pulpit of the Baptist church at Silver Lake since coming to Kansas and will be missed greatly by the members of that church.
July 1924
Mrs. Charles Alexander and son, Neil, left yesterday for Pueblo, Colo., to be the guests of her mother, Mrs. Alice McCabe for several weeks.
3 December 1914
Charles Alexander, U. P. agent returned Monday evening from a month’s vacation spent with his parents at Auburn, Illinois, and other points in the state. Mr. Alexander helped his parents celebrate their golden wedding anniversary while at home and also visited his boyhood home in Brown county Illinois, where he had not visited for thirty years. Charlie says he enjoyed every minute of his vacation but was glad to get back to Rossville and resume his duties at the depot.
1 February 1917
Mrs. Alice McCabe, of Pueblo, Colo., visited from Friday until yesterday with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Alexander. Mrs. McCabe was on her way to St. Louis on business.
28 June 1917
Mrs. Chas. Alexander and son Neal {Neil} returned yesterday morning from a ten days visit with her mother, Mrs, Alice McCabe, at Pueblo, Colo.
22 May 1924
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Alexander returned today from Colby, Kansas, after a week’s visit there with their son, Mr. Sam Alexander and his family, Their grandson, Master Clifford Alexander accompanied them home for a three weeks’ visit.
29 May 1924
Mr. Ralph Alexander, of Auburn, Illinois, who had come to Kansas City for the Shriner convention, came on to Rossville yesterday for a short visit with his brother, Charles and his family,
12 June 1924
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Alexander have been improving their residence on north Main street by the addition of a new front porch, new cement sidewalks and screening in the back porch.
COLUMN TWO
31 July 1924
Mrs. Chas. Alexander and son Neil {Neal} returned Monday evening from their two weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. Alice McCabe in Pueblo, Colo.
4 December 1924
Mrs. E. D. Bradford, of McCloud, Kansas, left Monday for her home after a short visit here with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Alexander.
30 April 1924
Mrs. Charles Alexander and son Neil {Neal} attended the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra concert in Kansas City last Tuesday.
March 1925
Sam H. Alexander, formerly in business here with his father, J. C. Alexander, has been announced as cashier of a million dollar bank at Colby.
9 May 1929
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alexander of Colby, Kansas, stopped here Friday for an overnight stay with his mother, Mrs. J. C. Alexander and brief calls on his sisters, Mrs. Denny Davis and Mrs. Elmer Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander were enroute to Excelsior Springs, Mo., for a week or ten days stay at that health resort.
21 March 1929
FOR SALE—Cheap, round-top quarter oak dining table with six leaves; large leather chair. Both in excellent condition. Inquire Chas. Alexander, 21 Mar. 1929 2:14
27 June 1929
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Alexander who have made their home in St. Marys for the past three years are moving to Fort Riley. Mr. Alexander has been appointed agent for the Union Pacific at the Fort. Their son, Neil {Neal} Owen, will enter the engineering department at Kansas State Agricultural college this fall.—St. Marys Star. 27 June 1929
6 April 1933
Jack B. Davis, class of 1933, University of Kansas School of Medicine, winner of the Porter $300 prize for highest scholarship for three consecutive years, and just been appointed to an internship in the U. S. army, has been ordered to duty at the station hospital at Fort Sam Houston, July 1. Davis’s appointment carries with it the pay and rank of a first lieutenant. He was born and raised at Ottawa, the son of Dr. George W. and Dr. Josaphyne E. Davis. Mr. Davis is a nephew of Mrs. R. L. Alexander of this city.
COLUMN THREE
20 April 1933
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Muncil of Kansas City, Kansas, came out Tuesday morning and spent the day visiting her sister, Mrs. R. L. Alexander and at the Elmer Stewart and Denny Davis home.
2 January 1936
Charley Alexander, writes from Junction City, to hold his Reporters for the next few weeks while he is reveling in the sunshine of California. Mr. Alexander was placed on the retired list January 1st, by the Union Pacific and will celebrate the first few weeks of idleness by his trip to the coast.
6 February 1936
Rossville friends are glad to welcome back Charley Alexander, our former U. P. station agent, who is here for a visit with old friends. Back a week from the sunny climate of California. Mr. Alexander has been visiting in Junction City, Tescott, and Lincoln, Kansas. Later he plans to visit a brother and sister at Decatur, Ill. He is now on the retired list after long and faithful service for the Union Pacific.
27 February 1936
Charles Alexander left Rossville, Wednesday in his car for Decatur, Ill., for an extended visit with his sister and brother and other relatives.
27 August 1936
Sam Alexander of Colby, stopped here Tuesday evening for a short visit with his mother, Mrs. R. L. Alexander and sister, Mrs. Elmer Stewart and Mr. Stewart.
24 April 1924
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Alexander of Neal, Kansas, arrived Saturday evening and are the guests of their daughters, Mrs. Elmer Stewart and Mrs. Dennie {Denny} Davis. Mr. Alexander has disposed of his business at Neal and may purchase property in Rossville and locate permanently. At one time Mr. Alexender {Alexander} conducted a general store in this city.
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ANDREWS — Elevator — Refer to Rossville Centennial Book — 1901 - 1937
COLUMN ONE
9 August 1901
Mrs. M. Howenstein and daughter, Mrs. C. C. Sherer, and granddaughter, Pearl, of Enid, Okla., are guests of T. W. and John Andrews this week. Mrs. Howenstein’s mother, Mrs. Susanna Andrews, of Silver Lake, was also here yesterday and a group picture of the four generations was taken by the Stewart Photo company.
11 October 1901
The Andrews stock yards adjoining town on the south, present an animated appearance these days. Eighteen hundred head of cattle are on full feed in the yards at the present time.
50 YEARS AGO — May 1904
Miss Grace Andrews returned Tuesday from Mexico, Mo., where she has been attending Hardin College.
14 & 21 August 1908
Charles Reid and Roy James purchased the T. W. Andrews 160 acres east of the Jamieson place, the price being $50.00 an acre.
15 January 1914
T. W. Andrews of California is at Topeka for a few week’s visit with his son Frank, and other relatives.
16 July 1914
T. W. Andrews came in last Thursday to remain during the threshing of the grain on his farm, and to look after other business matters. Mr. Andrews is now located on a farm near Los Angeles, Calif.
16 July 1914
T. W. Andrews was unfortunate in losing his traveling bag while on his way here from California a week ago and has received no trace of it to date The bag contained several valuable papers and clothing and numerous personal property.
April 1917
A reunion of the A.K.M.C.’s was held March 28 in honor of Miss Ethelyn Andrews of Huntington Park, Calif. The occasion was celebrated by a three course dinner at Conkle’s Cafe, afterwards adjourning to the home of Mae Bradley for an evening’s entertainment.
3 May 1917
We neglected mentioning last week one of the biggest land deals of recent years when Morris Bond and C. E. Gresser bought the Tom Andrews 240 acres southwest of Rossville. The consideration was around $30,000. About one hundred acres is in wheat and gives promise of a bumper crop this year.
3 May 1917
F. A. Andrews has traded the home residence across from the Farmers elevator to a Topeka party.
10 May 1917
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Burger of Burlington, Kansas, were here Tuesday looking over the Andrews residence property which they have secured from F. A. Andrews in a real estate deal.
17 May 1917
Miss Ethelyn Andrews who has spent the past two months here visiting friends and relatives, left Tuesday night for her home in Los Angeles, Calif.
9 August 1917
Frank Andrews finished digging his 77 acres of potatoes Saturday and the ground is now being sown to turnips. 17 carloads were shipped out, the 77 acres averaging 100 bushels to the acre.
7 August 1908
About ten companies of United States troops, that are on a “hike” from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley, were in camp here from Saturday morning until Wednesday morning on the Andrews tract just back of the Catholic church,
COLUMN THREE
18 September 1924
H. J. FRIESEN SUFFERS HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
Herman Friesen, who farms the former Sam Boyles farm two miles northwest of Rossville suffered a big loss Monday night when the barn on his farm burned to the ground.
The cause of the fire is supposed to have been spontaneous combustion on some damp alfalfa that had been placed in the barn a day or so before the fire.
Mr. Friesen discovered the fire about 12:30, but it was then too late to get any of his stock or other property out of the barn. Mr. Walter McCleary, who was returning from Topeka, was the first to reach the Friesen place.
Among Mr. Friesen’s loss is his four horses, his automobile, all his farming equipment, and a large quantity of hay. No insurance was carried on the barn’s contents.
One of the horses lost had been purchased only a few days before the fire and worked only about three hours by Mr, Friesen.
The farm is owned by Mr. F. A. Andrews of Los Angeles, Calif.
A subscription paper was passed about town Tuesday by Mr. O. O. Barney and friends of the unfortunate man raised a nice sum to help him out of his predicament.