"Beginning at 3:10 a.m. without any official proclamation, St. Joseph threw off all restraint and turned out in mass to celebrate the downfall of Kaiser-ism."

"The numerically superior Federal forces are held to a standstill until a "secret" path up the bluffs on the south side of Brush Creek is discovered . . . "

"The columns converge again at the Eldridge Hotel which is looted and eventually destroyed. Stores are emptied of food, liquor and anything of value. Over 150 male residents of Lawrence are killed and much of the town, including the residential area is burned.  "

"The first pilot managed to get the vehicle going but soon crashed it into a store building and was removed from the project. A substitute pilot extracted the vehicle from the damaged building and got it going down the road . . "

"At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the rain was heaviest, a large quantity of small silver colored fish, which closely resembled mountain trout, fell from the sky at Independence."

" At least 30 persons were killed and a like number seriously injured."

"The removal of the windwagon . . . was viewed by several hundred onlookers. ..  A small boy was injured on the streets of Westport as a gust of wind tipped the vessel over.

"25 representatives of the business and commercial interests of Kansas City, Mo. visited Topeka, Kansas to lobby for a proposal to annex Kansas City, Mo and surrounding areas  into the state of Kansas."

February 2008

"The measure, which was backed by an "unholy" alliance of the Kansas City Star, the Republicans and the Pendergast machine reduced the city council to 8 plus a "cheerleader" mayor . . "