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"Miscellaneous Newspapers Collection"

 

ANP-004-07 Miscellaneous Newspapers 2C-2-2

This collection contains newspapers the library has received from various sources. Some are complete issues and others are articles taken from the newspaper.
 

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Contents

1

Bolivar Tornado
  1. Bolivar Herald Vol. LVIII—No. 13 25 April 1929
  2. Headline "$250,000 Damage By Tornado Here Saturday"
  3. Bolivar Free Press Vol. 61, No. 52 25 April 1929
  • Headline "Tornado Strikes Bolivar"
  • 2

    1. Bolivar Free Press Vol. 72, No 26 23 Nov 1939
    2. The Bolivar Herald Vol. LXVII—No. 49 2 Feb 1939
    3. The Bolivar Herald Vol. LXVIII—No. 26 17 Aug 1939

    3

    1. The Bolivar Herald Vol. LXIX—No. 50 13 Feb 1941
    2. Bolivar Free Press Vol. 74, No. 11 14 Aug 1941

    4

    Church Histories
    1. Morrisville Baptist Church "100 years strong" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 2 May 1990 page 1-B
    2. Christian Church of Halfway "110th birthday party" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 20 Sep 1989 page 1-B
    3. Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church "Turkey Creek looks at county from 150-year perspective" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 4 Sep 1991 page 1-B
    4. First Christian Church of Bolivar "Christian Church centennial celebration climaxes Sunday" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 14 Oct 1992 page 1-C
    5. Bolivar United Methodist Church "150 years of faith" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 19 Sep 1990 page 1-B
    6. Providence Missionary Baptist Church "Providence 150 years old"
  • Halfway Baptist Church "Halfway Baptist makes start to second hundred"

    Both articles in Bolivar Herald-Free Press 13 Sep 1989 page 1-B

  • 5

    "When I came to Bolivar" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 28 Aug 1975 page 10-A a reprinting of an article appearing in 1922 in both The Herald and Free Press by T. H. B. Dunnegan

    6

    Karlin Area
    1. "The Bell of St. Wenceslaus" newspaper clipping no date or source
    2. "Karlin Church" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 27 Nov 1975 page 10-A
    3. "Karlin and the Bohemians" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 25 Dec 1975 page 11-B
    4. "Prairie land drew 60 Bohemian families" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 1 Jan 1976 page 5-A
    5. "Excitement stirred Karlin as oil well drilled in 1920’s" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 8 Jan 1976 page 8-B
    6. "Karlin becomes a name , fond memory" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 8 Jan 1976 page 3-C

    7

    Bolivar Herald-Free Press 7 Nov 2003

    "Proud to Serve" Korean War Veterans

    8

    Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 104, No. 10 6 May 1976 section A

    9

    1. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 102, No. 47 Section A 23 Jan 1975 "Murder trial goes into second day" trial of William (Blackie) Smith shooting death of Ronnie Hancock
    2. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Section B 6 May 1976 "Alive again—Activity fills halls of North Ward School" Bicentennial Arts & Crafts Show 2 articles
    3. Bolivar Herald-Free Press page 1-B 18 Sep 1975 "Kids race, scramble Friday night at the fair?

    10

    1. "History of Schofield Schools—before demise" a letter to the editor Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 98, No. 2 19 mar 1970 page 2A
    2. "Long awaited opening is Saturday" Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 111, No. 41 23 Nov 1983 page 1-A
    3. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 116, No 52 9 Feb 1989 section A
    4. "Old time baseball" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 21 July 1993 page 1-B

    11

    Ice Storm of 1972

    Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 100, No 14 14 Dec 1972

    12

    1. "Open House to be Sunday for new Fair Play Bank" Bolivar Herald-Free Press 30 Oct 1974 section C
    2. Citizen’s Informer Vol. 8, No. 4 April 1975

    13

    Sunday Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

    Vol. XXI, NO 42 23 July 1989

    88 pages

    14

    Wyoming Eagle, The

    Vol. LXV, No 285 7 March 1990

    14 pages

    15

    Kansas City Star

    Centennial Sections Sunday, 14 September 1980

    192 pages

    16

    1. Star Style (Section B) Kansas City Star Tues 16 Sept 1980
    2. Humansville Star-Leader Vol. 108, No. 40 13 Feb 1986 rural school stories
    3. Bolivar R-1 Report 30 Nov 1996
    4. 1999 Year in Review Bolivar Herald Free Press 12 Feb 2000
    5. Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 113, No. 34 9 October 1983

    17

    Bolivar Herald-Free Press Vol. 135 No. 63 7 Oct 2007 Courthouse 100th Anniversary

    Bolivar Herald-Free Press 14 Sept 2007 YMCA Opening

    18

    Polk County’s 208 Best and 15 Worst

    Progress 2008 A Bolivar Herald-Free Press Special Edition March 21, 2008

       

     

     


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