Barber County Kansas

Medicine Lodge Cresset, March 13, 1883.

Uncle David McKinney

The delay which a man experiences in getting a pension is illustrated in our county. Uncle David McKinney was injured while serving as a soldier in the Black Hawk war, in 1832. At present he seems in a fair way to secure a pension within a year or two. It takes a man with a strong constitution to last long enough to secure a pension in this country.

Medicine Lodge Cresset, April 5, 1883.

Uncle David McKinney's Heel-Fly

Uncle David McKinney came in yesterday, bringing a few samples of the heel-fly, which he had captured just to convince the editors that there was such a bird.

Thanks to Shirley Brier for finding, transcribing and contributing the above news articles to this web site!

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