Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 59

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Title AlternativeCommunications : early years of the telephone, telegraph, radio and newspapers in Shawnee County CreatorRipley, John W.Harmon, TerryKingman, Evelyn W.Treadway, William E., 1901-Carruth, Arthur J., Jr., 1887-1962Richmond, Robert W.Rowland, Mary ScottJochims, LarryGreene, Zula BenningtonPublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 59]
The girl-less, cuss-less, wait-less telephone
Of Shawnee County's nineteen telephone companies only a few have survived
Of Shawnee County's nineteen telephone companies only a few have survived
Heard 70 miles
The hello girls
After the consolidation-- is the Bell doing its best for Topekans who talk?
Charles S. Gleed and the Bell Telephone System
When Topeka's phones were automated: the change-over sets a record
Look, Ma--no batteries!
Topeka's first telephone users
Topeka exchange
The wonderful instrument
Chronology-- Topeka's telephone systems
A century of newspaper publishing in Topeka
A different type of air mail
Postmasters of Topeka
Ghost towns dominate list of Shawnee County Post Offices
Mail via four horse stagecoach
Newsworthy postal firsts
Topeka's first radio station gets going
Rise and fall of the telegraph industry
Blow by blow by telegraph!
Voice from airDescription
Mail via four hourse stagecoach originally published in Herald of Freedom, 1857. The Century Record
Ray Yarnell / by Clif Stratton
Society news through the years / by Mrs. Ray Yarnell, Ada Montgomery
Topeka's first newspaper / by Lester F. Filson
Arthur Capper and the Topeka Daily Capital / by Clif Stratton
The Topeka State Journal and Frank P. MacLennan
Jay E. House and his "Second thought" column
Prominent figures in Topeka's newspaper history
Charley Trapp's pink rag / by W.G. Clugston
General J.K. Hudson, war veteran and publisher
Thomas A. McNeal, beloved newspaperman / by Raymond H. Gilkeson
Philip (Phil) Eastman
Llewellyn Kiene / by Tom Kiene, Capital-Journal executive editor
Ed B. Chapman / by Charles E. Sweet
Marco Morrow
Harold T. Chase / by Dr. H.L. Clark
Charles H. Sessions
J. Clarke Swayze
Harvey "Harve" Parsons / by Mary Huntoon
Voice from air
Telegraphy at Rossville
The grand lecture of the season
I love my wife but oh, you kid!. Parts originally published in Bulletin of the Shawnee County Historical Society.
Parts originally published in Topeka Daily State Journal.
Parts originally published in Kansas City Journal.Date of VolumeNovember 1982VolumeNo. 59Decade1840s-1960sSubjectTelephoneLocal telephone servicePostal serviceGleed, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1856-1920American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyTelephone companiesConsolidation and merger of corporationsPostmastersBiographyTelegraphNewspapersNewspaper editorsPublishersJournalistsBell Telephone CompanyMonopoliesBoxing matchesSportscastersCommunication and technologyStrowger, AlmonTechnological innovationsHoming pigeonsMilitary training campsWilderness survival--Study and teachingLoudspeakersSound--Recording and reproducingWIBW (Radio Station and Television station : Topeka, Kan.)RadioRadio broadcastingTin cansTelephone, DialTelephone operatorsTelephone directoriesExtinct citiesLong distance telephone servicesSheldon, Charles M., 1857-1946FormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0843 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0864

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KSChicago, ILKansas City, MOShawnee County, KS

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