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People who have come and gone from Rossville in the past 31 years probably have had opportunity of meeting Bess Divine Baird. Bess has operated the Divine Cafe at the same location these entire 31 years.
Mrs. Jake…

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June 14, 1956
“SEE you LATER, ALLIGATOR…”
Kansas State Sigma Nu member harbors strange mascot here
When you say, “See You Later, Alligator” to Bob Bixby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bixby of Rossville, you may be saying just what it implies.…

Edward and Eugenia Jacobson celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in front of original farmstead, 1 1/2 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Norway, Kansas, circa 1880-1890.

Boy and goat in front of Jacobson farmhouse, 1 ½ miles south and 1 ½ miles east of Norway, Kansas.

Eugenia Jacobson with her flowers in June.

Russell Jacobson, Sr. with horse and buggy, 1920.

Russell Jacobson, Sr. cultivating with his team of horses.

Russell Jacobson, Jr. "planting corn" in field when he was two years old, 1928.

Barn and corn crib on Edward Jacobson farm.

Back Row L-R: Danny Smith, Kenny Hays, Bill Mayes (Tipton), Leslie Earl Peck, Ted Stuive, Delmar Vonada.

Front Row L-R: Ernie Kulich, Leon Hopkins (Lincoln), Howard Walter, Earl Bradgy (Glen Elder), Merle D. Burger (Lucas), Ortwin Fischer,…