(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) The Yellow Wallpaper • It’s Monday, June 21, 1897, at 102 East Sherman Street, in Hutchinson, Kansas. Julia Latimer Whiteside, 29, is visiting with Alice Lewis Smith, 36, at Alice’s business of cure baths. * As Alice prepared the cure bath for her first customer of the day, she heard the whistle of the departing Hutchinson & Southern train. Meanwhile, Julia felt like she was on olfactory … [Read more...] about Reno County: The Yellow Wallpaper
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Sheriffs of Reno County: John LaFayette “Fay” Smith
(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) · John LaFayette "Fay" Smith (1852-1926) Sheriff 1884-1888 · Julia Whiteside, 59, is at Smith’s Flower Shop, 414 North Main Street, Hutchinson, Kansas. She strikes up a conversation with Harry “says it with flowers” Smith, son of the late Fay Smith, a well-known city and county leader. It’s Tuesday, October 11, 1927. * “I saw your gorgeous window display and just had to come in to smell the … [Read more...] about Sheriffs of Reno County: John LaFayette “Fay” Smith
