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This page contains almost 400 links to newspaper articles that helped to define the Kentucky Colonel in history, which combined with our bibliography section includes several thousand resources.
There are a number of historical newspaper articles that helped to define the ideal of the Kentucky Colonel during the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. It is our understanding that the first Kentucky Colonels are based in the founding of Boonesborough in the Transylvania Colony when many commissions and land warrants were issued while Kentucky was a part of Virgina.
The term "Kentucky Colonels" was officially merged in the public imagination and American literature in 1889 through a newspaper article and a short story, then book by Opie Read that were published and read in most major newspapers across the country.
For more information previously collected for our book. Please see our Resources page.
From the Louisville Post, September 1889 (Published in over 80 Newspapers Coast to Coast and in Canada)
It is somewhat hard for an outside barbarian to understand why "colonels" are so plentiful in Kentucky. In the first place Kentucky furnished a great many soldiers, both to the northern and to the southern armies, during the war and naturally some of these soldiers are sure enough colonels by rank and service. Others, who were minor officers or perhaps high privates, are now dubbed colonels by way of courtesy. Then we have a very few colonels who hold over from the Mexican war, and there are other colonels of militia, like the Louisville Legion, who come by their titles honestly. The governor of Kentucky has the privilege of appointing persons on his staff with the rank of colonel. These colonels are expected to look pretty and martial at the governor's ball and to ride horseback when the governor heads a procession. The last duty frequently gives them great pain and anxiety.
There are scores and scores of these governor-staff colonels in this proud old commonwealth. Some executives have been more lavish than others in the distribution of these gilded honors. That kindly old gentleman, Gov. Luke Blackburn. M.D., was fond of creating colonels. During his term he made some sixty colonels in the city of Louisville alone, if I remember the figures correctly. There are various reasons which entitles a man to this gubernatorial compliment. Col. Will Hays is a colonel because he is such a gifted poet, while Col. Albert Dietzman was given his title by Lt. Gov. Knott because he was the greatest business manager on earth.
I trust these facts will make it somewhat clearer to the wondering northerner why colonels are so plentiful in Kentucky. But there are other reasons. Many prominent citizens are honored with this complimentary title simply as a recognition of their merit by the community. Thus every man who conducts a large distillery is ipso facto a colonel; for instance, Col. John M. Atherton, or Col. Tom Sherley. Every prominent railroad official is also a colonel; for instance, Col. Milton H Smith. Every Congressman is a colonel, as Col. Asher G. Caruth. Every man with a government office is a colonel; as Col. George Du Belle. Every great editor is a colonel, like Col. Henry Watterson. The chief of the police department is a de facto colonel, as Col. Wood. Then there are other gentlemen who are colonels because no other title fits them. But the law on the subject is a little vague and has never been formulated by the legislature.
If a man has been a captain in the war never call him captain; call him colonel. He is entitled to this promotion twenty-four years after the war closed. The only men proud to be called captain are the commanders of steamboats. The captains of fire companies, the conductors of railroad trains, and the officers in a Salvation Army. The title of major is comparatively rare, and. therefore, is really more of a distinction than colonel. Only prominent people who have seen actual service wear the for instance. Major Ed. Hughes and Major J. Washington Wann. But still if you call a major a colonel he is not likely to get mad at you. By the observance of these few rules I have jotted down the stranger can get along in Kentucky without committing any serious breach of etiquette.
This extensive collection of news articles, primarily sourced from the pre-teletype era (before 1935), offers a fascinating glimpse into the historical and cultural significance of the "Kentucky Colonel" title. These articles, discovered through diligent research at the Library of Congress, InternetArchive, NewspaperArchive, and other repositories, provide valuable context for understanding the evolution of this unique honor.
While the individual articles are in the public domain, their careful selection and arrangement within this compilation are protected under U.S. copyright law. This curated collection forms a core component of our forthcoming book, "Kentucky Colonels: Forefathers, Founders, and Model Figures of Kentucky Culture, Customs, Folklore, History, Music, Society, Traditions, and Values," scheduled for release in 2024-2025.
We believe that these historical news articles, presented alongside original research and analysis, will offer a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the Kentucky Colonel tradition.
Kentucky Home Coming Week; Mount Vernon Signal: June 08, 1906
New Orleans Society of (Kentucky) Colonels Gives Banquet; Louisville Courier-Journal: January 09, 1908
Kentucky Colonels Club; Notre Dame Scholastic: Volume 50 Issue 33, 1916
Youngest Kentucky Colonel; Freeland Tribune: June 17, 1901
Colonel Heidrick; Mountain Advocate: May 26, 1922
Top of 3rd Column "A Number..."; Semi-Weekly Interior Journal: February 22, 1887
An Open Letter; Mountain Advocate: January 13, 1905
Col. S. T. Harris; The Interior Journal: May 21, 1912
A Few Things Said by a Kentucky Colonel; The Central Record: October 06, 1905
Monkey Crouch; The Sunday Star: Washington, DC, July 10, 1921
An Enviable Record; Bismarck Weekly Tribune: November 01, 1895
The Last of the Real Colonels of the Blue Grass; The Herald and News: August 08, 1922
State Guard Poet Laureate; The Hazel Green Herald: April 07, 1910
Joe Engel is now Colonel; The Washington Times. December 19, 1918
Water from Jordan; The North Platte Tribune: June 01, 1909
Passing of Child-Wife Recalls Career of Cassius Clay; The Spanish American: April 18, 1914
Colonel David G. Colson Dies; Daily Public Ledger: September 29, 1904
Col. J.R. Johnson; The Big Sandy News: May 12, 1922
Col. Durrett's Historical Collections Goes to Chicago; The Citizen: May 29, 1913
Put'em in the Bug House; The Fool-Killer: March 01, 1910
Boss of the Ranch; The Evening Bulletin: April 27, 1899
Bright Outlook for the Ohio River; The Paducah Sun: June 30, 1904
Colonel Chats about Shooting; New Ulm Review: October 23, 1912
Was the Colonel Libeled?; Los Angeles Herald: March 08, 1895
Col. E. G. Buckner, Delaware Men of Affairs: Evening Journal: April 10, 1918
His Powerful Plea; The Chickasha Daily Express: August 22, 1906
Poker Story; The Hartford Republican: January 06, 1905
Bradley Nearly Beaten; The Ocala Evening Star: March 07, 1908
Kentucky Colonel in Germany to Run for Governor; The Bourbon News: January 07, 1919
True Southern Chivalry; Free Press: May 19, 1906
An Old-Time Duel; The Salt Lake Herald: September 09, 1886
Youngest Colonel; The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram: May 05, 1922
Oakland Possesses a Kentucky Colonel; The San Francisco Call: December 26, 1900
As Seen in Kentucky; The Corvallis Times: July 02, 1904
Marse Henry Comes Home; Valentine Democrat: December 12, 1907
The Documentary Evidence; Los Angeles Herald: March 10, 1895
Col. Jouett Henry Get Good Place; The Bee: December 17, 1915
No Bosses Need Apply; The Evening Bulletin: May 07, 1891
Country Editing - Col. Bob White of Mexico; Mexico Weekly Ledger: April 10, 1913
A Kentucky Colonel the First Victim; The Commercial: September 06, 1907
Colonel Duncan at it Again; The Los Angeles Herald: March 22, 1895
Col. Chinn's Undoing; The Indianapolis Journal: April 24, 1903
In the Public Eye; The Tacoma Times: October 31, 1910
The Kentucky Colonels; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer: January 18, 1900
Kentucky is to Lose Both its Juleps and its Colonels; New-York Tribune: February 01, 1920
Annual Colonel Crop; The Bourbon news. [volume], November 24, 1922
Kentucky Homecoming Week Brevities; The Central Record: June 08, 1906
Kentucky Colonels - Back from a Fishing Trip; The Interior Journal: August 21, 1912
Kentucky Colonels Club; The Butler Weekly Times: October 13, 1904
Circulation; The Conservative: January 25, 1900
A Harbinger of Spring; Daily Independent: June 01, 1908
Kentucky Colonels and Others; New Britain Herald: February 21, 1916
White Suit; Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout: July 04, 1908
A Hint to Hunters; St. Tammany Farmer: December 23, 1905
Servia and Kentucky; The Minneapolis Journal: June 17, 1903
Thousand New Kunnels, Suh, In 25 Years; Las Vegas Age: May 26, 1931
Kentucky Colonels - Governor's Staff Contracts for Uniforms; Hopkinsville Kentuckian: July 04, 1908
Chose Officers - Kentucky Colonels Ready for Active Work; Kentucky Irish American: July 04, 1908
Kentucky Colonels Strike Birmingham in Large Bunches; The Birmingham Age-Herald: January 17, 1912
Senator Blackburn's Vow & The Kentucky Colonels; The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer: January 18, 1900
Fraud Failed; Arizona Republican: December 13, 1899
To Nineteen-Fifteen; Crittenden Record-Press: January 06, 1916
Kentucky Colonels Win Great Praise; Frankfort Weekly News and Roundabout: August 29, 1908
How He Got His Title; The Bismarck Tribune: July 12, 1919
Kentucky's Humiliation - Colonels Take to Water; The Age-Herald: January 29, 1898
Salute these Colonels; The Indianapolis Times: July 31, 1930
Kentucky "Colonels" in Annual Joyfest; South Bend News-Times: March 02, 1916
The Kentucky Colonels; The Breckenridge News: October 17, 1906
A Pair of Kentucky Colonels; Daily Public Ledger: December 17, 1895
Want Impressive Uniforms; The Bismarck Tribune: May 25, 1931
The Military Spirit of Tucson; Arizona Daily Citizen: May 20, 1901
Laying Away All Titles; Newark Post: July 30, 1919
Kentucky Colonels Club at Fair; Brownsville Herald: October 29, 1915
Kentucky Colonels - In the Nature of Things...; The Lynden Tribune: June 01, 1916
Army Titles; Akron Daily Democrat: May 13, 1901
Kentucky Colonels - Mr. Gugel's Story of a War Measure; Marietta Daily Leader: November 14, 1900
Editor to Command Kentucky Colonels; Albuquerque Morning Journal: January 05, 1912
Kentucky Colonels Bring Bradley Here; The Washington Times: March 04, 1909
Good Kentucky Story; The Chattanooga News: January 09, 1920
Kentucky Receives Visiting Editors; The St. Louis Republic: May 19, 1904
Irvin Cobb Deserves Better; The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union: December 08, 1922
Governor Moorehead of Nebraska; The Idaho Springs Siftings-News: February 15, 1913
Editorial Afterthoughts; Marietta Daily Leader: February 10, 1900
An Oleomargarine Colonel; Iron County Register: February 11, 1892
The Southern Colonel; Sequachee Valley News: November 25, 1897
Brevet Governors of Hawaii; The Hawaiian Star: June 27, 1905
More Kentucky Colonels; The Morning News: September 08, 1891
Kentucky Governor Names Baby, Two, Colonel on Staff; Evening Star: August 27, 1928
Morrow's Administration Prolific of Colonels; The Bourbon News: October 06, 1922
Elks Ruler is Colonel; Evening Star: June 10, 1930
Chandler Stops Flood of Kentucky Colonels; Evening Star: December 20, 1935
Plan to Tax Kentucky Colonels; Evening Star: November 15, 1935
No More Colonels; Memphis Daily Appeal: December 22, 1878
Colonel Gascom; The Climax: November 19, 1890
Kentucky Colonels Galore; Evening Star: June 02, 1932
Too Many Borrowed Honors; The Bellefontaine Republican: October 08, 1901
Colonel; The Hickman Courier: August 03, 1872
Glimpses of Kentucky; Savannah Morning News: September 12, 1882
The Abuse of Titles; The Anderson Intelligencer: October 05, 1876
Judge Mattingly a Colonel; Evening Star: December 16, 1933
*Kentucky's Colonels to the Front; Evening Star: November 06, 1933
Mr. Watterson's Resignation; The Ocala Banner: April 18, 1919
Kentucky has More Colonels than it does Militiamen; Evening Star: June 09, 1933
Governor Announces the names of Ten Honorary Colonels; Daily Public Ledger: January 14, 1908
Maybe We'll Have Pomp; The Indianapolis Times: December 31, 1932
Must Win Titles in War; The Butler Weekly Times: October 17, 1901
Confederates Reward Representative Drewry; Evening star: May 18, 1933
Ban on Colonels Disturbs Laffoon; Evening Star: March 29, 1936
Official Outlines Progress of Kentucky Colonels; Evening Star: December 09, 1939
Ruling Breaks the Colonels; Nogales International: April 04, 1936
Kentucky Colonel Learns the Truth; The Key West Citizen: December 30, 1939
In the News of the Day; The Times-News: April 01, 1936
Capital Sidelights - Passing of the Kentucky Colonels; Evening Star: April 05, 1936
The Kentucky Colonel is Known to Everyone; Bridgeton Pioneer: November 02, 1916
The Kentucky Colonel's Sister's Cat; Sterling Evening Gazette: December 11, 1883
A Kentuckian Not a Colonel; Owosso Times: June 4, 1886
Kentucky Colonels - Visit the Soldiers at Chickamauga Park; Quincy Daily Herald: June 9, 1898
The Growth of the Churches; Wichita Daily Eagle: February 2, 1899
Dedication of Monument; Atlanta Constitution: March 3, 1899
A Kentucky Colonel's Poker Game; Daily Iowa State Press: January 8, 1900
The Famous Kentuckians; Massillon Evening Independent: January 15, 1901
Exit the Kentucky Colonels; Philadelphia Inquirer: March 15, 1907
The Campaign of the Kentucky Colonel; Connellsville Weekly Courier: July 27, 1911
New York and Kentucky Colonels; Shelbina Democrat: June 5, 1912
How to Make Old Kentucky Mint Julep; Macon Daily Chronicle Herald: September 19, 1913
Major General Sir Sam Hughes; Agassiz Record: September 23, 1915
Kentucky Colonels; Ardmore Daily Ardmoreite: February 7, 1916
Kentucky Colonels - In the Nature of Things; Warren Evening Times: April 13, 1916
Fiery Colonel Stakes Fortune on KY Derby; Wakefield Advocate: February 16, 1924
Loser's Music Store Ad; Lebanon Daily News: 07 Mar 1924
Frank Keenan Again Becomes Kentucky Colonel; Indianapolis Times: March 9, 1925
The Kentucky Colonel Speaks; Syracuse Post Standard: May 17, 1926
Derby Day is Again Calling Race Fans; Benton Harbor News Palladium: April 9, 1927
Too Many Southern Colonels? Perish the Thought!; Davenport Democrat And Leader: August 14, 1927
As He Retires Fields Hands Out Pardons; Gastonia Daily Gazette: December 13, 1927
A Kentucky Colonel at Age of Thirteen; Albert Lea Evening Tribune: February 27, 1928
Youngest Colonel Doesn't Wear Goatee; Bluefield Daily Telegraph: March 2, 1928
Ed's High Up - Jackson Elevated to Kentucky Colonelcy; Indianapolis Times: August 3, 1928
Kentucky Colonels and Admirals Could Operate a Good Sized War; Amarillo Daily News: May 10, 1929
Proverbial Kentucky Colonels Increase Southern Nobility; Chicago Daily Illini: June 21, 1929
Colonels; Muscatine Journal And News Tribune: August 10, 1929
Kentucky Has 500 Colonels, Admirals, Vice-Admirals, Etc.; Portsmouth Daily Times: October 3, 1929
Colonels, Sampson is trying to Organize Kentucky Colonels; Middlesboro Daily News: 19 May 1931
Colonels go for Gorgeous Dress; Hamilton Evening Journal: May 25, 1931
Flashes of Life; Jefferson City Post Tribune: May 25, 1931
A Thousand Kentucky Colonels; Sedalia Capital: May 31, 1931
Too Many Colonels for Kentucky - May Organize Exclusively; Greeley Daily Tribune: June 3, 1931
An Army of Colonels; Brownsville Herald: June 12, 1931
Kentucky Colonels Honor Dr. Michael; Hayward Daily Review: June 16, 1931
Kentucky Miss Gains Title; Corsicana Daily Sun: June 16, 1931
Appointed to Colonel Rank; Evening Independent: December 8, 1931
Propose $100 Tax on Kentucky Colonels; Joplin Globe: February 10, 1932
Kentucky Colonels; Elyria Chronicle Telegram: February 15, 1932
Kentucky Sees Tax Harvest in its "Colonel Crop"; Montana Butte Standard: February 21, 1932
Byrd, Gardner Named Kentucky Colonels; Hanover Evening Sun: February 22, 1932
"Kentucky Colonels" May Pay for Title; Cumberland Evening Times: February 26, 1932
New Recruit for "Kunnels"; Xenia Evening Gazette: March 2, 1932
How Democratic Keynoter Won Fame; Dixon Evening Telegraph: May 3, 1932
Insult the Kunnel; Xenia Evening Gazette: January 31, 1933
Kunnel Herbert Mengert Insulted, Suh; The Semi-Weekly Madison County Democrat: February 03, 1933
Lt. Gov. Chandler Shovels Out 246 Kentucky Colonels; Middlesboro Daily News: March 9, 1933
Kentucky Colonels Will Be Much More Numerous, Suh; Lowell Sun: June 9, 1933
Colonels Named by Governors of the South; Reno Evening Gazette: June 9, 1933
Kentucky, Home of the Colonels, Will Have More Colonels; Rushville Republican: June 9, 1933
1,240 Persons Commissioned in Kentucky; East Liverpool Review: June 10, 1933
Two-Bit Commissions; Bluefield Daily Telegraph: June 16, 1933
Current Viewpoints - Kentucky Colonels; Syracuse Herald: June 23, 1933
A Kentucky Colonel, Suh; Beckley Post Herald: July 3, 1933
Kentucky Colonels Number 2,500; Hammond Times: August 9, 1933
World-Wide Society of Kentucky Colonels Formed, With Woman Aide; Salt Lake Tribune: September 27, 1933
Colonels; Ames Daily Tribune Times: September 30, 1933
Kentucky Colonel, 1933 Style, Puts Goatee into Discard; Racine Journal Times: October 28, 1933
Kentucky Colonel Loses Identity; North Adams Transcript: November 2, 1933
Kentucky Makes Santa a Colonel; Hammond Times: December 23, 1933
Bill Bans Colonel Title Unless Earned; Ogden Standard Examiner: February 25, 1934
Kentucky Politics; Bluefield Daily Telegraph: March 20, 1934
Editorial Brings Rank of Colonel; Billings Gazette: April 16, 1934
How to be Colonel, Kentucky Brand, Is Bared by Recipient; The Indianapolis Times: April 17, 1934
Derby Eligibles to Seek Purse Today; Reno Evening Gazette: April 25, 1934
Kentucky Colonels Placed Under Code; Moberly Monitor Index: May 5, 1934
Governor Laffoon's Colonels to the Rescue; Iowa City Daily Iowan: May 6, 1934
Bumper Crop of Kentucky Colonels; Bradford Era: December 29, 1934
All Kentucky Colonels Invited to Derby Festival; Middlesboro Daily News: January 25, 1935
*Kentucky Colonels; Dubuque Telegraph Herald: January 30, 1935
Hero Wins His Colonelcy, And a Letter, Too, Darn It; Ogdensburg Advance News: February 3, 1935
Today in New Mexico; Albuquerque Journal: February 12, 1935
Kentucky Colonel Crop Tapers As Laffoon's Power Increases; Amarillo Daily News: February 15, 1935
Fair Enough; El Paso Herald Post: February 18, 1935
Too Many Colonels - Kentucky Planning to Clean House; Xenia Evening Gazette: February 21, 1935
Governor of Kentucky Creates a New Title (Colonel-Admiral); Racine Journal Times: May 9, 1935
The W. Va. Navy Forever!; Charleston Daily Mail: May 12, 1935
Kentucky Colonels; Fitchburg Sentinel: May 15, 1935
Carded Colonels; Charleston Daily Mail: May 30, 1935
Labor Men Named Kentucky Colonels; The Butler County Press: August 09, 1935
Colonels - Commissions Fill Wastepaper Baskets; Santa Ana Daily Evening Register: November 15, 1935
Ruling Puts Kentucky Colonels Back to Rubbing Elbows with 'Plain Folk'; Mansfield News Journal: March 28, 1936
You Can't Do That to Me!; Portsmouth Times: March 31, 1936
Kentucky Colonel Bonus Bill Born on April 1; Evening Star: April 02, 1936
Ruling "Breaks" The Colonels; Nogales International: April 04, 1936
Kentucky Colonels Are Restored by Acting Governor; Evening Star: April 28, 1936
Kentucky Colonels Back on Job - Illegal or Not, Rank is Restored; Racine Journal Times: April 28, 1936
Governor Chandler Relents in Ban on Colonels in Order; Corsicana Daily Sun: May 8, 1937
The "Colonel Factory"; Shepparton Advertiser (Australia); October 8, 1936
The News Reel - Odds and Ends; Van Nuys News: February 11, 1937
Julep Party for Colonels; High Point Enterprise: April 25, 1937
The Brighter Side; Chester Times: April 30, 1937
Many Have Titles But Few Use Them in Movie Colony; Lowell Sun: January 14, 1938
More Kentucky Colonels; Winnipeg Free Press: April 26, 1938
Chandler Agrees to Name Ten New Kentucky Colonels; Hammond Times: May 24, 1938
Col. Pyle Suggests Capture of Richmond; El Paso Herald Post: June 30, 1938
A Question of Numbers; Montana Standard: March 2, 1939
New Colonel Lacks Uniform; Biddeford Daily Journal: December 16, 1939
Kentucky Society to Fete Colonels; Evening Star: February 10, 1941
Kentucky Colonels Find Recruits Decreasing; Evening Star: February 19, 1941
Kentucky Governor Appoints Young to Colonelcy; Evening Star: September 12, 1941
Kentucky Colonels (Australia); Melbourne Age: September 13, 1941
Kentucky's 17,000 Colonels; Cedar Rapids Gazette: November 10, 1941
Sage and Spice; Cedar Rapids Gazette: March 8, 1946
McLemore - Ol' Colonel Mixes Favorite Filibuster; Evening Star: March 08, 1946
Kentucky Has Started Rush for Titles; Zanesville Signal: August 3, 1947
McLemore – Wants to Become a Kentucky General; Evening Star: May 01, 1947
State Honoraries Attract Attention of Bigshots; The Wilmington Morning Star: August 03, 1947
Mythical Organizations Started by Colonels; Beckley Raleigh Register: August 4, 1947
Kentucky Colonels Inspire Rush for Honorary Titles; Corpus Christi Caller Times: August 3, 1947
Kentucky Colonels' Promotion System Caused Rank Outrage; Amarillo Daily News: May 3, 1947
Clements Names 14 State Colonels in Appreciation of Work; Whitesburg Mountain Eagle: April 8, 1948
Daniel Boone Pageant; Middlesboro Daily News: October 17, 1952
He Outwits Mexican Government; Uniontown Evening Standard: November 26, 1952
Efforts for Motor Carriers to Win Kentucky Colonels Titles; Evening Star: September 10, 1955
Kentucky Colonel Vetoes Billion Dollar Red Order; Independent Long Beach: May 25, 1952
Kentucky Colonels Order, Includes Leaders, Plain Folk; Colorado Springs Gazette: September 14, 1977
Kentucky Colonel Commission marks its 163rd Year; Journal News: January 17, 1976
Some Observations On Kentucky; The Hartford Herald: September 20, 1893
Kentucky Colonel Visiting Moscow — Runs Into Trouble...; The Courier-Journal: June 1, 1952
Sport at Churchill Downs; Time Magazine: May 16, 1932
It is clear that from 1861 there was a big shift in where and who could be named colonels, but this was not true in Kentucky because the origins of "colonelcy" were viewed differently and anyone who owned a considerable sized piece of land was already called a "colonel" by default notwithstanding the Civil War, that is once they matured to a certain age, or if they demonstrated a certain style that became atypical to colonels of a white goatee, a broad brimmed hat, and a flocked long-tail coat around 1889.
Honorary Colonels; The Fairmont West Virginian: February 02, 1911
Too Many Generals Among Confederates; The Washington Times: August 12, 1904
He's Col. Ross Valentine; The Evening World: November 27, 1893
Rank by Brevet; Peninsula Enterprise: March 11, 1899
The Army's Youngest Colonel; New-York Tribune: November 06, 1921
Czar's Daughters Honorary Colonels; Arizona Republican: March 04, 1917
Sad News for Staff Members; The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat: December 14, 1916
Good But Not New; The Daily Morning Journal and Courier: November 11, 1902
Gold Braid Barred (Iowa); Evening Times-Republican: December 13, 1916
Young Woman Chosen; The Pacific Commercial Advertiser: October 04, 1901
A Survival of Nonsense; The Progress: November 14, 1896
Jimmie Gets Elected; The Mirror: December 15, 1910
The Vanishing Title; The Bismarck Tribune: May 13, 1925
Col. Jake Horn Disserts on Colonels Made and Born; The Caldwell Tribune: June 16, 1916
Colonels and Pseudo Colonels; The Washington Herald: June 03, 1916
The Colonel; The Pascagoula Democrat-Star: May 07, 1880
Colonels Wanted; Yorkville Enquirer: November 29, 1877
Civil and Military Colonels in North Carolina; The Semi-Weekly Messenger: December 18, 1906
American Love of Titles; Washington Sentinel: August 13, 1854
Two Famous Colonels; The Bridgeport Evening Farmer: February 16, 1916
The Good Fight Part 1 | Part 2; Abilene Weekly Reflector: May 13, 1915
Col. Howard Orator of Day; The Pensacola Journal., April 23, 1910
Now its Colonel Mary; New Britain Herald: June 21, 1918
New Frisco Agent Here; Tulsa Daily World: March 22, 1918
William O. Skeels; The Bismarck Tribune: September 05, 1935
Honorary Titles; The Roswell Daily Record: July 12, 1906
Abolish the Governor's Staff; The Bennington Evening Banner: October 15, 1907
Fair Enough by Westbrook Pegler; The Indianapolis Times: February 19, 1935
Colonels and Others; Herald and News: August 29, 1901
Our Honored Soldiers; The Rutland Daily Globe: August 12, 1873
Maybe We'll Have Pomp; The Indianapolis Times: December 31, 1932
Young Society Woman's Engagement Announced; Omaha Daily Bee: June 13, 1918
Gilding the Gold Brick; Gilpin Observer: June 24, 1909
Mining Camp Sketches; The Bossier Banner: November 26, 1896
Representing His Nation Abroad; Newark Evening Star: April 25, 1910
Want More Colonels; The Durham Daily Globe: March 05, 1892
John Flake's Old Virginia, I.; The Sun: January 16, 1898
How They Become Colonels; The Pacific Commercial Advertiser: December 13, 1897
Women Wear Uniforms and Lead Regiments; Omaha Daily Bee: August 17, 1902
About Colonels; Puget Sound Weekly Argus: August 01, 1878
Georgia Colonels; Public Ledger: June 07, 1877
American Snobocracy; The Placer Herald: February 18, 1860
Women Colonels Not Rare in Europe; The Savannah Morning News: August 17, 1902
Georgia's Colonels; New-York Tribune: August 24, 1902
Columbia Mayor Now Colonel on Governor's Staff; The Columbia Herald: May 28, 1915
New Mexico Organizing the First Regiment of Colonels; El Paso Herald., November 12, 1919
The South's Many Colonels; Perrysburg Journal: March 12, 1898
Honorary Titles; The Tacoma Times: May 26, 1915
Career of Colonel Knocker; The Stark County Democrat: March 09, 1906
End of Colonels (New Jersey); The Jersey City News: March 03, 1902
Tale of an Old Tome | Title of an Old Tome; Richmond Dispatch: December 21, 1902
Ages of Generals; The Alaska Daily Empire: August 17, 1917
Gen. Merritt is Proud of the Montana Boys; The Anaconda Standard: June 13, 1898
Shameless Shams; Omaha Daily Bee: November 11, 1880
Can't Be Too Many; The Daily Morning Journal and Courier: June 18, 1902
Why a Governor's Staff?; The Lake County Times: December 01, 1916
Colonels; Marshall County Republican: November 22, 1877
The Colonels Take a Say; The Pulaski Citizen: December 16, 1886
A Confederate Reunion; The Prince George's Enquirer and Southern Maryland Advertiser: June 04, 1897
When the Colonels Came In; Kansas City Journal: September 25, 1897
The Governor's Staff; The Portland Daily Press: November 05, 1900
Once a Colonel Always One; The Washburn Times: May 31, 1906
Honorables and Colonels; The Ohio Democrat: February 20, 1895
Running to Titles; Tensas Gazette: July 06, 1894
Where the Colonel Came In; The Indianapolis Journal: October 10, 1897
Titles; The Daily Ardmoreite: October 03, 1904
How Titles are Placed; Republican News Item: May 03, 1900
Made Him a Colonel; The Salt Lake Herald: March 18, 1898
Explaining His Title; Sacramento Daily Record-Union: August 16, 1888
Just So!; The Mt. Sterling Advocate: August 20, 1901
Roosevelt to Decline this Empty Honor; The San Francisco Call: January 05, 1899
Colonel Bob the Beloved; The Age-Herald: February 19, 1901
The Proud Southern Colonel; The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: March 27, 1890
Lord Granard on Titles; The Evening Statesman: March 09, 1909
Running to Titles; Tensas Gazette: April 13, 1894
Had Smelt Powder; Sierra County Advocate: September 03, 1897
Protest Against Titles; The Age-Herald: October 03, 1901
Reducing the Colonels; Norwich Bulletin: March 30, 1911
Snover, Giant Pitcher, a Born Colonel; The Sun: September 23, 1919
Howdy Colonel, Morning Major; The Fairmont West Virginian: December 03, 1910
Captain, Colonel, General, Judge; The morning News: March 30, 1900
Colonel or General Thomas Clark; The News and Observer: April 05, 1893
Desert Rat Visits Place He Met TR; The Washington Times: August 30, 1919
The Governor's Staff (Virginia); Alexandria Gazette: February 17, 1912
Senseless Titles; Daily Globe: June 15, 1879
American Love of Titles; Washington Sentinel: August 13, 1854
Nonsensical Titles; The Columbian: June 25, 1875
Current Opinion; The Helena Independent: February 06, 1891
Aristocracy Open to Offers; The True Democrat: March 27, 1897
Our Fever for Titles; Saint Mary's Beacon: November 29, 1888
Peru; Phenix Gazette: June 30, 1825
A New Tax Levy; Yorkville Enquirer: September 09, 1880
Tanner Starts from Chicago; Omaha Daily Bee: June 20, 1898
Royal Women Colonels; The Portland Daily Press: January 25, 1899
The Use of Military Titles (Alabama); The Morning News: June 27, 1887
Why Many Bonifaces are Colonels; The Baltimore County Union: November 19, 1887
Personal Titles; St. Landry Democrat: August 27, 1887
Colonel Nellie Irene Eldridge; The Star: January 24, 1900
The Military Squabble; Connecticut Western News: March 19, 1884
Titles Played Out; Daily Los Angeles Herald: October 17, 1883
The Proud Southern Colonel; Omaha Daily Bee: March 15, 1890
Not Dr. Cleveland; The Comet: July 18, 1895
Free-Trade Competition; The Indianapolis Journal: March 29, 1883
Four More Colonels; The Savannah Morning News: November 03, 1902
Out of a Job - English Aristocrats are Looking for Work; The Wichita Daily Eagle: July 06, 1892
Proclamation by the King of France (US Sponsor); The Enquirer: July 30, 1814
Folly of Military Staffs; The Winslow Mail: September 04, 1897
They Are Colonels Now; Yorkville Enquirer: September 27, 1899
"Mister" for Military Men; The Barre Daily Times: November 24, 1919
La Marquise de Fontenoy; The Times Dispatch: November 16, 1911
A Political Anecdote; Arkansas True Democrat: October 19, 1859
Famous British Regiments: Deseret Evening News: April 21, 1900
Tribunetes; The National Tribune: January 14, 1892
Popular in Illinois; The Pacific Commercial Advertiser: May 19, 1894
Prostitution of Titles; Seattle Daily Post-Intelligencer: July 18, 1883
The Boys Who Carried the Guns; Connecticut Western News: September 05, 1878
Titles (New Jersey); Alexandria Gazette: August 29, 1840
Cuban League Formed; The Scranton Tribune: December 15, 1896
Good Moring, Professor; Barbour County Index: July 28, 1882
Titles Are Too Numerous; Akron Daily Democrat: June 27, 1900
End of Promiscuous Titles; The Caucasian: August 15, 1901
From Washington - Taxation on Titles; The Morristown Gazette: October 02, 1878
Titles and Republicanism; Memphis Daily Appeal: November 30, 1882
We'll All Be Dukes and Earles; The Abbeville Press and Banner: October 27, 1897
Colonel Monroe; The Coeur d'Alene Press: May 21, 1904
Colonel Jesus Christ; The Minneapolis journal. [volume], February 06, 1904
She Wears an Army Suit (Petticoat?); The Anaconda Standard: October 01, 1899
A Model Landlord; New-York Tribune: April 24, 1887
Col. George B. Squires; The Salt Lake Tribune: October 01, 1910
With High Honors; Morris Tribune: April 22, 1910
Honor; Port-Gibson Herald., November 24, 1842
ESQ. or MR.?; The Indianapolis journal: December 02, 1894
A Select Tale, The Death Warrant; Sunbury American: June 11, 1853
The Governor's Staff (South Carolina); The Abbeville Press and Banner: February 04, 1903
That Colonelcy; The New North-West: August 05, 1887
Military Troubles at Rome Vatican; The Daily Star-Mirror: September 18, 1913
Hired to Insult Me; Evening Star: January 10, 1873
(Dis)Honored by the Pope; The American: June 28, 1895
"Texas" Colonels; The Dallas Daily Herald: March 27, 1877
A Colonel of the Arkansas Militia; The San Francisco Call: March 08, 1898
Do Not Like It; Daily Inter Mountain: October 07, 1899
Pioneer Citizen of Las Vegas is Dead; Las Vegas Optic: February 14, 1914
What is an Esquire?; Evening Star: July 20, 1895
How Titles are Placed; Republican News Item: May 03, 1900
Highly Honored by the 397th Regiment; The Kansas City Sun: June 29, 1918
Georgia "Colonels"; Richland Beacon: August 11, 1877
The Colonels Take a Say; The Pulaski Citizen: December 16, 1886
Titles for Lawyers; Evening Star: January 22, 1901
It's General Cody Now; The Bridgeport Evening Farmer: April 09, 1915
One of the Landmarks; The True Northerner: February 05, 1890
No Honorary Colonels Permitted by War Department; New Britain Herald: April 12, 1924
Two Washington Men Are German Officers; Evening Star: January 24, 1915
Sad News For Staff Members; The Daily Gate City and Constitution-Democrat: December 14, 1916
Col. Edith Madison Ames; The Philipsburg Mail: October 25, 1901
American Crests; Evening Capital: April 21, 1893
Texas Today; Brownsville Herald: October 20, 1941
Texas List of High Officials Growing Due New Governors; Corsicana Daily Sun: October 24, 1941
Distinctions for Women; Savannah Morning News: September 15, 1898
Screwball Clubs Flourish in New York; The Chronicle-Star: April 25, 1947
Colonels' Club Plan; Devils Lake Inter-Ocean: February 03, 1911
