Click on the pages below to search the digitized online newspapers The Hiawatha World, Newspapers.com and the Sabetha Herald and to Play the PHS Video produced by Duane Loyd.
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Most of the the news papers cover well before 1926 when Johnnie Corrigan came to PHS and continue to the current time. If you have any questions about conducing searches contact one of the Tech Team and they will help you get started.
It is a good idea to close those windows when you are finished.
You might want to start by trying something that I believe is kind of cool and will prove just how popular and respected Johnnie Corrigan (JC) was as a Coach at PHS. Follow the following steps.
1. Start by clicking on the Hiawatha Daily World and bring up the website.
2. This will open a new window that says “Morrill Public Library” at the top of the screen.
3. Place your curser in the screen just below where it says "Search by Key Words” and type three words "Powhattan Basketball Corrigan” (make sure you spell all the words correctly) then click on the little circle in the right.
4. In a few seconds you should see all of the pages from the Hiawatha Daily World that contain the words Powhattan Basketball and Corrigan.
5. It should start with the year 1927. Note that at the very top it says Showing 1-10 of 298 results for your search indicating the words Corrigan, Powhattan and Basketball were mentioned in the Hiawatha World 298 time during the 39 years 1927 to 1965 Corrigan was coach at Powhattan.
6. Notice that each block looks something like the following with blue text at the top and the bottom and the words searched in yellow:
HIAWATHA DAILY WORLD
...Powhattan Smiling Johnny Corrigan athletic coach at Powhattan hi school is... ...Powhattan basketball teams battled their way to the state tournament at... ...Corrigan hopes to score again this year with his basketball teams... ...Powhattan Corrigan has tried to arrange a game with Hiawatha but... ...Corrigan will have charge of all basketball as soon as football... ...basketball opens Powhattan hi school students go to classes in the... ...Powhattan had a big dinner with speakers a rousing pep meeting... ...Powhattan this year but Highland one of the strongest teams
Fri, Oct 14, 1927 HiawathaKansas Page : 1
7. The third block is dated Fri, Oct 14, 1927 like the block above. Click on the blue words at the top of the block that read HIAWATHA DAILY WORLD
In a few seconds the front page of the Hiawatha Daily World dated October 27 1927 will appear on your screen. Look at the top of the screen in the right column where it says “ATHLETIC PROSPECTS GOOD AT POWHATTAN”. The first line reads as follows: Smiling Johnnie Corrigan athletic coach at Powhattan Highschool is wearing a bigger grin than ever this year.
Read that article.
This is kind of amazing to me and shows how popular JC was during his years at Powhattan.
If you click on the block dated Jan 7, 1929 you will see articles about Johnnie Corrigan blazing through a snow storm on Saturday morning bringing his boys to Hiawatha to play basketball and the article about Powhattan beating Hiawatha in a Cage Game by a score of 31 - 20.
Similar wording about Johnnie Corrigan bringing his cagers to town continues to appear in the articles that mention his name - everyone had a great deal of respect for Coach Corrigan. I never realized this until I started searching Newspapers.
To use Newspapers.com you may sign up for a 7 day free trial or sign up for a small fee to become a member.
Most of the the news papers cover well before 1926 when Johnnie Corrigan came to PHS and continue to the current time. If you have any questions about conducing searches contact one of the Tech Team and they will help you get started.
It is a good idea to close those windows when you are finished.
You might want to start by trying something that I believe is kind of cool and will prove just how popular and respected Johnnie Corrigan (JC) was as a Coach at PHS. Follow the following steps.
1. Start by clicking on the Hiawatha Daily World and bring up the website.
2. This will open a new window that says “Morrill Public Library” at the top of the screen.
3. Place your curser in the screen just below where it says "Search by Key Words” and type three words "Powhattan Basketball Corrigan” (make sure you spell all the words correctly) then click on the little circle in the right.
4. In a few seconds you should see all of the pages from the Hiawatha Daily World that contain the words Powhattan Basketball and Corrigan.
5. It should start with the year 1927. Note that at the very top it says Showing 1-10 of 298 results for your search indicating the words Corrigan, Powhattan and Basketball were mentioned in the Hiawatha World 298 time during the 39 years 1927 to 1965 Corrigan was coach at Powhattan.
6. Notice that each block looks something like the following with blue text at the top and the bottom and the words searched in yellow:
HIAWATHA DAILY WORLD
...Powhattan Smiling Johnny Corrigan athletic coach at Powhattan hi school is... ...Powhattan basketball teams battled their way to the state tournament at... ...Corrigan hopes to score again this year with his basketball teams... ...Powhattan Corrigan has tried to arrange a game with Hiawatha but... ...Corrigan will have charge of all basketball as soon as football... ...basketball opens Powhattan hi school students go to classes in the... ...Powhattan had a big dinner with speakers a rousing pep meeting... ...Powhattan this year but Highland one of the strongest teams
Fri, Oct 14, 1927 HiawathaKansas Page : 1
7. The third block is dated Fri, Oct 14, 1927 like the block above. Click on the blue words at the top of the block that read HIAWATHA DAILY WORLD
In a few seconds the front page of the Hiawatha Daily World dated October 27 1927 will appear on your screen. Look at the top of the screen in the right column where it says “ATHLETIC PROSPECTS GOOD AT POWHATTAN”. The first line reads as follows: Smiling Johnnie Corrigan athletic coach at Powhattan Highschool is wearing a bigger grin than ever this year.
Read that article.
This is kind of amazing to me and shows how popular JC was during his years at Powhattan.
If you click on the block dated Jan 7, 1929 you will see articles about Johnnie Corrigan blazing through a snow storm on Saturday morning bringing his boys to Hiawatha to play basketball and the article about Powhattan beating Hiawatha in a Cage Game by a score of 31 - 20.
Similar wording about Johnnie Corrigan bringing his cagers to town continues to appear in the articles that mention his name - everyone had a great deal of respect for Coach Corrigan. I never realized this until I started searching Newspapers.
