100 years ago

august 11, 1910

Koegeboehn injured

Last Friday while Will Koegeboehn was running a mowing machine 12 miles east of town he was very badly injured by a team that came up from behind and ran over him. One of the boys was following him with another mower and left his team to pick up something that had been dropped. While he was off the machine, the horses became frightened and ran right over the machine in front. Mr. Koegeboehn was badly cut and several bones were broken. Dr. Smith hurried out in his car and brought the unfortunate man into the hospital. At this writing, he is improving slowly but it will be some time before he will be able to get out.

Church social

The ladies of the Christian church will give a lunch between five and eight o’clock p.m. next Wednesday, on the lawn at the home of Mrs. A.E. Case. Everybody come and have a lunch with the ladies. Chicken sandwiches, potato salad and coffee, 15c. Ice cream, devil food and angel food, 15c. Both for 25c.

The sixth annual McPherson County Fair and Race Meeting will be held at McPherson next week on Wednesday. There will be a special train over the Santa Fe to McPherson, leaving here at 9:27 a.m. and returning, leaving McPherson at 11 p.m. the same day. There will be relay races, Roman chariot races, hurdle races, and standing Roman races.

Leland Thompson lost a part from one of his brass lamps while motoring up near Antelope the other day. The finder will please leave at the Grand or phone Mr. Thompson.

Garfield Wilson and Ed Huffman have bought the restaurant of Will Smith and will hire most of the work done as they are both engaged in other business.

The commissioners have given the Evans Electric Co. the contract to put electric light fixtures into the court house. The wires were put in when the building was constructed. The contract includes lights for the dials for the big tower clock. You can’t blame Justus Evans for feeling a little proud of this contract for he won out in competition with Topeka and Kansas City firms.