100 years ago

april 6, 1911

False Report

It has been reported, the Record is informed, that the commissioners are contemplating an order removing the hitching posts from Main street. Mayor Jones asks us to day that the matter has never been considered by the Commissioners and that no such action is contemplated.

The Chautauqua

The Marion Chautauqua will be held this summer the latter part of July or the first part of August. And, it is going to be even bigger and better than the one last year.

The western manager for the Redpath Bureau—which is to put on the course again this year—has promised to come personally to arrange for the course and says that in view of the way the town performed last year he is going to give it the best there is in the shop. Or, as he expressed it—“the wishes of Marion are the same to me as an act of the Legislature.”

Before he left for Washington state the other day, Major Tom Bown left with A.E. Case an old revolver to be given with his compliments of Tom Reed. And this is the why of it: When Tom Reed came to Marion forty years ago he was told that he ought to bring a revolver with him as this was a wild and woolly country and he might need it in his business. So, he stopped in Kansas City and bought the gun. When he got here, he found that it wasn’t so bad as it had been pictured to him and that he had little need for the weapon. So, he traded it to Tom Bown for a city lot. And, Major Bown has had it all these years. And, it looks as though it had been used mighty little. Probably Major had almost forgotten he had it until he went to gather up things in getting ready to leave.

Governor Hoch returned from his lecture tour last Thursday and expects to be at home for a month or two before leaving on another trip. He has been away since the first of October.

Custodian Vic Pratt is giving the courthouse lawn the first trimming of the season this week.

A new line of Easter hats is now on display in McCormac’s Millinery Parlors.

The greatest dramatic event of the season, “The Girl from the Golden West,” is featuring Lillian McDonald as the “Girl.” It will be presented one night only, April 10th, under our new wax waterproof tent. Other attractions include two concerts by Prof. G.S. Reed’s superb concert band.