100 years ago

march 11, 1909

Fourteen-Inch Snowfall

Last Tuesday morning, all of us were very much surprised to see a heavy deposit of snow. The snow was preceded by a lively thunderstorm, about 2 a.m., which after a few minutes’ rain turned to snow and by 6:30, we had 14 inches on the level. The southbound Rock Island was nearly four hours late and all of the rural mail carriers found it impossible to cover their entire routes. In many places, the roads were filled with drifts over three feet deep. Very little damage was reported by the telephone and telegraph companies. This snowfall is the greatest in Kansas in 20 years.

Marriage Licenses

Fred M. Oldfield and Lanora Miller, Florence.

Otto Fenske and Emilie Kaiser, Lincolnville.

Cal C. Waddell and Nellie E. Switzer, Lost Springs.

Geo. Franta, Lincolnville, and Lena H. Haefke, Marion.

Jesse D. Gilbert and Jennie E. Creamer, Lincolnville.

The best tramp story we have heard this winter was told Tuesday morning. Before C.W. Thompson had the fire built, and you remember how deep the snow was that morning, a tourist knocked at the back door and asked C.W. for some breakfast. As short order lunches were a little out of his line, C.W. gave the fellow a piece of coin and told him to go up town and get breakfast. A short time after, while the family was at breakfast, the fellow returned and freed all the walks of the heavy snow—just to show his appreciation of a “lift” when it was needed.

Be it known to all men (and women) that the Plymouth Rock cockerel that persists in roosting in the editor’s barn will lose his head if the owner doesn’t come and get him forthwith. This is positively the first and last notice.—Marion Review. But, suppose the owner of the rooster doesn’t read the home papers, but then people are continually losing out because they don’t read their home papers.

The Modern Woodmen of America met last Monday and voted to accept 22 applicants. Mr. Sloan, a deputy, is here rustling new members and has had splendid success. He is a conscientious worker and is well liked, and well recommended by his home lodge at Larned, Kansas. The Woodmen Lodge is growing rapidly and has nearly all the businessmen of Marion and most of the farmers as members.

The syndicate illustrations of the inaugural ceremonies last Thursday didn’t look a bit natural to those who attended the inauguration, and were not used by the dailies near enough to Washington to know of the blizzard that raged there that day. The snow lay deep on the ground and telegraphic communication was cut off and many roads could not move trains. Nearly all of the previously made plans had to be abandoned.

Out at Youngtown last Friday, Findley Ross and Geo. Shambron got into some kind of a mix-up in which Shambron was rather badly bruised up. Shambron is to some extent crippled and the doctor was called to care for him. Ross was brought to Marion by Undersheriff Armstrong and put in jail, awaiting the developments of Shambron’s condition, which for several days was in bad shape.

W.F. LaSalle, an accomplished trick and fancy roller skater, will be the attraction at the Rink on Friday night, Saturday afternoon and night.

Mr. Sam Kleinhammer is expected home this week from Dallas, South Dakota. He has been up there about six weeks waiting for the allotments to be made in the Rosebud reservation recently opened for settlement. The date for the allotments has been reset for April 1.