100 years ago

april 29, 1909

Burns Wins Track Meet

Saturday was a great day for outdoor sports. The Marion County Athletic League held a very successful meeting in Marion, attended by a good portion of the population of the towns in the league. The special train was heavily loaded and a large number from near Florence drove up. Quite a number came over from Hillsboro and a number came down from the northern part of the county. Summary of Points: Burns, 60; Florence, 15; Marion, 31.

COMING!

Burk’s Big Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company Under a Mammoth Canvas Will Exhibit at Marion.

Among the many tented organizations in America, that have become famous, The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey shows are conceded to be the best circuses. But, the largest dramatic organization exhibiting under canvas is “Burk’s Big Spectacular Production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.” This mammoth Amusement Enterprise is the acknowledged Barnum of all “Uncle Tom’s Cabin Companies.”

Like the big circuses, they travel in their own cars and require a special train of their own to transport their paraphernalia from one city to another. This organization embraces more men, women and children, more horses, ponies, donkeys, and Siberian bloodhounds, more chariots, floats, tableaux wagons, etc. than any other similar exhibition in America.

The parade, which may be seen daily on the principal streets wherever this Mighty Show exhibits, is the largest of any dramatic exhibition in the world.

The immortal play, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” is Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe’s masterpiece of dramatic fiction.

The Modern American Amusement Organization, which is coming in all its vast entirety, will exhibit at Marion, May 3, under a mammoth waterproof palace pavilion theater seating 2, 500 people.

Antelope had six common school graduates and one high school graduate at their commencement exercises last night.

Did you notice the school colors of Burns, Marion and Florence floating from the courthouse flag staff? There will be no change in the order of colors for next year.

Mr. Duncan’s organ arrived the latter part of last week and Miss Clara expects to begin taking lessons this week of Prof. Davies of Florence.

Preparations for Decoration Day are being made. This year the 30th of May falls on Sunday. Monday will be observed by Pollock Post No. 42 for the decoration ceremonies, holding the regular memorial service on Sunday preceding. All the committees are appointed and will be published next week.

A big bunch of cattle came in from Texas last Saturday and was taken to the Livoni ranch for pasture. A few of them were the long horns. One of the boys that brought the cattle up had a gray wolf cub two months old that attracted some attention.

C.A. VanLoon the past week installed a trip hammer in his blacksmith shop which works to perfection. Sharpening plows and other heavy forging is no longer being done by the hammer in many places as a few years ago. With the coming of the gasoline engine, many devices for doing the hardest of everyday work easier and quicker are being installed.

Have you a lawn—also dandelions? If you have the former without the latter, how do you manage it? Which do you use, a hoe or a large knife? Some folks use neither—now to which class do you belong? We are not looking for a job, specially. There is a little grass plot where we live that every morning presents us with enough yellow posies to supply a dozen families larger than our and keeps us so busy there hasn’t been an opportunity to think of going fishing.