100 years ago

september 10, 1908

There are entirely too many runaway teams giving an exhibition of speed through Marion’s Main street. The team that made a run Monday morning east on Main, missed by the smallest possible margin several teams at the hitching racks. Of course, these affairs are not prearranged, but at the same time, teams that have been securely tied are not the runaways.

About fifty young people tripped the light fantastic out at Carl Heise’s home northwest of town, Saturday evening, to a stringed orchestra. A few of the Marion boys attended.

Several new pieces of cement walk are being put in in Jex addition.

C.E. Pierce is enlarging his barn on his home premises in Jex addition.

County Surveyor Rosse Case is surveying some boundaries over near Peabody this week. Willard Keller is helping him.

The past week W.Z. Moore sold his lumber stock to the Newton Lumber Company. Mr. Moore intends to give his time in the future to traveling and caring for the wholesale lumber trade.

Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Funk and Miss Genevieve came home from Topeka last Friday. Mrs. Funk and Genevieve have been there with Mr. Funk the past two months. He spent a few days at home before returning to his duties in the governor’s office.

John Fox, southwest of town, is suffering from a carbuncle on his right arm, near the elbow. He was in town several days last week visiting his daughter, Mrs. Tom Kellett.

Mr. Zachary Taylor has just completed a new cement sidewalk in front of his place on Billings and Main streets.

Governor and Mrs. E.W. Hoch came down Saturday afternoon, visiting homefolks and shaking hands all around. Sunday was spent with Mrs. Hoch’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickerson, down on the farm. They returned to Topeka Monday afternoon.

The Evangelical people have installed a new lighting system in their church this week. It is the F.P. system, a good steady light and easy on the eyes.

W.K. Palmer, superintendent of the poor farm, has the finest collection of Indian relics in this part of the country.

The Park Hotel, recently moved south of the Santa Fe tracks, will be ready for occupancy by October 1st and will be used for a rooming house. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Baker will have charge.

The courthouse grounds are being leveled and seeded this week and it is one of the best pieces of work we have seen in many a day. F.W. Bowlby has charge of the job and that accounts for it.

Schools opened Monday with good attendance and all going smoothly. Enrollment is as follows: for hill building—Grace Owens, 1st and 2nd grades, 11 in 1st and 23 in 2nd; Cora Parker, 3rd and 4th grades, 20 in 3rd and 23 in 4th; Lena Sheets, 6th grade, 36; Mrs. Moon, 7th grade, 38; High school, 62; total 161. In Valley building—Anna Bown, 37 in 1st and 31 in 2nd; Jenny Corby, 23 in 3rd and 13 in 4th; Myrtle Rice, 5th, 41; D.C. Harrison, 8th, 24; total, 151.

Hurt in Buzz Saw

G.F. Collett met with a painful and most unfortunate accident last Wednesday, which lost him one finger and a thumb and seriously injured another finger. He was feeding boards into the little buzz saw at the Houston Shade Holder factory when the saw caught the middle finger of his right hand, ripping it off at the middle joint and sawing into the index finger. In jerking it away, the saw caught his thumb and took it off clean at the middle joint. Dr. Conoway dressed Mr. Collett’s hand he is getting along all right and it is thought the index finger can be saved.

Mr. Collett has many acquaintances in and around Marion who will be sorry to hear of his misfortune, but glad it is not worse.