100 years ago
december 17, 1908
Soon after the first of the year Mr. John E. Wheeler, who has been manager of the Wheeler Brothers Furniture Store the past four years, will go to Arkansas near Lead Hill to develop his lead mine and from the best information we can get he has a very rich lead deposit. We are sorry to lose Mr. Wheeler from Marion, but wish him success. The management of the store will be turned over to a Mr. Humpston from Iowa, who comes very highly recommended, socially, as well as a first class furniture dealer.
The Elgin hotel management has again reverted to the owner of the building, Mrs. L. Wheelock. As stated two weeks ago in the Record, W.S. Hargett had leased the hotel, but was compelled to cancel his lease on account of rheumatism. Mrs. Wheelock and daughter, Mrs. Lillian Immer, have hired the necessary help and are arranging to continue in charge of the hotel. They will make an effort to properly care for the trade and ask the public to remember the Elgin when wanting hotel accommodations.
A Nut Party
Last Friday afternoon from 2:30 to 6 o’clock, Mesdames Taylor Riddle, Henderson Martin and Nees Olson gave a Nut Party to a number of invited guests at the home of the latter. The rooms were tastefully decorated; peanuts were strung and festooned about the doorways and arches, the draperies hung with kinnikinic; for favors, red carnations.
The ladies were assisted by Miss Winnifred Davis, Miss Cora Parker, Mss Anna Trenner and Mrs. Wayne Riddle; Misses Sibyl Martin, Helen Riddle, Mary and Grace Olsen.
The entertainment for the guests was in harmony with the idea of the party. Mrs. Eli Good won the first contest—disguised nuts, then followed conundrums, using nuts. Later was spread a three-course luncheon. A short program closed the afternoon, a delightful occasion. Mrs. C.E. St. John contributed a piano solo and Miss Winnifred Davis a reading from Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Ed Buckley, secretary at Democratic headquarters during the last campaign, has had a siege with boils since election. The fifth one is now healing.
A fox fur was lost last Friday evening between the Santa Fe depot and the rink. Finder please leave at this office. The fur belongs to an out of town party.
A new floor is being laid in the skating rink. It is hard maple, two inches wide and will be fine when completed. Geo. Rankin will open the rink as soon as ready.
The Rock Island has disposed of the old style signal and installed the new and up-to-date Semiphore signal which is the latest and most improved signal now in existence for station purposes. The new signal was put in operation at our station last week.
Last Saturday work was begun on the bridge across the Luta at the alfalfa mill. It will be fourteen feet wide, twenty-six feet above the water and of sufficient length to allow the full volume of water of the channel to pass. The old bridge piers will be removed.
John W. Gardner, deputy register of deeds, will spend the next three months in Washington, D.C., as assistant clerk on Claims. He left last Friday afternoon for the east. Mrs. Gardner will take his place here in the register’s office.
Florence-Marion Basket Ball Games
Basket ball enthusiasm in the schools of the county league reached its height last Friday when the Florence and Burns people chartered a train and accompanied the teams to Marion.
There were about two hundred and fifteen tickets sold from Burns and Florence for the special train, seventy-six at Burns and one hundred and thirty-five at Florence, the crowd represented the schools and their friends and they are always high class. They had a great time—lots of good, clean, innocent fun.
The rink had been put in the best possible condition by the Marion people and the crowd worked off enough school enthusiasm before the game to assure their teams good support.
The games were a little late getting started. About 8:20 the referee’s whistle sounded, the girls’ teams took their places and the fun began. The teams were very evenly matched, wore blue uniforms and from the balcony it was a pretty sight. The Florence team won the game with a score of 13 to 14. This was a splendid exhibition of skill and agility and good fortune in goal throwing.
LINE UP: Florence—Misses Miller, Bibler, Freeborn, B. O’Neil. Marion—Misses King, Constant, Williams, Frazer, Kuhn.
The game put up by the boys was a rush from start to finish. The Florence team was taller to the man than the Marion boys and it was necessary for them to work harder to accomplish the same results and they could not hold the pace. Florence won 30 to 35.
LINE UP: Florence—Messrs. Fear, O’Neil, Savage, Sager, King, Robinson, sub. Marion—Messrs. Keller, Haller, Williams, King, Dean, Pierce, sub.
Soon after the game, the special took the visitors home and everybody went home happy.
Come again, good people, we like our neighbors.