100 years ago
DECEMBER 12, 1902 — The year now rapidly drawing to a close has been one of the best in the history of the RECORD. The paper is flourishing and the job room booming. This, in spite of the fact that the "old man" has been away a great deal of the time, "saving the country" and chasing the State Printer job. We are grateful for the continued fidelity of the people to the "old home paper."
Rev. W.W. Runyan and wife, of Burns, are the happy parents of a baby boy which came to their home last Wednesday. The youngster's grandfather, who gave us the news, said he felt three inches taller.
There is a moral obligation to trade at home. No man lives to himself alone. If he did, if all men did, this would be a cold old world indeed. There would be no schools or colleges, no churches or libraries, for these are builded by men who feel under obligations to the community in which they live. There would be no public enterprise for the entertainment and education of the people, for those cost money, which is furnished by men who owe something to their fellows and do not want it all themselves. And the same obligation rests upon all others who have homes among them. We live here by patronizing all others, by being interested in each other. When we cease doing these things most of us must move out. — Solomon Tribune
The RECORD heartily endorses the above. Trading away from home is poor policy.
A terrible affliction came several days ago to the home of Mr. Henry Bredemeier, who lives five miles northeast of Marion. Mrs. Bredemeier stepped over a burning match which was on the floor and before she suspicioned that she was in danger her clothes were all aflame. She ran from the house and to the barn, where her husband was, but before the flames could be extinguished she had been horribly burned. Though everything was done to save her life she passed away last Tuesday. She leaves a husband and a little child ten months old to mourn her loss. Mr. Bredemeier has the sincere sympathy of the community in the awful sorrow which has come to him.
Mr. C.E. Bird has purchased the Star Restaurant, opposite Ehrlich's store, from Mr. Donlay, who has been running it for some time.
Marion has made substantial improvement the past year. Quite a number of new homes have been erected, many old ones enlarged and improved, a large amount of substantial sidewalking has been done, the painter has been kept busy, and in many other ways the old town has put on new life. Property is advancing in value, and he who fails to invest soon will miss an opportunity — mark that prediction.
Henry Kable recently finished a large barn for Willis Musick. He says it is one of the finest and best equipped barns in the county.
Charley Watson has bought J.E. Forney's ice business and will begin to prepare for next summer's trade as soon as Nature gets the river ready for him. He will use the same ice house south of town that Mr. Forney used. It is just a little chilly now to solicit your patronage, but when the mercury begins to crawl up the tube next spring he will be after you. He is an energetic, worthy young man and will no doubt make a success of the business.
Dr. Harris reports the birth of a future Republican voter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thrasher.
Rev. D.D. Akin, pastor of the Methodist church, who was counsel for the church in the heresy case of the Rev. Granville Lowther, has been notified that Mr. Lowther has appealed to the Judicial Conference, which will hear the case in St. Louis, January 8. Owing to this fact, and the necessity of his absence at that time, the revival services which he had planned to begin that week will have to be postponed a week or so.
Fred Beebe is back from Wellington and has his old position as night operator at the Rock Island.
Last Saturday night some miscreant broke into Ogden's photograph case on Main street and took out the picture of a city official and after mutilating it placed it back in the case. Mr. Ogden is justly indignant over the contemptuous act and directs us to say that he would be mighty glad to receive any information leading to the discovery of the offender.
Mr. W.M. Smith recently purchased the J.G. Roberts general merchandise stock at Antelope and will conduct the business at "the old stand."
A runaway occurred on Main street Monday evening, but no one was seriously injured. While Mr. Kasper who lives on the Keller farm east of town was driving up the school house hill a bolt broke, letting one side of the tongue down and this scared his team so that it was impossible to control them. At the top of the hill they ran into a buggy and turned it entirely over. Charley Watson was in the buggy and although he was shakened up pretty vigorously he held onto the lines and stopped his horse, which fortunately had broken loose from the buggy in the mix up. It was a very fortunate misfortune.
Misses Harris and Graham have executed some splendid specimens of pyrography and have them for sale for Christmas presents.
Miss Olive Collier, a sister of Mrs. John Bagby, and well known here where she has a host of friends, was recently married to Rev. John A. Sellers, of Delta, Colo. Her sister informs us that the marriage was not to have occurred until next spring, but that Rev. Sellers was very ill with typhoid fever and they were married at his bedside Nov. 25. Rev. Sellers is pastor of the Presbyterian church at Delta. He is a native of England. While he still is very sick, latest reports say that he will probably recover. Mrs. Sellers, many friends here will sincerely hope for his speedy recovery and wish them greatest happiness and prosperity.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1902 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
