100 years ago
SEPTEMBER 12, 1902 — The ball game last Saturday afternoon between the school teachers and the school officers was a hard fought battle, resulting in a victory for the pedagogues by the score of eight to two. Up to the ninth inning the score stood two to two. As this is the second game that the teachers have won, we reckon the officers will have to quit and "set 'em up."
Mr. Peter Loewen, formerly of Hillsboro, has rented a house in Marion and will move here with his family soon. He comes mainly to secure school advantages for his children.
The Library is growing more and more popular. It is being quite extensively patronized. But it costs these good ladies at least ten dollars per month to run it. They need help. Contributions will be thankfully received at the Rooms either day or night. Chip in, good people.
Mrs. Kane Hutchens and two children, Mrs. Clayton Smith, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith and family left this week for a visit in Illinois and Ohio. Kane says that he stays at home to look after Clayton Smith while his wife is away. But what about Kane himself during his wife's absence?
Miss Angie Stout, the popular primary teacher, is home from Illinois where she spent two months of her vacation. She says the moral standard is much lower there than here. Says she saw more drunken men in one day in Galesburg than she ever saw altogether in Kansas.
Our pioneer friend, Billy Bates, who has been hobbling around with rheumatism for a couple of years, is now as nimble as a colt. He says Dr. Smith cured him.
Fixtures for the new Santa Fe Depot have arrived and will be put in immediately.
An awful charge is made against Mr. O.C. Billings that he is too young to go to the Legislature! Yet the people who make this awful charge nominated a man in '94, Mr. Persinger, who was eight years younger than Mr. Billings is! And Mr. Funk, who was elected that year, was just one year older than Mr Billings is — 33.
Miss Mamie Robinson has resigned her position as cashier in Thompson & Co.'s great store, and gone to Salina to take a commercial course in the Wesleyan University. Her mother has shipped her goods there, and will reside there while Miss Mamie is in school. Mamie is a beautiful girl — beautiful in character as well as in person. She will be missed in the store, in the Methodist Sunday school, and in society generally. Miss Edna Yost has taken Miss Robinson's place at Thompson's and Miss Maud Constant will take Miss Yost's place as clerk.
We were promised for this week's RECORD an obituary of Mother Riddle, whose death we briefly recorded last week, but have not as yet received it, and now hastily write concerning this good woman from notes obtained from another source. Mary Jane Kious was born in Madison county, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1826. She was married in 1845 to Jackson Riddle. Moved to Platt county, Ill., in 1853. Came to Kansas in 1878, where she has since resided. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom survive her, Mrs. Judge Doster, and Messrs. Taylor, Leon, and Jack Riddle. For many years she was a member of the Methodist church, but of recent years she was a Presbyterian. Mother Riddle was a quiet, unostentatious woman, but she had a good heart and a loving disposition, and was always glad to speak a helpful word or do a needed favor. She left to her devoted children the priceless legacy of a pure Christian life, and a mother's faith in God and earnest prayers for their present and future welfare.
Stephen Jex is cutting stone in Seattle, Washington, and reports are that he looks no older than when he left Marion.
Marion is soon to have an automobile. Mr. Isaac Good has ordered one and it will be here soon.
There is a woman with a seven month old baby at the Poor Farm who wants to work to support her child. Who will help this woman?
Goods are being unpacked every day at the big M.S. Hackler store in Tampa. Still more goods are coming in. No larger stock has ever been shown in any store in Tampa. Every corner of the big store will be filled with the new fall goods. It consists of a full line of dress goods, all colors, all prices. You will fine nice flannels, skirt patterns, elegant waist flannels, some very nice silks, anything in the trimming line. In short, the dry goods stock is complete. Milliner Mrs. Montgomery has been three weeks in the trimming department of the wholesale house in Kansas City and has brought a large stock of ladies hats and hat trimmings to the store. A fancy hat pin will be given with each hat.
The Presbyterian ladies will have a social at Mrs. Funk's next Tuesday evening, Sept. 23, to which all are cordially invited. Refreshments, consisting of ice cream, cake, and coffee, will be served.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1902 microfilm files of the Marion Record)
