100 years ago
SEPTEMBER 26, 1902 — In disposing of his residence in Marion and removing to Topeka, we fear that Judge Doster and family have permanently severed their citizenship here. For more than thirty years they have lived in the home which has now passed out of their ownership. There their children were born. There they shared the vicissitudes of pioneer life. We doubt if any other residence, however palatial, will ever take the place in their hearts of this old home on the banks of the Luta. Marion will greatly miss the Judge and his family. Here the able young lawyer fought his hardest legal battles and won his greatest victories. Here the young wife developed her splendid talent and exhibited superior abilities in literature and art. The Judge was always an enterprising and useful citizen, and his wife one of the best neighbors in the world. The RECORD feels sad over their going, but wishes them long life and prosperity in their larger field.
S.E. Richardson is building a new cattle shed to protect his cattle from the cold weather this winter.
The next time a certain young man goes to Peabody and returning home after midnight goes to sleep and lets his horse take its own course should have a horse that knows its way home. We understand that when this young man woke up after his sleep he found himself west of Peabody instead of east, and had to ask a farmer where he was and to direct him home. He got home at 7 o'clock in the morning. We might not mention his name this time, but next time, stay awake.
The one who found a ladies' black cloth cape will confer a favor upon the owner by reporting at this office.
Mr. George Coble attended the State Fair at Hutchinson and had on exhibit the Coble hay-stacker. He was awarded first prize on the stacker. Hundreds of people examined the stacker and Mr. Coble said that it made a "hit." All said that it was easiest the best stacker that they had ever seen.
Horace Waring and Arthur Keller attended the street fair at Wichita this week.
Mr. George Loveless and Mr. Clyde Loveless have purchased the Doster place on the hill. Clyde Loveless took the south half with the house and George Loveless the north house where he expects ultimately to build.
Mr. Lew Palmer has purchased the old Levi Billings place on the hill.
The person who borrowed Gray's Synthetic Bible Study from the Reading Room and forgot to return it had better hustle it back or there will be trouble.
Mr. Morgan, of the Peabody Gazette, insults every delegate in the Republican county convention, and does us a great unkindness when he talks about our "selecting" Mr. Billings for Representative. Mr. Morgan kept up unkind attacks upon Mr. Billings before the convention until we were reluctantly compelled to defend our townsman and friends. We did it in a frank and kind way, and said nothing but kind things about the excellent gentleman Mr. Morgan was supporting. We frankly and kindly gave the reasons why we preferred Mr. Billings. Didn't we have as much right to our choice as Mr. Morgan had? Didn't we express that preference in more kindly terms than Mr. Morgan did? If Mr. Morgan's choice had been the choice of the convention would it have been generous or nice for us to be beefing about it, and bolting the nomination because Mr. Morgan "selected" the nominee?
Mr. Shupe, of Lost Springs, is the new night operator at the Rock Island. Fred Beebe has been transferred to Whitewater.
Humbert Riddle has opened a law office in the Young block.
The 3:18 Rock Island passenger train "stalled" Monday afternoon north of town and had to be helped into Herington by an extra engine.
A little boy by the name of Becker, living five miles south of Marion, had his arm broken and elbow dislocated last Wednesday
Lawyer Burkholder was "retained" in a law suit, last week, by a stranger, who spent a good deal of time explaining the case to him. After the arrangements were all made the stranger retired, returning after awhile, however, to reveal his identity. He was a cousin of Mr. Burkholder — Mr. Adrian Burkholder of Detroit, Michigan!
Mr. Conrad Kieferle is quite sick with typhoid fever. Miss Auguin, a trained nurse from Wichita, is helping take care of him.
I.F. Shupe and M.F. Shupe will hold a joint public sale at I.F. Shupe's place, one mile south and one mile west of Lost Springs, on Tuesday, Sept. 30. They will offer for sale cattle, horses, hogs, farming implements, corn and cane in the field, and "other things to numerous to mention." A.C. Merilatt is the auctioneer.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1902 microfilm files of the Marion Record)
