100 years ago
JANUARY 21, 1904 — Our old pioneer friend, Hon. Sam T. Howe, one of the ablest and best men in Kansas, writes us from Topeka, a fine letter from which we take the liberty to print the following reference to "old times."
"I can hardly tell you how pleasing to me are the notes of thirty-one years ago which you are reprinting from the old files of the RECORD. They carry me back to the long ago, and revive many pleasant memories. Then we were young. I was about twenty-four. Now we are getting gray from the lapse of time, but our hearts are as young as then, and I trust filled with a desire to do what we can each in his own way, to help in benefiting those with whom we have relations." —
We are very much afraid that some one will carry off Will Maltby's hitching weight if he persists in leaving it on the sidewalk over night.
The dwelling house on Mrs. George Donaldson's farm, just west of town, occupied by Hans Huffman, was discovered to be on fire Monday morning by some men passing by. At the sane time a Rock Island work train came along and its engineer, seeing the fire, stopped his train and the crew organized into a volunteer fire brigade and soon had the fire extinguished. Mrs. Huffman was alone in the house and knew nothing of the fire until the men were at work putting it out.
Miss Mary Mansfield has gone to Enterprise, where she has a position as bookkeeper for the Hoffman Brothers, millers and grain dealers.
Marion county was well represented on the Kansas City cattle market Wednesday in a shipment of short fed steers, marketed by L.P. Nonken, of Burns. These steers weighed 1491 pounds and sold at $4.85, which price was within striking distance of top price of the day. Cattle market is lower this week, on account of heavy receipts at all markets, but bet grades of steers have suffered least, and are only 10 to 20 cents lower.
Little Dorothy Dickersen, young child of Judge J.T. Dickersen, while playing with a lawn mower last Tuesday, cut the little finer of her left hand off at the first joint.
More different kinds of coal have been on the Marion market, this winter, than ever before, and a great deal of it of rather a poor quality, although the price has been unusually high — in fact, a man can almost swap his silver money for even weight in coal.
Dr. Hannaford reports a girl at the homes of Charley King and Fred Davis the latter part of last week.
Mr. Samuel Burkholder is an active candidate for County Attorney. Mr. Burkholder is one of our best citizens as well as one of our oldest lawyers. The Graduate Magazine, from the State University, in a recent number said of him: "Sam Burkholder, '86, is practicing law in Marion. Since his graduation he has held several elective and appointive civil positions. For one year he taught English branches in Bethel College at Halstead, then he was County Attorney of Greeley county, and from 1897 to 1899 he was Major of Marion. He was also City Attorney of Marion for one year. During the two years just past he was president of the Marion School Board. He has most of the time been interested in farming and stock raising."
Major Fred Lewis has been in Kansas City, Kansas for several weeks as a juror in the Federal Court.
Mr. Clayton Walters and Miss Mary Hett were united in marriage at the home of the bride's parents last Wednesday. The guests assembled, numbered about seventy-five and a happier lot who extended congratulations to the highly esteemed young people are hard to find. Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hett entertained the guests in a manner which they are noted for. A great big dinner, lots of fun and a jolly time all around, Mr. Walters is a well known young man and won one of Marion county's best young ladies. There were many presents presented, but we failed to get a list of them.
The W.R.C. will give a free dinner to the old soldiers who come to Marion to sign their pension vouchers, February 4th at the G.A.R. Hall. All old soldiers are cordially invited.
Winkley Bros. have purchased the store building, barn, dwelling house, and the grain business of Mr. Jno. Danskin, of Aulne, and intend in the near future to extend the business largely by putting in a line of hardware and implements. The Winkley boys are rustlers and have the best wishes of all in their new venture. The Winkley Bros. sold the farm recently purchased of Mr. Penner, to Mr. Hauptman, an Iowa man.
There is a man in Marion (the initials of whose name are William Jenkins), who is nearly sixty years of age, but who has only had thirteen "birthdays." He was born on the 29th of February.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1904 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
