100 years ago
MARCH 24, 1904 — Marion's Band won great laurels at Wichita. The boys made a fine appearance in their handsome new uniforms and made fine music. Marion ought to be and is proud of its Band, and among the things to be proud of concerning it, was voiced by a gentleman who said the other day, "There's not a tough among 'em."
There will be entertainment and a social at Aulne school house Wednesday evening, March 30th. Question for debate, "Resolved, That the ladies have a right to use the privilege of leap year." Everybody invited.
Florence is rejoicing over the decision of the Santa Fe folks to build a fine $22,000 pressed brick depot at that place. It will be erected a block west of the old site. Extensive changes are to be made in the yards, all to cost $65,000.
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In the "Court House Items" — Sheriff Evans was at McPherson on official business Monday.
The portraits of the County officials and their deputies, arranged and framed by Ogden, has been on exhibition this week. The large picture will be hung in the court room.
William Bowers by reason of continued ill health has tendered his resignation as Trustee of Center Township.
Sam Howe was among the brethren Tuesday. With a big land business and baled hay as a side line Sam keeps busy most of the time.
County Clerk Thrasher was in Kansas City Saturday.
The coterie of statesmen who gather at the County Clerk's office every morning to discuss sundry matters from the Jap-Russ war to the old question of moon effect on potato planting is giving the Annanias Club a close rub for first place as to usefulness.
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Street Commissioner Adkins wishes us to say that there are a good many alleys around town in a filthy condition and they must be cleaned up at once. So, neighbor, if the alley in the rear of your premises needs cleaning, get at it at once, and don't wait for a second notice. You can have the work done a good deal cheaper than if you let it go and the city authorities do the job.
While waiting for a return train in Peabody Tuesday night we visited at the elegant new home of Mr. Ira Sterling. They have a fine residence, very similar to the one erected in Marion by J.C. Lilley. Their old Marion friends will be glad to know that they are so comfortably housed.
Dr. Grant Meyer, of Lincolnville, was married last Tuesday evening, to Miss Bertha Bower at the home of the bride's parents in Warrensburg, Missouri. Dr. Meyer is a splendid gentleman, and the RECORD extends congratulations.
The force of good example is illustrated across the street from the RECORD office. Mr. Sheldon commenced to replace his wooden business building with a two story stone structure (brick front) and now the owners of the lots on the east, Healea and Williams and Schoneman, are moving the frame buildings off preparatory to the erection of similar structures. It will make a big improvement in that part of town.
At Peabody, Tuesday night, we visited a little while at the home of our old pioneer friend, Col. B. Pinkney. This fine old gentleman is feeble in body, but he retains his strong mentality and his gracious bearing. Dignified, intellectual, polite, he is certainly an ideal gentleman. It was good to look into his fine, intellectual face, again, and to hear, once more, the soft, melodious voice that has charmed us many times in the past thirty years. His good wife shares all these encomium of ours. God bless them both.
On March 8th, Wm. Scheluber, of Lehigh, Kansas, went to Kansas City with a car of stock. While his train was waiting in the railroad yards at Florence, he went to the front end of the train to look after his cattle and as he returned to the way car, was assaulted and left for dead. He is still in a critical condition and his friends will pay a liberal reward for the name of the man that carried him into the car and cared for him while he was delirious.
Mr. Albert Bias, the deaf painter, who is poor and almost an invalid, but who keeps agoing, has met a streak of good luck. Some months ago George Goodyear interested himself in his behalf, and securing local assistance brought the matter to the attention of Congressman Miller, with the result that this crippled old soldier is now about to move onto Easy street, with fourteen hundred arrearges in bank and eight dollar per month regular pension with probability of increase.
30 YEARS AGO
Items from the Record files March 22nd, 1874
Len Perry has about 50,000 young cottonwood trees on his place about three miles west of town to sell and give away.
Mr. Corbett has returned from Emporia and informs us that they expect to recommence work on the Presbyterian church at this place in about a week.
L.D. Dobbs informs us of the letting of the contract for a new stone school house in this district which will be far ahead of any country school house in the county.
Directors of the new bank at Florence (only bank in the county) — J.N. Rogers, T.W. Bown, O.H. Drinkwater, R.C. Coble, J.A. Pike, Thos. Morrison, D.C. Battey, R.C. Bates.
The bill for the ceding of Walton township to Harvey county was signed by the Governor last Wednesday afternoon.
T.P. Burkert put up a house in East Marion Center which was rented and occupied the day it was completed.
We printed 2,000 more circulars for Case & Billings, last week, descriptive of Marion county.
Next week we shall begin the publication of a serial from the pen of S.H. Grimes, Treasurer of Marion County, which will be continued for four weeks. We never favored the publication of continued stories in a county paper, but as this is purely original and furnished by home talent, we could not refuse. This interesting article is entitled, "Delinquent tax list, or Hard on Speculators."
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1904 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
