100 years ago
APRIL 14, 1904 — The Hoch-Tomlinson Land Co. sells real estate, has farm and city property to rent, pays taxes for non-residents, insures against fire, tornado, hail, and invites you to call upon them if you desire to buy or rent property. Watch their bargain list from week to week. Lists this week on the hill of Marion city are the following properties: Four room house, best of water. Dirt cheap at $450; Seven room house with cellar, cistern, outbuildings, well, all excellent and in fine shape. A great bargain at $1500; Another good residence with fine grounds at $1500; Another good place with large grounds, fruit, etc. at $1600; Another, very cheap, at $700. 4 lots, good buildings, and conveniences; Another desirable place of $650. Ask us about it; Another with fine, large buildings, ample grounds all in best condition; Only $2000 — worth more; Another fine 15 acre suburban home, with large house, cellar, cistern, wells, fruit, outbuildings and a splendid ever running stream. Can't be matched at the price — $2000.
Sheldon's new plate glass window is the finest in town.
Dr. Smith reports a bouncing thirteen and a half pound boy at the home of O.S. Wren. Dr. Hannaford reports a boy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Miller, west of town.
Blue grass lawns are showing up in fine shape.
It was reserved for April 8th, 1904, to furnish the greatest visitation of snow experience in Kansas since the winter of 1902. It snowed nearly all day last Friday, but melted nearly as fast as it fell. Enough remained throughout the night, however, to make about as great a showing as the past winter has afforded. It must have been equivalent of an inch or two of rain.
Woodson Holder, a mighty handy fellow to have around, has returned to Marion.
F.C. Utting has sold his groceries to Charlie Bryan and Al Richardson, who will take possession May 1st, and continue the business at the old stand. Mr. Utting has not determined what he will do, but everyone hopes he will not leave town. The new proprietors are fine young men, who have had much practical experience in the grocery trade, and have a host of friends who wish them success.
Whoever swapped umbrellas with the editor of this paper, and got one with our name scratched on the handle, will please come in and "trade back."
This town was honored, this week, with the presence of a large number of Presbyterian ministers and laymen in attendance upon the Presbytery. The Emporia Presbytery, we believe, is the largest and strongest of the four Presbyteries in the State, and represents more fully, perhaps, than any other the great Presbyterian church. The meeting has brought here some of the leading men of the State, in legal, mercantile, political, and other lines of honorable endeavor as well as from the ranks of the great calling of the ministry. The RECORD is pleased with their presence, and trusts they will carry away pleasant memories of Marion and its people.
Sam Kline sold a span of driving horses, last week, to an Ohio firm for $410. He bought these horses at the Harold sale last fall for $280.
The death of Mrs. E. Wilbur, in Peabody, last week, revived vivid memories of this good old lady. The writer spent some of his first weeks in Kansas at the home of this fine family, in Catlin township, and can never forget their kindness. Mr. Wilbur died some years ago, and now the old lady is gone, and the children are widely scattered, and some of them, we believe, are dead.
Messrs. John and N. Olsen returned home Saturday from their trip to Oklahoma. They think Oklahoma is too windy for them.
Mr. J.F. Harms, formerly the Hillsboro editor, now editor and manager of the Mennonite Publishing House in Medford, Oklahoma, was in town a little while last Saturday. His office has recently been equipped with new power press, gasoline engine, paper cutter and other modern material. All his old friends, here, will be glad to hear of this good man's success.
The cake walk at Morning Star Saturday evening was largely attended. Quite a neat sum was taken in and a good time is reported.
Miss Martha Grosser has gone to her home in Enterprise, to live with her recently widowed mother. She has been Principal of our High School many years, and has given great satisfaction, and won the esteem of all our people. Miss Grace Lyons, of Williamsburg, has been selected as the successor of Miss Grosser as Principal of the High School, and has been in charge this week.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1904 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
