100 years ago
MAY 12, 1904 — Mr. Paul Morton, Second Vice President of the Santa Fe Railway system, with other managers of the road, traveling on special train, spent Tuesday night in Marion. The party is traveling over the State, meeting their patrons and discussing with them matters of mutual interest. They were met at the depot by a large number of Marion citizens, including most of the business men of the town, and our local shippers, and escorted to the parlors of the Elgin hotel, where an informal reception was held, and where several hours were spent in discussing mutual interests. Carriages had been provided to show them the handsomest and best little town in Kansas, but their arrival was delayed till after dark so that this part of the reception had to be abandoned.
At a meeting of our base ball promoters, Monday evening, arrangements were made to maintain the distinction this town won last year as the Base Ball Mecca of the State, and as the home of the almost universal winners. A liberal sum has already been subscribed to take care of the financial end of the enterprise.
With every recurring spring, those who cross the stone arch bridge, daily bemoan the fate of the splendid elm which once stood just south of the bridge. The stump of the majestic old fellow stands there now, a mute but powerful appeal to the sympathy of those who remember what a glorious old tree it was before the "penny wise" spirit robbed it of its glory, and the landscape of its beauty. Oh, for a little settlement in the human heart an in action at the right time.
Harold Taylor, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Taylor, narrowly escaped death, Monday, on the base ball ground. A boy attempted to hit a ball and let the bat fly out of his hands, hitting Harold on the side of the head, knocking him down and rendering him unconscious for some time. His ear was badly cut and his life almost despaired of for awhile.
With the railroad "magnates" who visited our city, Tuesday evening, was a gentleman who really got his start in this county. He is one of our fellows. We refer to Mr. J.E. Hurley, who many years ago was telegraph operator at Florence, but who is now General Superintendent of the eastern division of the whole Santa Fe System. The representative of a Chicago paper house recently told us that he gave Mr. Hurley lessons in telegraphy, years ago, at fifteen cents per lesson, and that Hurley had to "scrimp" to pay the fifteen cents. Now he is one of the big railroad men of the country and is an illustration of the possibilities which beckon boys of brain and character upward in this glorious land of ours.
31 Years Ago
Items from the Record files
May 16, 1873
Commissioner Dave Lucas of Lincolnville reports the prospects good for lots of peaches up there.
Mine host, Frizzier, of the Fuller House, keeps one of the best hotels in the west, as all will testify who have ever put up with him.
A full account of our meeting held by our citizens interested in the discovery of coal at this place will be found in another column.
Messrs. Corbett and Reese will finish the stone work on the new Presbyterian church at this place in about a week. This will be a handsome place of worship when completed.
Mr. W.S. Moulton left at our office one day this week a pocket book, containing a small amount of money, which he found.
With this issue the RECORD is nearly doubled in size, and is now a seven column four page paper.
Mr. Doster's new dwelling is nearly enclosed.
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County Attorney R.L. King was appointed Judge of this, the Eighth Judicial District, by the Governor, Tuesday, to succeed Judge J.T. Dickerson, recently appointed Federal Judge for the Indian Territory. The RECORD congratulates Mr. King upon his appointment. He is an able and conscientious lawyer and will make a dignified and impartial Judge. He will hold the office, under this appointment, until next January. Under the law he will have the appointment of his successor as County Attorney.
Judge Dickerson and Judge King. Hurrah for Marion!
By the way, Marion is no slouch of a town, politically — now is it!
Little boys and girls who are willing to assist in decorating the soldier graves on Memorial day are requested to meet in the G.A.R. Hall at 2 o'clock next Saturday afternoon.
Editor Buschlen and wife and editor Hoch and wife leave tomorrow, Friday night, to join the several hundred Kansas editors on their excursion to the World's Fair. How the town will stand this editorial exodus, all at one time, remains to be seen.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1904 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
