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THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 1903 — Six Marion boys, the oldest probably not more than fifteen years of age, have organized an " Archeological Club" for the purpose of studying and collecting the relics of the prehistoric race of America, "the American Indian," as they say in their Constitution. The Constitution of the Club limits its membership to ten, and the minimum age of members is fixed at twelve years. There are a great many Indian mounds and graves around Marion, and the boys make regular Club excursions to these places for excavation and exploration purposes. They are well up in the lore of relics, and have already found and mounted on cardboard over five hundred specimens of Indian warfare and utensils, including mauls, war points, bird points, game points, lame heads, scrapers, pieces of pipes, fragments of pottery, etc. The following boys constitute the Club up to date: Chester Evans, Leslie Bryan, Willard Keller, Louis Keller, Harry A. Roger, and Wallis Hoch.
Miss Marie Haas, who had a stenographic position in Oklahoma City writes: "Oklahoma is a pretty place with one exception — it's soil is too sandy, which the wind blows, making it very disagreeable to be out. The people are full of life and energy and business is a continuous buzz. For the first time in my life I saw a saloon. They do not look as formidable as I had pictured them, but nevertheless are a dark spot in any place. They have a good many churches here and one meets some mighty nice people."
The three young fellows who loaded up with tangle-foot and then went and disturbed a religious meeting at Lost Springs, mention of which has already been made in these columns, had their hearing before Squire Eby, pled guilty, and were assessed about $100. "The way of the transgressor is hard."
Postmaster Billings and his father, Judge Billings, now have a fine cement walk in front of their premises.
Extensive improvements are being made on the Presbyterian church property. The interior of the building is being papered and painted, and acetylene gas plant is being put in, and a cement walk will be laid on the south and west sides. Let the good work go on.
The family of Mr. R. Harold went to Manhattan last week, to keep house for their children while they attend the State Agricultural College. Splendid people are these.
There will be a Sunday school convention held at Fred Bauer's park, one and a half miles north and one and a half miles east of Youngtown September 20th 1903. Everybody cordially invited. Bring your baskets.
Scott Sheets had rented the basement room in the Bank of Commerce building, and will open barber shop there as soon as the room can be fitted up.
Mrs. M.C. Donaldson and daughter, Miss Estelle, left Tuesday for Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they will spend the winter. Mrs. Donaldson talked as if the removal was to be permanent, but no one ever leaves Marion that way. They'll come back.
Marriage licenses issued September 9th to September 16: Gustave A. Lindschild, Clinton, Oklahoma, and Anna S. Hirschler, Hillsboro; George H. Morrow, Larrabee, Iowa, and Pearl Daniels, Peabody; and Cornelius F. Bergman, Hillsboro, and Mary M. Goertz, Inman.
Walter Howe, son of our friend and former fellow townsman, S.T. Howe, died at their home in Topeka, of typhoid fever. Saturday's Topeka Journal said of the sad case: "When Mr. Howe returned from Colorado a week ago, the boy had been sick for several days, but it was not known then that he had typhoid. He gradually became worse, and the end came last night. He was Mr. Howe's third son. Walter Howe was an unusually ambitious and enterprising boy, and when his father went to Colorado the early part of the summer, he hustled around and got a job as driver for one of the Baughman wagons. It is believed that he drank some impure water while traveling around town in the wagon." The RECORD joins with the many Marion friends of the stricken family, in expressions of heartfelt sorrow.
Tom Kellett and family, who have lived at Hillsboro for several months, returned to Marion this week. Mr. Kellett expects to run a wagon of Armour.
(Copied by Joan Meyer from the 1903 microfilm files of the Marion Record.)
