100 years ago
july 13, 1905
Dr. J.N. Hannaford has been seriously ill for over a week. It was at first thought to be trouble arising from the operation for appendicitis, which was performed on him about a year ago. Dr. Bowen, of Topeka, was called last Friday, but did not consider an operation necessary at that time. No improvement having taken place by Wednesday of this week an operation was performed yesterday morning. The trouble is one of old standing, hernia. He was under the influence of anesthetic for one hour and twenty minutes, and came out from under the effect with phenomenal strength for a man of his age. The Doctor had planned a trip to Washington to visit his children this summer, and we trust he will yet be able to take the trip.
Reports of good yields of wheat are coming in. Jake Jensen's crop averaged 38 bushels to the acre, machine measure, and Cobb Hauser's made an average of 35 bushels.
Little Florence Powers was seven years old last Monday, and she celebrated the event by giving a party for her little friends. The little tables were set on the beautiful lawn, where fifteen sweet happy little faces beamed from fifteen tiny little chairs, and fifteen great big robust appetites did justice to the feast. Those invited were: Virginia Matlock, Edith Greer, Esther Greer, Mildred Loveless, Dorothy Loveless, Virginia Thorp, Gertrude Bryan, Anna Scott, Carol Blanchard, Howard Loveless, John Caughey, Maurice Dean, Albert Wheeler and Lucian Lindsay.
The first home grown peaches on the market this season were brought in Monday by Mrs. Kasper Stenzel, from northeast of town. She brought in two bushels and they were larger and of much finer flavor than those shipped in.
From the Chanute Tribune: Miss Anna Hoch of Topeka, daughter of Governor Hoch, is here the guest of Miss Ora Allen. The young ladies were students of Baker University together. Miss Hoch has been designated by her father to christen the battleship Kansas the coming fall and she has asked Miss Allen to accompany her east as a member of the state party which will go to witness the christening.
There's been a book agent in town for several weeks who is making himself a nuisance to the busy housewife. He insists on showing his book and getting off his little piece even after he has been told by the lady of the house that she is too busy to look at his book, or that she doesn't want the book at all. He is a hard fellow to get rid of, and some of these fine days the old man may happen to come home in time to accelerate the departure of this persistent agent. A man who will insist upon taking up other people's time after he has been politely told that they were too busy to listen to him deserves to be handled without gloves.
We would like to call the attention of the several couples of young people who are contemplating matrimony that this office is splendidly equipped for printing stationery for such affairs.
The other day, while Bob Pyle and his workmen were tearing out the front of the Loveless store, and putting in the false work to hold up the second story, not less than twenty five men, including the writer, were standing around each with a different but better plan for doing the work than was being used, yet the job was successfully accomplished without borrowing any of the suggestions of the stand-rounders.
Robert Florer has bought Wm. Maltby's home. He is papering and painting it and will go to housekeeping in a short time.
Paul McCready celebrated his tenth birthday, last Saturday, from three to five o'clock. He invited fifteen of his boy friends, and they had a jolly time. An elegant supper was served by his mamma and was partaken of by the following little men: Harold Hereford, Frank Loveless, Junior Lindsay, Frank Bower, Gail Wells, Ed Burkholder, Robert Minton. Earnest Noce, Charles Noce, Vernie Kuhn, Sigabee McCready, Dorance Downes.
