MEMORIES: 100 years ago years ago
4TH OF JULY AT MARION
Mass Meeting Called for Friday Night at Courthouse to Perfect Plans
At a meeting of Marion business men held in the club rooms Monday morning, it was the unanimous vote to hold a Fourth of July celebration in Marion this year. One of those old fashioned, go and have a good time, celebrations. In fact the biggest kind of a time and the biggest affair Marion has ever pulled off. The plans are not all perfected, however, and at this time we cannot tell you all about it, but bear in mind that Marion is the town that is going to celebrate this year and arrange to be in Marion that day and evening.
A mass meeting is called for Friday night of this week at the courthouse to get the big celebration properly launched and every citizen in and adjacent to Marion is invited to be present. You are invited to be present and take part in the meeting.
Mayor's Proclamation
May 30th, having by law been set aside as a Memorial day, in honor of deceased soldiers of the rebellion, all citizens of Marion and vicinity are requested to join with us in the services and ceremonies to take place on that occasion under the auspices of Pollock Post, to commemorate the services of our patriotic dead. As a fitting observance of said day, and in accordance with established customs, I hereby request that all places of business be closed during the hours of services and ceremonies on said day, and that all games and sports be abstained from on that day.
A.S. Quisenberry, Mayor
Notes of Kansas City Stock Yards
G. H. Wight of Marion county, Kas., marketed 3 cars of cattle today.
Henry Hartke, an enterprising citizen and stockman from Marion county, Kas., marketed 30 head of white-faced yearlings of his own feeding that averaged 997 lbs. and sold for $6.80 yesterday.
Good Roads
Before the farmers' institute last fall a paper was read prepared by A.J. Nienstedt on the subject of the road drag. While the subject of the road drag is one in which a great many people are not interested, there is a number of people using the roads continually and have begun to express their appreciation for the parties here and there who use the drag after each rain and put the road in good condition. The good roads problem in this part of the country can be readily solved if the farmers along the roads will fall in with the idea and take an active interest in keeping the road in shape. Messrs. Nienstedt, Schlingloff and Razor, northeast of Marion on route 2, have given considerable time to keeping their road in good shape and the improvement has received favorable comment. As an experiment the Commercial Club of Hillsboro will take care of the roads leading into town for a mile in each direction, dragging them after each rain, hoping the farmers will see the benefit and continue the work. The subject of good roads is of interest to every man with a heavy load.
Meeting of City Fathers
The regular council meeting last Monday night was one of the longest sessions for weeks. Every member of the council was present and beside a number of transactions that show on the minutes many plans for the future were discussed.
C.C. Johnson and Gilchrist & Woolwine submitted figures for building approaches and sidewalks for the city; both were rejected.
Miss Alma Harrison was awarded the contract for making a typewritten copy of the city ordinances in force.
At a previous meeting C.C. Johnson offered to furnish, delivered any place in the city, 500 yards of crushed rock at $1.25 and after that amount had been furnished, at 85 cents per yard. The committee reported favorably on the proposition and the council accepted.
The following city officers appointed by the Mayor were confirmed by the council: Street commissioner and engineer, Wm. Maltby; marshal, Sam'l Kleinhammer; city clerk, T.W. Bown; city attorney, L.F. Keller.
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The grading of the courthouse yard is almost complete. The cement walks on the north and east are near completion, and like the other work about the building, the best that good material and high class workmanship can deliver.
Miss Zoe Marner has gone to Newton, where she will enter the Axtell hospital to study to be a trained nurse.
The clock for the tower which arrived last Thursday has not been put in place to date.
Mr. John P. Church, of Washington, D.C., is visiting at the home of his brother, W.V. Church. John P. Church came to Kansas in 1870, living in Peabody, where he established the Gazette. For the past 25 years his home has been in Washington, where he is in charge of the division of Printing and Publication of the Weather Bureau, Department of Agriculture.
