110 years ago

may 27, 1909

Important matters are up to the council for final decision soon. The Mutual telephone company is asking for a franchise, and the Waterworks company has named its best price.

Marion now has an osteopath doctor, Dr. Anna Appleby, located over Funk’s furniture store.

The exercises of the graduating class of Marion High School were concluded at the Auditorium last Thursday evening.

Every seat in the Auditorium was bought early in the week. The stage was tastefully decorated with the class colors, purple and cream, and in the exercises of the evening the graduates acquitted themselves nobly.

Last Friday, George Jensen caught an eel weighing four pounds and a half and measuring over four feet.