100 years ago

july 22, 1909

Tennis Club Formed

A Marion Tennis Club has been organized and a fine grounds laid out on the hill school grounds, west of the building. The grounds were scraped, clay was hauled and put down and back-stops put up at an expense of 25 or 30 dollars. Members of the club are I.E. and Charley Runyan, Rev. Kitch, Rev. Cunnningham, Ross Sheets, Wallis Hoch, Ross Miller, W.A. Wilson, Roy Williams, Chester Evans, Glen Lilley, Willard King, Mr. Purdy and Mr. Snyder.

Robert Florer suffered a painful accident last Tuesday. He attempted to mount the wagon which was taking the hose cart on the hill in response to the fire alarm and missed his footing and fell. One wheel of the wagon passed over his foot and severely bruised it, but no bones were broken. There were a dozen men in the wagon and the wagon itself weighs about 1500 pounds. He will be unable to get around for several days. It was a close escape from a much more serious injury.

Mr. Elmer Shubert is building a fine new farm residence on his place just west of the Brown schoolhouse. He has torn down the old stone building and is putting the new house on the old site. John Bitner has the contract to build and finish the house complete.

Marion will put in a Domestic Science course in its schools this fall and hopes after a while to put in Manual Training and have separate buildings equipped for those purposes. The Peabody Gazette is somewhat amused over this plan “to teach cooking in the schools,” and seems to be somewhat startled by such an idea. But of course the teaching of Domestic Science in the schools has long since ceased to be a novelty in the larger places and if the smaller towns do think it is “so queer,” Kansas City, Marion and other cities will simply let them laugh and just get all the fun out of it they can.

Loveless & Sons turned over on Monday a check for $42.75 for the Park Improvement Fund. This was in pursuance of their agreement to give toward this cause ten percent of their cash sales last Saturday. Owing to the fact that the crowd in town last Saturday was considerably below normal, the amount made available was not as large as hoped for, but it is an excellent donation just the same. Effort is to be made to greatly increase this fund, and public-spirited citizens should be prepared to make liberal response.

Mart Mansfield and Tom Armstrong took the two men convicted of horse stealing to Lansing the latter part of last week. When they returned, they found in the cell occupied by these men, two case knives made into saws. Evidently, these two fellows were professionals.

Mr. R.V. Teeson, of Topeka Bridge Co., suffered quite a painful accident on Monday while down in the southeast part of the county with the county commissioners. A rock, which was thrown across the river carrying a tapeline, struck him across the eye and cut a deep gash. He went to Peabody where the wound was dressed and he was able to be around on Tuesday.

Better go to Neill’s—he has fine leather buggy nets and the jumbo team nets, lap dusters, gloves and whips Also carries Security Gall Cure and Security Antiseptic Healer, excellent for barb wire cut. Guaranteed!

The Marion Band gave another of its fine concerts last Friday evening. These concerts are much appreciated by our people.

The County Health Board made a trip around town this week ordering people to clean out the alleys. And you should have heard ‘em roar!