100 years ago
JANUARY 19, 1905 — Slates are fast disappearing from schools all over the county. In many states, the health boards have made regulations forbidding the use of slates in the schools, declaring them unsanitary. No more spitting on slates and then wiping them off with their sleeves for the boys of this generation. No more sponges to throw at each other. All the pleasures of our boyhood seem to be denied to the child of today, who must content themselves with paper.
Paper tablets are replacing the slates and last year in the United States about $10,000,000 worth of paper tablets at retail prices were sold. This would make about 160,000,000 tablets. Most of them contain 200 sheets. You can figure for yourself the amount of paper they would include.
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Just because the proprietor of this paper is now drawing the Governor's salary, we trust our subscribers will not cease to send in remittances. It takes money to run the "Old Thing" and we'd hate awfully to have to draw on the "maintenance fund" to help us out. Result, dear old subscriber, remit.
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Mrs. Eli Good entertained last Friday evening in honor of her sister Miss Louise Wendell of Chicago. Twenty young ladies enjoyed the evening playing whist and exchange. An elaborate three course lunch was served. Mrs. Good was assisted in serving by Mrs. Bert Wheeler, favors were pink and white carnations. Those invited to meet Miss Wendell were: Misses Ethel Dean, Carrie Harrington, Clara Morris, Virgie Donaldson, Elizabeth Lindsay, Mary Watson, Gertrude Bown, Carrie Watson, Lola Hoch, Angie Mansfield, Mabel Downs, Sadie Keller, Lucy Mollohan, Libbie Powers, Vella Coble, Maud Bixler, Dorothy Graham, Edna Yost, Florence Saggau, and Mamie Wheelock.
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Nees Olsen, agent for the Tracy Land and Emigration Co., accompanied the following party to Texas, Tuesday, over the Rock Island: Dallas Rogers and wife, J.M. Graham, Myron Chilson, Cris Olsen, Robert Anderson, Jno. P. Klansen, Gerhart Klansen, and Gus Huffman. The party is going down on an inspection tour, with the probable intention of investing in land in the Lone Star State.
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The big sale at Bauer and Kern's still continues — and so does the series of lectures on the book of Revelation at the Christian church, each Lord's day evening. Subject for Sunday a.m., "Prayer, its place and purpose." Theme for the evening lecture, "The fallen star of the 9th chapter of the book of Revelation." A cordial invitation is extended to all.
W.M. Berkeley, Minister.
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The Kansas Mid-Winter Exposition must be attractive, for two years ago, while the exposition was in progress and the Legislature in season at the same time, the law-makers adjourned in order to allow the Senators and Representatives a day in which to attend the Mid — Winter, and, what is more, they attended. There the law-makers saw a greater collection of exhibits by Kansas Interests than was ever gotten together before in the State. The exhibits of this year's exposition will greatly outnumber those of two years ago. You had better "adjourn" to the Kansas capital for a few days, between January 30 and February 11, and attend the Mid — Winter. The railroads have granted reduced rates.
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Marriage licenses issued at the courthouse this week are as follows: A.M. Waterman, Lost Springs, 30, and Mary Gaston, Lost Springs, 22; Wm. Holub, Marion, 21, and Anna Kirk, Marion, 22; Peter P. Frantz, Hillsboro, 26, and Sara Funk, Hillsboro, 21; Harry D.. Steetle, Caldwell, Idaho, 32, and Elizabeth R. Wineberger, Peabody, 26; Harry D. Spencer, Herington, 26, and Mary Byers, Manhattan, 21; Alois J. Pospisil, Marion, 25, and Fannie Benda, 21; Vaclav Sankup, Dorance, 28, and Mary Pospisil, Marion, 23.
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Our ice man finished putting up ice Tuesday. It was the best ice that has been put up here for a number of years, averaging from nine to twelve inches in thickness, and clear as a crystal.
"The Valley boys are always having good luck," we heard a hill boy say the other day when he learned that there would be no school in the valley building for several days on account of repairs that would have to be made to the heating plants.
The county health office reports several cases of small pox in the neighborhood just south of Hillsboro. He thinks that he has the cases so quarantined that there will be no spread of the disease.
Taylor Pavey fell off his wagon a few days ago, dislocating his shoulder and otherwise bruising him up.
The city council is figuring on either buying the present water works plant or putting in a new system, with a probability of piping the water from the Chingawassa Springs.
This part of the state has experienced some pretty severe winter weather this past week, the government thermometer registered 15 degrees below zero last Saturday morning, and 14 below on Sunday morning. The sudden rise in the temperature Tuesday, and the warm rain Wednesday, put an end to the sleighing, which has been unusually fine for the past week.
