100 years ago
Memory
On this festal day, this day of rejoicing and of re-union how the mind calls up again the scenes and times in the old home on Thanksgiving days gone by. Sitting in the gathering gray of evening, after the "folks" have all gone the white-haired father and mother re-call the Thanksgiving days when the children were all at home and no larger than the grandchildren that have today climbed into their arms and lovingly pulled their hair. Yes, farther back than that memory calls them and they live over again the Thanksgiving days when they were children, and with father and mother — both gone now these many years — and brothers and sisters, they gathered again about the great table and revel in the joy of the good old time. They see the dear old faces and hear the laughter of the children — even through the mist of the years show how the old Thanksgiving days shine out again. And how strange it all is. What a wonder-worker is memory. A golden thread which unites youth and age over which the white-haired man can hear again the lispings of childhood. Sitting by her loom, the Goddess of Memory gathers day by day the tangled threads of things that are, and in the tomorrows that come with hurrying feet. she will weave again for us the shining fabric of things that used to be.
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Want to know how to spend Thanksgiving Day afternoon profitably and enjoyably? Uh-huh. Well, take yourself and the family out to the Marion Ball Grounds, on such date, and get absorbed in the football melee that will take place between the Marion and Lyons gridiron warriors at three o'clock p.m. Nov. 28 '07. Splendid game guaranteed. Come along and make A CROWD.
Miss Virginia Thorp celebrated her sixth birthday last Saturday afternoon by entertaining a number of her little friends. The little people who enjoyed this nice party were Dorothy, Mildred, Howard and Sidney Loveless, Esther and Edith Greer, Maurice Laubhan, Mildred Hansen, Bessie Wible, Gertrude Bryan, Roger Hannaford, Mary Coburn, Lucile and Eugenia Corby, Corinne Case, Helen and Ronald Good, Rachel Woolheater, Adeline Mayes, John Caughey, Jack Thompson, Dorothy Love, Florence Powers. The presence of the following added to the pleasure of the occasion for Virginia — Grandpa, Aunt Lallie, Uncle Oller, Auntie Baer, Uncle Joe, Sam, Mrs. Loveless, H. M. Thorp III, Papa and Mama.
The jail is now on the southeast corner of the court house block, nearly a half block south of where it formerly stood. One sturdy team of horses did the trick.
Orlando Jolliffe of Peabody was prowling around the court house this week, acting like a man who would like to put our new court house in his pocket and lug it off over into what he called God's country.
Marriage Licenses
John Vogel, Marion
Mary Volhart, Marion
Thomas L. Bauslin, Jr., Peabody
Maud L. Kepple, Peabody
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Last Sunday, November 24th, a very enjoyable wedding was held at the Upper Strassburg Church. The happy couple were Mr. John Vogel and Marie Volart. After the ceremony, all went to the house of the groom's parents where a bountiful dinner was served. After dinner was served they all went to the home of Conrad Vogel where they enjoyed themselves until a late hour and wishing the happy couple a long and happy married life.
Following is a list of the presents: china berry set, Mary and Jonas Ehrlich; berry dish, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Batt; sugar and butter set, Lydia Mohn and David Haas; six plates, Elizabeth and Katie Haas; cake dish and bedspread, Mr. and Mrs. David Herbel; set of sad irons, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schick; milk dish and jelly dish, Emma Volart; looking glass, David Volart; one half dozen sauce dishes, sugar set, and one dollar and a half, Fred Weigand; stand, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kline; salt and pepper set, two cups, three dishes, and a water set, Anna Fisher; six plates, two cups and soup dish, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vogel; berry dish, Pauline Richart; bedspread, Geo. Ehrlich and family; berry dish and sugar set, Lydia Vogel; rug, Con and Karl Ehrlich; bedspread, G. Weyand; two dollars, Geo. Stenzel; water pitcher, Will Carter; lamp, Amelia Haas, Will and Gus Schmersey; sugar set, Karl and Martha Schlotthauer; berry dish, three cups and saucers and three plates, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stier; cake plate, Mr. and Mrs. David Propp, one pillow, Mrs. Andrew Schmaltz; berry set, Jacob Yale and Henry Meisinger; dish, Emma Propp; six tumblers, Mollie Zimmerman; six cups and saucers, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nuss; tablecloth, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Sowers; towel, Mr. and Mrs. G. Sinner; three towels, Esther Yakel; rubber doll, David Herbel.
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Turkeys are retailing at 12 1/2 cents today, best price in years for the consumer.
You may think you haven't much to be thankful for, but look on the bright side — you're not a turkey, anyhow.
