100 years ago
april 5, 1906
Reports from the Common school diploma examinations held over the county last Friday and Saturday have been received from only those held at Peabody and Marion. Following is the list of those who were successful among those taking the examination at those two places. Among these the highest average was made by Miss Nellie Burkholder, of Aulne, who made 97.
Earl Kimmel, Marion; Hugh McGinnes, Aulne; Willie McGinnes, Aulne; Jas. Summerville, Marion; Newton Carney, Marion; Roy Ambrose, Marion; Byron McGinnes, Aulne; Lettie Kline, Marion; Emma Rupp, Marion; Alma Stenzel, Canada; Maggie Stretcher, Marion; Agnes Ely, Aulne; Lola Clark, Aulne; Ira Burkholder, Canada, Irvin Kreutziger, Canada; Ben Stenzel, Canada, Nellie Burkholder, Aulne; Victoria Lehman, Elk; Roy VanScoik, Marion; Lizzie Goertz, Marion; Pearl Lauck, Peabody; Blanch Lauck, Peabody; Mary Porter, Peabody and Ethel Porter, Peabody.
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The following clipping from yesterday's Topeka Capital will be of interest here where everybody knows Geo. Donaldson: "Emporia, April 2 — Swallowing a pin is not nearly as hard a proposition as getting rid of it, according to George Donaldson, of Santa Fe, a small town near Great Bend. Donaldson was an Emporia visitor yesterday. He had been feeling bad for several days and consulted several doctors but without success. No one seemed to know what was wrong with him and he began to grow worse. Yesterday evening he noticed a burning and pricking sensation in the region of his stomach and took an emetic. A few minutes later he coughed up a common pin which seemed none the worse for wear. Mr. Donaldson doesn't know how he came to swallow a pin but was glad to get rid of it. He left for his home in Santa Fe last night."
Tom Seed's fine big barn burned down the first of the week.
The frame structures between the Sheldon and the Schoneman buildings are being torn down, and Elmer Healea, who owns the property will erect there a fine two-story building — frontage twenty-five feet, with a depth of sixty feet. Part of the building will be occupied by their barber shop. The rest of the building has not yet been rented.
Florence and Marion Stauffer are suffering with the whooping cough.
Nees Olsen, A.W. Paddock and H.P. Paddock have gone into business together under the name of the Inter-State Land Company. They will do a general land business, and operate over Kansas and the adjoining states. The company has been incorporated with Nees Olsen as president, A.W. Paddock, vice president and H.P. Paddock, secretary and treasurer. They have opened an office in the rooms back of the Marion National Bank.
H.M. Thorp returned early in the week from his Indian Territory trip.
A number of Marion people expect to hear Sarah Bernhardt at Wichita Friday. The company will be composed of Mrs. J.N. Rogers, Mrs. Lena Rogers Mowry, Mrs. Olsen, Mrs. Taylor Riddle, Mrs. Bert Wheeler, Mrs. Malone and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson.
Three people were baptised last Sunday afternoon by Rev. Sievers, of the German Baptist church. The baptising took place in the Cottonwood, above the mill.
Loveless & Sons are installing a hot water heating plant for their big establishment. The boiler has a 2200 foot radiation, which is amply large for heating all four rooms of their store. Pollitt & Kleinhammer are putting the plant in for them.
Continued wet weather is putting the farmers considerably behind with their early spring work.
