100 years ago
july 20, 1905
Are you patient with the ice man this hot weather, or do you, when he does not arrive according to your schedule, and the ice in the refrigerator is low, so low, indeed, that there isn't a place big enough to cool a red pepper, think thoughts that you would not like to see in print? Or are your reflections something on this order: the ice man works harder these tropical days than any other person, his work is more disagreeable than that which the rest of us must do; he must try to suit not only his own wife but the wives of all the other men, even to the size and shape of the piece of ice he puts in the box, and must not track in mud or get a drop of water on the floor; he must unload the ice chest, at how many houses, of a dish of pickled beets and be careful to not spill the juice into the blancmange, nor upset the black berries and cause them to go rolling down butterhill and dive headlong into an ice tea bath. All this and more must be studiously avoided or he is in peril of having his ice cold job made a very hot one. So we say, be patient with the long suffering ice man, and save your pent up feelings until next winter and then let them loose on the coal man — he's our special antipathy.
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The little four-year-old son of Geo. Penland fell off a horse, the other day, and the horse stepped on his arm, breaking it in two places. Dr. Rogers is attending him.
A jolly crowd of young people went down to the mill last night bent upon having a good time, as well as trying to catch a few fish for breakfast. They took a lot of fried chicken along in case the fish didn't bite. The party was composed of Viola Yost, Gertie Sheets, Eulah Marner, Zoe Marner, Myrtle Myers, Helen Mollohan, Rosse Sheets, Charley Vaughn, Otto Schmersey and George Riggs.
A new brick walk is being laid at the hill school building. Dave Lucas is doing the work.
When Phil Zimmerman left Marion, some two weeks ago, the town lost one of the finest young men who ever made his home among us. He was liked by everyone. We join his many friends here in wishing him success in his business venture at Chase. Aside from being an all around good fellow, and a splendid business man, Phil was the best "ad" writer that ever furnished copy for this office.
How many times have you been asked the past week "is it hot enough for you?"
Earl Minton entertained in honor of his cousin, Helen Westgate, of Manhattan Wednesday evening. The guests were Marguerite Saggau, Mildred Harris, Hazel Butcher, Fay Paddock, Aline Frazier, Clara Kleinhammer, Alta Bown, Vinnie Weible, Chester Evans, Roy Williams, Harry Rogers, Jerome McIntosh, Floyd Danskin, Will Kieferle, Leslie Bryan and Walter Bown. The prizes given in the guessing contest were the work of the honored guest, Miss Westgate. They were cards printed in water colors in floral designs. Dainty refreshments were served, and taken altogether, the evening was one that will be remembered by the boys and girls.
The Topeka Herald says that the marble floors of the State house are frescoed with tobacco spit. Evidently Bill Taylor, the elevator "boy" has commenced to chew tobacco again.
Little Roger Hannaford, who with his mama, was attending a picnic in the park last Friday, fell into the fountain basis — nothing worse than scare and a good wetting resulted, however. A number of children fall into the basin every summer, but the life saving crew (the mothers) are ever on the alert with first aid to the injured (feelings).
