100 years ago
august 9, 1905
The early corn is practically made, and the late corn is humping itself to make this one of the best corn years we have had for many years. With a big wheat crop, fine oats, plenty of hay, alfalfa, cane and other feed, fruit in abundance, and vegetables of all kinds crowding each other for room to grow, the farmer of Marion county can snap their fingers at Mr. Standard Oil and the other octopuses and tell them to "go 'way back and sit down."
A new state bank was organized at Hillsboro, last week, with William Schaeffler as president and J.D. Schmidt as cashier.
The county Commissioners met last Monday to make the annual tax levy and to pass upon those made by the township boards. To meet the state demand of $26, 903 will require a levy of 5 1/2 mills on both personal and real property. This is 1 1/2 mills less than last. The county bond levy will be 4 1/2 mills, the same as last year, but the county general will be 9 mills, or 1 mill less than in 1905, this with the 3 mill tax for court house purposes makes a total of 22 mills.
The families of Fred L. Frazer and W.R. Coburn have joined the "campers" at Chingawassa Springs this week.
Richardson & Bryan have installed a new system of account and record keeping. By the new method each customer's account is kept constantly up to date and can be referred to instantly. The system obviates elaborate bookkeeping and yet appears to be complete. It is called the McCaskey System. The register which is used is an interesting piece of mechanism.
Deputy County Clerk Woolheater says he expects to eat Thanksgiving dinner in his remodeled home — unless the workmen have a relapse.
A Camp-meeting will be held 1 mile west of Elk, 15 miles northeast of Marion, from August 16th to the 26th. Evangelist Henson, of Oklahoma, will be in charge. Visitors are requested to bring covered wagons or tents, camping outfits, provisions, bedding, etc. Pasture will be furnished for teams. A fine grove and plenty of water.
The RECORD office force is indebted to Mr. J.R. Wright for a pail of fine blackberries, grown on his home place on the hill. They were as fine as any we've seen this year.
Two gentlemen with their wives came through from Junction City, Thursday of last week, in an automobile, and left their machine here, taking the train at this place for Wichita, where they purchased another auto, and returned in it Friday afternoon, and started with both machines for home. At Antelope a heavy rain came up and the mud soon put the automobiles out of business and they were run under cover in the grain elevator shed, where they were left, the parties taking the first train out for home. This has been a fine season for corn but a poor one for automobiles.
County Treasurer Frazer's daughter Beth was badly poisoned last week, by poison ivy. For several days her eyes were entirely closed and her throat so badly swollen that only liquid nourishment could be taken.
One feature of the regular troops camped here a short time ago which we neglected to mention last week, was their treatment of the small boy who is always largely in evidence on such occasions, and it is to the credit of these sons of war that the Young Americans who visited the camp were shown all there was to be seen of camp life and their hundreds of questions pleasantly answered by the soldiers. Even the cooks' hearts were mellowed by the bright faces of the boys, and hot biscuits, as well as hard tack, were unstintingly handed out to them. When the small boy can't get all that is coming to him, he has indeed run up against an adamantine proposition.
Marriage Licenses
Henry Bolbeck, Hillsboro
Attilia Unruh, Hillsboro
Jacob B. Koehn, Sunnyslope, Can.
Anna Jantz, Durham
Charlie Johnson, Peabody
Vermelia Jones, Peabody
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Miss Willena Hannaford, of Granberry, Texas, is visiting relatives here.
Canton Pilot: Twenty-six years ago last Sunday the Marion and McPherson branch was completed into Lyons, and the people of Lyons and Little River were given a free excursion to Marion.
The campers at Chingawassa were driven out last Tuesday night by a heavy rain which raised Clear Creek.
The State Agricultural College and the Santa Fe railroad are sending out an educational train through the state under the management of the Farmer's Institute. It comes through Marion county August 18 — Hillsboro, 3:55 p.m.; Marion, 4:50; Florence, 7:30.
The lilies in the pond south of town are in bloom, and the display of fragrant blossoms is well worth a trip to see.
In addition to the cookie sale at W.W. Loveless & Son, there will be a "SKIDDO" sale of bottle goods. In the lot there are 16 different kinds as follows: Horse Radish, Mexican Hot, Celery Relish, Sour Gherkins, Sweet Mixed Pickles, Sour Mixed Pickles, Piccalilli, Chow Chow, Onion Pickles, Lantern Mustard, Deviled Olives, Platt's Salad Dressing, Curry Powder, Pepper Sauce, Preserves, Lime Juice. Not a thing in the lot but what is worth double the amount asked, 5c a bottle. For one day only.
