100 years ago
august 17, 1905
Since two automobiles have been brought to town, the city council has considered it necessary for the safety of automobilist as well as the general public to restrict the speed of these "devil wagons" to six miles an hour on Main street, or any other side street within a block of Main, and on other streets the speed is not to exceed eight miles an hour.
Miss Hazel Butcher entertained quite a number of her young friends last Thursday evening in honor of her friend, Miss Lena Shearer, of Abilene. The evening was spent in games of various kinds. Miss Marguerite Saggau won the first prize in the word contest, and Louie Wakefield won the booby prize. The guests were: Marguerite Saggau, Winnie Powers, Vinnie Wible, Lena Shearer, Irene Devlin, Frances Riggs, Ola Yost, Pearl Yost, Zoe Marner, Eulah Marner, Helen Mollohan, Gertrude Sheets, Alta Bown, Mildred Harris, Harry Rogers, Omer Marner, Leslie Bryan, Athol Vadakin, Roy Williams, Chester Evans, Harry Bowlby, Earl Minton, Leslie Pierce, Roscoe King, Chas. Vaughn and Louie Wakefield.
Miss Edna Hoch and brother, Wallis, who have been visiting here for several days, returned to Topeka, Tuesday. Miss Sadie Keller and Louie and Howard Keller accompanied them, and will spend a few days at the Executive Mansion.
G.G. Klose fell out of his barn loft yesterday and broke two ribs. Dr. Hannaford is attending him.
Have you taken a drive out past the corn fields of Marion county? If not, you have missed a sight which you cannot realize unless you see it yourself. It would not surprise us a bit if the corn crop this season surpasses anything within the history of the county.
A little two year old son of J.K. Hiebert, living near Hillsboro, was badly stung by honey bees yesterday, and was unconscious for a time. He was literally covered with bees, having wandered too near the hives, and an idea of the number can be had from the fact that eight stingers were taken from one little hand.
At a meeting of the Board of Education, Monday night, Cal Kuhn was awarded the contract for building the retaining wall at the High school building. The wall is to be built of stone, thirty inches high, extending from the stone steps to the east line of the Baptist church lots. The Board is contemplating putting in stone steps at the northwest corner of the school grounds and running a diagonal walk to the main walk leading to the building. This improvement would be appreciated by those living in the southeast part of town, and who go through the school grounds on their way to and from homes as well as by the pupils who attend the High school down town.
John B. Greer has been confined to his bed for several weeks with an attack of bilious fever, but we are glad to say that he is getting along better and will probably be able to get down town again in a few days.
Last week's RECORD neglected to notice that big bouncing boy at Henry King's. If Henry will forgive us this time we'll try and not be so careless next time.
