90 Years Ago

The contents of the botanical laboratory of Dr. Elam Bartholomew, well known scientist and former Rooks County resident who died in Hays on November 18th, have been bequeathed to his son, Elbert T. Bartholomew, in trust for Dr. Bartholomew’s five children according to the Ellis County News.

The political turnover in the Rooks County Courthouse resulted in three new official faces. Leslie Wells will succeed Frank Montgomery, who has held the office of county clerk for the past four years.

Ten-year-old Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Newbrey, was seriously injured last Saturday noon when he lom a bicycle, but at last reports seems to be getting along very well.

A few weeks ago a poll was taken of the Fifth Avenue tailors to find out the country’s ten best-dressed men for the year 1934. The ten selected stretched all the way from New York City to Hollywood.

The curb, gutter, and gravel contract on South First Street was let last Saturday afternoon by the city commissioners to the firm of Cook & Ransom of Olathe for the sum of $6,378.05.

The crew of state highway engineers under Engineer Jackson, working on cross-sectioning State Highway 1 from Stockton to the Phillips County line, finished its survey and left Stockton a few days ago.

Last Friday night, the Woodston High School building was broken into, and the lower floor was completely ransacked. The prowlers entered the building by prying open a window in Miss Bowman’s room.

Sheriff Joyce F. Blackman found Clark W. Thuma, well-known businessman and merchant of Lenora, who disappeared from that town on October 26th, in Hill City as Thuma was on his way to Norton, riding the Midwest Stage.

While trains on other railroadlinesinthissection were storm-blockaded yesterday and this morning, the Missouri Pacific north branch from Downs to Lenora was blocked by the derailment of the eastbound freight train one mile east of Edmond.

A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at the courthouse to discuss the decision of the State Public Service Commission granting their request of the Missouri Pacific to take off our passenger trains and to determine what action to take in the matter.