What Stocktonites Were Doing 98 Years Ago
The editor accompanied Harry Eades on a drive to the Frank Fuller farm, northeast of town last Thursday evening on business. The Fullers have a nice, valuable farm with good improvements and well stocked. Frank has a nice bunch of cattle and hogs and with his other farm work keeps pretty busy. Mrs. Fuller has nice flocks of white Leghorn and Rhode Island chickens and Mammoth Bronze turkeys that are good paying sidelines for the farm.
A blaze at the West End Machine Shop near the Stockton Motor Company building brought out the fire department Saturday evening. The fire had caught on the wooden partition between the two businesses and had made a good start when discovered. The damage was slight.
The monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow (Friday) evening at the courthouse. The band proposition, together with several other important discussions, will be brought up and it is imperative that a large number of the town boosters be out. Come on, let’s get in back of the organization and keep things moving for Stockton.
Dick Demaray, manager of the Byars Store, was mighty well pleased with the results of his clearance sale on the opening days last week
The Harvey South family will move to the Miller farm on Route Four, south of Stockton, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mallum will move on the Griffith farm made vacant by the Souths.
The Charles and N. Jones families along with the S. E. Allen family have all been entertaining the grippe the past week.
Robert Montgomery and family left Tuesday for their future home at Axtell, in Marshall County. The Montgomerys came from Axtell a few years ago and are mighty good people. Sorry to lose them. Robert loaded his car of goods and stock out on Monday and Willie Kriley accompanied the car.
Ives & Mason, the real estate men, last week sold Charles White’s farm southwest of Stockton to Wade Riffe. Charlie will move his family to town and Wade will occupy the farm.
Dr. McMillen took Mrs. D. Bigge to the Concordia hospital last Saturday for an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Bigge stood the operation very well and last reports state that she is getting along nicely.
Oscar Vanderlip was in Kansas City last Saturday with a car of stock for the market. Elmer Cool went along with Oscar for a short stay in Kansas City.
C. Griebel has not been in very good health for the past several months and last Saturday underwent an operation at his home west of town. He is getting along nicely it is stated.
Mrs. John Seabloom was stricken with paralysis last Sunday and is in a very serious condition.
Mr. A. C. Hammond went to St. Louis the first of the week and had a car of mules on the market.
Miss Myrtle Cadoret is substituting this week as teacher at District 54 as Mrs. Rebecca Mosier-Bridwell is sick.
Mrs. L. E. Keeton and Mrs. Fred Colson went Thursday to Salina to visit. Mr. Keeton went down Sunday accompanied by his brother-in-law, C. B. Arnett, who had come over on Thursday and returned Monday with Mrs. Keeton and Mrs. Colson.
Mr. and Mrs. Azel Van Dyke, who have been visiting in Kansas City, Kansas for several weeks, returned last Saturday to their home in Ash Rock Township. Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke brought home a little baby, which they have adopted.
A blaze at the West End Machine Shop, located in the rear of the Stockton Motor Company building, brought out the fire department Saturday evening. The fire had caught on the wooden partition between the two businesses and had made a good start when discovered. The damage was slight.
The Thimble Circle Club had met with Maude Hammond and seven members and eight visitors present. All sewed on quilt blocks which Maude had ready for the members. Lunch, consisting of sandwiches, pickles, cake and coffee, was served. All enjoyed themselves, but greatly missed the president, Mrs. Leo Westhusin, who was taken to Hays hospital that morning for an operation.
Roy Norton of Palco had the misfortune to have his left arm broken. Dr. Teall reduced the fracture.
Railroads were blockaded by the snow on Sunday night and no trains made Palco Monday and Tuesday, The snow plow passed through Tuesday afternoon and cleared the track so the traffic could be resumed.
