90 Years Ago

Reading an item in one of the Kansas City papers that a woman of that city picked violets on Christmas day inspired a couple of Stockton girls to hunt for violets in Stockton. Sylvia Munn and Edit Douglas made a bet that they could find violets and they started a search.

Floyd E. Houston and Miss Nettie Barnes, both of Woodston, were married by Reverend J. F. Dennis of that place on December 23rd. Howard W. McMichael of Stockton and Miss Beulah A. Barnes of Plainville were married on December 26th by Probate Judge Case.

W. L. Davenport, who has been enjoying a fine visit with his Rooks County friends over for the past four or five weeks, died suddenly at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Burlin on Sunday.

Mr. F. A. McIntyre, traveling agent of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, was in Stockton last Tuesday interviewing some of our members of the Chamber of Commerce relative to the new passenger schedule out of Stockton.

All talk as to who our next county attorney will be is now set at rest. F. E. Young received his commission Sunday from Judge C. I. Sparks, appointing him to fill out the unexpired term of J. Earl Farrish. Mr. Young has served the county for four years, his term expiring last January.

The Hays Municipal building took fire last week, supposedly from spontaneous combustion in the furnace room, and the east side of the building is a complete loss. The east side housed the G.A.R., the ladies rest room and the police courtroom, the farm bureau office and the city auditorium upstairs.

Since the Missouri Pacific put into effect a radical change in the passenger time card several weeks ago, the Stockton Chamber of Commerce has been fighting for a change to the betterment of the town.

The Union National Bank of Beloit failed to open its doors for business last Monday, closing due to the fact that borrowers were unable to make good their indebtedness to the bank. A notice was posted on the door by the board of directors and put in the hands of a special examiner.

John Flannigan, who was apprehended in this county and sent to jail on a larceny charge about two years ago, has experienced several escapades since committing his crime in Rooks County.

Arthur Vanderlip of the Bow Creek country had a streak of bad luck last Monday. A large straw stack in the feed lot tumbled over burying three nice heifers. When the animals were dug out, Arthur found his best heifer dead, the one that “copped” the prize at the Rooks County Free Fair.