98 Years Ago

Body A desire to enter business for himself led H. H. Snyder, 12 years cashier of the Stockton National Bank, to resign his position and purchase the Variety Store from R. E. Garland on Saturday. Although Mr.

Body An argument between twobrothers,whichstarted in Denver over a suitcase, finally culminated in Stockton last Thursday evening, with one of them taking a hatchet to the other’s truck and inflicting no minor damage. He is now in jail. According to the story told to D.

Body Crack athletes from all grade schools in Rooks County will be in Stockton this Saturday, making a supreme effort to outrun and outjump each other to be acclaimed winners of the annual track meet at the fairgrounds. The events will start at one o'clock.

Body George Winterscheidt began his duties here last Thursday as a certifying officer for this county. He takes the place of Rex Jennings who was transferred to Hays two weeks ago. Before coming to Stockton, Mr. Winterscheidt was a certifying officer for Cheyenne County.

Body A rather sensational tale of how two gypsies promised to interpret Mrs. Freeman Alexander’s dreams if she slept with a charm under her pillow and then stole over $2,500.00 in jewelry and money was unfolded in the Kansas City papers last week. Mrs.

Body The list of Stockton attorneys was augmented last week when Wayne McCaslin arrived here to open a law office. He will be associated with his father, H. McCaslin, one of the best-known lawyers in this section of the state.

Body Emmett Gallagher, Rooks County’s Better Housing Chairman, is anxious that the women listen to a special broadcast this Friday at 12:30 p.m. The program is coming over both networks in a national hook-up.

Body The air filter for the big engine, which generates the power at the city light plant, which was ordered by telephone from Massachusetts last Wednesday, was installed Sunday afternoon and tested until Tuesday morning when the smaller engines were again put in use.

Body All previous Rooks County dirt storms have paled into insignificance since the storms of Friday night and Wednesday morning. All the old-timers are unanimous in their opinion that they were the worst ever seen here.

Body One of the chief helmsmen at the Record Office, Cloyce Hamilton, is in the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Concordia, recovering from an appendix operation. He was taken there on Tuesday night and operated upon on Wednesday. He is getting along fine, according to all reports.