What Stocktonites Were Doing 90 Years Ago
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. At the end of the 22-hour test run, which was satisfactory, about two pounds of dust were removed from the filter, with no exceptionally severe dirt storm having occurred during that time. The big engine uses 3,362,000 cubic feet of air each day, according to City Manager Goodrich, and it is estimated that in just ordinary weather, half a pound of dirt is contained in this amount of air. It can easily be seen that the amount of dirt taken into the engine during one of the bad dirt storms would be enormous.
Sheriff Ellett and Undersheriff Stevens have investigated numerous clues and rumors lately connected with the recent robberies at Woodston and the theft of 20 gallons of house paint at the Finch Elevator. Still, to date, they have not found anything definite. They have not given up hope of finding something, but as the robberies both happened at night, the thieves had several hours to start on the pursuers. The local sheriff’s office has been remarkably successful in tracing stolen property. It has brought back numerous culprits from out of the state, so it will not be surprising if these thieves are resting in the Rooks County Bastille before long.
Bill Broomfield of Plainville is lodged in the Rooks County Jail on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He was apprehended near Stockton last Thursday evening when Plainville officers notified Sheriff Ellett to look out for him. It seems Broomfield and his wife have been having difficulties, and when she left home last Thursday and came to Stockton, Mr. Broomfield determined to bring her back by force, if necessary, and set out after her with a gun. His intentions were learned, however, and the law was soon on his trail.
Howard Lee Tuttle died on Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Tuttle, in Woodston, after an illness of a little over a week with what the doctors called dust pneumonia. His condition had been grave since the middle of the week. He was one year, six months, and 18 days at his passing. He had been a bright, healthy baby, whose loss is keenly felt by his parents and one brother.
As We Think It: It doesn’t take long for some people to live in a town too long. * Those who could peer through the dust last week noticed that the apricot trees were in bloom around these parts. * It is difficult to know just which state’s laws we should obey since the recent dust storms, as we’re sure the soil we are treading now is not Kansas soil.
The Feminine Slant By The Office Cat: Women are economically independent practically all over the world, but there are still not as many women running filling stations as there are men. * A local woman awoke Tuesday morning and, seeing a blue sky instead of dust clouds thought she had died and gone to Heaven.
The Nova Theatre was showing “Folies Bergere” starring Maurice Chevalier.
Caught In The Round-Up: Quite a few Records were bought last week and mailed out by Stockton people to friends and relatives in faraway places so that they could gain some idea of the big dust storms. * H. C. Sweet and R. J. W. McMillen were in Larned Tuesday on business connected with the Fair Association. * It is reported that three hounds are out at the Fred Schurz home northwest of town, which have killed 200 rabbits in the past two weeks. * Cloyce Hamilton returned home Monday from the hospital at Concordia. He is feeling fairly well but has not been able to be back at his work at the Record Office yet, although he hopes to be on the job at least part of the time soon.
A big limb six inches in diameter weighing several hundred pounds fell off a tree at the A. R. Wright home on Sunday without the wind blowing. Mr. Wright hated to have the tree lose this limb but was thankful no one was hurt when it fell, and only a few minutes before, some of his grandchildren were playing on the identical spot where it fell. It is thought the limb had been weakened and twisted by the recent high winds, but why it fell on a calm day is a mystery. * George Muir, who recently moved to a farm north of town, was a rather unhappy victim of Tuesday afternoon’s sudden dust storm. He had taken advantage of the nice day to bring a couple of window shades in to have glass put in and was just about to start home with them when the storm struck. The results of the interior of his house minus two windows can be imagined.
Deaths—Mrs. Jay Kennedy passed away on March 23rd as a result of pneumonia. Albert N. Cook died on March 20th at the age of 51 years, seven months, and 21 days. Elisabeth Turner passed away on March 17th at the age of 88 years, one month, and 25 days.
Specials at Ed Hageman’s IGA Store were six pounds of apples for 29¢, a head of lettuce for 5¢, a dozen oranges for 29¢, a 24-ounce of peanut butter for 25¢, and a pound of Brookfield full cream cheese for 22¢.
