Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

The Missouri Pacific railroad company has abolished the telegraph office at Devon, nine miles northwest of the K.&D., and the people of that town will hold an indignation meeting Saturday afternoon to protest against the company's action. They will invite the people of Uniontown and vicinity, who have also lost their telegraph office, and been made only a whistling station for all trains. There is but one each way a day. The joint meeting will be to get the matter before the attorney general at Topeka. Last week when it was rumored in Devon that Agent Senior's salary was to be cut from $55 to $30 per month, and that the telegraph instruments were to be taken out, a committee of Devon men came in and consulted J.I. Sheppard. The committee reported this morning that more than 200 cars of produce and stock are shipped from that station every year, and that the station receipts are more than $600 every month. This volume, they insist, entitles them to a telegraph office. Mr. Senior, the Devon agent, will remain on his job at $1 per hour for a couple of months. The agent at Uniontown resigned the day his wages were cut to $1.10 a day.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

Mrs. Kate Clendening, wife of John Clendening, died at Main Street Hospital. Her home was southeast of Fulton. Mrs. Clendening was a Gold Star mother, one son Foster, having been killed overseas during the World War. She also had two other sons in service. James is now stationed at San Diego. The funeral will be conducted at the West Liberty church. Burial will be in West Liberty Cemetery.

Raymond Mowery, of the Devon neighborhood, was in the city yesterday. As soon as weather conditions improve, he expects to resume drilling gas wells in the Parker neighborhood.

Dr. W.S. Miller, of Uniontown, was a visitor in the city yesterday.

Although not so heavy as in former years, mail carriers had an extra amount of tonnage this morning in view of Valentine's Day tomorrow.

Fire Chief Charles Durossette reports 38 fires thus far this year and the total damage at $1,640.06.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Shoemaker, of the Bethel neighborhood, were surprised Feb. 12 when their children and grandchildren arrived with well filled baskets of good things to eat and to help them celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

Railroad Notes:

There are more than 10,000 conductors in the United States authorized to check passenger tickets on railroads and each has a punch that is individually cast and perforates a ticket with a design that is never duplicated.

Stanley McQuitty, of the Frisco freight department at Fort Scott, has bumped on a similar job at Pittsburg and is now at work there.

The position of night car department foreman for the Frisco at Kansas City has been abolished and Joe Culbertson, formerly foreman at the car department here, is out of employment.

If you think it is cold, then ponder this: On Feb. 13, 1905, the morning temperature in Fort Scott was 24 degrees below zero. Frank O'Brien, attorney, recalls that morning well. He was working then at the Missouri Pacific shops northwest of town and walked to work from First and Barbee streets. Just to refresh his memory, O'Brien looked up an old Tribune of that date some years ago and found these related facts: The lowest official reading previously to that date had been an 18 below in 1888, but there had been an unofficial reading of 27 below reported in 1898.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

No publication.