Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

E.D. Webb, 109 Main Street--Good things to eat! Meats: brains, sweetbreads, beef tenderloin, calf and hog liver, beef heats, boiled ham, smoked beef, tongue, spare ribs, Vienna sausage and choice cuts of beef, pork, mutton and veal. Fruits and vegetables: Fancy eating apples, grapes, grapefruit, oranges, lemons, bananas, cranberries, coconuts, leaf and head lettuce, cauliflower, radishes, onions, celery spinach rutabagas and turnips.

Love and Hafer, who have decided to open a skating rink in a monster water-proof tent on the Delmonico Billiard Hall, Plaza, stated today that they had $1,000 army duck waterproof tent. Its dimensions are 60-by-120. The firm has also bought 350 pairs of steel roller, ball-bearing skates, the best ever introduced here. They expect to be open for business in two weeks. Skating will certainly have a big run here.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

"One of the finest water bound macadam jobs I have ever seen," said a local engineer after he had looked over the macadam paving on National Avenue east from the Frisco tracks to the National Cemetery. This part of the street recently authorized to be repaired by the city commissioners is completed and the force of men are working on that stretch leading west from the railroad tracks to Main Street. An effort is being made to finance some kind of a top for the road which would prolong the life of the paving many years. This improvement has brought comment from all parts of the city, as this part of National Avenue has been in deplorable condition for years.

A style show by Miss Edith Mott, fabric stylist, will be given Tuesday at the Christian church. Lena Lyons and Waneta Guthrie, of the Fulton 4-H Club, will give a demonstration which won first place at the Hutchinson and Topeka fairs last fall. The program is being coordinated by Miss Ruth Peck, Farm Bureau home demonstration agent.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

The month of February, with an average temperature of 31.45 degrees was the coldest second month in 22 years, according to Jack Stapleton, Fort Scott weather observer. February 1936 had an average of 26.86. The year 1947 had an average of 31.81. On 22 of the 28 nights of February just passed, the mercury dropped to freezing or below. Total snowfall was 1 1/4 inches as compared to 13 for January. The end of the month found the Marmaton River running four inches over the Stuart Dan and Pump House Dam.

Saturday is "Pal Day" luncheonette. Get a big, juicy hotdog for 20 cents and a second one free for your pal.--Ben Franklin.

Action to discontinue the vocational agriculture program at the end of the school year, June 30, was taken by the school board. This is due to decreasing enrollment, making the cost of instruction very high.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Editorial: The Dragoons are coming!--Coming back, that is! With 19 able-bodied men already signed up and more expected, they will begin drills at noon Monday at Memorial Hall. Their leader, Mike Guilfoyle, says that he anticipates a month or so of training will be necessary before they will be ready for public display. For the most part, Fort Scott's reconstituted Dragoons will simply be doing what their predecessors of 140 years ago have done, but several will be an active part of the group will bring special skills that would allow living history displays in specialized areas such as medicine and photography. We are looking forward to seeing the Dragoons in action.