Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

Railroad Notes: Passenger train No. 2 on the Katy, due here from the south at 4 o'clock each morning, was nearly five hours late today. Cause of the delay was not made known here.

Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, nee Lizzie Crain, has returned to her home in Newkirk, Okla., after visiting here with her mother and her brothers, J.H. and C.C.

Henry Clyde Hubbart, history teacher at the high school, has been attending the University of Chicago this summer. He is expected home tomorrow.

Kenneth Reid, who was injured by being struck by F.D. Martin's auto two months ago, was uptown today for the first time. Kenneth is learning to hobble about on crutches and isn't doing very well at this method of locomotion.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

This was one of the hottest days of the summer. The thermometer registered right around 100 degrees in the shade.

Almost everyone about town remembers Jake Randall, an old soldier who lived here for many years. Randall, the father of John and Vincent Randall, is at the Old Soldiers Home up at Leavenworth. A few days ago was the victim of an accident which might result fatally. The old gentleman is a waiter on tables at the home. The other day he was struck by lightning. As a result, his entire left side is in a palsied condition, having been paralyzed by the stroke of lightning. He is in a helpless condition and on account of his age the injuries are apt to go hard with him. He is in the hospital at the Old Soldiers Home.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

A note found lying on K-39 near the Porterville store Friday has been turned over to Sheriff Ray Cummings and will be given to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in an attempt to trace the writer. The note read: "To whom it may concern: I'm being held for ransom by two desperate criminals. All that I have heard are the names Raymond and Frank. Please help. (signed) John Gates." Cummings said that families in the county by the name of Gates had been checked and that no one knew the same John Gates.

At Safeway! -- fresh, crisp lettuce, lb. 10 cents; golden sweetcorn, 13 ears 39 cents; bananas while they last, 10 lbs. 49 cents; Mrs. Wright's bread, king-size loaf 19 cents.

Extreme temperatures in Fort Scott a year ago yesterday were 105 and 77.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Photo caption: "DF & B captured the championship in Women's Fast Pitch League, Division 11, softball this season with a perfect 12-0 record. Team members include Marlene Braker, Susan Regan, Nancy Maze, Marianne Colegrove, Julie Leek, Karen Colegrove, Donna Snyder, Brenda Larson, Jolene Hessong, Glenda Lalman, Julie Gorman, Kathy Shrum and Missy Alexander. Tim Culbertson and Jay Leek are coaches. -- Photo by Dave Wagner

Following a statewide trend the Bourbon County unemployment rate dropped slightly in June to 4.8 percent, down 0.2 percent from May, statistics from the Department Human Resources show. In May, 430 people were unemployed in Bourbon County.

BRONSON -- Fire at the farm of Paul Swisher, four miles east of here, raced across a 40-acre hay field this morning within 90 minutes. A hot bearing on a hay baler touched off the fire and burned 25 to 30 bales weighing about 1,200 pounds. Fire departments from Moran, Bronson, Uniontown, Redfield and Bourbon County Rural responded to the fire. Neighbors also pitched in with water trucks. Damage to the baler, owned by Colwell Holeman of Bronson, was extensive.