Wier saved from rushing river

100 YEARS AGO

(1911)

Ducks were never so plentiful in Bourbon County as they are this season. Every night flocks and flocks of geese are going over, looking for warmer climate. City hunters can't attend to business for hiking out into the country.

Both refreshing drinks for any season -- bottled Coco-Cola and bottled Hire's Root Beer, 75 cents per case of 24 bottles at your grocers or telephone 201 for Coco-Cola Bottling Co. C.J. Getsinger, proprietor.

STOVES -- Anything in heaters from a huge 20-inch Oak to a dainty little Reznor, at C.C. Crain Hardware Company, 11 South Main Street.

75 YEARS AGO

(1936)

SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE, Blue Mound, Nov. 3 -- Caught by the swift waters of the Osage River, which had risen rapidly during the afternoon, Lloyd Wier, farmer living southeast of here, narrowly escaped drowning about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Wier had been shucking corn on his farm land across the river from his home. When he started on his wagon to ford the river to return home, he did not notice that the river had risen during the afternoon. He floated downstream on the wagon rack until he was caught in the current. He floated downstream on the wagon rack until he caught a tree branch overhanging the river and was able to hold on until help came. A horse that was pulling the wagon was drowned, but Wier was able to hold on to the mule which also had been hauling the load. Fred Stewart, a neighbor, heard Wier's call for help and rushed to his aid. But Stewart was on the wrong side of the river and was unable to aid. So he ran to his home and called other neighbors, who succeeded in saving Wier and pulling the mule from the water.

50 YEARS AGO

(1961)

Photo caption: "Swift pitcher M.P. (Hot) Moore dominates the style he used in college and semi-pro ball to baffle batters in the deltas several decades ago. Moore was visiting the Joe O'Bryans from his home in Sanatoria, Miss., when he and Joey, young son of the O'Bryans, put on the exhibition." -- Tribune photo

Michael Reinsch, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Reinsch of Pleasanton, upon finding a purse containing $88 at a Pleasanton drive-in cafe, turned it over to the proprietor. When the woman who had lost the purse inquired about it, the lad cheerfully returned it to the owner, who remains unidentified. The woman gratefully gave the lad the $5 reward.

FULTON: Special to The Tribune -- Two seniors rated top on the honor roll for the first six weeks of school. They are Nancy Cromer and Margaret Flanner.

Photo caption: "Mrs. Lucile James is now in rehearsals for the Fort Scott Junior College production of 'The Diary of Anne Frank.' She grows serious in a tense moment and laughs at a fumbled line." -- Tribune photos

25 YEARS AGO

(1986)

Fort Scott Community College's Chad McKinnis hasn't always had a lot of room to run this season, but when he gets a little space he's been a real threat to Greyhound opponents. The Greyhounds held off Garden City 27-24 Saturday for their first Jayhawk Juco Conference win of the season. McKinnis, the Bronson (Uniontown High School) running back had the night of his life with two touchdowns and 246 yards rushing in 27 carries.

Republican Richard Harper claimed a 12th term as the 11th District state representative. Harper's convincing 61 to 49 percent win means that he will return to the house to pursue the speaker position vacated by Republican Governor-elect Mike Hayden.