'It's Likum Good!'

100 YEARS AGO

(1911)

"It's Likum Good!" Not only is this sentence pat as pertaining to the stories -- in prose and verse -- they were written for the contest given by the Fort Scott Sorghum-Syrup Company showing the merits of "Sunshine Syrup," a new brand now put out by this popular company, but it is applicable to the syrup itself. While this commodity has been on the market but a short time it is going like prairie fire and is destined to take its place among the people of the United States the same as "Farmer Jones, without which no table in the county can be complete.

Our annual Thanksgiving linen sale opens Tuesday morning with a special offering of the finest and the best values in scarves, lunch pieces, doilies, etc. ever offered in Fort Scott. Items range in value up to $3 and your choice for 98 cents. -- W.J. Calhoun & Co.

75 YEARS AGO

(1936)

With the coming of cold weather the demand at the relief offices for castoff wearing apparel has greatly increased, and officials are asking that donations, including hats, be made so as to assure comfort for the many who have not the means to secure sufficient clothing.

Castoff garments as they are received are first sent to the laundry. Repair work is done by members of the WPA sewing classes which are under the direction of Miss Lorna Johnston, supervisor.

Garments with almost any wear are acceptable. Men's suits which are torn or worn may have enough good material left in them to make it possible to cut them to make boys' suits. Even scraps that cannot be made into garments can be made into rugs. Fragments of cloth can be used to make baby garments.

Shoes will be put in good repair by WPA cobblers, whose quarters are at the sewing room on the third floor of the Calhoun Building.

50 YEARS AGO

(1961)

PITTSBURG -- The Fort Scott Juco Greyhounds edged Pittsburg State College Junior Varsity, 76-71, in overtime behind the shooting of Tom Jadlow and Ricky Taylor with 24 and 19 points, in the opening basketball game of the season.

Four generations were represented at a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of Ralph Richards, 219 South National Ave. They were Mr. Richards; Mrs. Rosemond Richards Straube, his daughter; O. Max Straube, his grandson; and Jean Louise Straube, his great-granddaughter.

Don and Wayne Russell, 12 and 13 year-old sons of Mrs. Ruth Russell of Fulton, believe they have a pretty unusual pet in a turkey buzzard. "I have reared 12 sons and this is the first time any of them has come up with a pet like this," Mrs. Russell said. Don found the buzzard with a broken wing. He roosts with the chickens and eats whatever he can find around the place. He will stand on the pig's back and when the pig starts to eat something the buzzard will grab it.

The turkey buzzard is a member of the vulture family. It has dark plumage and a reddish head. The birds are found chiefly in South and Central America and the southern part of the United States.

25 YEARS AGO

(1986)

Photo caption: "The Fort Scott High School Drama Department's presentation of 'The Curious Savings,' a play about sudden wealth, opens tonight at the FSHS auditorium. Andy Emerson, a senior, plays Jeff; John Mullies, a junior, plays Hannibal; Elizabeth Webster, a sophomore, plays Florence; Elizabeth Webster, a sophomore, plays Florence; Melanie West, a senior, plays Mrs. Savage; and Janette Ruble, a senior, plays Fairy May."

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