Memories spring eternal ...

100 YEARS AGO

(1908)

B.F. Othick, head of the Othick and Company firm of real estate and abstractors, announced that he contemplated moving from the present quarters in the basement of the Masonic Temple building into the room lately occupied by the new state bank on Wall Street. Mr. Othick contemplates having numerous repairs made at the new home and will have one of the most nicely equipped offices for real estate and abstract business of any firm in Kansas. He will move January 11th.

The Y.M.C.A. building is fast nearing completion. The contractor stated yesterday evening that with anything like favorable weather he would have the brick work completed in a couple of days and that the roof would be completed by the last of the week.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

Mrs. Helen Tiffany, 82, reported to have been one of but three surviving granddaughters of American soldiers of the Revolution. And whose husband was a soldier in the Civil War, died this morning at the home of a great niece, Mrs. Reed Hildreth, 711 Ransom. The deceased was a pioneer resident here, having resided in Fort Scott or vicinity for 60 years. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, but the time of the funeral cannot be announced until the children are heard from.

Dr. Joseph Benton Robinson, 74, Walnut , died shortly after midnight last night at Main Street Hospital, following a severe illness with pneumonia. A practicing physician at Hiattville for over 25 years, Dr. Robinson moved to Walnut about two years ago. He was well known. Dr. Robinson was one of the veteran general practitioners of this part of the state. He had ushered many children into the world and had stood by many bed sides at death. He was known as a kindly and genial man and was reputed for is generosity.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

Officer Walter Sauvain, acting as spokesman for the police department, issued a warning today to bicycle riders who park their bicycles in the doorways of business establishments, and in such a manner as to block the sidewalks. He said that the bicycles will be taken to police headquarters and held if the practice does not stop. Sauvain said bike riders may park their bikes on the sidewalk close to the parking meters where they will be out of the way of sidewalk traffic.

Mrs. Perry Keeney of Pawnee Township was elected president to the Women's Advisory Committee, the governing body of the Bourbon County Home Demonstration Units. Officers re-elected were Mrs. L.O. Howard, Marmaton, vice chairman; Mrs. C.I. Atkisson, Mill Creek Township, secretary; and Mrs. Dale Braden, Scott Township, treasurer.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

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Army Captain Fred. W. Wilmot, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Wilmot, Richards, is commander of the 1st Division's 18th Infantry Headquarters Co. at Fort Riley. The 31-year-old captain, another of the American Mercury article "The Truth about Brainwashing," was propaganda officer for the Eighth Army during the Korean action. He was last stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. The captain is a 1942 graduate of Richards High School. and graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1948.