(1908)

One of the most peculiar robberies that has ever occurred in this community was perpetrated last week when a headstone was removed from a grave in Mount Zion Cemetery, south of Fulton. It is possible that it was the work of mischievous boys, but the more sober minded of the cemetery stockholders discredit this theory. The stone was removed from a grave of a person who had been dead a good many years. It is not known what body was in the grave. There is absolutely no motive for the crime.

C.W. Goodlander, who has disposed of his business interests here, can't wait for fair weather to prevail before he goes fishing. He is anxious to have a long outing and expects to come back to town as brown as a nut and as strong as an ox. After years of city life he wants to get out in the fields and on the river bank for a month or six weeks.

Railroad News: The strawberry industry is a great money maker for the railroads. It is not at full blast. Everyday trains pass through this point enroute north. A berry train is given as fast a schedule as a passenger and does not "lay out" for anything save the passenger service.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

Mrs. William J. Calhoun, wife of the pioneer drygoods merchant, head of the W.J. Calhoun drygoods store, passed away this afternoon at the family home, 209 South Judson Street. She had been seriously ill several weeks.

Courthouse News:

Miss Pauline Dalton is assisting her father, Roy Dalton, in the office of the clerk of the court during her vacation.

Four exciting sale days at Cole's: sterling silver rings, 59 cents; double toaster, $1; spring hat cleanup, 79 cents and $ 1; new summer gloves, 59 cents; new all-silk hose, 29 cents.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

J.T. Fowler, Arcadia banker, was one of 13 new members inducted at Kansas City, Kas., in the Golden Group, a club for those who have been in the banking business 50 years or more.

The iris gardens at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Meyer, 123 Arthur, should be in full bloom by Sunday. They invite friends to call and visit their gardens.

Robert Singleton, 606 S. Crawford, has an incandescent light burning on his front porch that is an antique of its kind. It is a National GE Mazda and bears the date 1939.

Photo caption: "The Monday Study Club's 50th anniversary cake is lighted by Mrs. John Diehl, incoming club president, as approximately 70 women join her in a toast to the past 50 years and to future years of study club fellowship. Mrs. Frank Duboc is the current club president. Mrs. Harold Calhoun was chairman of the planning committee." --Tribune photo

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

Joy Vann, a graduating senior of Fort Scott High School, was nominated by the Athenaeum Study Club as its recipient of the club's scholarship. The selection was made at a meeting in the home of Alta Sharp.

Photo caption: "Hallie Borth, Margaret Stark and Howard Armstrong, U-234 teachers with 70 years of service among them, are retiring at the end of the school year. The Fort Scott chapter of the National Education Association will be host for a retirement tea for the teachers Sunday at the high school." --Photo by Tom Braker

Bits and pieces of Kansas history, Fort Scott history, and family history are recounted in a newly-published book by a former District Court Judge Harry Fisher. The book by the 96-year-old Fisher is titled "Reflection of a Jayhawk Lawyer" and reflects on nearly a century of life in Kansas.