(1908)

Notice: For 30 days the Fort Scott Gas and Electric Co. will install gas services from the main to your home free of charge. Heretofore, we have made a charge for all work done after the curb was passed. This offer should be a great inducement to those desiring the use of natural gas for fuel purposes. We will publish very soon a list of consumers who have saved both time and money by the use of gas. Let us serve you at once. -- The Fort Scott Gas & Electric Co. F.D. Martin, Supt.

Breezy Laconic:

That low awning ordinance in Fort Scott is just as beneficial to the people of the city as the picture of a ham sandwich is to the hunger of a tramp.

If Charley Dunkerton and Jose Dunkerton are tiring of jail life, they evidently do not show it. They have different rooms in the female ward and have the freedom of the whole corridor.

75 YEARS AGO

(1933)

Kindergarten enrollment -- Mary Blakeley, phone 1762.

Lloyd Baldwin, who sang Tuesday night over KGGF, Coffeyville, has been offered a regular engagement on the program.

With nine lettermen coming back and some excellent new material enrolling, the football prospects at the Fort Scott High School for the coming season are looking up. Returning lettermen are Dugan, Hopkins and Herrell, guards; Davis and Rensing, tackles; Rhoda, Crane and Carlton, ends; Seelye, backfield. In addition it is understood that Ray Leist, a star on the team two years ago, but absent last year, will be back in school. Leist would prove a valuable addition. Coach Murray expects to issue suits the same day practice begins.

A cow belonging to Raymond Sawyer, 614 Andrick Street, strayed away last night. This morning, George W. Van Hoozer, a neighbor, had the cow in his possession, the animal having strayed into his garden. Later in the day Sawyer replevined the cow.

50 YEARS AGO

(1958)

Dr. and Mrs. Leland Randles entertained friends at their cabin at Farlington Lake in celebration of the birthdays of Dr. Randles and G.W. Marble.

George Anthony, a farmer of near Harding, says the best way to get the work done on the farm is to do it yourself. He has a full outfit of haying machinery and does the haying job by himself. He says he had baled over 100 tons of hay on his farm this summer.

Miss Lois Dody, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Dody of Route 2, is a senior at the Research Hospital School of Nursing, Kansas City.

Workmen began yesterday tearing out the interior of the old Empress Theatre building. A sporting goods and general merchandise store will be opened at the building at 7 North Main Street.

25 YEARS AGO

(1983)

The Cherry Grove Baptist Church, nine miles south of Fort Scott, will hold ground breaking ceremonies Sunday for a new addition to the building. The work is expected to be completed in about six weeks.

Dairy Mug September special--cheeseburger 79 cents -- 1708 S. National.

The Newman-Young Clinic will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.

The Ladies Golf Association at the Fort Scott Country was host for the annual guest day tournament with two-persons teams competing. Burt-Kennon took first in Championship Flight. Second was Sewell-Bennelli while Egbert-Dawson came in third. Lee-Moore won A Flight followed by Turner-Meek and Aston-Velia. In B Flight Smith-Musser took top honors followed by Mertz-Evans and Akers-Griggs. Mullies-Kipper won C Flight followed by Hixon-Kelly and Coyan-O'Bryan. At Scramble Night, first place went to Bob Coyan, John Payne and Evelyn Smith. Second place went to Dennis Egbert, Leigh Ann Hackney and Maybelle Mertz. Third went to Craig Coyan, Maxine Burt and Dorothy Stevens.