Memories spring eternal ...

(1909)

Lon Hornaday had a severe fall at his stock ranch northeast of town yesterday. He was carrying an armload of lumber when he stumbled and fell. His nose was almost broken and badly skinned and his knee was hurt. Mr. Hornaday was in own today looking as if he had been in a prize fight.

Dan Higgins, proprietor of Bridal Veil Park, is a life saver, and yesterday afternoon he added one more laurel to his belt. A party of merry skaters were gliding over the frozen surface when a dog tagging along romped into a hole that had been knocked in the ice. The dog couldn't get out as its paws kept slipping. The animal was becoming exhausted and its owner, a little six-year-old boy, was fearful that his pet would be drowned. Dan ran for a 15-foot pole and stuck the end underneath the dog's collar and raised it to the surface. Dan never allows any accident at the park to result seriously if he can be of assistance. The parents know their children are safe with Dan as their protector.

75 YEARS AGO

(1934)

Pedestrians downtown had to dodge chunks of ice which fell from cables this morning after the sun came out and the thaw commenced.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dunham have returned from Kansas City, where they secured their first glimpse of the new 1934 Plymouth which is on exhibition at the A-B-C Storage Company at Linwood and Prospect.

Transient Home Notes:

Much clothing was hanging today around the two big coal stoves in the dining room and in the handicraft room. The men wash their own clothing, then hang the garments by the fire.

Two lights and a wall plug were installed today in the tool room of the handicraft department.

At a meeting in the office of Judge Hill the following gentlemen were elected directors of the Fort Scott Sugar Mill: C.F. Drake, J.G. Whiting, W.G. Nixon (of Boston), W.C. Parkinson, W.L. Parkinson, J.D. Hill. W. Chenault, J.R. Kearns and J.H. Richards.

50 YEARS AGO

(1959)

Photo caption: "'We thought this dressing up business was over when the master bought our little mistress a doll for Christmas, but no such luck,' seems to be the thoughts of these two registered Toy Fox Terriers owned by Jack Fairfield, Tribune circulation manager. His daughter, Kathleen, 9, still prefers to dress My Cindy Girl and Sir Tiny Tim. Despite being bored by getting dressed, the two tiny dogs guard their mistress while she sleeps with all the viciousness of a mastiff, not even permitting members of the family to enter her room unless they explain their mission."

Riding the Circuit (By Jack Fairfield) -- I saw hundreds of birds along the highway while making my swing around the circuit. Because of the snow cover, the birds were searching for food where snow plows had pushed back the snow. It would be a real good deed if you would put out a little food for the feathered friends.

25 YEARS AGO

(1984)

Edward Keating Jr., formerly of Fort Scott, recently became a partner in a Bartlesville, Okla., architectural firm. Formerly Ebert and Cramer, the firm will be known as Ebert-Keating and Phony Architects, Inc. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Keating, Fort Scott.

H & H Agency of Bourbon and Linn Counties has added a unique system to its operation -- "Video Cassette." We are now able to show at the touch of the finger our listings in detail. -- Adv.