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What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago

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C. D. Hobson of Downs, a veteran Missouri Pacific engineer, was crushed to death beneath his engine when the Lenora Branch passenger train ran into a herd of cattle on a curve a few miles west of Kirwin. The train was about three miles west of Kirwin when the engine crashed into the herd just as it came out of a small cut on a curve. In some way, one of the cows was pushed beneath the locomotive, causing it to jump the track and turn over into the ditch. Engineer Hobson was caught beneath the locomotive, only his head and chest projecting from the wreck. He was killed instantly, and the body was somewhat scalded by steam and hot water. The fireman, L.V. Harshey of Atchison, who was substituting on his first run on the Lenora Branch, was thrown clear of the wreck. The muscles of his arms and side were pulled loose, and he received some internal injuries. However, his condition is not believed to be critical. Mr. Hobson’s body rested beneath the weight of the 75-ton engine, and the light wrecker from Downs could not lift the wrecked locomotive. The section men finally managed to dig the body out after several hours before the heavy wreck had arrived from Atchison. Harold Hobson, son of the deceased, was working as a brakeman on the eastbound freight train. The trains passed in the Kirwin yards, and father and son waved at one another. Young Hobson’s train was still in the yards at Kirwin when the fact of the accident became known, and he rushed out to the wreck in an automobile and remained to direct the operations necessary to release the body of his father. The last fatal accident to an engine crew on the branch occurred about thirty years ago near Big Bend, also on the Lenora Branch. An engineer by the name of Wheeler and his fireman by the name of Gray were killed in that wreck. The Hobsons are known to most of the people of the Stockton community as both have been on the Stockton Branch run numerous times for many years.
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56 Years Ago

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* And So They Say: Efford Lowe (Wednesday last week): “I thought maybe the Record would get out early today as it’s my birthday.” Dr. Harold Mauck: “If a person has to be sick, they are lucky to be in Stockton where people are so considerate and helpful.” June Arnold: “It doesn’t do much good to explain anything to me— you have to paint me a picture.”
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The basement of the Christian Church on Second and Broadway in Plainville was dedicated by Pastor C. A. Burris. Dr. John Booth, \\conducted the event. The Christian Church had burned nearly three years ago after a thunderstorm. Some thought after the fire that the church would have to be given up altogether, but the building committee had other ideas. The new structure is on the same grounds as the old one and is a fireproof building and a beauty to the city. With only the basement completed, the cost so far is around $33,000. The work on the upper rooms for Bible School will be commenced at once, and in the next two years, the Sanctuary will be completed. We are strong for this building committee in having the grit to keep going. More often, the darkest hours are just before day.
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56 Years Ago

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* And So They Say: Bill Gouldman, with the help of Butch Jones and Rollin Stewart: “After six months of work, I’m about to get my gun cabinet finished.” Judge James H. Gilbert: “I own one thing that is in perfect running order— and that’s my nose.” Doris McMichael (the day after she retired): “I was going to sleep late this morning, but the latest I could make it was a quarter after seven.” Rip Poore: “Now that the basketball season is over, maybe I can get some work done.”
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Rooks County Sheriff Randy Axelson confirmed a break-in and robbery at the Curtis Patterson residence across the road from Rooks County Feeders at 22 Road in Plainville. When he returned home, Patterson discovered the burglary and was compiling a list of missing items.
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Another fatal accident occurred late Sunday afternoon on the Dean Hill, south of the Saline River on the Hays/Plainville sector of State Highway No 1. John Drawbridge of Alma, Nebraska, was thrown from a runaway truck and died a few hours later at the Protestant Hospital in Hays. J. F. Baker and wife, Mrs. Coe, the mother of Mrs. Baker, and Mr. Drawbridge, a brother of Mrs. Coe, were returning from a visit at the Cecil Smith home in Hays in Baker’s Ford truck when the accident occurred. The exact cause of the runaway is not known. Near Dean Hill, the brakes on the truck seem to have failed. Possibly, the engine stalled. In a moment, the truck was beyond the driver’s control and dashing around the curves of the hill to almost certain destruction. In some matter, Mr. Drawbridge was thrown out of the truck’s rear. Whether he had prepared to leap to escape the inevitable crash or was thrown violently as the truck careened on the curve will never be known for Drawbridge died without regaining consciousness. Halfway down the hill, the wild race ended when a front wheel on the runaway truck collapsed, throwing the truck over and over and penning Mr. and Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Coe in the cab. After a time, Mrs. Baker managed to crawl out of the cab and, with the help of a tourist, released her husband and mother from the cab, raising the truck enough to permit them to be pulled from the wreckage. An ambulancewascalled,and all were taken to Hays. Mr. Drawbridge’s’ head was found to be badly cut with a possible fractured skull, and his chest was crushed. Mrs. Coe, who is 84 years old, received many cuts about the head and was seriously weakened by the loss of blood. Her condition is still considered so critical that she has not been told of the death of her only brother. Mr. Baker was severely bruised, and Mrs. Baker had a severe injury to an arm. However, both are recovering as rapidly as could be expected. The State Highway Commission has recently surveyed for a new location for State Highway No. 1. The maintenance condition of the hill has been unsatisfactory for more than a year, with deep ditches at the inside of the curves and loose rocks at the end of the roadway. It is to be hoped that this death trap will be eliminated before it causes the death of another citizen.
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Starting on July 1st, Kansas was to become the latest state to outlaw smoking in restaurants, bars, and workplaces. The landmark move was made on February 25th, when the Kansas House voted to send a statewide smoking ban to Governor Mark Parkinson, who promised to sign it into law.