What Stocktonites Were Doing 94 Years Ago
The Efficiency Stores Company, with headquarters in Fairbury, Nebraska, is starting a closeout of its entire chain of stores. The company has many stores in Kansas and Nebraska. The sale of the stock and fixtures of the local institution began last week, and the reduced prices are causing the stock to move out rapidly. James Whitaker of Lexington, Nebraska arrived last Thursday to help the local manager, Mr. Carpenter, with the sale. Mr. Whitaker has only been with this organization for a few weeks, and his duties have been conducting the closeout sales.
Late last Friday afternoon, the fire department was called to the Riley Brown farm, just over the southeast corner line of the city limits, where James Hessler and his mother reside. The fire started in a bedroom of the house and had greatly damaged that room before the fire department could arrive and extinguish the blaze.
While engaged in a friendly scuffle in the county jail Tuesday evening with F. F. Conway, Phillip Toelkes broke his right leg. The break occurred just above the ankle. The bone was re-set, and Phil is getting along nicely.
More than a million and a quarter dollars are now on deposit with the five banks in Rooks County, according to the reports filed at the end of the year, with the deposits reaching a total of $1,280,684.06.
Clarence Holsman, living out on the Chas. Riseley farm, across from the Mount Vernon Church, is a new reader of The Review and Record. Clarence and his family came here last spring from Lin County, Kansas. As a side issue of the farm, he does trucking and is quite often kept busy. If needing his services, call him.
Alcid J. Raymond, 23, took his life in the Rooks County Jail. Raymond was suffering from a case of melancholia. Some months ago, he underwent an operation for appendicitis and, for some reason, had failed to make a satisfactory recovery. With the failure of his health, a severe mental despondency developed. At numerous times, he had, in the presence of his family, threatened to take his life. On Monday afternoon, county authorities brought him to Stockton for an insanity hearing, which was to have been on Tuesday.
Maynard “Jack” Boyd surprised his parents and friends last week when he came for a visit, bringing his bride of a few days, Miss Flossie Johnston of Osborne. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd will make their home at Osborne, where Jack works at the Armour Poultry Company.
On October 3rd, 1923, at Hoxie, Kansas, Probate Judge Beatie performed the wedding ceremony of Miss Bertha Koelling of the Kill Creek country in Osborne County to Roy Thogmartin of this community. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Fred Koelling, and while not well known in this community, she has a host of friends in her home neighborhood. The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Thogmartin, has been raised in this community, and is honored and respected by all his acquaintances. We understand they will make their home with the bride’s father in the Kill Creek neighborhood.
Dr. E. T. Bartholomew of Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California, is a guest at his parents’ home, Mr. and Mrs. Elam Bartholomew. E. T. is on his way home from attending a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Des Moines, Iowa.
The stockholders of the Stockton National Bank held their regular annual meeting. They re-elected the present directors: George Yoxall, P. G. Griebel, W. F. Hughes, and H. H. Snyder. L.L. Marshall was elected as an additional board member. In the conduct of his affairs as county commissioner and treasurer, Mr. Marshall always displayed sound judgment, and his conservative views coincided very closely with the ideas of the remainder of the board of directors of this institution, ensuring continued careful management of the bank’s affairs.
Roy Knight made a car trade Monday, trading his Whippet for a new model Willys Knight sedan. The deal was made with the local representatives at the J. A. Marshall Motor Company.
Willis T. Brown of Damar and the commissioner from the third district took violently ill on Wednesday night of last week. The cause was acute indigestion. He had sleeping quarters at the courthouse and, when stricken with the complaint, called Phil Toelkes, who summoned a doctor. Mr. Brown was confined to his bed until Tuesday when he was up for the first time since the attack. He is now able to be up and around.
From The Woodston Argus…..One of our prominent farmers has a new way to drive cattle. He uses his Ford puddle jumper, which works fine except when crossing lister ridges…..Pauline Butler, who has been on the sick list, is better now…..The Woodston Grade School boys basketball team lost to the Gaylord Grade School team on the Woodston court last Friday evening by a score of 13 to 3…..Charley Butler returned to his school work at Hutchinson the forepart of the week after spending the holidays with home folks. His father, Harve Butler, and Carl Orr and his family took him back in the car.
