110 years ago

february 24, 1916

About 300 people gathered around banquet tables Monday evening at the Methodist church for a patriotic banquet honoring the birthday of President George Washington. Tables were decorated in red, white, and blue with a memorable cherry tree and hatchet. Old Glory was everywhere exalted. It was a real Methodist Church family affair.

Walker Bros. have completed store improvements that have been in progress for several weeks, and they now have a splendidly furnished establishment. They have put in a lot of suit cabinets with sliding hangers, a lot of mirrors, and all that sort of thing and added both to the convenience and the niftiness of things.

The approaching election will be the first in Kansas in which women have the opportunity of voting for president.

Phillips & Son will have to add some more room to their establishment if they don’t quit adding so much up-to-date equipment. They have recently put in a big new lathe and expensive equipment for doing all sorts of welding by the new oxy-acetylene process. They now have power driven machines of all sorts for work in their line.

Leap year has become very popular this year. Several girls are waiting the pending decisions of several MHS boys’ parents.