The way it was 9/4
100 Years Ago -- September 4, 1903
BELLAMY BULLETINS -- Oscar Wood and Miss Angie Adkerson were married August 25th. Wood did not let the boy's charivery very long but march them up town and passed around cigars. They will make their home with Dr. Adkerson for a while. The Milford baseball team was defeated by the Bellamy team Saturday to the tune of 13 to 6. Victor Misner is home from the Warrensburg Normal School. The Missouri Asphalt Company's drill defies all attempts at dislodgement. Mr. Adams says he is going to get it and is sputtering around it at present writing. The Barton-Vernon County is at work again.
75 Years Ago -- September 4, 1928
ITEMS- The Nevada young lady who added a revolver to her hope chest certainly believed in preparedness. Other with more confidence in the future, buy one of our beautiful dinner sets, 20 different patterns to select from. Errett, the China Man. "Sells Good Dishes Cheap." Raise Wheat Next Year. It really does not pay on old ground to sow wheat without fertilizer and you can buy it cheaper this year. Prices all right. We have a car just in and we ask you to place your order before sowing, come on in. J.B. Robinson & Son
50 Years Ago -- September 4, 1953
J.H. Kaylor hasn't located a couple yet who will get married at his annual music festival Saturday night but he's still looking. And he has added another inducement to the pair who will go through the wedding ceremony before the crowd; season passes to a local theatre. The festival will be held at 7:30 Saturday evening on the grounds bear the rear of Kaylor's business establishment on West Cherry. Admission will be free to the 14th annual event. WEATHER UPDATE -- Rain measuring up to 3.78 inches fell in Vernon County yesterday. Starting with a gentle drizzle in the morning, which brought .42 inches of precipitation by 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the rain gradually increased in intensity until about 4:30, it was coming down in gutter-filling, creek flooding sheets. Milo had the honor of getting the most rain in the drought-breaking storm, 3.78 inches. Considerable wind accompanied the tail end of the rains and caused some damage. The St. Louis temperature skidded from a high of 96 late yesterday to a low of 57 this morning.