The Way It Was

100 years ago:

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75 years ago:

Wilkerson badly injured when drawn into a caterpillar tractor

Oscar Wilkerson met with a very serious and unfortunate accident Monday afternoon, in which he suffered severe injuries and went through a most terrifying hour when he was caught in a caterpillar tractor in the storeroom just east of the subway. Wilkerson says he was putting shoes on the tractor, backing it back and forth, when his foot was caught between the tractor fender and grouser and fell between the frame and wheel and his two legs were drawn in and crushed almost to the knees.

He was able to reach the clutch and stop the tractor but he could not extricate himself and was held probably 30 minutes before he was discovered.

Harry Modglin was first called and then "Buck" Osborne, the machinist, and after several minutes of fast work, Wilkerson was released. Wilkerson was taken to the Amerman Hospital, where his injuries received attention. His right leg was fearfully mangled and fractured and his left leg cut and torn.

50 years ago:

Jackson County trio charged with area theft

Two Jackson County youths and a girl are in the custody of Barton County authorities charged with a series of thefts and burglaries. William Arthur Helm, 17; Milton Leon Hamilton, 20; and Rosalie Viline Porter, 17, all of the Kansas City vicinity, were arrested Monday it was reported by Sheriff Les Hunt today.

During questioning by Barton County Sheriff Cecil Blanchard, the trio admitted breaking into a farmhouse belonging to Elva Hopkins, 9 miles north of Nevada on Highway 71.

Hopkins reported the theft of clothing and other items to Sheriff Hunt after returning to his home Monday after several days' absence.

Hopkins' property was found later in a garage building near Lamar.