The Way It Was

100 years ago:

Safe blowers were at Sheldon

Sheldon seems to be a shining mark for robbers and safe blowers and about every six months thieves visit our neighboring town and always manage to get something for their trouble. No town in southwest Missouri the size of Sheldon has suffered more from such cowardly and villainous scoundrels.

Early this morning robbers again visited Sheldon and as a result the post-office at that place was entered, safes blown open and looted. Fortunately the thieves did not secure much booty, however, they secured $15 in money and quite a bunch of stamps.

75 years ago:

A crash on Highway No. 71 lands two men in county jail

Mr. and Mrs. Ross Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Wadler and Mrs. A.C. Quinn narrowly escaped serious injury when the Jackson car, a Hupmobile sedan, in which they were riding was rammed by a Dodge truck and the rear bumper and trunk rack torn off, the taillight bent and the car scratched and dented. The accident happened Sunday afternoon on Highway No. 71, north of the city.

The occupants of the car were shaken up but no one hurt. One of the men in the truck was severely cut on the nose by glass from the windshield and several stitches were taken to close the wound.

The men in the truck who gave their names as Powers and Lowery and their home as Lamar, were said to have been drinking at the time and a bottle of whiskey on the seat between them was broken by the jolt of the two cars.

Deputy Sheriff Arch Hedden arrested the men and they are being held in the county jail.

50 years ago:

Keeny recovering from cow

stepping on his chest

Jerry Keeny, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl M. Keeny of Harwood, shouldn't have any trouble proving to his pals now that he is a tough individual.

Jerry was admitted to the Nevada Hospital last night for emergency treatment after a neighbor's cow stepped on his chest. Although Jerry carries the imprint of the cow's hoof on his chest, he came out of the incident uninjured, according to hospital officials.