Stories from Thursday, November 18, 2004

By Ben Holman Nevada Daily Mail There wasn't an empty seat in the house at Saturday's meeting of the Tri-County Genealogy Society. Ancestry sleuths from as far away as Carthage came to Nevada to listen to a presentation by Michelle Martin, history instructor from Fort Scott Community College. She addressed the family history buffs on the particulars of researching relatives who served in the Civil War...

The Cottey College theater department will produce an original play, "Chattanooga," by Carol Wright Krause based on an actual incident during the Civil War when 18 women faced ambiguous charges before a federal military court in Chattanooga, Tenn. Above, the women take stock of how much fabric is available to assist with their escape as they discuss using their petticoats to make a rope to lower themselves from a third-floor hotel room where they are being held. ...

By Marc Powers Nevada Daily Mail JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The last-minute effort by some conservative groups to oust Supreme Court Judge Richard Teitelman may have failed, but it focused renewed attention on a process for determining judicial service that mostly exists in obscurity...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail One of the key elements of responding to an emergency situation is knowing where to go and how to get there in the shortest time. That is one of the things that a Geographic Information System can help with, Tim Bourassa told the members of the Vernon County Local Emergency Planning Commission Wednesday...

Nevada Middle School students helped out Community Outreach by holding a food drive. The students in the winning homeroom helped deliver the food to the food pantry on north Cedar. The second place winners were in Mrs. Selsor's homeroom and the third place winners were in Mrs. ...

Katie Meisenheimer, Nevada, is proud to announce the birth of her son, Dawson James Meisenheimer. Dawson was born at 1:25 a.m., on Nov. 17, 2004, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 20.5 inches. Maternal grandparents are James and Kitty Meisenheimer, Nevada. Maternal great-grandparents are Floyd and Phyllis Caldwell, Sheldon, and James and Belva Meisenheimer, Nevada. Maternal great-grandparent is Amy Caldwell, Sheldon...

Albert J. Pfeifer, 78, Hays, Kan., died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at Hays Medical Center. He was born Oct. 26, 1926, in Hays, Kan., the son of John P. and Josephine C. (Orth) Pfeifer. He married Irene C. Haas on Aug. 23, 1948, in Hays, Kan. She preceded him in death on Dec. 8, 2003...

Bessie Irene Hudson, 90, Greenfield, Mo., formerly of Nevada, died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, at the Dade County Nursing Home in Greenfield, Mo. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 20, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Interment will follow at Moore Cemetery. The family receives friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Friday at the funeral home...

We Gather Together There is something very relaxing about making preparations for Thanksgiving. With a week to go before the big day, all I have to do is plan the menu, change the sheets on the beds to get ready for company, and look forward to a good visit with family members...

100 years ago: Noon fire destroys barn The City Fire department was called to Geo. Nelson's residence on North Ash Street at noon today, but fortunately the services of the firefighters was not needed. A match was dropped in some hay and a blaze started that threatened to destroy Mr. Nelson's barn...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail The opening weekend deer harvest report for the Kansas City Region has been released and the numbers show that it is not a good time to be a deer. But it is a good time to be a deer hunter. A record harvest was taken during opening firearms weekend throughout the state. There were 133,136 deer taken in Missouri over the two-day period of Saturday and Sunday...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School Winter Sports Meet the Players night is set for Friday at the high school gym. The boys basketball team, girls basketball team, wrestling team and wrestling chanters will be introduced. After the teams are introduced, they will split up and the players, coaches and parents of players can meet together...

When I heard the sound of hurried hooves and crinkling fall leaves, I knew that my best chance was wasted. I had taken two steps into my field of choice and already I was kicking myself. I wondered, "Would I get another opportunity to bag my first White Tail?"...

Since no newspaper was published in Vernon County before the "Nevada City Times" in 1866, the county's first periodical publication of any sort must be "The Little Osage Enterprise." This was one of the several projects of "The Little Osage Literary Association," a curious organization launched in 1838 by residents of Little Osage, the formal or post-office name of the place always better known as Balltown, a little west of modern Horton. ...