The Way It Was

100 years ago:

Record crowd attends Sheldon rally

The Sheldon Democratic Rally held at Saturday night was a record-breaker in attendance and enthusiasm. Drywood Township did honor to democracy, paid a high compliment to that sterling Democrat and enthusiastic leader C.T. Bunce and royally welcomed and entertained the 300 Nevada Democrats who were guest of Drywood's Democrats.

75 years ago:

Body of man found in Barton County identified

Mrs. Tom Wardlow, who lives seven miles of Jasper, positively identified the dead man, found Tuesday morning on the Missouri Pacific right of way, south of Horton, Wednesday afternoon as Mortic Gates, a man who worked for Mr. Wardlow on the farm a good part of the summer, seven years ago, says the Lamar Democrat.

She was sure it was Gates as soon as she read the description of the dead wanderer in the paper. She drove to Lamar and viewed the body, as it lay in the Konantz mortuary. One good look at the corpse convinced her it was the body of Gates.

50 years ago:

Action on city business delayed; short a quorum

Action on proposed ordinances governing speed limits, fire hydrants and zoning was postponed temporarily by the Nevada City Council due to the absence Friday night of Councilmen Warren Loy and Carson Moss.

After opening the council session, Mayor James Denman presented A.G. (Sandy) Smith with a citation from Governor Phil Donelly commending him on his leadership as head of Nevada's Civil Defense program.