The way it was

100 Years Ago -- March 25, 1904

The Bowling Teams of this city and Fort Scott played an interesting series of games at the Nevada alleys last night. This was the third meeting of these teams, Nevada winning two series of games. Three games were played with the following total scores: Nevada 799-861-829; Fort Scott 817-826-765. Nevada averages McCutcheion 187, Bremer 162, Graves 159, Allen 157 and Page 165. McCutcheion of Nevada made the highest individual score with 225 points.

75 Years Ago -- March 25, 1929

A case that is unusual in the annuals of the courts and it is possible that no other of its kind has ever been tried here, has been filed in the Bates County Circuit Court and will be docketed for hearing at the regular May term. The case is a damage suit filed by a daughter against her father, a prominent farmer of Bates County.

The daughter asks $5,000 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages, a total of $10,000.

According to the petition filed by attorneys of the young lady, the plaintiff suffered injures at the hands of her father when he gave her a whipping some two years ago which caused her pain, nervous shock and mental anguish.

50 Years Ago -- March 25, 1929

The grand opening of the Maxwell Food Center, Nevada's newest supermarket at Highway 71 North and Hickory Street will be at 9 a.m. Friday. The specialty-engineered building replacing the old Hi-Way Market has 7,200 feet of floor space and features year-round air conditioning, a self-service meat department, frozen food and dairy sections. Ample parking space has been provided and customers enter through electronically operated doors. The Food Center, a family operated organization, is owned by T.J. Maxwell and his sons, Forrest, Orville, Frank, Leon, Cecil and Ray. It is associated with United Super Stores, a voluntary food-merchandising group. The store hours will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week.

COTTEY NEWS -- A three-day Founder's Day Celebration at Cottey College will begin at 7 o'clock tonight with a radio broadcast from the college radio station.

Interviewed in the program will be Dr. Helen Troesch, associate professor of speech, who is writing a biography of the college's founder, Virginia Alice Cottey Stockard.

Climaxing the festivities will be a Founder's Day luncheon.