The Way It Was

100 years ago:

Missouri hunters now need licenses

The State game and fish warden, J.H. Rodes, of Sedalia, in a letter to Harry R. Walmsley, author of fish and game law under which Rodes was appointed, which was passed by the legislature last winter says that he will make all persons in the state who wish to hunt take out licenses, says the Kansas City World. The only exceptions to be made are in those cases where farmers hunt on their own land.

There was much discussion in the legislature on the matter of farmers hunting without licenses and it was the general opinion among the representatives of farming communities that the bill has been so amended as to allow the residents of counties hunting any place in their counties.

Mr. Rodes, who is a lawyer, was asked for an opinion on this point by Mr. Walmsley, who has received scores of inquiries on this point. Mr. Rodes wrote that in spite of the evident intention of the legislature, his construction of the law was that every person must take out a license to hunt and that the law would be enforced under this construction.

75 years ago:

Automobile accident on Highway No. 54 east of Dederick

An automobile accident occurred Sunday at the hill just east of Dederick on highway No. 54 when an automobile driven by John Stortz traveling west smashed head-on into a practically new car occupied by a party of tourists. In making the sharp curve, it was reported the Stortz car got over on the wrong side of the road and struck the other car, damaging it badly. It was reported here that the owner of the car is making effort to force Stortz to pay for the damage to the car and that Stortz carried no liability insurance.

50 years ago:

Lost dog found by classified ad

Mrs. Ancil Klumpp, 501 South Alma, lost her pet dog one day last week and was unable to find it anywhere. She placed a classified ad in the Daily Mail calling attention to her missing dog and shortly after the paper came off the press she had her dog back.

A Daily Mail reader spotted the ad. He had found the dog and promptly returned it to Mrs. Klumpp.

Mrs. Klumpp said she heartily endorses the pulling power of Daily Mail and Herald classified ads.