110 years ago

Oct. 29, 1914

A city election on proposed sale of the light plant has been postponed until Nov. 9 because of a desire expressed by scores to have more time to get all the facts. People were not ready to vote.

The first freeze of the year was Monday night, and it was quite a little freeze.

Pilsen people were shocked last Friday morning by the accidental death of one of the workers on the new church. The man was George Boltjes of Wichita. He was on the roof, passing up rolls of felt paper, when scaffolding gave way. He slid down the roof and dropped 30 feet to the ground.

The Republican county ticket offers the following candidates: J.D. Schmidt, county treasurer; John B. Greer, probate judge; John H. Alexander, county clerk; A.S. Quisenberry, register of deeds; Capt. Ed Baxter, clerk of the district court; Roscoe King, county attorney; Jas. A. Ray, county superintendent; M.L. Mansfield, sheriff; Dr. J.F. Coffman, coroner.

The women of the Wren neighborhood are greatly pleased with the movable school that is being conducted there this week. An instructor from Kansas State Agricultural College is conducting lessons in domestic science and art. This is the first time in Kansas that a school of this kind has ever been conducted in the country.