125 Years Ago: 1901
The Maryville community was engaged in a conversation about chickenpox and smallpox. The community was debating which was the most likely to catch.
Advertisements promoted men’s shoes for $1 to $5 dollars, women’s were 75 cents to $3.50, and children’s were50 cents to $1.50.
A 25-year-old man from Arkoe was shot and seriously wounded in Maryville. He had been meeting with a young woman, against her father’s wishes. The father shot the young man with a double-barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot. Doctors removed seven bullets from his body, and it was believed he would recover unless an infection set in. The man who shot him turned himself in immediately after the event.
Decoration Day was celebrated in Maryville. The Sedgwick Post of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a fraternal organization for Union Civil War veterans decorated the graves of Union Civil War troops with flags and published a list of their names and cemetery locations in the local newspaper.
A cow belonging to William Frazee of Maryville went ‘mad’ from the effects of a bite from an assumed rabid dog that was killed by the police some time ago. The cow broke through a fence, tossed a group of hogs into the air, and tried to gore them with her horns. Because of the financial situation that William faced, the community set up a fundraiser to buy him another cow.
Following this incident, residents were keeping a close eye on another group of five cows at Glover’s dairy that were bitten by the same dog.
75 Years Ago: 1951
The Metropolitan male quartet performed at Northwest Missouri State College. The group was made up of four singers from the world-famous Metropolitan Opera in New York City. They sang opera pieces and more popular pieces from Broadway musicals.
A mill tax system was put into place in Nodaway County. The tax would be used to keep up the roads. The tax was 4 to 14 mills a mile, depending on the weight of the truck. Local haulers and trucks carrying unprocessed farm food would get a 50% break on the tax rate. This was seen as the fairest method of collecting taxes from truck operators without putting an undue burden on them. It would also require out-of-state truckers to help keep up the roads.
The body of Captain Kenneth Descheneaux arrived in Maryville after he was killed in action in Korea. He was survived by his wife, Virginia, and daughters Linda and Kenna. He joined the Army in 1938, landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, and was wounded 3 times in France in WWII. At the time of his death, in September, 1950, he was serving with the first Calvary division as commander. He had helped save the U.N. forces at Taegu.
Twenty-five new men arrived in Maryville for the Air Force school at Northwest Missouri State College.
Mattie Dykes, from the English department at Northwest Missouri State College, was unanimously elected as president of the National Federation of Press Women at their annual convention.
A young man from Maryville was unconscious and four others suffered from injuries after their car struck a moving freight car head on.
50 Years Ago: 1976
A storm caused major crop damage in Maryville and throughout Nodaway County. High winds and hail damaged crops that would have to be replanted.
Beef A-RAMA-A took place in Maryville. At this all-day event, there were free barbequed beef samples along with free recipes and a drawing for a free package of steaks. Eddy’s Meat Market held this event and encouraged Maryville residents to buy more beef for their meals.
Urban investors were going into farming in the Maryville area because of some tax benefits. These investors were able to save on their own taxes but using some of their money to finance agriculture. It was believed that this kind of investing would help smaller farms, which were struggling to compete against the large farms.
Several hundred people participated in the Eucharistic Concelebration of Deanery VIII at the Mount Alverno Convent. Keiko Nakagawa from Tokyo visited Maryville this week. She was one of 11 Japanese girls who spent three weeks in Maryville six years ago as part of the Experiment in International
Living Program in 1970. She returned to the area to visit her former host family, Lawrence and Dian Zillner.
Local 4-H leaders were honored as part of the Bicentennial celebrations in the state. The celebration recognized one family from each Missouri county. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Henry of Conception Junction were selected from Nodaway County.
