Forum Flashbacks: Sept. 26-Oct. 2
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, SEPT. 29, 1999
25 YEARS AGO: Nodaway-Holt royalty – Nodaway-Holt R-VII Homecoming Royalty is King Travis Stiens, senior, and Queen Tassie Ashford, also a senior. Homecoming activities were held at Friday night’s game.
25 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, Sept. 30, 1999
Maryville residents might have noticed a funny taste or smell with the tap water that came from the city in the last week.
It’s dead algae.
“We had some algae die out in the reservoir,” said Barry Collins, water treatment plant superintendent.
“We’ve switched from our shallow reservoir and we’re pumping directly out of Mozingo Lake now to try and control the situation.”
Mozingo Lake is used regularly to refill the plant reservoirs, Collins said.
When the water is transferred from the deeper lake to the shallower plant reservoirs there is a problem with algae due to the increased exposure to wind and sunlight.
The lake, being deeper than the other reservoirs, has reduced problems with those two elements.
100 years ago
Maryville Daily Democrat-Forum, Oct. 1, 1924
GALA DAY SPIRIT PERMEATES CROWD
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Under a clear sky, typically Indian summer, and amid an atmosphere charged with holiday gayety, the Nodaway County School and Farm Show was officially opened at 10:30 o’clock this morning by a well-rendered concert by the Maryville band.
Early today, persons from practically every section of the county began arriving, bringing with them exhibits of all kinds, or coming to help decorate the floats from the school districts represented in the parade this afternoon.
A majority of the business houses were decorated for the three-day festival, using the green and white color scheme. This added to the holiday atmosphere.
The tents around the south, east and north sides of the square were centers of activity since early this morning. Farm and school exhibits of all kinds were being put in place where persons might come to know of their county — its products, industries and achievements. …
Grain of all kinds, fruits, vegetables, meats, cakes, pies — all Nodaway County farm products — and exhibits from the schoolrooms, was the best indication of any that this is a school and farm show.
The streets were jammed this afternoon as delegations from every part of the county began to arrive in large numbers after the noon hour. …
At noon today thirty-six schools had exhibits entered in the separate farm and school exhibits and in the Health Department section.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50-year and 100-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
