Sept. 16. 1884 – The marriage of Casper Pahls and Catherine Koster were the first recorded in the Catholic Parish books.
Lutherans erected their first church in 1886.
Because of increasing population and the need for a larger building the Catholics built another Church in 1899. Although they had originally planned to build it of brick, it was made of wood after the failure of the brick factory.
St. Ann’s Altar Society was established in 1906.
By 1912 The Knights of Columbus organized and is still going strong. Around 1914 the old public school building had been moved and remodeled into a home – the one that Frank Boden now lives in – and the new public building of bricks was ready for school to start.
The first newspaper officially printed was the Tipton Times, published in April 1915, a four-column 8 page periodical by C. W. Wells of Osborne County.
On Oct. 18, 1916 the Salina Northern Train arrived in Tipton. It ran between Osborne and Salina.
City Council held its first meeting July 15, 1916. Officers serving were: A. Bueche, Mayor; and councilmen – Thos. Corpstein, F. E. O’Neal, J.B. Steichen, Mike Hoffman, E. C. Mueller; Police Judge, John Schmidt; City Marshal, Geo. T. Cordwell. On August 7, Nick Arnoldy was appointed city clerk and John Pottberg as Treasurer. On August 16, a poll tax of $3,000 was levied on every male person, between 21 and 55 years of age.
A special election was held in May 1917, for the purpose of voting on a $20,000 water bond issue.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TWENTYS AND LATER YEARS…
In 1920 the Tabitha Ladies Aid organized with 23 charter members.