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- MHR note: He was called "M.P.M." by the family.
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- Save up money for your old age, or something like the following will happen to you. M.P. Cassity, the well known citizen of Wetmore, is penniless and sick. An operation costing twenty-five dollars will save his life, but no one cares to advance the money. He has lived in Wetmore over thirty years, and made money most of his life, but failed to save it. He spent it with friends, and is now in misery and want.
The Wellington Journal, Wellington, Kansas. Wednesday, 3 April 1901.
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- Pioneer Needs Help
M.P.M. Cassity, who lives alone in the rooms over Fitzgerald’s drug store, is in feeble condition, and at time is hardly able to get out. He is sick and without means, which makes life doubly miserable. He was recently told by Dr. Murdock that he could be cured by submitting to an operation, but it would be necessary for him to go to Oneida and stay while being treated. It would take $20 to $25 to pay board and other incidental expenses while there, and for the want of this small sum, he is compelled to remain here in misery and want. Mart Cassity has lived in Wetmore more than thirty years, and has watched the town grow from the building of the first house. He has seen better days. True, he has had his faults, as most of us have, but he has been kind to everyone but himself. The worst that can be said of him is that in his younger days he failed to provide a competency for after years, but this is no crime. The cold fact is that in his present condition he is unable to provide for himself; he is needy and in distress. Here is a fine chance for charity to act. A little timely help might be the means of alleviating much suffering, and save a life. Twenty or twenty-five people could each drop a dollar into a fund and sent Mart over to Oneida to be treated. Will some one take the matter in hand? – Wetmore Spector.
The Nemaha Kansas, Seneca, Kansas. Thursday, 4 April 1901.
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- A sufficient amount of money was raised last Saturday by subscription to send M.P.M. Cassity to Oneida for treatment. Upwards of $30 was raised in a short time. Rev. T.E. Rolfe took the matter in hand. Mart will go to Oneida sometime this week.
The Wetmore Spectator, Wetmore, Kansas. Friday, 5 April 1901.
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- Letter From An Old Settler
The following letter from M.P.M. Cassity, an old and well known settler of Wetmore, was published in the Wetmore Spectator last week. His numerous friends in this county will sympathize with him and his sore affliction.
Plattesburg, Mo, May 13.
As I promised to let you hear from me will say that I am about the same as when I left Wetmore. I came her to my sister’s April 26th, after consultation and examination by Drs. Murdock, Morton and McDonald, at Oneida and St. Joseph. They advise me not to have an operation. Said they could perform the operation but there would be great danger in so doing. I was advised by Dr. Murdock, if went to Kansas City to go and see Drs. Minor & Thornton. I have written them and expect reply soon, and if they give me encouragement will go there. If I had plenty of money think I would have an operation and take chances. I feel very thankful to the friends who have assisted me in my great affliction. If I find that my ailment is incurable (which I fear at times at least is true) and I could be cared for there, would rather die at home than elsewhere. I am not afraid to death but dread the pain and suffering prior thereto. Dr. Morton of St. Joe said I should not look at my ailment in that way, that I might outlive him and that I could with local treatment at home or elsewhere be made to feel comfortable. I have to write lying down and am getting weary. I will try and keep you and all who feel interested in my welfare informed. Tell friends to write me here.
M.P.M. Cassity.
The Courier-Tribune, Seneca, Kansas. Friday 24 May 1901.
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- Death of M.P.M. Cassity
One of the first settles of Nemaha county passed away from this earth’s trials and tribulations in the death of M.P.M. Cassity who died at the home of his sister in Plattsburg, Missouri, last Tuesday November 12, after a long and distressing illness. The deceased came to Nemaha county in 1955 and was the first assessor in the county, at that time the assessors were appointed for the whole county, and perhaps no man was better know to old settlers than Mart Cassity. He was a lawyer by profession, and until about three years ago, when he took down with his last illness, he practiced law in the town of Wetmore. He leaves two sons, C.E. Cassity a student in the law department of the state university at Lawrence, and Geo. M. Cassity, who resides in Oklahoma. The remains were brought to Wetmore today, Thursday, and will be buried Friday.
The Courier-Tribune, Seneca, Kansas. Friday 15 November 1901.
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