DeWitt Thompson’s wall paper sale and local moves
Local notes report DeWitt & Thomp son wall paper at 2½ cents per roll with ads for wall coverings. Residents including Frank Hematreet, Arthur Carnegie, and Thomas McAboy travel or move weekly. Al F Williams defeated for mayor. Daniels to oversee brick sidewalks at Norman hotel site. Kanene County colors shift in Kansas city elections. PMID: local economy and community notices with small ads.
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al. F. Williams
Columbus
L. J. Slease
Fair
Daniels
Norman
DeWitt & Thompson's
Election Echoes and Town Notes in 1901 DeWitt
Local news captures councilman elects and women voters, town repairs, wallpaper ads, and church events. Reports on Dowty’s death, county health efforts, and Galena election outcomes. social notices from DeWitt Thompson’s store, W C T U event, Easter market, and residents’ travels.
Miss Hunt Receives Purse Found In Church
A young woman in an adjoining county reported a purse found in church. The pastor announced from the pulpit that the owner could claim the property by seeing Helen Hunt. Also notes about Topeka politics and a farm rental anecdote appear, followed by an ad for sewing machines from Cooper & Co.
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Helen Hunt
Topeka
Pawnee
Quigg Family Death and Local Post Office List
J. S. Quigg, father of Miss Bertha Quigg of this city, died at Peoria I T on Wednesday April 3 after several weeks illness. Also from Baxter Springs KS, a weekly list of Letters Remaining at the post office for the week ending April 3, 2001, with names David Brown Blanch WR Barrick D W Careen G B Carlton Hiram Smith Sarah F. Letters to be called or sent to dead letter office.
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J. ¥. Quigg
Bertha Quigg
Peoria
I. T
Mr. Quigg
Baxter Springs
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Brown
David Blanch
WR Barrick
D W Careen
G B Carlton
Hiram Smith
Sarah F
J.B. Borst
P.M
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Frank Hematreet
Nebraska
Arthur Carnegie
Morrow
T.E. Meeds
Kanene City
Thomas McAboy
Illinois
Morrow & CO
Virgil Matthews
Kanéne
Baxter
Philippines
Millie Tyner
Char Street
DeWitt & Thompson
DeWitt
Main Street
DeWitt & Pson’s
Dent's
Diep
John R. Dowty
Lowell
Dowty
Cooper
Eutess
Ewonomeey Mo Row & CO
Polster’ S
Woodmen OF America
Baxter Camp
Weaver
A.G, Huubsch
V.C
Bet'a
Kane
John Cook
Dr. Thompson
Jeee English
Galena
Democra
McCann
Schermerhorn
Robert Ping
Chauncey Sumner
James Rauch
McCane
George Elliott
Elliott
L. Smith
Pres
Mahala Snow
Cooper's
State Board of Health
District Court
Peasion
J. E. Meede
Robert Walkenshaw l
Tennessee Prairie
Polster
T. U. Oratorical Contest
W.C.T. U
M. E. Church
Mamie Calvert
Walter Lawrence
Erma McElhiney
Rosa Nicholau
Rosa Bundy
Dora Newhouse
Jessie Rickseeker
B. H. Lowry
Samue H. Smith
A. O. DeWitt
Hinton
Kentuckey
T. R. Faulkner
Leadville
Colo
Oberlin
DeWitt &Thompson's
Emporia
R. M. Denton
Mother
Aurora
Polster’s
A. D.C. Harvey
Texas County
Missouri
Mr. Harvey
Cabool
J. 4. Cooper & Co
M.S. Stilleen
J. M. Cooper & CO
C. F. Noble
J. W. Ticcammon
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