20 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1901
Page
1
Report from Joplin Missouri shows leading citizens and the city council discuss a plan to issue 40 000 in bonds to take up floating indebtedness. A committee of attorneys will review legal aspects and report back by April 23. Elected officials seek a voter vote on the proposal.
Special session presided by Mayor Daniele discusses a possible judgment against the city by Haines and Lane executors. Council tables the suit matter, orders bridge repairs on Spring branch, and evaluates Wyandotte street crossings. Reports on streets and water are given. electric light franchise may be challenged. Next meeting April 24 urged for vital business. notices about seeds, machine stock, and local ads follow.
An advertising blurb promotes spring wallpaper by DeWitt and Thompson offering 2% rolls and up for wall coverings.
Wall paper offered at 2e a roll at DeWitt and Thompson. Local store advertises affordable wallpaper options for home decoration with price per roll and limited stock.
Morrow and Co announce open inspection of their wallpaper stock. Prettiest wall paper in town at DeWitt and Thompson’s. Visit for latest styles and options from Morrow and Co.
Cheaper wallpaper rolls spotted at De Witte Thompson's prompts shoppers to compare prices with nearby stores. Local residents note plentiful stock and bulk discounts while staff highlight new patterns and reduced rates on remainder inventory.
An old advertisement states that perfect health is hindered by a sluggish liver and clogged bowels and promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as a non-gripe laxative from Morrow & Co.
The article reports a proposed $10,000 gas prospect near Chetopa involving A R Kane W P Eddy Sapp and Wells and the old Chetopa Oil and Gas Co. It also criticizes precinct clerks in Topeka for election blunders that may trigger a costly contest over incomplete returns. R P Brock of Hallowell visited Baxter relatives. Claude Jones offers updated photography. Mrs. T G Canady returned from California trip.
In the United States over 15 million women are praised as the most intelligent and beautiful. The ad proclaims 30 million shoes needed for properly dressed feet and announces a new on sale collection to furnish this demand with pretty, perfect fitting footwear.
A shop touts its specialty in high cut Oxfords and toe sandals for women, offering these fine shoes at $1.75 to $2 and heavier extensions at $3 to $3.50. It claims six years of selling the line with no poor shoes and warrants every pair.
The article records beliefs on omens from torn napkins and stove fires and notes a major fire at Mineral Monday. Four business joints burned, about $2000 in property destroyed, witnessed by a large crowd, with a dentist Dr A J Thompson mentioned and ladies urged to smoke Della Rocca cigars in parlors.
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