13 May 1899
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Newspaper
Baxter Springs News
Location
Baxter Springs, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1899
Page
1
In Baxter and Galena areas a parade of notices covers travel by the Katy Flyer, insurance pitches, farm reports, weather warnings, hotel plans, local visits, a Manila letter excerpt from a soldier, and community items from Galena and Carthage. Healings, a drowning report, and commerce updates round out the late period community record.
A dissident editorial condemns the Colorado governor for urging Colorado troops in Luzon to desert and return home. It cites treason statutes and defends Admiral Dewey and American war aims while criticizing antiwar figures and political opponents.
The Cooper Drug Co advertises low prices on wallpaper at 3c per roll and Heath Milligan paint at 1.40 per gallon. Joplin Ozarkixed Paint costs $1 per gallon, replite floors, Eureka Iron Ore roof and barn paint at 80c per gallon. Also listed are cameras Kodak supplies, Springs Sarsaparilla large bottles for $1. Availability includes hot chili beer and a Mrs Meyerdings note.
A coal oil lamp left burning in the dining room sparked a midnight blaze one mile south of Columbus public square. The house with eight rooms burned completely, trapping the McNeill family who escaped through a window aided by a ladder. Mrs McNeill and a five year old boy were rescued, while the others lost all belongings.
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