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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
1
Miscellaneous clipped notes show a Cuba property for sale or rent with contact names Powers Hicks and Barnett & Kaula. The page also lists social chatter on visits, arrivals, and local ads including Underwear and soap offers from Barnett & Kaul plus a lighthearted report on residents and a medical scare. Names include Dillon Hicks, Eddie Barnett, Charley Harper, and Chas Harper among others.
On a Wednesday forenoon John Smith, a longtime shoemaker, fell ill with heart trouble after visiting his daughter north of town. He died later that day, leaving the community mourning a well known local figure. Also advertised are miracle cures and mail order remedies promising quick relief from colds and hair growth, with agents sought nationwide.
A garbled OCR style list shows items such as rice, oats, bacon, lard, raisins, bran, baking powder, and sausage. Towns or brands are unclear. The text resembles a shop or market ledger fragment with mixed spellings and broken phrases. No clear events or persons are identifiable.
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