Cuba City News Briefs and Election Report 1888
Spring work has begun in Cuba. The mayoral race ended with W. J. Kennedy elected by a good majority over T. Arbuthnot. The Cuba State Bank reports paid up capital of $30,000. Various local notices include real estate moves, business ads, and community updates. The Belleville accommodation fast train is planned to run from Topeka to Kansas City. A new mayoral candidate is introduced and local civic life resumes after a quiet election.
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Cuba
Rock Island
McFarlane
Belleville
Topeka
Kansas City
Prairie Home Scripblings March 31 1888 item notes
Prairie Home items report Wm Guy and family moving to Washington County to farm near Greenleaf for the coming year. Emma Barnhill from St Joe Mo visits as vocal music teacher. Union 8 resumes with J Peckett as Supt Albert Perry asst Supt and J A Cole See as Treas. A rheumatic attack keeps R A Walters near home. D Jones and R A Walters injured by barbed wire. Walters cattle nearly lost from unknown poisoning. Jacob Houser of Belleville treats them. March 31 1888 Prairie Home.
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Wm Guy
Washington County
Wm Baker
Greenleaf
Albert Rowley
Emma Barnhill
St-Joe
P. F. Brown
The
Prairie Home Union
J. Peckett
Albert Perry
J. A. Cole See
Treas
R. Guy
Spencer
Indiana
S. A. Daniels
D. Jones
R. A. Walters
Jacob Houser
Belleville
Prairie’ Home
City council urged to publish annual financial statements
A letter argues Kansas law requires the city council to publish a full and detailed quarterly report of receipts expenditures and indebtedness between March June September and December. It condemns evasion of the ordinance and urges compliance to set a proper precedent.
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Kansas
Shimek Sells Best Keepsake Dry Goods and Groceries
Regulator of Cut Prices touts Shimek as supplier of raisin bulk at 12 pounds for 1 dollar and coffee six pounds for 1 dollar. Claims offer includes apples oranges lemons cider dates prunes and candy at low prices. Encourages customers to choose Shimek for fresh stock and beat rivals on price.
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Joe Shimek
Clothing sale prompts fierce regulator clashes
A fragment shows a heated scene over a clothing sale led by a regulator who slashes prices. Shoppers complain about credit terms and competition with cash buyers, while a dealer promotes new spring stock of dress goods and calicos.
Norman mare foals a colt sired by Rowdy Boy
May or Lisher reports the seven-eighths Norman mare produced a fine colt last Tuesday. Sired by imported Rowdy Boy, the colt is claimed to be the first fifteen sixteenths blood Norman bred in the county. The dam weighs 1700 pounds, Rowdy Boy 1850. The piece notes local pride and discusses legal status of a dog proclamation issued by Mayor Arbuthnot in Cuba, with commentary on its enforceability and related statutes.
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L. J. Lisher
Norman
West
Father Lisher
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