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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1887
Page
1
Train schedule notes east and west departures, local market and weather updates, newspaper ads and notices. Mentions Belleville residents, Cuba rail activity, real estate changes, and public notices. Includes portraits of residents, upcoming conventions, and sheriff candidacy in Republic County.
Mrs J W Pickle of Cambridge Nebraska and L D Smith family visited the parental home on July 25. The infant son two months old grew ill and died July 31 after severe suffering. Father and siblings unaware until after the burial Aug 1. Grief-stricken family returned home with heavy hearts.
Archive notice reports the death of Cloyd Reed, eight months old, infant son of Samuel and Sarah Reed, in Cheyenne Wyoming Territory on August 10, 1887, from cholera infantum.
In a cryptic note, speakers reference a resting place for a child, with lines about it being well with the child and phrases about the father and Grandma. The disjointed quotation fragments suggest a family memorial or spiritual sentiment without clear context or full sentences.
A public message frames the fight against alcohol as a communal battle, declaring the community will not wage war on people but against the demon of alcohol and urging collective action.
The Cuba W C T U will hold regular meetings every alternate Thursday at 3 PM starting July. The district annual convention is set for Clyde in September and the state convention for Salina in October. The Cuba Union will have two delegates at each meeting.
A long fragment recounts Nick and Dotty Armstrong near a writing table, birthdays or memorials, and a scene of communal joy tied to a decoration motif. It also covers dangers from a sauce dish with lye, a near-miss accident with a bull injuring Henry Willoughby, warnings about horses and stallions, a medical ad for Beggs products, and a church quarterly meeting move to a camp meeting site near Clyde with Rev. G Delmont attending.
The item lists real estate commission terms and town property listings, plus a series of local shop notices. It advertises glass fruit cans, mattresses, beds, coffee, apple cider, tobacco, knives and forks, tea, and a Flying Dutchman plow, with prices and supplier names like Lang and Arbuthnot, Shimek, and Foe Shimek.
Notice is hereby given that Samuel W. Oliver has filed for final proof to support his claim H No 16 762 for the N by N By Second in Republic county Kansas. The proof will be made before the Probate Judge at Belleville on Aug 26 1889. Witnesses: Melton Haworth Haworth Aaron Engle Wa Brownlee. Samuel Demers Register.
Notice is hereby given that Patrick Durgan has filed final proof for his claim in Belleville Kansas on August 26 1887 before the Probate Judge He resides at Cuba Republic County Kan and names witnesses Joseph Gorus h Wai Zook C Baker and James Shulda from Cuba to prove residence and cultivation of the land N E NW and W Y NEY Section 14 Town 3 Range 1 W Samuel Dem Register
The notice advertises Tropical Oil from Goeller Bros claiming relief for a range of ailments from sprains and bruises to rheum and skin conditions. It promises a money back warranty if the product does not satisfy.
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