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Newspaper
Cuba Pilot
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1887
Page
5
Smith and Goeller Bros advertise fresh peanuts can dies and roasted nuts while Mrs D M Carpenter invites shoppers to inspect new millinery stock. A crowded scene at F Smith’s promises best bargains in Cuba with several prices and specials quoted including yarns and cloaks at cost.
Mr Borror writes from the farm amid husking crops and surplus concerns. Daniels takes a Rock Island section foreman post near Cuba. John Whitney dehorning cattle. A G Brown Albert Petty and E A Cole active. A schoolhouse window break caused property damage at night.
The text notes a grand opening of the New York Store on November 12, 1887, promising bargains on clothing boots and shoes, silks and dress goods, and urging residents to attend. It also mentions other local items such as crop yields, potato sales, and brief crime notes about burglaries and a legal case involving Dr. Randolph with details about the assault case and community responses.
In Memorium lists the death of Willie Lager on Friday November 4th from typhoid fever. The obituary mourns a beloved son father and brother, recalling his bright promises, sterling character and the family’s deep sorrow. Angeline Allison Cuba Kansas signs the notice dated November 2 1887.
Partial list of property for sale by the Cuba Land and Loan Agency in City Cuba Missouri. Items include a one story dwelling with water well and two lots priced at 4 cash or credit terms, a wind powered feed mill on one lot near the business center priced at 500 with 9 and 18 month terms, a two story business house on main street priced at 1000 with trade option, several farms and parcels with terms ranging from cash to two to four years, and multiple dwellings with well water, fruit trees, and outbuildings.
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