The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-28

"Chronicle Junior" is a four-page
three column sheet and is we'll filled
with advertising. From the adver.
tisements we learn that:
The Bank of Liberal has $4,000
capital with Samuel T. Howe, presi.
dent; A. H. Heber, vice president; G.
F. Jilson, secretary, and G.. Coomer
cashier. The directors are Samuel
T. Howe, A. H. Heber, E. w. Sandi.
son, F. Evans, M. A. Lowe, c F. Jill
son, T. E. Simpson, and C. Coomer.
. We also find that S. F. Robinson
and G. L. Gibson are wholesale and
retail dealers in groceries, flour and
feed and that one could buy holiday
goods, drugs and sundries at G. s.
Smiths Pharmacy.
The Star grocery carried full
line of general merchandise, while j.
c. Swiler had large stock of drugs
on Second street. ]. C. Powell and
/ H. Sturgeon conducted a real es-
tate and loan business and j. A. Chill
dres supplied the town with fresh
and cured meats.
Liberal also had jewelry store,
located in Smiths Pharmacy, with W.
G. johnson in charge, while John Du-
bois conducted a livery, feed and sale
stable on Pennsylvania avenue.
G. C. Brown carried an immense
stock of dress goods and groceries
|. A. Strauss made out all kinds of
legal blanks, also sold real estate and
insurance. What they ever did with
them all we cannot imagine, but the
Palace Dry Goods House advertised
1000 pairs of new shoes as having
been received.
]. X. Beauchamp and R. j. Beau
champ furnished the inhabitants with
hardware, tinware, stoves and shelf
hardware.
A greater part of the news matter
was boosts for the business men, and
among the items we find mentioned,
H. L Whitlock's dry goods store on
Second street, DR.. H. H. Sutherland,
physician; C. H. Lipscomb, confec-
tionery; Frank Chapman, restaur-
ant; Vote & Steinhoff, furniture; e.
S. Smith, druggist; John Marshall,
barber; A. C. Weber, restaurant; l..
E. Cain, barber; A. H. Witt, billiard
hall; W A. Rhodes, bakery.
Of the firms mentioned Geo. S.
Smith is the only one still in bust
ness here. The Star grocery remain
ed until recently when it was chang
ed to the Richelieu store and moved
from the old location to North Kan
sas.
At that remote time Liberal was
referred to as "the terminal city"
and the little sheet was full of pep
although at that time pep had not
been invented as the term is known
today.
Anyway it was booster.
The other paper is Volume /, Num-
Der l of the Liberal Advertiser"
dated April 26, 1888, with Ell Glib
son, as publisher.
The Advertiser is not so preten-
tious a sheet as the Chronicle" 1t
consists of one side of three column
page. A part of the paper is miss
ing, but an article starts off thus:
"Our issue today is the first paper
printed in the town of Liberal. The
size will be increased next week"
We gather from what is left of the
article that all the material did not
arrive in time for the initial edition.
The Advertiser does not contain many
There is one for H.
B. Tarr, contractor and builder, and
one for F. r. Davis, hotel and res
taurant.
Under heading, Liberal" the
paper says:
"This beautiful little city, which
has just sprung into existence at the
terminus of the C. X & N. R. h.
(Rock Island) and proposed freight
and passenger division, is located in
South Seward county, two and one
half miles from the Neutral Strip, one
of the most fertile agricultural coun-
tries in the west.
'"The beauty of it's location, the
and loVeliness OF The sur
rounding country insures Our future
success. These things taken together
with the adornments now in the
course of construction, will make
city of luster whose grandure has
never been equaled or eclipsed."
Putting it mildly to say the least,
Wen say that Ell Gibson was some
booster, some dreamer and we wish
we might take he or she, as the case
may be, for drive over the city to-
day and see how these dreams have
come true.
The day the paper was issued the