06 Jan 1888

"Daily Bee- The Lawrence, Atchison & Southern railroad will give Atchison direct communication with Ottawa. The people of the latter town are well pleased over the fact (Kansas City News) Our delight, indeed, would know no bounds. But it unfortunately happens that said railway is pointing with unerring aim towards Pomona instead of Ottawa."

"We are sorry to announce that the little Bee will discontinue its buzzing and confine itself to Sunday morning. It was by far the spiciest paper in Ottawa and hereafter we will expect it for Sunday desert."

"We understand coal has been reached in the shaft south of town. The hop at M. Henry's last Friday evening was enjoyed very much by the young folks who were present.

"Real estate for sale; The Pomona Creamery . 44 and 30 X 50 all complete with sloping floor; drains and all conveniences built on the most approved plan for a creamer. Has all machinery , including a fine engine and boiler and complete apparatus for running: inexhaustible well of pure soft water, good buits(?), milk cistern, 6 acres of ground fenced hog tight 2,000 acres of dump state within 2 miles of the building. Here is an No.1 chance for some one to engage in cheese and butter making. The present owners are not dairymen and will sacrifice the property to a practical and experienced butter and cheese maker."

13 Jan 1888

"We see by the Eagle that the secretary of the L.A. & S. RR says there is no doubt of the road being built through on this line if we subscribe the $2,000 per mile for stock, which we will certainly do. The president says it will be the latter part of February before they locate the line for
grading."

"On Friday evening Jan 2Oth Capt. Griffin and Judge Newcomb will debate the question, Resolved, 'that the signs of the times indicate the downfall of the government. ' Let everybody come out and here this important question discussed."

"Coal has been reached in the shaft and mining will commence in earnest. "

"J.M. & E.H. Griffin are putting up their ice. Capt. intends laying up enough to supply the wants of our people and to prepare for the building boom of the summer. "

"Mrs. VanMeter of Buffalo, Kansas, is visiting her brother J.H. Whetstone."

Ordinance #22; for subscribing to the capital stock of the Pomona Mining and Gas company and the issuing of the bonds of the city of Pomona in payment thereof.

Jan 20 1888

"From a private letter we learn that the prospects of the L.A. & S. RR are very bright and work will be rapidly pushed as soon as the weather will permit. You can safely write to your friends that Pomona will have her third road in the early spring."

Railroads **

"Our ice men have finished putting up their summer supply of ice."

"Coal! Manufactories! Building stone! A north and south railroad. All these to be added to Pomona's resources this year."

Ordinance #22

Jan 27 1888

"The Pomona Mining & Gas company have some intimations of a second vein of coal some 20 feet below their present find, and being ever on the alert for new developments, they have concluded to prospect for this second vein, which can be mined from the same shaft with the same machinery, and thus double the output of coal from the same shaft."

"Hello Ottawa! What do you think of our coal find? Won't Franklin county boom this year?"

"Mundy & Parkinson say that they intend to push their coal shaft as soon as the weather will permit."

"J.H. Parkinson has sold his fine half section of land west of town to Mundy & Parkinson. He is getting ready to handle the largest stock of goods ever brought to Pomona and supply the people with choice goods."

" Amos Hartly has opened a blacksmith shop in the Davidson building and will attend to the wants of all needing work. Amos is well known and as a mechanic has no superior in the west. He is a No.1 machinist."

"Messrs Paul & Hensley have purchased the stock of notions and confectionery from Mr. Horr and added them to their general stock of merchandise. "

"Mrs. Hensley has moved her millinery store into the building on the north side of Franklin street owned by Paul & Hensely and lately occupied by Mr. Horr as a restaurant. She has fitted it up elegantly and will keep a stock equal to any in the county ."

03 Feb 1888

Coal *

"Unintentionally we put one of our friends in a false position and we wish to correct the statement we made or rather qualify it. Mr. Hartley has rented the Davidson shop for his private use and intends repairing and putting his saw mill in running order for the charge of a first class sawyer and has plenty of work promised to keep it in full blast. He has been and will thoroughly overhaul the machinery for the mining company and his is all he intends doing. He is not opening a shop or nor does he wish to do any job work."

"Parties from Garnett were looking at the mill and will probably take it. They have plenty of money to run it."

"They are timbering the coal shaft. Sunday several tons of dirt dropped down and caused some delay in the work."

"T. F . Ankeny came up from the hub and stopped over night in our midst. He looks well and says he enjoyed his visit east."

"The designs for the machine shop have arrived and Mr. Sleigh says that everything is lovely and that he and his wife want to get back as soon as possible. Work will soon begin on the buildings.

"Mr. Sleigh has gone east, we are told to purchase the necessary machinery for the shops, engage skilled mechanics and bring out his wife and household goods. The company wants everything first class and hence send Mr. Sleigh to make the selections."

10 Feb 1888

Ordinance #23; providing for the subscriptions to the capital stock of the Pomona Mining Gas company, and the issuing of the bonds of the city of Pomona in payment thereof.

Ordinance #24; repealing ordinance #22.

City schools; Principal G. U. Gordon.

Oppressive mortgages held by eastern interest hurt farmers. *

"Jeff Mundy and Fred Parkinson went to Memphis with some mules."

"The cages for the shaft will soon be finished and coal will then be handled lively at the shaft."

"The M.E. church recently added new plush chairs and now they are plastering and papering the edifice. The paper was furnished by Topping & Son the work by E.A. Mott."

"We are sorry to say that Mr. Hand has finally concluded to leave us. He will henceforth hold out at Kincaid, and he takes the best wishes of all his friends with hin1."

17 Feb 1888

"The M.E. folks are putting chairs in the place of pews in their church. When they get done with it, it will be one of the prettiest furnished little churches in the state."

24 Feb 1888

"Mundy & Parkinson shipped a carload of potatoes to Kansas city and another to Washington Territory this week. Mr. W. W. Roach has shipped a car load to Osage City."

"There has been over 60 cars of coal and wood shipped from this place over the S.K. RR the past month."

"Mr . Hensleys and Chetty Toppings new buildings are progressing rapidly."

02 Mar 1888

Pomona Mining and Manufacturing Co. **

"The Pomona Mining and Manufacturing Co. have purchased the creamery building and will convert it into machine shops. The price was $3,000."

09 Mar 1888

Pomona Mining and Manufacturing Co. **

"J. W. Spangler has moved his shop across the street and will be found with the butcher."

16 Mar 1888

"From the president of the L.A. & S. RR we learn that the engineers will soon be this way, as soon as Mr. Leis returns from the east."

23 Mar 1888

"The building is now ready to receive the machinery for the Pomona mining and manufacturing company plant."

"The school house bell arms broke on Wednesday nearly letting the bell through the roof but fortunately it did not crash through."

City election to be April 2nd at the office of T .L. Newcomb.

. "T .L. Newcomb has got the machinery of the old creamery stored away in good shape waiting for someone to come along and put up a building and run it again. The thoughts of that fine butter we used to make is a guarantee that our people will not be satisfied until someone starts a
business again. A building might be erected with would answer all, purposes to run it on a smaller and safer scale for not to exceed $500 and then it could be an enlarged to as the business demanded. We have plenty of fine pasturage about Pomona and plenty of cows and here is all the machinery necessary to be had at very low prices. This is just the chance for an enterprising dairyman to build up a profitable business."

Article about how to purchase shares in the Pomona Mining and Manufacturing Company and their cost.

30 Mar 1888

"Fremont Curry of Lomax was in town trading Tuesday."

Detweiler is the present mayor.

"We are under lasting obligations to George 0' Brien, for acting as foreman; William Crozier, pressman; T.L. Newcomb, editor and proofreading, and Professor Gordon for playing 'evil' and Zing. We were detained in Lawrence on account of sickness and our friends came to our
rescue and issued the paper. They did nobly and we ask our patrons to excuse any errors or mishaps that may have occurred."

06 Apr 1888

Present mayor and council voted in with a majority of 45 to 60.

"The case of G.E. Harvey for the whipping of an incorrigible youth was dismissed in the district court, on motion of the county attorney. "

"Mr. Hoyt of Arkansas has moved into Mrs. Alexander's vacant house and has taken charge of the S.A. Brown & Co. lumber yard. He came from a similar position in Arkansas."

"The new smoke stack on the mill makes an improvement in the East part of town. We hope to hear the hum of the machinery in that part of town before long."

"Dr. Topping is building a new porch. "

"A.F. Parkinson has purchased a third interest in Krats & Co.'s fine Clydesdale horse. "

13 Apr 1888

"Mr. Vol. Hudelson is one of Greenwood townships substantial farmers. The Pomona Mining & Manufacturing Co. ' s coal shaft is located on his land. He came in Saturday last and planked down his dollar for one years subscription to the Enterprise."

"The city council now have charge of the cemetery and are planting trees and evergreens and sowing tame grass. They have set out over 90 ornamental trees which will add very much to the appearance of the streets and alleys. This is a move in the right direction and is in the right hands to have it successfully accomplished. Due respect for the dead is honor to the living, and an attractive cemetery is an evidence of civilization."

"The past winter has generally been a severe one on Kansas people. Feed has been scarce and high, and work generally very hard to get. But Pomona and Pomona people have suffered with the average. Our people put enough feed to keep their cattle through, and everyone who wanted work has had it, either in the coal mines or at wood chopping. Mundy &Parkinson have had over 3000 cords of wood chopped and Kraus Bros. have also had considerable out, and it has always been so. People come to Pomona strapped and after making a raise from some of our industries either settle down to a good thing or move on to seek the Elderado they never find. "

"Mr. J. H. Whetstone, set out another orchard this spring of over 500 trees. He has a large number of apple and cedar trees for sale at prices far less than you will have to pay a nurseryman. His apple trees are especially fine."

20 Apr 1888.

We have this week moved the office of the Enterprise into the large and commodious room above the furniture store of A. E. Geyer on Main street, where we will be pleased to see the friends of the paper at any time. We hope all will interest themselves in bringing in any item of. . . . ."

"Farming has changed in the last ten years around Pomona everything is fenced up now and you have to keep everything on your own land and they can't make a living as easy as they used to be done"...**

Have voted Railroad bonds twice but never taken up. **

" A petition was largely circulated and signed by our business men last week seeking the officials of the Mo Pac RR to give us the necessary facilities for shipping stock, and handling our produce in car lots. Our people gave this road ground for that purpose when the road was first built, and if they don't give us shipping facilities, they must not expect patronage from our shippers."

"Parties from Kansas City bought lots in Pomona through T .L. Newcomb's land agency last week as an investment for speculation."

"The band has reorganized and are again discoursing sweet music for the entertainment our citizens. The boys are good players and a little practice will make them hard to beat in our county."

"If half of the trees that have been planted about Pomona this year grows, it will make a showing that will make everybody proud of the city in a few years."

"Presbyterian church at Lyndon burned to the ground."

" A canning factory should be built here. Talking with Jeff Mundy about a cannery he said.: 'we' Mundy & Parkinson, will plant 100 acres of tomato and as much corn, peas, beans and other garden vegetables as a cannery can work up. As these gentlemen have 2100 acres of as fine and
for gardening as can be found in the state, we know they can do anything in that line they set out to do. And this land is only a sample of thousand's of acres just as good about Pomona. A cannery would afford work for the boys and girls and that garden rock and all kind's of fruit will do better than here in the Marais des Cygnes valley. Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, apples and pears grow and produce with greater returns for the care required than any place we have ever seen. Why do people go to California and pay from $100 to $1,000 per acre to get land that will after many years make a return of $100 per acre when they can get land here at from $30 to $40 per acre that will yield the same return with less delay. There seems to be no danger of overdoing this canning business, as the country is settling so rapidly and people are learning to use canned goods more and more every year. No more favorable a locality can be found to establish a canning factory than Pomona, Franklin County, Kansas.

We also have the Pomona Flouring Mill in our hands for sale or will trade it for land. Either improved or unimproved. This mill was built some years ago at a cost of $1800 and is now undergoing a thorough repair wand will be in good running order by the first of May. We are prepared to offer special inducements to the right party to take hold of this property ."

27 Apr 1888

"Mr. Jas. Jones tried to jump off a train in high speed and sprained his ankle so severely that he is liable to be laid up for some time."

"Mr. J . M. Ricksecker has moved his family to Minnieville in Clay County, Missouri. He will be missed from Pomona."

"Mr. J . W. Yount has completed his handsome residence at the south end of East B Street."

"Mr. J . H. Parkinson is building an addition to his property on East A Street."

"One Republic county man is planting six acres of potatoes and another eleven - Topeka Capital. Yea! and one Franklin County firm, Mundy & Parkinson, of Pomona, have planted one hundred and ten acres."

04 May 1888

11 May 1888

There is a great deal of talk indulged in on the court house question.*

List of farmers and number of acres of crops planted.*

"The Pomona Grade School has furnished three new teachers to the available force of the county this winter as appears by duly signed certificates presented to J .L. Karns, Will Crozier, and Miss Flora Mott. Professor Gordon has done good work "and by their fruits ye shall know
them."

"The township board will have a trial of the road grader on Saturday, May 12th. Everybody is invited to inspect the work and pass on the merits of the machine."

18 May 1888

25 May 1888

"Schools this week. How we will miss merry romping of the children going to and from school. "

"The Block coal don't show up but 6 inches thick yet. But the boys say it is in larger veins somewhere about here, and they propose to find it."

01 Jun 1888 [Vol. 3 #37]

Editorial; California for the birds. **

"The Pomona Mining & Manufacturing Company shipped a car of coal to Melvern Wednesday last."

" A Mr. Glenn, formerly of Michigan, now looking for a location to engage in business was in Pomona Monday and Tuesday of this week looking over this locality with a view to investment. He expressed himself highly pleased with our surroundings and we hope he may locate. He is a gentleman of fine appearance and intelligence and our people will promise him a neighborly reception should he cast his lot with us."

School report; classes for next year. (names )

01 Jun 1888

08 Jun 1888

"Mr. A. F. Parkinson thinks our California information painted a rather too gloomy picture last week."

15 Jun 1888

"We see the officials of the L.A. & S. W. RR are still at work. Come along as soon as you can gentlemen. We have something good to show you."

"Willie Crozier is home again after wanderings in a foreign land."

22 Jun 1888

"Parties are figuring on a large store building in 40 X 80 feet on one of our business comers."

School elections to be June 28th. T.L. Newcomb's terms as clerk to expire.

"Dr. B.H. Pasley, of Baldwin City, was visiting old friends in Pomona Sunday lst. He's the same old Doc. we used to know. Come again Bro. Pasley ."

29 Jun 1888

" A Mr. Richardson, a banker form Altoona, was in this place last week looking up the country with a view of locating a bank. He expressed himself highly pleased with our city, and talks very favorably of the project."

" At the school meeting yesterday the voters instructed the school board to reemploy Prof. G.U. Gordon. A term of 8 months was voted to commence the 1st Monday in Sept. T .L. Newcomb was reelected clerk."

"J.P. Paynter of the Pomona Mining & Manufacturing Co. has received notice from the Patent Department that the patent on his mining machine is allowed. "

06 Jul 1888

"O.F. Weaver has brought in the champion corn so far - 10 feet high with four ears shooting on a stalk."

"The school board already have several applications for the position declined by Prof. Gordon."

"We have heard several of our citizens advocate going to the railroad commissioners with our grievance about the Mo Pac RR officials not putting in stock yards and switch facilities at this point, but we have advised giving the company a little more time and think they will certainly give us the necessary privileges for shipping at this station. The company have been very busy west completing their line to Denver. Now that is done they will certainly complete their work along the line. They want the freight and will certainly do their part to get it. We will have an immense crop of corn to ship out. Several of our cattle dealers want to ship by that line. Our people are also fixing to ship lots of coal next winter. We believe the railroad officials will attend to this matter without compelling our people to go to the commissioners. At least that should only be done as last resort."

"Prof. G. U. Gordon has been selected principal of the East Ward city school in Ottawa, and will not accept the offer of our school board to reemploy him. Thus procrastination has cost us the services of the teacher that most of our people wanted. We hope the few who have opposed the
reemployment of Mr. Gordon will now exert themselves to furnish a teacher of his ability who can be employed for the price paid him."

" A. F. Parkinson has located himself temporarily at Red Fork, I. T. and orders his paper sent to him there.

13 Jul1888

"The band has reorganized and will now have 14 pieces. The boys are good players and ought to be sustained."

20 Jul 1888

"N. T. Hand was up last Sunday from Kinkaid..."

27 Jul 1888

Pomona schools will open September 3rd under supervision of Prof. Stemmer *

"Both smoke stacks blew down on Mr. J . W . Whetstone's sorghum factory during the storm Tuesday last."

"We see the Pomona Mill is steamed up now quite often. Everybody hopes Mr. Mason will put in full roller process. There is grinding enough in the country to keep it running full time. "

"J.H. Parkinson has put up some fine hitch racks in front of his store building."

"Mr. E. W. Hill brought into his office yesterday a stock of broom corn that measured exactly 12 feet and 8 inches high. Who can beat it?I'

"Mundy and Parkinson shipped another car of fat cows on Wednesday of this week. "

"Mr Allison, station agent for the M.P. railroad at this place, informs us that the company will commence stock yards and additional switch facilities for Pomona in a few days."

03 Aug 1888

"The Mo Pac construction gang are putting in stock yards at this place."

10 Aug 1888

"The court house proposition was never intelligently presented to the people and consequently was defeated. This fall the people will understand every detail. "

17 Aug 1888

"The Mo Pac RR Co. have completed the stock yards at this station."

"The Lawrence, Atchison and Southern railroad Company have purchased of Col O. E. Learnard, President of the Lawrence and Emporia Railroad Company, their entire line of road. - Topeka Capital."

"Uncle Billie Keithly says a young whale of a tornado went over south of town on Tuesday night that made a noise equal to a railroad train but it didn't strike the ground."

"Messrs. Jordan & Meacham of Ottawa have traded for the Pomona Mill property. Of course they will come to Pomona to live and bring their families and what will be Ottawa's loss will be our gain."

"The Coal company are looking up business for the winter on a large scale."

24 Aug 1888

"Owing to the sickness of Prof. Stimmels wife school commencement has been postponed until Sept. 17th."

"Mundy and Parkinson have at this writing threshed out about 3500 bushels of wheat and they are about half done.'1

31 Aug 1888

"Since there is no town in the country competing for the courthouse, Ottawa is quarreling over the location. **

"Mundy and Parkinson shipped two car loads of fat stock Sunday night to Kansas City by the M.P. railroad."

"The school district north of Pomona have repealled from the decision of Supt. Dicklow putting E. A. Mott' s 80 acres into their district and 20 acres of J. F. Maxey's land into our district."

"Jeff Mundy brought back 40 head of 2 year old steers from feeding from the west part of the state. He has shipped several loads from there into the Kansas City."

07 Sept 1888

"Mrs. Annie E. Crosier has moved to Ottawa and Mrs. Chas. Vickers has rented her place."

14 Sept 1888 [Vol 3, #52]

"Mundy & Parkinson brought in another lot of cattle Sunday last from Ness county this state. This makes over 200 head they have brought from there for feeding."

"Mrs. Josiah Middleton is building a fine residence, S. A. Brown & Co. furnishes him his lumber."

"Costigan Bros. have the contract to build the Wickam school house. They brought their lumber of S. A. Brown & Co. at this place"

Stone depot at Ottawa being built.

Franklin County fair to be held Sept. 24-28.

21 Sept 1888 (Vol. 4, #1)

Advertisement; J. M. McFarland' s new restaurant.

"J. J. Whestone is starting an overall and shirt factory."

"Mundy & Parkinson brought in 175 more feeding steers and 250 hogs to follow this week."

28 Sept 1888

"Mundy & Parkinson will put our 500 acres of wheat."

Pomona Mining & Manufactoring Co ' s building burned to the ground. A building near it containing the creamery machinery owned by Mr. T. L. Newcomb was also consumed.**

05 Oct 1888

" A rare chance for the farmers in western Franklin and eastern Osage counties, who have a surplus corn and no cattle and hogs to feed it to is now offered by Mundy & Parkinson who will sell them good native feeding cattle and first class stock hogs and give them time to pay for both hogs and cattle until they are marketed. This is the first time farn1ers here have had such
surplus of com and when good feeding cattle and stock hogs were so scarce."

"Jess Mundy arrived with more cattle and hogs from Ness City, Tuesday."

"The Mo Pac railroad would ship more stock if they would fix their yards in better condition."

"Joseph Eamest killed a large viper near the stock yards at the Santa Fe depot Tuesday."

"The Pomona Mining & Manufacturing Company will turn their attention to coal mining for the present. "

12 Oct 1888

Ordinance #25; for constructing of a walk on the north side of Fifth street beginning east of East A street and running to the west side of East B street.

19 Oct 1888

Need a county courthouse. **

"J. H. Whetstone is shipping apples in bushel crates."

"Neil Harrah has moved back with his wife and child from Topeka."

26 Oct 1888

Teachers; Principal Prof. Stimmel; intermediate departn1ent, Miss Cotrill; primary dept., Miss Chase.

"New sorghum in pail at Whetstones."

02 Nov 1888

"J.H. Whetstone has a pile of red apples at his house as big as a hay stack. "

Dr. Pasley is really making arrangements to come to Pomona (he presently lives in Baldwin).

09 Nov 1888

16 Nov 1888

"Mundy & Parkinson are putting away about 1,000 bushels of potatoes a day these days."

"Kraus Bros. will barrel their apples and ship them west."

"Dr. S.E. Capper has removed from Santa Paula to Fresno City, Ca. and is practicing medicine again."

"The telephone people are repairing their lines which were so badly torn down by the great storm."

23 Nov 1888

30 Nov 1888

07 Dec 1888

14 Dec 1888

"Frank Frye is now running the Pomona Flouring Mills, and is prepared to do gristing in buck wheat and com. Try him."

"A boarding house is being erected at the coal shaft. "

21 Dec 1888

"Wm. Keethly and F. Barns have been opening a coal bank north of town on Mr. Whestone ' s land. "

"'Mr. Paynter has been further developing the coal south of the river . All we have to do to find coal most any place about here is to dig for it; its all about us and of excellent quality. If some town had our natural surroundings of coal building stone, timber, soft water, and productive soil,
they would get excited and go on a big boom."

28 Dec 1888

"The report of the Appraisers in the matter of condemning the site of the school house in the Thompson district north of Pomona has been accepted and the matter settled. "

"Mr. Whetstone is making apple butter, & cider at the sorghum mill."