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1887, JAN. 852 BANKS.
At Sugar Creek: Woolson.
At Tracy: Baker, Chinn, Davis, Elgin, Esmond (postmaster), Jones, Perry, Van Fossen.
At Waldron: Ginter, Hawkins, Heath, McCormick, Pettillo, Simpson (postmaster), Waldron.
PRICES
Cattle, $4.00; corn 25 cents; flour $1.75; hogs $3.50, lard, 6 cents; potatoes 40 cents; wheat 60 cents.
JANUARY
Jan. 1 - W. C. Wells sells his interest in the Exchange Bank
of Wells & Co. and in the Bank of W. F. Norton & Co., and proceeds
to erect a spacious vault in his house, on Lot 6, Block 30, Platte City. When all was ready, December 1, 1887, he opens the new bank "The Banking House of Wells & Co."
The Bank of W. F. Norton & Co. is incorporated, under the name of The Bank of Platte City, and soon as arrangements are perfected, the bank opens out in the house on Lot 1, Block 29, Platte City, with A. L. Smith cashier.
Henry C. Colman removes his stock of tinware and stoves to Kansas City.
Rev. J. A. D. Hughes reorganizes the Presbyterian Church at Platte city, under the Southern connection, and becomes stated supply, preaching the first and fifth Sabbaths.
Jan. 3 - Bank Deposits - Bank of Platte County, $51,838.06; Bank of Edgerton, $49,499.20; Exchange Bank of Platte City, $106,852.30.
Jan 17 - W. H. H. Brown having died, Miranda E. Brown administers. Bond $2,500. Children: 1. Luther Brown, 2. George A. Brown, 3. William H. Brown.
Jan 21 - All the descendants of the late Joseph Loan gather in reunion at the old homestead, three miles east of Platte City.
Submission of a prohibition amendment to the State Constitution is discussed, but the brewers oppose it, and nothing is done.
Jan. 26 - Fire at Parkville consumes the three-story brick building belonging to Park College, and known as No. 3.
FEBRRUARY
Feb 1 - Norton Bros. start a bank at Kansas City, which they close in a few years.
The boom is affecting Parkville. Lands and lots are being held at double price.
Feb 5 - The Winner Investment Co. buys a large amount of land in Clay and Platte. Having sent out agents throughout Clay and the eastern part of Platte, they buy options on a large number of farms, for which they now pay in full and take deeds.