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Homer G. Fuller

                                                         Winfield, Kansas.
Winfield Directory 1880.
Fuller, Chas. E., bookkeeper, Winfield bank, r. H. G. Fuller.
Fuller, H. G., collection clerk, Winfield Bank, r. Court House, ss bet Menor and Mansfield.
FULLER, J. C., cashier, Winfield Bank, r. 10th avenue s. e. corner Fuller.
Winfield Directory 1885.
Fuller C E, assistant cashier, Winfield National Bank, res 602 e 10th
Fuller H G & Co., real estate, 106 e 9th
Fuller H G, res 709 e 10th
Fuller J C, president, gas company, res 403 e 10th
[Note: Homer G. Fuller, born in 1829, was the elder brother of J. C. Fuller. In 1857 he married Miss Hattie Birdsey and they had one child, Charles E. Fuller. This family came to Winfield in 1878, where Homer G. Fuller established a real estate business with S. L. Gilbert. He later established his own real estate agency.]
                                               FROM THE NEWSPAPERS.
Winfield Courier, December 5, 1878.
Mr. Homer G. Fuller, of Mason City, Illinois, brother of our banker, is visiting in this city.
H. G. and Charles E. Fuller...
[THE MONITOR’S LOCALS.]
Winfield Courier, January 13, 1881.
Winfield Bank: Monitor mentions what Courier had about officers and directors...but adds a wee bit more!
Chas. E. Fuller takes the position of paying teller; A. W. Berkey, collection clerk, and Jas. Lorton, a new man, takes the position of bookkeeper. Mr. H. G. Fuller retires. The business of the bank for the past year has been prosperous and unusually satisfactory to the officers and stockholders.
Winfield Courier, January 27, 1881.
MR. AND MRS. J. C. FULLER. Socially this has been one of the gayest winters in the history of our city. Almost every week has been made pleasant by a social gathering of some sort or other. One of the most pleasant of these was the reception by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller last Friday evening. The guests were many and the arrangements for their entertainment were complete.

Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Loose, Mr. and Mrs. James Harden, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Hodges. Dr. and Mrs. Van Doren, Mr. and Mrs. McMullen, Mr. and Mrs. Eastman, Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Borcher, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Bryan, Dr. and Mrs. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Baird, Mr. and Mrs. Short, Dr. and Mrs. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. Trimble, Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. Speed, Mr. and Mrs. Doane, Mr. and Mrs. Kretsinger, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Shreves, Mr. and Mrs. Millington, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Scoville, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Black, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Hamil­ton, Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Fuller, Rev. and Mrs. Hyden, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Williams, Mrs. Mansfield, Mrs. Mullen, Miss Mary Stewart, Miss May Williams, Father Kelly, O. F. Boyle, and Charles Fuller.
Winfield Courier, March 17, 1881.
Homer G. Fuller will furnish money to parties with which to enter their claims, and loan money on short or long time in small or large amounts on real estate security.
Winfield Courier, April 14, 1881.
Gilbert & Fuller have a new ad. in this issue.
AD: GILBERT & FULLER [S. L. GILBERT/H. G. FULLER], LAND, LOAN, INSURANCE & COLLECTION AGENTS. NOTARIES PUBLIC, OFFICE OVER POST OFFICE, WINFIELD, COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS. COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. Do a general Real Estate, Insurance, Loan and Collec­tion business. Make abstracts and transact business at U. S. Land Office. Collect Rents and pay Taxes for non-residents. MONEY TO LOAN on Improved City or Farm property, Long or Short time, at 7, 8, 9 or 10 percent.
Winfield Courier, April 14, 1881.
Gilbert & Fuller have fitted up their offices in excellent style. They are preparing to do business thoroughly and systematically.
Winfield Courier, April 14, 1881.
Mr. Sam Gilbert and H. G. Fuller have formed a partnership in the loan business, and have rented the three front rooms in the Manning building for offices. This will make a strong firm. Mr. Gilbert was the senior member of the firm of Gilbert, Jarvis & Co.; and much of the success of that institution was due to his energy and business ability. Mr. Fuller is well known in busi­ness circles, and wide awake and energetic.
Winfield Courier, April 21, 1881.
Gilbert & Fuller have put up several handsome signs.
[RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS BY THE FLORAL CYCLONE.]
Winfield Courier, June 16, 1881.
H. G. Fuller gave $5.00.
Winfield Courier, August 4, 1881.
Money to loan on first class real estate, security at very low rates by GILBERT & FULLER.
Winfield Courier, November 17, 1881.
Monday evening a number of gentlemen met at the office of Gilbert & Fuller and organized “The Winfield Building and Loan Association.” A constitution was drawn up and charter provided for, and a large amount of stock subscribed. The capital stock of the Association is $100,000 in two series of $50,000 each, the second series to be issued when the first series is paid up. The stock is divided into five hundred shares of $100 each, and are assessed at one dollar per month each. No member can own more than ten shares. The business of the Association is managed by a board of directors, and the following persons were elected as such board for the coming year: J. E. Platter, R. E. Wallis, H. G. Fuller, J. F. McMullen, Ed. P. Greer, A. D. Hendricks, J. W. Connor, C. A. Bliss, A. B. Steinberger, J. A. McGuire, and I. W. Randall.

The Board of Directors then met and elected H. G. Fuller president, A. D. Hendricks vice-president, J. E. Platter treasur­er, and J. F. McMullen secretary and attorney. The secretary was instructed to open the books of the Association for subscriptions to the capital stock. The first series only consists of five hundred shares, and these are being taken rapidly and will soon be exhausted.
Cowley County Courant, November 17, 1881.
For exchange eighty acres on improved farm one mile from depot. Will trade for house and lot in Winfield.  GILBERT & FULLER.
Cowley County Courant, November 17, 1881.
GILBERT & FULLER, LOAN, REAL ESTATE, & INSURANCE AGENTS, NOTARIES PUBLIC [S. L. GILBERT, H. G. FULLER] MANNING’S BLOCK.
Cowley County Courant, December 1, 1881.
CHARTER FILED. The following charter was filed yesterday in the office of the secretary of State: “Winfield Building and Loan Association,” capital stock $200,000. Board of Directors for the first year: J. E. Platter, R. E. Wallis, H. G. Fuller, J. F. McMullen, E. P. Greer, A. D. Hendricks, J. W. Connor, A. B. Steinberger, C. A. Bliss, J. A. McGuire, and I. W. Randall. Commonwealth.
Winfield Courier, December 22, 1881.
Money to loan on first class real estate security at very low rates by Gilbert & Fuller.
Winfield Courier, January 5, 1882.
INSURE Your Dwellings, Barns, Churches, Schoolhouses, Crops, and Stock against loss or damage by Tornadoes, Wind Storms, Fire, and Lightning, in First-Class Companies, represented by GILBERT & FULLER, WINFIELD, KANSAS.
Cowley County Courant, January 19, 1882.
P. H. Albright & Co. have moved into the rooms recently vacated by Gilbert & Fuller, over the post office, and are fixed up in fine shape. Mr. S. L. Gilbert will remain in the office with the new firm and assist them with their business.
Cowley County Courant, January 19, 1882.
A charter has been filed with the Secretary of State for the Winfield Loan and Trust Company. Capital stock, $10.000. Charter members: J. C. McMullen, J. D. Leland, H. G. Fuller, A. B. Lemmon, and C. E. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, January 12, 1882.
We stated last week that Gilbert & Jarvis had dissolved partnership. The item was true—two years ago. We intended to say: “Gilbert & Fuller have dissolved partnership by mutual consent.”
Winfield Courier, January 19, 1882.
Homer Fuller has moved his office across the hall from the one formerly occupied by Gilbert & Fuller.
Winfield Courier, March 2, 1882.
An improved Farm three miles from Winfield. Price $1,600—one third cash. H. G. Fuller. Over P. O.
Cowley County Courant, March 9, 1882.

A representative of the paper boarded the train Monday, and in company with his better half, the comparative degree is acknowledged with all humility, took a “ride on the cars” down to our sister city and “did” the lively place to the best of our ability.
It had been some time since we had walked the classic streets and got sand in our shoes, and things seemed comparative­ly strange and new. However, we had the energetic and genial presence of H. G. Fuller to remind us of home and keep up our spirits and didn’t sigh for “home, sweet home” very much.
Cowley County Courant, March 16, 1882.
WINFIELD LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY, OVER POST-OFFICE.
[J. C. McMULLEN, PRESIDENT/H. G. FULLER, SECRETARY].
Winfield Courier, April 6, 1882.
For Exchange: 160 acre improved farm for team or house in Winfield. H. G. FULLER.
Excerpts...
[ACCIDENT: DEATH OF JOHN WESLEY SNYDER.]
Cowley County Courant, April 27, 1882.
One of the saddest accidents ever recorded in the history of Winfield was the sudden and accidental shooting of one of Cowley County’s most respected farmers Saturday, about fifteen minutes before twelve o’clock.
The streets were crowded with people, and a notion wagon man from Topeka, was stationed just south of Harter’s drug store, selling his goods to all who wished to buy.
Mr. Snyder, an old resident of the county, who has lived on a farm about seven miles south of Winfield, on the Walnut, for the past eight or nine years, came to town this morning with a load of millet seed, which he expected to sell. He brought with him his wife and their baby, a little boy about sixteen months old.
Upon arriving in the city he walked down to the corners, as the crossing of Main street and Ninth avenue are termed, and was standing just at the rear of the notion wagon, listening no doubt to the man’s speech to the crowd. The notion man stood in his wagon in his shirt sleeves, his coat lying in the front end of the wagon upon a box, which it is supposed contained articles of some kind for sale. He went to this box, apparently, to take something out, and taking his coat in his hand returned to the rear end of the wagon and laid it down upon another box, when his pistol fell out of one of the coat pockets and to the ground, striking the hind wheel of the wagon as it fell, and was dis­charged.
The Coroner was there by this time, a jury summoned, and the body born to the office of H. G. Fuller, over the Post Office where an inquest was held. After hearing the evidence of a number of gentlemen who were present, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that Mr. Snyder came to his death from an acciden­tal shot fired from a pistol belonging to W. H. Wood, a traveling salesman. Mr. Wood was placed under arrest, but after the verdict of the jury was rendered, he was discharged.
Winfield Courier, July 6, 1882.
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO LOAN. Short time; personal security. Over P. O.
H. G. FULLER.
Winfield Courier, November 2, 1882.
Messrs. Geo. E. Sanford and W. P. Custard of Mendon, Michigan, old friends of Mr. H. G. Fuller, are taking in this county and its capabilities and express much surprise at our wonderful productions, and are looking up the sheep and cattle interests.

Winfield Courier, December 7, 1882.
H. G. Fuller has moved to Hackney’s new office on 9th Avenue east of the stone livery  stable and has plenty of money to loan on real or personal security.
Winfield Courier, January 4, 1883.
Notice. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Winfield Building & Loan Association will be held at the office of H. G. Fuller, President (being at Hackney’s new Law Office on Ninth Avenue), on Tuesday evening, January 9, 1883, commencing at 7:30 p.m.
Dated January 2, 1883. J. F. McMULLEN, Secretary.
[COWLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]
Winfield Courier, January 25, 1883.
Homer G. Fuller was a witness at the Colgate trial.
Winfield Courier, January 25, 1883.
H. G. Fuller will offer for the next thirty days SPECIAL BARGAINS, to wit: 3 improved farms; 4 elegant cottages, and 20 lots in Winfield; $25,000 to loan on improved farms; $10,000 to loan on personal and chattel security; will buy notes, mortgages, also city, county, and school orders.
Winfield Courier, January 25, 1883.
Money to loan on real estate for one year. H. G. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, February 1, 1883.
Hotel for rent, furnished or unfurnished. H. G. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, February 8, 1883.
The new Board of Directors of the Winfield Building & Loan Association, eleven in number, met at the secretary’s office Tuesday evening and elected officers for the current year. H. G. Fuller was elected President; D. L. Kretsinger, Vice President; J. E. Platter, Treasurer; and J. F. McMullen, Secretary. The entire board was present. The new series is being rapidly taken.
Winfield Courier, February 22, 1883.
H. G. Fuller is doing a lively and prosperous loan business. He has something to say to our readers in an advertisement this week. [Ad did not appear in Feb. 22nd issue.]
Winfield Courier, March 8, 1883.
Wanted. 100 yards of dirt to fill lot.  H. G. FULLER.
Winfield Courier, March 8, 1883.
To exchange: 160 acre farm for house and lot in Winfield. Price $1,000. H. G. FULLER.
Winfield Courier, March 8, 1883.
Wanted. To loan for three or five years in sums, as follows: two $500; one $8,000; two $1,000; one $1,500; one $2,000. The above money now ready. Bring your wife and get money the same day. H. G. FULLER.
Winfield Courier, March 15, 1883.
For Sale. One elegant 4 room cottage business. Price $850. One 3 room, price $800. A 3 acre tract cheap.            H. G. FULLER.
Winfield Courier, March 22, 1883.

During the last two weeks H. G. Fuller has sold eleven thousand dollars worth of city property. Among them was the J. C. Fuller house, just east of the schoolhouse, to F. M. Dickey for $740. The J. H. Kinne house on Manning Street to Cap. Whiting for $768. The stone house near the Santa Fe depot to M. E. Page for $800. The Hackney residence to Geo. Ordway for $2,500, and numerous other improved and unimproved property.
Winfield Courier, April 5, 1883.
ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, April 2, 1883.
H. G. FULLER, Real Estate Agent, Winfield, Kansas.
Dear Sir: Can you not get Senator Hackney to wait a few days? If not, he can move in among my goods. I was not expecting so sudden a sale. THOS. F. BORCHERS.
The above refers to property placed in Fuller’s hands, by letter, March 31. It was sold for $1,550 and the Rev. Borchers had notice of the sale by telegraph the same day. Moral: If you don’t want so sudden a sale of your property, don’t place it in Fuller’s hands.
Winfield Courier, April 12, 1883.
For sale by H. G. Fuller. One elegant 6 room house, 3 lots, $1,500; one 4 room cottage, 2 lots, $1,200; one 2 room, 1 lot, $450. A few more desirable lots cheap; 3 acres improved, a bargain, 15 x 16.
Winfield Courier, April 19, 1883.
T. K. Johnson has sold to H. G. Fuller and Wm. Morris a lot on Main street south of the Lindell Hotel for $700.
Winfield Courier, April 19, 1883.
H. G. Fuller offers a list of desirable property for sale in another column. He is making things hum in city real estate.
Winfield Courier, April 19, 1883.
Mr. H. G. Fuller sold A. B. Arment’s home property southeast of town last week to P. P. Powell, of Chicago, for $2,300, cash. Mr. Powell will improve the property and comes here to reside.
Winfield, Courier, April 19, 1883.
For Sale by H. G. Fuller. One elegant 6 room house, 3 lots, $1,500; one 4 room cottage, 2 lots, $1,200; one 2 room, 1 lot, $450. A few more desirable lots cheap; 3 acres improved; a bargain.
Winfield, Courier, April 19, 1883.
H. G. Fuller’s horse tore loose from a hitching post Tuesday morning and smashed the buggy and harness up in about ten jumps. An Indian with a red blanket was the cause.
Winfield Courier, May 3, 1883.
AD. H. G. FULLER, REAL ESTATE AND LOANS.
Buys and Sells City and Farm Property on Commission.
Money to Loan on Real Estate at 7 and 8 percent, or 9 percent, Straight.
If your security is good, you can get money the same day application is made.
178. Choice business lot on Main street. $900.
180. One story house, 4 rooms, well, cistern, 5 lots, all in fruit and shade trees, barn. Price $850.
181. One house, two rooms and basement, 2 lots, well. Price $550.
182. One and one-half story house, 5 rooms, pantry and closets, 3 lots, well. Price $1,050.

188. One and one-half story house, 8 rooms, barn, well and cistern, 6 lots. Price $3,100.
190. One and one-half story house, 4 rooms, well, 3 lots. Price $500.
191. One and one-half story house, 5 rooms, well, 3 lots, fruit trees. Price $1,000.
195. One story house, 4 rooms, shade and fruit trees, well, 1 lot. Price $800.
196. One and one-half story house, 4 rooms, well, 3 lots. Price $500.
200. One and one-half story house, 7 rooms, well, barn, 3 lots, shade and fruit trees. Price $1,500.
205. One story house, 2 rooms, well, 1 lot. Price $450.
206. One story, 3 rooms; 3 closets; well, fruit, shade, and ornamental trees, 2 blocks from the center of business. $1,200.
208. One and one-half story, well and fruit trees, 1 block from center of business, $2,200.
120. 3 acre tract, ¾ mile from Main street, well, stone foundation 20 x 26, 100 fruit trees, all in cultivation. $750.
125. One acre tract, all in fruit, one story house, 5 rooms, well, hedged, barn. $1,500.
Vacant lots in all parts of the city, principally on east side.
230. 160 acres, 15 acres cultivated, all smooth land, 2½ miles from Winfield. Price $1,300.
231. 3,100 acre tract, all under fence; will sell with cattle. $25,000.
234. 80 acres land, 10 acres orchard, 50 pear trees, 1½ story house, stable, granary, 64 rods fence, 2½ miles from Winfield. Price $2,600.
235. 160 acres, 75 cultivated, 25 acres wheat, 50 acres corn, 2 dwelling houses, fruit & shade trees, well; running water, 3 horses, 12 hogs, 300 bu. Corn, wagon, and tools. $3,500.
240. 80 acres, 25 cultivated, 1½ story house, corral, 10 acres of wheat, well and branch, fruit, 11 miles from Winfield. $1,200.
241. 160 acres, 60 cultivated, 1½ story stone house 14 x 24, one acre in grass, Kansas stable, 200 rods fence, stone, corral, well, and living stream, orchard, 10 miles from railroad. $1,400.
245. 400 acres, 155 cultivated, 80 rods fence, 55 acres in wheat, 100 acres in corn, beautiful location, 2½ miles from railroad. $7,000.
246. 160 acres, all wild, 4 miles from Winfield. $1,400.
247. 183 acres, 65 cultivated, good house, corral, well, living spring and branch, plenty range, 300 peach trees. $1,600.
[EDITORIAL CONVENTION.]
Winfield Courier, May 17, 1883.
Homer Fuller, W. H. Smith, and C. F. Bahntge are complimented for their many kind attentions to guests.
Winfield Courier, May 17, 1883.
Where the Money Came From. The following are the cash contributions to the general editorial entertainment fund. More was raised than was used and those who subscribed first took more than their share, so that others had to be somewhat limited in their contributions to give others a chance.
Homer G. Smith gave $2.00.
[LAND FOR SALE.]

Winfield Courier, May 31, 1883.
“Courier Place.” The strip of land lying between 9th and 12th Avenues, east, known as the “Lipe land,” has been platted and is today placed on sale with H. G. Fuller. It is called the “Courier Place,” and will be sold in quarter block tracts only. It is the finest residence location in the city, lies high and smooth, and slopes gently toward the city. Since we purchased this tract, there have been numerous applications for lots thereon, but we thought it best to get it platted and then let everyone sail in on the plan of “first come first served.” Its being sold only in quarter blocks will insure the erection of good buildings, and the building up of neat, substantial homes. Persons who desire to secure a desirable location for a home should call on Mr. Fuller at once and get their choice of location. The tract comprises forty-two lots, 50 x 140, making three blocks and a half.
Winfield Courier, July 5, 1883.
H. G. Fuller left for a month’s visit among relatives in New York, Monday.
[REPORT: J. S. HUNT, COUNTY CLERK.]
Winfield Courier, July 12, 1883.
Witness: H. G. Fuller: $24.00; $.50.
Winfield Courier, August 9, 1883.
H. G. Fuller is home again and looks refreshed and rejuvenated. He will make the fur fly during the balance of the year.
Winfield Courier, October 25, 1883.
City lots for sale in COURIER PLACE and other portions of the city by H. G. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, November 29, 1883.
Ed. Weitzel bought the lot just south of his hotel on which the hide house stands, Monday, for fifteen hundred dollars. The purchase was made through H. G. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, December 20, 1883.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller entertained a large number of friends at their elegant home Friday evening. It was a pleasant company and the hospitality was highly enjoyed. Among those present were Mayor & Mrs. Emerson, Mr. & Mrs. Bahntge, Mr. & Mrs. M. L. Robinson, Mr. & Mrs. Spotswood, Mr. & Mrs. Hickok, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Bliss, Mr. & Mrs. E. S. Bliss, Mr. & Mrs. Mann, Mr. & Mrs. W. J. Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. Millington, Mr. & Mrs. Silliman, Mr. & Mrs. Ordway, Mr. & Mrs. Tomlin, Mr. & Mrs. Col. Whiting, Mr. & Mrs. Geo. W. Miller, Mr. & Mrs. Greer, Mr. & Mrs. Allen, Mr. & Mrs. J. C. McMullen, Mr. & Mrs. Dr. Green, Mr. & Mrs. Brown, Mr. & Mrs. H. G. Fuller, Mr. & Mrs. S. D. Pryor, Mr. & Mrs. Branham. Also, Mr. Elbert Bliss, Mrs. Albro, Mrs. Doane, Mrs. Foos, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Ripley, of Burlington, Iowa, Mrs. Judge Buck of Emporia. These evening gatherings are becoming quite a feature in our social life, and nowhere are they more heartily enjoyed than at Mr. Fuller’s.
Winfield Courier, January 10, 1884.
AD. H. G. FULLER BUYS AND SELLS REAL ESTATE on his own account and on commission. LOANS MONEY ON REAL ESTATE, PERSONAL, AND CHATTEL SECURITY. Writes Life, Fire, and Tornado Insurance, and has some good bargains to offer in CITY PROPERTY.
Winfield Courier, January 17, 1884.

For Trade. A farm of 160 acres, 80 cultivated, near station—for house in Winfield. A house and lot to sell on monthly payments. H. G. Fuller.
Winfield Courier, March 13, 1884.
Mr. F. L. Braniger, formerly of Ohio, has located in Winfield with his family and bought an interest in the real estate and loan business of H. G. Fuller. The firm now appears H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, March 20, 1884.
W. P. Hackney has leased his Ninth Avenue office to P. H. Albright for a year and removed to his building near the East boarding house. H. G. Fuller & Co. will occupy the property they recently purchased, next to August Kadau’s shoe shop. Senator Hackney is going a good piece out of town, but his reputation is such that distance will lend no disenchantment.
Winfield Courier, March 20, 1884.
How We Boom! From the books of H. G. Fuller & Co., we copy the following sales of city and county property made by the firm between the 6th and 18th of this month. It is a wonderful record in real estate movement.
WINFIELD CITY PROPERTY.
C. S. Shue to Levi Doty, house and 3 lots: $500.00.
Eliza E. Anderson to David M. Sidle, house and 2 lots: $4794.00.
James Kirk to James M. Renick, 1 lot: $52.50.
Tannehill to H. G. Fuller, 1 acre: $200.00.
J. C. Fuller to Henry C. Callison, 2 lots: $250.00.
Celina A. Bliss to Fannie C. Halyard, 1 acre: $200.00.
D. R. Laycock to Wm. H. Watson, house and 1½ lots: $1,200.00.
Ed P. Greer et al to Wm. B. Hall, 3 lots in Courier Place: $350.00.
John Croco to Jonathan Stretch, house and 3 lots: $2,300.00.
I. W. Randall to Jonathan Stretch, house and 1½ lots: $1,680.00.
Ed. P. Greer et al to T. H. Soward, 3 lots, Courier Place: $325.00.
Ed. P. Greer et al to H. G. Fuller, 3 lots, Courier Place: $350.00.
Ed. P. Greer et al to Frank F. Leland, 3 lots in Courier Place: $400.00.
H. D. Gans to T. H. Soward, 3 lots in Courier Place: $400.00.
John Croco to I. W. Randall, 3 lots: $500.00.
Elizabeth Ward to H. G. Fuller, 1 lot: $100.00.
Geo. W. Perkins to H. G. Fuller, 5 acres: $950.00.
W. P. Hackney to T. H. Soward, 8 houses and 3 lots: $3,000.00.
D. L. Hoblet to W. P. Hackney, 175 ft. on 9th Avenue: $3,000.00.
J. C. Fuller to I. W. Randall, 3 lots: $350.00.
J. C. Fuller to C. E. Fuller, 3 lots, $350.00.
C. E. Fuller to T. H. Soward, 3 lots: $450.00.
J. C. Fuller to F. L. Braniger, 3 lots: $400.00.
Kate Smedley to Noble, 1½ lots: $200.00.
W. H. Perkins to James Lorton, 5 lots: $250.00.
FARM PROPERTY.

J. F. Millspaugh to H. G. Fuller, 160 acres: $1,700.00.
H. T. Lewin to Frank F. Leland, 160 acres: $1,600.00.
J. L. Whitson to F. L. Braniger, 140 acres: $5,500.00.
W. P. Hackney to H. G. Fuller, 600 acres: $2,640.00
Frank F. Leland to F. L. Braniger, 160 acres: $1,280.00.
The above sales were all made since Mr. F. L. Braniger became connected with the firm on March 6th.
Winfield Courier, March 20, 1884.
Lost. Pair nickel plated spectacles. Finder will please leave them at the office of H. G. Fuller and get reward.
Winfield Courier, March 27, 1884.
Capt. John Lowry sold Wednesday to Col. J. C. McMullen, 175 acres, for $4,200. The sale was made by H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, April 3, 1884.
AD. H. G. FULLER / F. L. BRANIGER.
REAL ESTATE, LOAN -AND- INSURANCE AGENTS.
WINFIELD, KANSAS.
Buy and sell city and farm property on commission and on their own account. For description of property, call or address us, with stamp. Those wishing to invest in First Mortgage Real Estate Loans, address us. References, Winfield Bank, and Donnell, Lawson & Simpson, Brokers, New York.
Winfield Courier, April 10, 1884.
We have purchased the abstract book of E. H. Nixon and are prepared from this date to make abstracts of city or county property promptly and correctly. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, April 10, 1884.
Mrs. Wm. H. Day, of Carrollton, Missouri, purchased last week, the Henry Dawson stock farm of 640 acres in Omnia Township for $5,000. The sale was made by F. L. Braniger, of the firm of H. G. Fuller & Co.
[WINFIELD BOOMS.]
Winfield Courier, April 10, 1884.
The neatest real estate office in the city now is that of H. G. Fuller & Co. The building they recently purchased on Ninth Avenue has been fitted up anew, artistically painted, counters put in, the floor covered with matting, and everything arranged very tastefully. They moved in Tuesday.
Winfield Courier, April 24, 1884.
H. G. Fuller has added a fine barn to his residence property, on east 10th Avenue.
Winfield Courier, May 15, 1884.
The real estate firm of H. G. Fuller & Co., has been dissolved, Mr. F. L. Braniger retiring.
Winfield Courier, May 15, 1884.
Notice of Dissolution.
WINFIELD, KANSAS, May 12th, 1884.

Public notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern, that the firm of H. G. Fuller & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. H. G. Fuller assumes the payment of all debts of said firm, and will continue business under the name and style of H. G. Fuller & Co. All of the notes and accounts due and owing to said firm must be paid to H. G. Fuller.
H. G. FULLER, F. L. BRANIGER.
Winfield Courier, May 29, 1884.
H. G. Fuller has gone into the cow business on a small scale, having bought one of Mr. Meech’s fine Jerseys. These Jerseys take the lead as milkers.
Winfield Courier, June 26, 1884.
Miss May Halyard is again at her post in the real estate office of H. G. Fuller and Co., after a month’s illness.
[COWLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]
Winfield Courier, July 17, 1884.
Petition of H. G. Fuller for vacation of a small part of Fifth Avenue in Winfield was withdrawn without action.
[COWLEY COUNTY FAIR AND DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION.]
Winfield Courier, August 7, 1884.
H. G. Fuller was a stockholder in the association.
W. L. Mullen, with H. G. Fuller & Co....
Winfield Courier, August 28, 1884.
For sale on Monthly payments, twenty-five lots in, or near Courier place. Also a new dwelling house. W. L. Mullen, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, August 28, 1884.
For Sale. 670 acre stock ranch, $7 per acre. Also 1700 acres under good improvements, $10 per acre. W. L. Mullen, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, August 28, 1884.
Wanted. Farm and city property. We are unable to suit all our customers with our present list. W. L. Mullen, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, September 18, 1884.
For sale on Monthly payments, twenty-five lots in, or near Courier place. Also a new dwelling house.
For Sale. 100 acre stock ranch, $7 per acre. Also 1700 acres under good improvements, $10 per acre.
W. L. MULLEN, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, September 25, 1884.
For Sale. 670 acre stock ranch, $7 per acre. Also 1700 acres under good improvements, $10 per acre. W. L. MULLEN, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 1, 1885.
CIVIL DOCKET. SIXTH DAY. W. T. Curtis v. H. G. Fuller et al.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 8, 1885.
WINFIELD BANK.
STATEMENT of the Condition of the Winfield Bank, of Winfield, Kansas, at the Close of Business December 31st, 1884.

RESOURCES.
Loans .......................................................................................     $161,978.42
Real Estate, furniture and fixtures ...........................................       11,094.29
Expense ....................................................................................          2,796.27
Overdrafts .................................................................................             788.32
Cash on hand ................    $51,824.02
Sight Exchange .............       34,088.74                                           $262,570.16
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock ..............................................................................   $  50,000.00
Undivided profits .......................................................................           8,395.63
Deposits ......................................................................................     204,174.53
 $262,570.16
STATE OF KANSAS, Cowley County: s.s.
I, H. B. Schuler, president of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. B. SCHULER, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th day of January, 1885.
H. G. FULLER, Notary Public.
[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, March 5, 1885.
W. T. Curtis vs. H. G. Fuller, et al. Dismissed with prejudice.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, May 21, 1885.
The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds yesterday.
J. W. Ross and wife to H. G. Fuller, nw ¼ 15-30-s-6e, 160 acres: $800.
[COWLEY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, July 30, 1885.
K. C. & S. W. RIGHT OF WAY DAMAGES.
Following we give the names to whom the County Commissioners allowed damages in the K. C. & S. W. right of way condemnation, and the amounts allowed. These extend from the north line of the county to the north line of Walnut township, as far as the condemnation is finished.
H. G. Fuller was awarded $1.00.
[WINFIELD CITY COUNCIL.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
H. G. Fuller was refused a permit to move a frame building to lot 6, block 127.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 6, 1885.
Money to loan by C. E. Fuller, 9th avenue, with H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.
Mullen & Fuller have made the largest sale of the season—the Burden Mill to Eli Reed. Price: $14,000.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 13, 1885.

The J. P. Short landmarks were all sold Monday and will be moved off to make room for an imposing block, an honor to the city. A. P. Johnson bought the Headrick building, $87; the Harris & Clark office, $100; and the Bliss & Wood grain office, $51. A. H. Doane got the harness shop, $101; and H. G. Fuller got the little tin shed, $5. The buildings will likely be moved onto residence lots. Work on the bank and Short lots will commence at once. The Harter building will be moved over in Ninth avenue.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, August 27, 1885.
The boom has commenced. Fuller & Mullen sold Monday three houses and lots to Mr. Workman, a capitalist of Springfield, Illinois.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 3, 1885.
H. G. Fuller moved his real estate office just south of the Lindell hotel.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 3, 1885.
Fuller & Mullen can give you some bargains in houses and lots, vacant lots, and suburban property. Office north of Myton’s store. H. G. FULLER & CO.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 3, 1885.
We are prepared to make farm loans at as low rates and on as favorable terms as any firm in the county. Our office now removed to Main street, north of Myton’s. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 10, 1885.
Wichita appears to have the twin of a Winfield firm—the counterpart to our H. G. Fuller & Son. The Eagle says: “Mr. Charles Fuller, of the firm of Fuller & Son, left yesterday morning for a pleasure trip to California.”
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 10, 1885.
H. G. Fuller & Co. are primped up very prettily in their new location on north Main. Artistic signs, adorning neat ground work paint, a canvas awning, and numerous “fix-ups” give them very cosy quarters.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 10, 1885.
H. G. FULLER & CO. We are prepared to make farm loans at as low rates and on as favorable terms as any firm in the county. Our office now removed to Main street, north of Myton’s. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 10, 1885.
Fuller & Mullen can give you some bargains in houses and lots, vacant lots, and suburban property. Office north of Myton’s store.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 10, 1885.
Wanted. A good driving horse. H. G. FULLER & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.
Fuller & Mullen can give you some bargains in houses and lots, vacant lots, and suburban property. Office north of Myton’s store.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.
The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.
Joseph A Garner to H. G. & C. E. Fuller, e hf nw qr & w hf ne qr, 22-30-4e: $2,500.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 17, 1885.
AN UNIQUE OFFICE. H. G. Fuller & Co.’s Enterprise and Taste.
In the First Rank for Real Estate and Loans.

The Real Estate office of H. G. Fuller & Co., on North Main, sparkles all over with enterprise and vim. It is without doubt the neatest office in the city. Artistic signs and paint on the exterior, with a neat canvas awning, make the office a prominent attraction, while pretty wall paper, neat curtains, and delicate paint adorn the interior beautifully. The interior has every convenience. The window contains some of Cowley’s mammoth productions—a pumpkin weighing 125 pounds, watermelons weighing 60 to 75 pounds, and other wonders. There is money in enterprise. No one could step into this office without readily perceiving that this firm is a rustling one—one always to the front. And this new location is proving a drawing card, and H. G. Fuller & Co.’s business is daily increasing. Messrs. H. G. Fuller and W. L. Mullen are on the go showing land buyers around while Chas. E. Fuller is always busy in the office. An unique feature of this office is a changeable bulletin of lands for sale, houses to rent, etc., on the front of the building. H. G. Fuller & Co. stand in the front rank of our real estate and loan firms, and will always hold an enviable position. Their agreeable courtesy in showing strangers around, and their large list of lands to select from are appreciated, and seldom fail to catch the land seeker.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, September 3, 1885.
H. G. Fuller moved his real estate office just south of the Lindell hotel.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 1, 1885.
COWLEY VS. INDIANA.
Our Magnificent Fruit Display to Go to the Hoosier State Fair.
A meeting was held at THE COURIER office on the Fair Grounds today to arrange for exhibiting the display of Cowley County fruit at the Indiana State Fair next week. H. G. Fuller was chosen chairman and N. T. Snyder secretary. The meeting was enthusiastic. Mr. Snyder stated that the real estate men of Arkansas City would bear their share of the expense. Mr. Manser moved that the real estate men should pledge the sum necessary to carry the exhibit east. A committee consisting of Messrs. Manser, Fuller, and Snyder was selected to attend to the finances. President Jas. F. Martin, J. D. Guthrie, and Capt. Huffman were selected to take the exhibit to Indianapolis. This idea is one of the best ever proposed in the interest of our county. A finer exhibit of fruit than ours was never made, and its display, appropriately decorated with banners, will make the Hoosiers’ eyes bug out. The committee start Saturday.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 8, 1885.
The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.
H G Fuller et ux to D R Laycock et al, lot 7, blk 290, Courier Place, Winfield: $200.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 8, 1885.
Wanted. Three hundred bushels of white oats. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 15, 1885.
Mrs. Helen M. Gougar came in from El Dorado Friday and will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Fuller for a day or two. She has bought property on 10th avenue east, and thinks strongly of locating in Winfield.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 15, 1885.

Mrs. Helen Gougar left Sunday evening for Grenola. She had been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Homer G. Fuller, of this city, for the last two or three days, while writing up Winfield for the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 15, 1885.
ANOTHER CITY ADDITION. And still the Queen City continues to spread! The latest addition is the B. B. Vandeventer tract, just north of the city, which has been purchased by H. G. Fuller, C. E. Fuller, C. C. Black, and J. B. Lynn, and will be platted at once. It is a very pretty body of land. It lies just to the left of the section line joining north Main, takes in nearly all of Island Park and all that land lying in the bend of Timber creek north of the S. K. track. The tract contains one hundred and forty acres and was bought for seventy-five dollars per acre: $10,500.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 15, 1885.
H. G. FULLER, Seven years in the Loan Business.
W. L. MULLEN, The Land Man with
C. E. FULLER. Formerly Assistant Cashier Winfield Bank.
                                                     H. G. FULLER & CO.,
                                     Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance Agents,
                                                     WINFIELD, KANSAS.
Loans negotiated on improved farms on as good terms as any agents can make in this county. Will sell you a farm on short notice.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 22, 1885.
H. N. Jarvis has sold his residence property on south Loomis street to Wm. H. Day, of Atlanta, for $2,000. The sale was made through H. G. Fuller & Co. Mr. Jarvis and family go to California next week, to reside.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 29, 1885.
FOR SALE OR TRADE. One hundred and sixty acres 2 miles from Atlanta; 50 acres in cultivation 2¼ acres in orchard, 2 wells and pond, one story house 14 x 24 with addition 7 x 10, stone barn with basement—stable cost $950, 3 stone corrals, granary, hog pen, etc., $1,300 mortgage at 7 per cent interest, due July 1st, 1890. Will exchange subject to incumbrance, for part cash and horses, cattle, or sheep. This is a bargain. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 29, 1885.
Messrs. Albert G. Shaw and John Gilpin from Raton, New Mexico, are visiting this county and are so much pleased with it that Mr. Shaw has bought a $17,000 farm and Mr. Gilpin will make a similar investment. Both will become permanent citizens of this county. The sale was made through Messrs. H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, October 29, 1885.
Farm loans made from one day to five years, at lowest rates, by H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 5, 1885.
The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.
Barnett B Vandeventer et ux to J B Lynn, C C Black, H G Fuller and C E Fuller, 147 acres in sw qr 21-31-4e: $11,032.
Callie Hackney and hus to Homer G Fuller, 7½ acres in sw qr 27-32-4e: $8,172.
H G Fuller et ux to W P Hackney, all of 16-33-6e, 640 acres: $4,672.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 19, 1885.

The case of Homer G. Fuller vs. William H. Day, to recover $250, paid for a dark bay mare, proved to be blind after the purchase, and said to be sound in every particular by Mr. Day, was filed in the District Court this morning.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 26, 1885.
The following are the real estate transfers filed in the office of Register of Deeds since our last issue.
H G Fuller et ux to C E Fuller, e hf lot 10 and lot 11, blk 289, Courier Place, Winfield: $750.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, November 26, 1885.
FARM LOANS.
A Dollar Saved is as Good as a Dollar Earned.
BORROW WHERE YOU CAN GET THE LOWEST RATES!
Mr. H. G. Fuller, of our firm, has just returned from the East, where he has made arrangements for placing LOANS at rates as low, if not lower than any firm in COWLEY COUNTY. Your money is ready the moment your title is perfected. If money is any object, you should call on us before borrowing elsewhere.
We loan on short time; also buy notes and school order.
H. G. Fuller & Co.
[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 10, 1885.
CIVIL DOCKET. NINTH DAY. Homer G Fuller et al vs C W Jones et al, F F Leland pros; Dalton & Day defense.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 17, 1885.
The committees, appointed at the citizens’ meeting, to work up the submitting of propositions for the extension of the Florence El Dorado & Walnut railroad from Douglass to Winfield, met yesterday afternoon in McDougall’s hall to determine on the apportionment of the amount of aid asked. Judge T. H. Soward called the meeting to order. S. P. Strong was chosen chairman and W. J. Wilson, Secretary. M. L. Robinson then explained the object of the meeting, to get everything in readiness for aggressive work in submitting the propositions and securing this road.
Every movement must have money back of it to insure its success. This and other enterprises needing agitation take money. Contributions were called for to be placed in the hands of the Winfield Enterprise Association for use in submitting these railroad propositions and any other progressive enterprise for which the Association sees necessity. Over $500 was subscribed as follows.
H. G. Fuller & Co. donated $10.00.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, December 24, 1885.
Farm loans made from one day to five years, at lowest rates, by H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, January 28, 1886.

FALSE AND CORRECTED. Inasmuch as there are a number of citizens in Walnut township, Cowley County, Kansas, living on land which has never been platted adjacent to the city of Winfield in said county, and said citizens have not petitioned to become citizens of said city of Winfield, and inasmuch as land not platted cannot be arbitrarily taken into the city limits, therefore be it resolved, that it is the place of the mayor and council of the city of Winfield that under the law only those citizens of Walnut township who are living on said lands who petitioned to become citizens of said city, whose names are as follows: A. J. Thompson, T. H. Soward, S. L. Gilbert, H. G. Fuller, D. Rodocker, and others, are citizens of the said city and those who did not petition the said city to become citizens thereof living on the said land are still as heretofore, residents of Walnut township.
State of Kansas, Cowley County, ss.
I hereby certify that at a meeting of the city council of the city of Winfield, Kansas, held January 25, 1886, the above resolution was passed by unanimous vote of the councilmen present.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1886. G. H. BUCKMAN, City Clerk.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 4, 1886.
Farm loans made from one day to five years, at lowest rates, by H. G. Fuller & Co.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, February 18, 1886.
The Island Park Place will be re-platted and put on the market to catch the spring boom. This tract contains about 140 acres, lying across the S. K. railroad and running down to Timber creek. It is owned by J. B. Lynn, president of the company; W. L. Mullen, vice-president; C. E. Fuller, secretary; H. G. Fuller, treasurer; and C. C. Black, one of the board. 1886 will fill it largely with residences.
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 1, 1886.
B. W. Trout, formerly with H. G. Fuller & Co., has bought the Dollar Store and will stock it up with everything to please the fancy of the young and the old.
[COWLEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.]
Winfield Courier, Thursday, April 8, 1886.
CIVIL DOCKET.
100. 2238. Homer G Fuller et al vs C W Jones et al, F F Leland for plaintiff, Dalton & Day for def.
147. 2296. Homer G Fuller vs William H Day, Hackney & Asp for plaintiff.
163. 2329. H G Fuller vs Curns & Manser, Hackney & Asp for plaintiff, Jennings & Troup for def.
164. 2330. H G Fuller & Co. vs John B Harden, Hackney & Asp for plaintiff; Jennings & Troup for def.
1891.
Winfield Monthly Herald, June, 1891.
A Word about our Advertisers.
We have selected good, reliable business firms, and endeav­ored to get only one of a kind.
THE WINFIELD WAGON CO. is now managed by H. G. Fuller. They have furnished carriages and carts to our Baptist readers and a host of others. They are doing an extensive business in Winfield, and a great addition to the business of Winfield.

 

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