Cover Calendar For Month And Day -Pics

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The stamp is a U.S. stamp commemorating the Panama Canal and not a Canal Zone stamp--but the sender of the cover was a dealer who specialized in the Canal Zone.

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HOTEL BONHAM
This house is located in Clay Center, and was opened to the public on September 1, 1887. It is without question the best arranged and best furnished hotel in the State of Kansas, and is acknowledged by those who have partaken of its hospitality to be, regardless of price, the best establishment of its kind in the West. It is a four-story building above the basement and is located near the business center of the city, the main front and entrance being on Fifth Street, "the main street of the city" and the side entrance on Dexter Street. The fronts are built of pressed brick, beautifully trimmed with stone and an iron cornice. Within are all the accommodations for both ladies and gentlemen usually found in a first-class house, especially intended for the convenience and comfort of the traveling public. It contains 100 large, elegantly furnished rooms with hot and cold water, bathrooms and electric calls, with ample protection against fire and heated throughout with steam.

The first, second and third floors of the Hotel Bonham, with the exception of the parlors and bridal chambers, are furnished with antique oak; the fourth floor is finished with ash and every room and hall is carpeted with either velvet or Brussels. The office, reading room, dining room, parlors and halls attract the attention of strangers on account of their size and splendid furnishings. It is scarcely necessary to say that this elegant hostelry is conducted in all its departments in a systematic manner and its guests are accorded that courteous attention which cannot fail to please.