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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
3
Eight marriages occurred in a few weeks in St Marie Quebec as couples from the Mariz Rheaume Morin families intermarried. The text weaves social ties, local names, and references to notable figures and common 19th century remedies, including patent medicines and childrearing anecdotes.
Advice on remedies for female infertility and uterine issues cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective. Personal testimonials claim restored fertility and relief from cyclical pain, urging women to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance in Lynn Massachusetts.
A French scientist explains salt in sea air rises with wind and settles when calm. Pink tea includes pink rock candy and tiny pennant cakes on picks. Various light vignettes touch on manners, health tonics, and quirky humor in a bustling newspaper page.
A court of inquiry in Havana declares the Maine was destroyed by a mine beneath the keel near frame eighteen. The verdict absolves officers and crew of fault and assigns responsibility to a mine detonation, noting two forward magazines partially exploded and the after portion of the ship remaining largely intact.
The House adjourned at 12 28 p m after announcing Representative Simpkins death with no debate. A later cable meeting reviewed the President's message to Congress and minister Woodford dispatches, showing hopeful but not final progress toward deescalation. Spain signaled willingness to concede and withdraw troops from Cuba under liberal terms, yet war remains a possibility if terms fail.
A Key West dispatch to the New York Herald reports plans to defend Americans in Havana as tensions rise after the Maine disaster. Captain Sigsbee and other Maine officers are aboard the Olivette, with Americans expected to flee if a broad exodus follows. Consul Lee tightens censorship and prepares a revised list of Americans in Havana for emergency contact.
London reports the British fleet is moved from Halifax toward Bermuda to guard British commerce and subjects if war breaks out. Diplomats dismiss Anglo American cooperation in Cuba, noting the United States does not need an ally while Spain cannot secure one. Britain would offer sympathy, but continental powers may limit backing to neutrality.
A cyclone struck Lehigh and Coal Gate on Saturday night, killing at least fourteen and causing widespread property loss. Dozens are missing, with reports naming James Seafoam and his family, Alex Pendergraas and kin, and El Bineeny and five children among the dead. The disaster left a half mile wide path of destruction and the death toll may rise.
The March 20 health report on Mr. Gladstone indicates his illness is likely fatal soon. Doctors told him the truth, and he accepts there is little or no chance of recovery. Also noted is Abner Chaney Goodall, 93, inventor of the flatbed printing press and related devices, who died yesterday. The March 29 item mentions the US cruiser San Francisco and New Orleans sailing to New York.
General orders issued for transfer of the Twenty-fifth regiment to the Dry Tortugas. The unit, about 450 men under Colonel A. B. Hird, is composed of Black troops, highlighting policy aims near Cuba. Other Black regiments include the Twenty-fourth at Fort Douglas, the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Robinson, and the Tenth Cavalry at Fort Assiniboine. Also notes First Lieutenant Charles Young with the Ninth Cavalry and four Black chaplains. Troops from Fort Reno begin loading Gatling and Hotchkiss guns for eastern coast transport via Fort Worth, Texas.
Speaker Reed warns the President of an uncontrollable House danger amid a crisis over Cuban relief. Michigan Senator Meffillen says the situation will peak before week’s end as debates focus on a $500,000 Cuban aid request and possible intervention. Delegations gather in state and House committees weighing independence declarations and immediate action.
Navy orders reveal the formation of an additional fleet called the Mosquito Fleet. It will consist of small vessels like tugs and steam yachts to defend the coast as a mobile maritime defense. State naval militias will be asked to join this auxiliary fleet under naval command. Admiral Walker departed from Nicaragua, with speculation about who will command the overall operations, including Captain Sampson and Commodore Schulz’s flying squadron.
F E Kellogg of Rich Hill has been named collector of internal revenue for the Sixth district, Western Missouri, with an appointment in Kansas City to succeed Webster Withers. The report notes accompanying commentary on legal appeals and European opinion regarding U S actions.
A report from By-Stanien features Alderman Louis Wi-Camp describing a three pound gain in five weeks amid sickness. The piece includes a physician certificate and a notary affidavit, then shifts to notes from Berlin boot blacks and delegates reporting on Western Canada colonization near Alameda, Manitoba, praising soil, cattle, and prospects for settlers in 1897.
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