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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
3
A collage of decorative tables, flowers, and tributes dominates a public display. Mentioned are Maori praise at Albert Park, bronze and copper features, and a London graphic note. Letters note New Zealand and U S connections, with investors from Rochester and Scranton backing colonization efforts.
A survey contrasts youth discipline in China with adults, noting boy regiments drill better and may strengthen national defense amid war with Japan. It highlights the promise of China’s young soldiers and their impact on the country’s future prospects.
A Minnesota man recounts two years in western Canada from Traverse city to Alameda in 1898 1899. He details wages 478.10 plus 70.10 crop share and total receipts 544.10 after homestead costs 109.00. He moved July 1898 with 3.65 then built a 32 acre farm and recommends farming over high rents or wage work. He thanks a Canadian government agent and endorses homesteading opportunities for poor men.
In Missouri's Ozark region a seventy year old recluse known as Shindi Painter lives without ever working. He asserts the world owes a living to all and has fished hunted and fiddled through life. Born in the Ozarks, he remains unmarried with kin nearby but out of touch for years.
The readable fragments describe cheap manufactured goods like chalks and resins claimed as protective coatings while warning of deception by a dealer. References to substances such as alabastine and terms suggesting fear or anger appear, but details are garbled.
London special reports indicate Boer forces under Dewet scored a major success with a battle near Meer-kirkfontein in which about 600 British were killed or wounded and 12 captured with wagons. Other dispatches claim heavy casualties and prisoners at De Welsdorp and a possible Meerkaafontein victory near Kroonstad. Reports note Lord Roberts in pursuit and Methven moving toward Hopstadt amid cannonading at Fourteen Streams.
The Utica presbytery heard Rev Dr Yayin of Clinton argue to delete from the confession of faith paragraphs 1 to 7 of chapter on election and reprobation. Dr Hillis of Brooklyn had resigned over the issue. Rev Brokaw noted Utica session supported the change and referred the resolution to the committee on bills and overtures.
H. H. Pitcher a banker and trustee in the Thomas Varney estate valued at $400,000 killed himself at his Livermore home rather than testify in court. The case centers on how he managed the bank and trust funds.
An Austin dispatch notes improving overall flood conditions but confirms severe damage in Bastrop County with about fifty washouts and bridge losses. Homes inundated and several families, including six Italians and three Black families, are reported missing in the southern Bastrop area. One unconfirmed report mentions eight deaths, while broader counts could not be learned.
Fire wrecked the York elevator owned by G P Chessman during a thunderstorm with lightning. Mutland and Miller’s east elevator, housing about 12000 worth of grain, was also burned though insured. Rain and wind limited further damage to nearby structures.
New York dispatch reports Rev Arthur C Mer ext withdrawn from the Ereauye terian Church. His resignation to the presbytery of New York was granted, and Dr McGiffert’s resignation followed per prior announcement. A Omaha circuit court order involved the Omaha and St Louis railroad against Burlington and Missori. A prison suicide in Auburn Nebraska saw Morris Henderstan suffocated in jail after an attempted entry.
Reports from Omaha note W C Beckwith a 24 year old locomotive fireman suicide by shooting on the fourth floor of the Withnes block at Fifteenth and Harney streets. In Dublin Ireland Arthur Griffiths editor of the United Man was sentenced to fourteen days or a sovereign fine for assaulting Ramsay Collins Irish Figaro. Chicken thieves terrorize Exeter Neb and Brown County Neb endures heavy rain and snow. Maximo Gomez sails from Havana denying plans to run Santo Domingo. Richard Mansfield suffers acute laryngitis at the Hollenden hotel. Sheriff Snyder of Hebron brings back Harry Bichn, an alleged burglar, held on bail.
An array of vintage ads and snippets appears, including Hall's Catarrh Cure claims with testimonials and warnings, Grain-O coffee substitute touting nutrition and lower cost, and scattered lines about marching troops and a mine as a metaphor. The text mixes medicine pitches, product endorsements, and miscellaneous notes.
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