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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1899
Page
2
A Kansas clipping parrots a string of aphorisms and quips on morality fortune and ambition. The collection juggles observations about education marriage riches crime leadership and failure with a tang of social satire and European echoes.
A reflection on how conversation elevates a speaker through extemporaneous wit and rich language. The writer notes that most genius remains unpraised, while the orator gains personal glory and delight from the admiration he inspires in others.
Miss Bella Harber of Trenton Missouri secretary of the Interstate Good Roads and Public Improvement Association visited Springfield to promote a state hard roads convention in early summer. She aims to unite counties under a common effort without creating a rival group and to inform Gov Tanner and lawmakers, sending surveys to gauge road conditions and expenditures.
The piece notes pidgin English as the main medium between foreigners and Chinese, citing Chester Holcombe's Real China man demonstrations. Anecdotes describe miscommunication at a foreign ladies’ visit and a king’s Shanghai lodging, alongside speculative oyster farming near the Great Salt Lake and water quality concerns for aquatic foods.
A letter from Mamie Lewis of Lewla endorses Peruna from the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co of Columbus Ohio. The note claims the remedy cures chronic catarrh and mucus waste and offers a free catarrh book.
Nubar Pasha, ex Premier of Egypt, is said to have left a fortune above twenty million dollars built on Mme Nubar’s large Armenian banker inheritance in Constantinople. His holdings included a Paris hotel, a grand château at Boulaq, and a villa in Alexandria with famed gardens.
Alabastine is a natural durable coating for walls and ceilings, distinct from kalsomine. Available white or in twelve tints, it is sold as ready to use by adding cold water in five pound dry powder packages with full directions. It can be repainted and retinted at low cost and is sold by paint dealers and druggists with tint cards.
During a cold spell a little girl went to church and braved near freezing conditions inside the church. On returning home she said the service was not very enjoyable because it was so cold. The text was quoted as Many are cold, but few are frozen.
Frank J. Cheney of I. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay $100 for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath, sworn December 5 1886, notes the product is claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Side note promotes testimonials and Hall's Family Pills.
Grain elevator waste is being used for feeding sheep and cattle in the northwest. The practice creates a new industry and yields about 7 dollars per ton in value.
An ad notes a new grain product Grain-O sold in groceries as a coffee substitute. It claims to suit delicate stomachs, taste nearly like coffee, and cost about a quarter of a cent per cup or 25 cents per package. It targets adults and children as a safe alternative.
The article proclaims Moscow hosts the finest military riding school in existence. It measures 560 feet in length and 146 feet in breadth with a height of 41 feet, asserting unparalleled scale and grandeur.
An old campaign ad touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve swollen smarting and burning feet corns and bunions. It promises free samples and asks readers to request Allen's in Olmsted, Lehigh, N. Y. druggists and shoe stores.
A fragment discusses advertisements as bargains and study aids. It outlines materials used in construction and piano work from sixteen countries with forty five workers. A writer explains Filipino term origins Mestizos and Indians and notes intergroup tensions. Princeton University growth is described as remarkable with doubled dorm flesh.
Widespread talk of annexation in Jamaica while Chicago returns boost Harrison by 41 933. Mayor Jones of Toledo D is targeted for governor. Cuban payroll set at 3 million. G D Atnip in Nashville killed two youths then fled. Timothy Brosnahan dies after forgiving son. Lincoln monument plans in Illinois cost 1 million. Manila reports indicate Aguinaldo replaced by General Luna. Missouri clerical work to be contracted to curb scandals. Chillicothe inmates escape incorrigibles, knife threat recaptured after chase.
The piece notes a $10 a ton jump in broom corn demand in Chicago and reports unrest in the Philippines. It also covers a mayoral assault in Emporia, a U S cruiser sent to protect interests near Venezuela, a Nebraska unit muster out with travel pay, and a lynching of two Black men in Brooksville Mississippi for a murder.
The article notes third Nebraska volunteer unit boarding transports from Harayana. It reports reception of American warships under Admiral Sampson in Caracas and a reception in La Guayama for Sampson. It lists twelve new battleships and cruisers approved by congress and details Cuba appointing Gomez as commander with a three-general executive board to distribute US $3,000,000. It covers a deadly fire on 69th Street in New York, and ongoing hostilities and shelling in Samoa involving US and British forces with casualties and advisory communications.
Matthew Hancock who killed Ticket Broker George Hortgp in front of the union station on July 17, 1897, was hanged in the jail yard at St Temis in the presence of 500 people. Reports also mention a Sweetwater Texas lawyer Wood shot and wounded, with court appeals and incorporation news scattered among miscellaneous items.
The Tamman general committee in New York adopts a stance favoring municipal ownership of gas plants for all lighting needs. Senator Thurston of Nebraska shifts to an expansionist position, announcing the change at the Union League of Philadelphia. The Mazet committee begins examining Greater New York city departments with Chief Clerk Kipp subpoenaed to present all records concerning Captain Price’s conduct. In Paris, Le Figaro reveals evidence from the Dreyfus court proceedings, stirring renewed interest among Dreyfusards.
General Lawton with 1 80 men has begun fighting the Filipinos using traditional Indian warfare tactics. Sergeant Vickers of Company F First Nebraska died from wounds sustained near Manila. A flood in Glendive Montana from an ice gorge on the Yellowstone River drowned four and left eight missing. Street car strikes in Wheeling West Virginia and Bay City Michigan threaten long conflicts as the companies refuse to operate. Eighteen Massachusetts volunteers who arrived in Boston were imprisoned for mutiny related to food complaints.
Tuesday reports note the death of former Colorado senator Tabor and Moses W. Dodd leader of Dodd Mead Co. The Paris peace treaty renewal is scheduled. Manila’s renewal claims require 100000 troops. Proctor Knotts near Duluth nearly destroyed by fire. Minor riot at Pana Illinois leaves six dead nine wounded as guards intervene with troops.
Des Moines plumbers strike for an eight hour day. New Jersey city elections yesterday leaned Democratic. Cuban engineers return to posts on United railways. Women and boys aid Wheeling street car strikers. A Greek steamer sank off Malta with forty five drowned. Guilford pleads manslaughter in Bridgeport. Police evidence in Canton murder damages the defendant. Governor Tanner criticizes Sheriff Downey for Pana outbreak. International press clubs begin ninth annual convention in Baltimore with about fifty delegates. Vanderbilt couple honeymoon home burned. no lives lost. Trial of Mrs Ewing begins in Hopkins case. 13 year old Bertha Bender hanged herself near Longford. Troops keep order in Dawes Panwa. Business noted in Saintcore.
Timely notices from the National Congress departments and the Army and Navy report. Librarian Herbert Putulama takes oath and begins duties. Six reported Guatemalan prisoners are unfounded. Philippine casualties Feb 4 to Apr 4 1899 total 1160 with 184 killed and 976 wounded. John D. Sloane of St Paul named supervising inspector of steam vessels for Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa. Adelbert S Buffington named brigadier general and chief of the bureau of ordnance. Transport Sherman left Manila with 100 wounded. Mare Island dry dock plans completed. Shanghai survey of rail line to Canton finished. Vice President Hobart remains ill but not in immediate danger. War department issues orders to return no yellow fever remains to the United States.
Friday April 7 at Santiago General Wood has captured twenty two barflets Vice President Hobart is trifled but not well General Weston has assumed command of the commissary department Acting commissary general A M Clapp is ill in Washington Surgeon General Sternberg received word of the hospital ship Relief at Singapore and due at Manila April 11 Investigations may follow over 4400 cans of tainted Havana beef destroyed Meissie john orders to Captain Abercrombie Copper River expedition to depart Seattle April 12
Saturday reports two more bodies found in the Armour felt works ruins at Thiergo. Clay Center Nebraska post office made a presidential office with salary raised to 1000 dollars. Charles F. McGrew named Nebraska state bank examiner to succeed George R. Colton. McGrew previously state bank examiner 1891–1897, recommended by Senator Thurston for fitness and position. Admiral Dewey requests six months engineering supplies for Manila. Buffalo to join stores voyage. Beef inquiry nears its end as a secret court session ends reports read. Debates continue on vacancies and appointments in the capital.
Mrs D Oweh wife of the Indiana secretary of state died in a transportation accident while returning from Mexico in Texarkana Arkansas. The fatality occurred Tuesday according to late dispatches.
The text records invitations for memorial day by John to speak at Gettysburg National Cemetery, references Secretary Meikle and the Navy, notes Allied dispatch confirmations, and details various diplomatic items including a French gift ceremony at the White House with Sevres vases commemorating the Eeeelepderton cable opening, plus a Samoa appointment.
The state department has not been informed of the Saipan commission members. Gen Russell Hastings declined the president’s director post. Frederick Emory returns as temporary director. The collier Stindia at San Francisco will be rebuilt to keep her from Samoa or Manila for months. Henry Gannett’s census district plan is adopted by Merriam. Justice Stephen Field died at Capitol Hill home. A Millap, former United States printer, died in Washington at eighty eight, former president of the anti civil service league.
President selects Bartlett Tripp of South Dakota as U S representative on the Samoa joint commission. General Lawton captures Santa Cruz at Lake Laguna dé Bay in a brief fight with six wounded Americans and sixty eight Filipino killed or wounded reported.
The report lists William Overbeck of Omaha receiving a patent for an automatic package filler and Louis Phillips of Columbus for a drag saw. It notes Vice President Mobart's illness and a plague outbreak in Hong Kong spreading toward Manila. It covers war department reorganization, volunteer corps dismissals, Samoa travel plans, and post treaty proclamations, along with Major General Shafter's arrival to testify in beef-charge inquiries.
The speaker questions whether the Brazil war would affect coffee imports noting much of the world’s coffee is grown there. Candid Grocer counters that the United States consumes far more coffee than Brazil yields, implying little impact locally.
A fragment notes the German cruiser leaving Manila Bay and extols Hoster’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach ailments. The ad claims it cures indigestion constipation biliousness liver and kidney troubles and ends with a flippant remark about courting women.
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