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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1898
Page
3
A Texas Siftings quip notes the Standard Dictionary as a prodigious work uniting vast knowledge and clear access for students and scholars, with a display ad offering installment terms. The piece also recalls a grim execution era anecdote about a visitor asking for a lighthearted payoff.
A fragment notes Hall's Catach Cure is taken internally with price listed. The text then laments fond mothers and bachelors, claiming many boys carried milk in his time. The sense is a historical ad style with moralizing tone.
Fragment shows product ads and quips including Cascarets Candy Cathartic and Cosmo Rodtermier. Mentions on Fifth Avenue meeting Dinwiddie with dialogue about living and beauty claims. Several lines promote constipation cure, soothing syrup for children, and a cheeky remark about kissing a girl unexpectedly.
A letter from J. W. Goode of Orrick Missouri praises Ayer's Sarsaparilla as the best medicine in the world after it cured his daughter of a serious illness. The testimonial claims two bottles fully cured her and notes doctors had given relief only after the medicine was prescribed. The piece extols the blood purifying properties and asserts radical cures beyond mere symptom suppression.
A reader complains that the St Louis Republic carves a pro war stance while its owner group profits. the piece quotes a Republic editorial parroting monarchic critics, noting wage cuts and soldier hardships as strikes rise. It cites A B Wild of Washington and wider U S labor distress amid a single gold standard and monopoly grip.
The New York Journal discusses postwar anxieties on foreign debt, labor overwork, and industrial downturn. It highlights the threat of Wall Street influence, immigration, and wage pressure, urging workers to organize and vote for change to secure wages and jobs.
President William McKinley announces suspension of hostilities with Spain after a protocol signed August 12 1898 by William Day and Jules Cambon. Notice to commanders issued. Spain to issue similar instructions. Anger grows over China policy with rumors of a Russia China accord and debates on an Anglo American alliance.
Five men aged 17 to 33 were arrested by secret service police in St. Joseph Missouri on August 15 charged with involvement in the Burlington exposition flyer robbery at Roy's ranch the prior Thursday. James Hathaway confessed implicating the others, with pistols recovered and a returned livery rig linking to the crime.
The United States consul in Hong Kong reports the signing of the peace protocol. The Australia liner was chartered to carry dispatches to Admiral Dewey in Manila ordering a ceasefire. In Manila the protocol will be published and discussed with relief in government and court circles.
The article notes large shipments of gold from South Africa, the Klondike, and Australia, with expectations this year's output nearly doubling. It also mentions products like Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and various farm seeds, plus comments on wheat prices and consumer remedies.
A woman from Paxton North Dakota recounts recovery from postnatal weakness after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with relieving leucorrhea headaches and fatigue, recommending it to others facing similar female ailments and noting Mrs Pinkham's counsel for expectant mothers.
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