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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
3
A jumbled, antiquated collage of medical cures and household remedies. Product names like CASCARETS and HAL'S CURE appear amid stray lines about sandalwood discovery, foot care, and debt warnings. The text reads like an OCR mashup of 19th or early 20th century advertisements and notes with scattered proper nouns and uncertain details.
A shooting spree in Purley and Paridy ends with Harrington killed by Sheriff Dillingham’s son after he fatally shoots Thomas Wallace and Mrs Harris Harrington’s mother in law. The spree began after a lodge expulsion dispute, with Harrington robbing a store and wounding bystanders before the final confrontation.
Reported distress from Pekin indicates allied forces need reinforcements. Italy dispatches 400 marines from Fiermogea cruiser. Li Bunge Chang appeals for peace commissioner and hostilities cessation, but terms from August 13 remain unmet. Conger telegraphs that Chinese troops are surrounded in palace grounds. Bridgeman Billed. Burlington bridgeworker James Dooley killed near Chalco by a passing special train. Train crew warned too late. one death, others injured. Me Franks and Monnatt noted in separate incidents. a woman wounded by a sparrow-hunting rifle shot in Cumberland, Ohio.
Rescue teams reached Primrose colliery near Michiney City Pennsylvania where miners Vidas Témbiss and three others were found dead after being suffocated. A recruiting party located the bodies of George Tomkiss William Tomkiss and Charles Title in the shaft area.
In Portageville Missouri Pemiscot County a noted gambler Thomas Cook and two companions disappeared after trying to run things their own way. Citizens allegedly formed a mob, arrested the trio and drowned them in the Mississippi River. Details have just leaked out.
The state department released a treaty between the United States and Great Britain detailing the tenure and distribution of real and personal property. Signed last year, ratifications were exchanged last month. The long seven article instrument covers how to divide property of deceased citizens who die in the other country.
The largest coal land transfer in eastern Ohio closes as 18 000 acres in Warren Wells and Smith townships pass to Cleveland capitalists. H E Willard held the options. Extensive mines and several branch roads will be built. About half a million dollars will be paid to landowners in a few days.
Governor Chandler of Georgia received a telegram from Sheriff Brewer of Liberty County stating that the negroes in the county who had caused trouble in recent days had dispersed. The Liberty guards were no longer needed and a cavalry troop remained on site as the disturbance appeared to have ended.
Dispatch from Ambassador Porter in Paris states Jose Castro Garcia a fugitive from Forte Biro landed at Havre and contested an embezzlement charge while consenting to extradition Garcia served as a tax officer in Porto Rico and disappeared after the Americas occupation.
Judson Fleming a wealthy farmer and his son Lawrence aged twenty were killed by a Big Four train near Anh Jey Ohio as they attempted to drive across the track after hearing the whistle. The car was hurled 200 feet and the boy also died.
London dispatches quote a Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express about Empress Dowager had left Beijing for the earth note. The Daily Mail correspondent says flags fly over the imperial palace in Tien Trin. Street fighting continues as 4,000 native Christians aid in Pekin capture. Western powers debate Li Hung Chang peace terms with varying views. Admiral Seymour defends relief actions stating prospects were dark yet necessary. Russian finance contemplates a 300 million ruble loan with U S insurers amid China campaign strains.
The state university weather bureau reports for the week ending August 21. Heat dominated with heavy thundershowers in eastern districts and damaging hail in small areas. Rainfall ranged from one-half to over four inches in the east, little to none in the far west. Corn deteriorated in dry hot zones, with some fields cut for fodder. Overall crop conditions varied by region, with good progress in others despite stress.
Stone, superintendent of industrial departments at the state hospital in Mading Pleasant, Texas, was arrested on charges of theft of supplies. He waived examination and was committed to jail in default of $1,900 bond.
A printer estimates the official ballot will be unusually long due to multiple parties and many officers to be elected. The law requires a blanket form on a long paper strip with names printed in uppercase, each name starting at one eighth inch high, with a quarter inch spaces between name squares and three sixteenths inch gaps between entries.
Fires roared through forests between Rattle Lake and Grand Encampment Wyoming threatening towns mining camps and sheep camps. Herders drove flocks into the mountains as feed and water grew scarce. Timber scorched like tinder and rain alone could halt the flames. Losses exceed two hundred thousand dollars and miners aided forest rangers but efforts appeared futile.
Defense in the Henry E. Youtsey Goebel murder case seeks a continuance citing illness of the defendant, unavailability of counsel, and many key witnesses. Subpoenas issued and returned unserved are noted by counsel in an affidavit.
The Blenheim spaniels, famed for royal links to the Marlborough lineage, are bred on estates to preserve ancient excellence. A distinct top-of-head ball mark sets them apart, though the Bond descent feature grows rarer with time. Edward Page Gaston notes in December Women’s Home Companion.
A fragment from a historical page notes a belief that Chinese boxers misjudge a solution to a major problem. It mentions U.S. readers considering buying a farm near the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line in Marinette County Wisconsin, praising crops and water, then jokes about renting versus buying. It also recounts a humorous tale of a bull in a chinashop causing no damage beyond a teacup.
Randmpmost hosts the 34th national gathering in Chicago from August 27 to September 1. The Chicago Great Western Railway promotes a one fare round trip starting August 25, with return by September 1 and long return extension to August 30, at 40 cents. President McKinlay plans to attend. tickets available via Great Western agents or 113 Adams Street, Chicago.
In Prairie du Chien Wisconsin Thomas Vavra a special policeman shot Charles Pringle an artilleryman during an argument at Colonel Cody’s wide west show. The mob wrecked the saloon and Vavra’s house. Vavra fled under marshal protection as several showmen were injured.
The readable fragments reference land schemes in Medigan under a standard authority, advertisements for farms and town lots, and notices about books and agents. Other passages mention Spurgeon and Dr. Clifford anecdotes, the Taj Mahal’s architecture, and a brief crime note, all presented as disparate clipped items without a single coherent event.
Fragmentary early 20th century style notice urges women to gain strength through education and care for families. It extols a tonic as needed to restore vigor and moral clarity, presenting a moralizing tone about womanly duties and wellbeing.
A garbled ad style passage touts a universal medicine claimed to cure many ailments including catarrh. It asserts the product benefits both genders but emphasizes women and suggests it overcomes failures of other remedies, promising a cure for various conditions.
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