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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
2
The Kansas state board of agriculture quarterly report for the year ending December 1897 highlights beef production and crop livestock statistics. Secretary Coburn praises Kansas pastures and corn, noting pasture and grain wealth and beef cattle value.
The Belle Springs Creamery in Salina paid 2 cents per pound for butter fat during October and November. October’s average test was 422-100 and November’s 423-100. The seventh skimming station near Lorra ine started this month. Kansas Kaffir corn shipments to Africa are rising. Rev W A Cardwell and his blind wife face distress at Lecompton. The Kansas appeals court warns against sheriff sales of liquor to satisfy judgments. Central Creameries of Abilene paid 22 cents per pound for December butter fat, highest of the year, while July saw 12 cents.
The excerpt presents Coventry Patmore's meditation on the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. It contrasts Mary's humble acceptance with earthly wonder and reverence, noting the sacredness of motherhood and the idea of God dwelling in Mary. It ends by praising maternal devotion and the holy infant.
In a dim gambling room Lucien De Hem, with a ruined fortune from the roulette table, recalls his wasted youth and contemplates the pistols at home. Amid a vertigo of loss he notes the time near midnight on Christmas Eve and faces a desperate memory-driven moment as Dronski begs for money.
Lucien de Hem finds a sleeping beggar girl and a gold louis in a shoe, then deserts a fortune gambled away at the club. He later discovers the girl died of cold, enlists in the First African Chasseurs, and now acts with quiet charity, seen giving alms in Algiers.
The poem reflects on Christmas Eve scenes with bells and angels, contrasting faithful joy with souls who feel sorrow and doubt. It mentions children and the Babe of Bethlehem as a guiding holy moment, while others face hardship and a season lacking cheer.
The state livestock sanitary commission reports Kansas received about 500000 cattle from other states and Mexico for feeders or grazing in western Kansas. Shippings from the South totaled 183845 last year, with additional cattle arriving from La Junta under Colorado inspection. Kansas records lack these numbers.
TorecA Kansas December 18 The railroad commissioners forthcoming report will show interstate commerce commission powers inadequate and that the state board lacks authority. It notes the Supreme Court decision against equal treatment of foreign and home merchandise and cites three dissenting judges. It hopes people will press Congress to end discrimination.
Charles Robinson alias Shorty Lewis was arrested by a special officer in Fort Scott Kansas on charges of being an ace complicé in the Nevada post office robbery over two years ago. Two co defendants have served nearly two years in the Missouri pen for the crime. He had been dodging officers until he began visiting a local woman, leading to identification and capture.
The State Bank of Perry Kansas, a small Union Pacific station east of Topelke, was robbed Wednesday night. About $900 in currency and 1,000 in notes and drafts were taken after robbers entered through a back door and cracked the safe with dynamite. Cashier J L Raines discovered the loss next morning. no clues have been found.
Independence Kansas December 17 jury after forty eight hours finds Henry Sheesley guilty of manslaughter in the second degree in the murder of ex Senator Daniel McTaggart. Judge Skidmore sentences Sheesley to five years in the State penitentiary.
Washington December 18 Int Davis assistant secretary of the interior department promulgates a rule that there shall be a limit to the time in which a widow may file and appeal in completing her deceased husband's claim.
A Missouri reporter recalls from the Western plains how wind shaped travel and romance. Charley Sentiles of the Northern Pacific describes a life lived on open prairie stations. A sailor-like cart with a sail carried him to visit his girl every Saturday night, despite shifting winds and a second station fifteen miles east for alternate nights.
An English bishop and his wife aboard a stormy voyage lightheartedly reveal a wooden ball rolling under his pillow to mute a quarrelsome mood. The captain laughs at the discovery, while the tale underscores sea life and humor amid hardship. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is recommended for digestive ills and related complaints.
A playful dialogue shows Pommy asking about a hair-oll in a bottle. Mam answers it is mucilage while Tommy jokes about removing his bat, reflecting light hearted family humor from a Good News item.
Ad text promotes Alen's Footbase powder for tight shoes and common foot ailments with free sample offer. Also markets Mrs Winslow's Looking Syrup for teething pain relief. Includes miscellaneous notes on black snow in Geneva due to fungus and a cigarette brand offer.
A fragmentary exchange describes people on a car yesterday. Mentions Misa Esmeralda Longcoffinto Dudley Canesucker and a right and left passenger. The speaker recalls bows from two men and questions who they are.
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