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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1898
Page
3
Report notes gold production in 1898 from South Africa the Klondike and Australia rising with large shipments. The text also claims Hastetter's Bitters sales are increasing rapidly and lists ailments it purportedly treats. It mentions forgery and imitation.
The text argues against the gold standard, praising free silver and criticizing England's financial system. It cites Napoleon on interest tables and warns that relying on gold hurts the masses. It notes American support for free silver and resistance to gold, including regional political gains and factory workers’ wages.
A Dallas letter to the Chicago Record argues four cent cotton makes farming unprofitable. Net income falls below four dollars per acre after land rents and picking costs, with fixed expenses like rent, interest, and taxes not matching wage declines. Bankers' hopes of cheaper goods offsetting farmer loss are questioned.
The article notes New York and Brooklyn own a bridge with a street railway charging five and a half cents per passenger and zero for pedestrians, costing 15 million dollars. It contrasts a privately owned Mississippi River bridge in St Louis bought for five million at foreclosure, where foot fares are five cents and streetcar ten cents with twenty five cent steam car fares.
The New York World lists British holdings across American industry to argue the nation is economically tied to foreign interests. It highlights bonds, mines, gas and electric utilities, breweries, mills, and real estate among others, totaling about 8.2 billion dollars in assets.
A New York Journal editorial laments Mamie McCarthy's death at seventeen in New York City. It argues social indifference to famine and poverty, questions charity organizers' effectiveness, and challenges economists to rethink reforms for all families, not just the disadvantaged.
The 1892 Comptroller of Currency report shows total bank debts to depositors at 4.677 billion dollars. Cash on hand stands at 586 million, with 3.003 billion payable on demand and savings deposits at 1.712 billion subject to short notice. The note warns that rising fictitious credits and tight money supply could burst the credit bubble if demand for money spikes.
The piece argues Democrats can win a house in 1900, opposing Gage and McKinley backed measures as threats to the money function. It cites Lyman Gage and Biddle, warns of a national bank risk, and endorses greenbacks and independent government. It also critiques expansion and the Dingley tariff, urging active civic engagement.
In Tortna Kansas on December 24, lawmakers clash over reading requirements for bills. Speaker Street rules John Seaton out of order while a protest on the university fund transfer is referred to judiciary. The senate passes an emergency transfer of 631,000 from the university fund to the general fund and adjourns.
Havana prospects surge as a US style Western boom spreads, with estimates of gambling houses and famed figures like Bat Masterson Wyatt Earp Doc Holliday and others joining ventures. The city eyes Monte Carlo like activity as saloons and enterprises rise during reconstruction. A separate notice reports pianist Sebastian Bach Mills dies aged 60 after a career begun as a child prodigy before Victoria. A fire flag is noted in Malate.
Readers learn of a claimed universal cure for catarrh. The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces, offering one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with testimonials and Toledo address for F. J. Cheney & Co. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills.
A publication urges readers to adopt the habit of perusing ads for interesting studies and excellent bargains. It emphasizes advertisers are trustworthy and deliver what they advertise.
Disjoint phrases reference American Rubber Foot Ball free. and soldiers in peace, suggesting wartime or home front advertising. The text mentions Diamond "C" and a grocer, with odd juxtaposition of slogans and consumer items. No clear event or person is specified.
A reader from Gibson Os writes of decades of misery and womb trouble finally relieved after following physician-advised guidance. The letter claims the author now is perfectly well after years of suffering.
Mansfield Louisiana resident Bates writes of severe menstrual pain leucorrhea and abdominal soreness. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports a remarkable improvement and recommends it strongly to friends.
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