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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
3
A mixed collage of era notes discusses the decline of handshakes amid disease fears, with quips about old customs and health practices. It cites Chicago Tribune on the handshake as disease spread and contrasts with surgeons’ hygiene.
A boiler battery explosion at Phillips Nimick & Co on West Carson Street Pittsburg severely injures a dozen workers with five mutilated and possible more deaths looming. Rescue and emergency crews search the ruins as families gather nearby. The roof was lifted and steam scalded workers while the cause remains unknown.
London dispatch reports British strategy pauses as Lord Roberts ponders a forward push into the Free State. Reinforcements may allow two large operations with Methuen French and Gathere unifying to reach seventy thousand for invasion while 40k to 50k guard communications and 40k attempt Ladysmith relief. Public impatience grows as Ladysmith news remains unsettled and casualty lists loom.
London reports link the Shikishima departure to broader tensions with China though official notes say the sailing date was set weeks ago and amid unconfirmed talk of Japan aiming a strike at Russia. Analysts warn Japan may act before finalizing plans.
Editor E W Howe of the Atchison Globe offers to occupy the pulpit with Rev Mc Sheldon as pastor of the Congregational church in Topeka for a week. Howe, running the Topeka Capital as a Christian newspaper, argues Sheldon’s desire to publish a newspaper proves religion’s column lacked. He jokes about buying a Bible and joining the church if preachers fail to make a case against newspapers. Howe notes his lecture experience and writing renown.
Washington dispatch notes the marine hospital laboratory began producing Yersin serum to combat bubonic plague under Dr Walter Wyman. Work started two months ago, four months to completion, as a precaution. The serum is the only known remedy today.
A two mile canal nearly forty feet wide will carve the Pan American Exposition grounds in Buffalo in 1501. Earth removal reaches 180000 cubic yards to create water panoramas and walkway vistas alongside illuminated buildings. Visitors may travel by water or land as crafts glide along the canal to reach all pavilions.
Washington ranks as the fourteenth city by population with the largest black population among U S cities, exceeding St Louis and New York in numbers. German soldiers wear no stockings, rubbing feet with antiseptic waxy salves to prevent blisters and friction. Weather signs predict rain when cattle lie down after pasture turnout. Stop by agents for California to Mexico rail fare details and Magnetic Starch ad claims.
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