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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
A digest of Kansas items reports in Lawrence and towns like Newton, Atchison, Parsons, Leavenworth, and Ottawa. Notes cover civic talk, proposed projects, local crimes, rail and mining interests, legal notices, charitable drives, and social curiosities reflecting Kansas life.
Chicago dispatch reports the anti trust conference resolutions committee endorsed government ownership of railroads and seizure at actual value with no payment for watered stock. The panel trimmed franchise value language and backed popular legislation to realize the plan. Prominent figures debated payment scope while warnings of court resistance were voiced.
About 7000 building tradesmen who took a half holiday on Saturday February 10 returned to work Monday amid a building council dispute. Labor leaders say contractors fractured their rules and threaten a lockout while workers at sites said they remained under special arrangements to finish ongoing portions of projects.
The latest South Africa news reports a Boer counter stroke forcing British retirement in Colesburg area under heavy pressure. Observers call it a menace near the De Aar to Orange River railway line, sparking uneasy reaction in London as Lord Roberts plans a push into the Free State.
In Hubbard, Elmer Kgue, intoxicated, threatened to kill his mother. She drew a revolver and shot him twice, probably fatally, according to police reports. The incident occurred last night in Youngstown vicinity.
Archbishop Patrick A Feehan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is reported ill with a severe cold diagnosed as plural pneumonia by his physician. At the archiepiscopal residence his condition is not deemed critical. He is seventy one years old.
Congressman Charles A. Chickering of Copenhagen New York was found dead on a sidewalk outside the Grand Union hotel in New York City. He apparently fell or jumped from a fourth floor window, his body discovered by a milkman at 5 am. He had attended the day before, suffered rheumatism, and last seen voting in Washington on the financial bill on crutches.
The first saloon consent petition filed in Iowa since the supreme court ruling arrives in Des Moines. The board of supervisors must decide if they review signature genuineness or only count names. the matter may be escalated to the courts for challenge.
A bill favored by the house committee on mines and mining would create a secretary of mines and mining. It also calls for a mining experiment station in each mining state with a government geologist at 3500 dollars yearly and an assayist at 2500 dollars. The officials would provide assays, issue bulletins, and conduct explorations of mining regions.
The New York presbytery voted 77 to 39 not to try Dr. Arthur G. McGiffert of Union Theological Seminary on heresy charges from Rev. G. W. Birch. A resolution said the December decision to disavow his teachings was sufficient and the charges should not be considered.
In New York Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and former Wisconsin Governor Peck pursue securing the Democratic National Convention for Milwaukee. Rose notes active canvassing and a raised guarantee of $100,000 from Milwaukee residents to back the bid.
Mr Powers of Vermont introduces a bill in Congress to create a commission to adjust the indebtedness of the central branch of the Union Pacific Railroad to the government. Other measures include Mr Smith illness and an amendment to broaden interstate commerce law powers.
Information from Payette authorities indicates Walter King, brother of the Grand Island treasurer, has been found after a drowning in November. The remains will be transported back to Grand Island for burial.
Dr. F. H. McCall an osteopath and Miss Hettie Healy, also an osteopath, were married in Grand Island by Rev. T. C. Clark.
A county board reached a settlement at the close of the term amid ongoing budget talks and personnel changes. Officials cited a cooperative approach to finalizing invoices and settling outstanding obligations.
The sermon uses rivers as a metaphor for obedience and peace, citing Isaiah and biblical examples. It contrasts practical use of water with spiritual quietude, urging adherence to God’s commands and a heavenly source for peace, while weighing literal and symbolic readings of scripture.
A critique of lumbermen's rough humor and generous acts in crisis. Rollin Lynde Hartt contrasts forest life with law and duty as workers aid the injured and the sick, while quips echo about the woods and mills.
The boomerang is a hard wood curved weapon about two feet long and two and a half inches wide. It is thrown with the bulged side downward and rises in the air circling back over the thrower before falling behind. Native Australians use it skillfully to strike birds behind them using air reaction to its shape.
The article explains a stomach imaging method where a patient swallows a camera connected to an electric light and battery. A cord pulls the film past the lens to capture an image, then the process is repeated with new film until the entire roll is used.
In this fragment the text notes scarcity and an official point related to wartime economy. It mentions an acting authority and financial concerns prompting measures. Readers are advised of ongoing constraints and possible government actions.
An odd Paris exposition exhibit will dedicate a hall to hussars of the world. Paintings depicting great deeds of hussars from Germany Austria-Hungary Spain and Italy will form a major feature. The Pradesa Hussars and Neapoli Bourbons are noted among groups to be shown.
The czar of Russia as a boy loved cycling but now tires of pedaling. He has a record-breaking petroleum powered tricycle made for him in Paris, with a wicker-work car attachment planned for the empress.
A puzzling fact notes decks of sailing vessels show dust at night despite morning washing and no daytime work. The remedy suggested is Hoster’s Stomach Bitters, claimed to cure indigestion and dyspepsia and to prevent malaria fever and ague.
Vast quantities of flowers are gathered for perfumery. It is estimated that each year 1 860 tons of orange flowers are used along with 930 tons of roses 150 tons each of violets and jasmine 15 tons of tuberoses 30 tons of cassies and 150 tons of jonquils.
Opens March 1 1900 A most desirable attractive and convenient resort for health and pleasure seekers Ideal climate pure sparkling water best accommodations Through sleepers via Frisco line Write for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any representative of Frisco Line Crescent Hotel Eureka Ark
In Manchester England the city opens lodging houses under municipal control to house 3600 men. The note also promotes various products and ad copy including laxatives and starch, with references to magnetic starch and Walter Baker recipes.
An old advertisement urges daily threadwork against disease by claiming blood purification. It touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for invalidism and blood impurity and urges ongoing use to stay healthy and active.
The share of the population in public high schools rose from 5 percent to 61 percent over twenty five years. Pupils increased from 32,900 in 1876 to 449,600 in 1898 while private high school enrollment grew from 73,740 to 105,225, signaling public schools as college prep.
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