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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
2
A garbled collection of aphorisms and quotes appears, mixing proverbs, political allusions, and social commentary. The snippets reference Arizona and Alabama, industry, counts, czars, stock markets, and a British treasury scene, all wrapped in an antique reflective voice.
A letter to Canadian agent Benj Davies from Alex Cameron recounts settlers in western Canada near Dalesboro Assa and Assa area praising the land rich wheat potential. They report rapid land occupancy, upcoming church construction, and push to help Arthur Finney and his family relocate.
Fernandina Florida hosts the world’s largest phosphate rock shipping point with exports rising from 10 428 tons in 1890 to an estimated 288 000 tons this year and 195 000 tons shipped last year. All shipments head to foreign markets from Fernandina harbor with a water depth over the bar of 22 percent seat.
The Indiana Journal questions how many women want to play the part of a feeble minded heroine in fictional titles. The piece critiques perceptions of women and the public appetite for sensational roles.
The Crescent Hotel resort opens March 1 promising ideal climate, pure spring water, and top accommodations for health and pleasure seekers. Advertises travel to Frisco line representatives for particulars. Also notes shipyards facing sailor shortages in Maine and a horse disease outbreak blamed on oats with rising losses.
The sermon surveys the sixth millennium of learning and cites Jesus curing a deaf mute as a key miracle. It contrasts ancient and modern audiences, explains ear anatomy and causes of deafness, and notes that speech often follows ear development with teaching. It cites statistics, schooling, and moral duty to aid the hearing impaired.
In a poignant moment a clergyman questions a deaf and dumb boy who writes his reply. The lad asserts that even in life’s trials it seemed good in God’s sight and hopes that on the last day the mute will hear and the silent lips sing for joy.
A London Mail critique on Boer War bereavement secrecy and its impact on wives and daughters left at home. Observations include living conditions on farms, shifting education of Boer girls, and a parable of Theodosius linking gratitude and justice.
The article notes that in Portugal men naturally play the guitar, with peasants and artisans often performing as part of daily life. After work workers bring guitars home, rest, and sing doggerel songs to strumming accompaniment on walls or doorsteps.
Compiled excerpts show quotes from Horace Greeley silenced on women’s suffrage and wartime roles. A Youth's Companion note recalls a lawyer’s witty retort about civil war duties. Additional fragments reference sensational war imagery and period dialog from Judge.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs Mulligan An and Mrs Mulcahy debating living together without fighting. Incomplete lines suggest a domestic scene or overheard exchange with questions about morning remarks.
John Salter found Greeley Center resident John Fitzpatrick in a cornfield Sunday morning, critically frozen and unconscious. Police say he had been drinking the previous evening, lost his way in the dark, and spent the night outdoors. prognosis is poor.
Deputy U S Marshal Moore arrested Frank G Simmons Friday and brought him before U S Commissioner Billingsley in Lincoln on charges of embezzling 4460 from the Seward post office while serving as postmaster. Bail set at 2500. bondsmen sought in Seward. Simmons, 45, editor of Seward Reporter, has a wife and five children and faced financial troubles.
Telegraph operators in Lincoln and Topeka organized a burial for Anderson C Howe the Western Union lineman who died by his own hand in Lincoln last week. His father asked for custody of remains but locals chose Lincoln burial. Donations came from Western Union Postal broker offices Buryington and other rail operators with a funeral at St Pauls Church preached by Dr Wharton.
A thief entered the Lincoln residence of D. P. Weeka at 421 North Sixteenth Street and stole two gold watches, 84.80 in cash, two watch chains, and a charm. The victims were university students Ralph Drain and Ralph Jollenbeck, sleeping in a room the burglar knew well. The items were taken from a dresser near the bed and from pockets. The burglar appeared familiar with the house and its hiding places.
The two story home of Mrs W H McBride at Harvard caught fire. A telephone alarm brought prompt response and the fire was extinguished. Origin unknown and damage mainly from water. No insurance.
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