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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1899
Page
3
In May Mrs. Richard Smith, a farmer’s wife, wandered into dewberry thickets while her husband repaired a cart. A hidden rock pile harbored seventeen copperheads and four rattlesnakes which attacked as she stepped down, causing fatal bites and a horrific, fatal outcome despite rescue efforts.
A historical note describes harsh Chinese measures against opium addiction including severe penalties for first and second offenses. It also notes a long term trade, stating about half a ton of opium is shipped from India to China every hour for sixty years.
A wartime notice warns that soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprosy and bring it home. It cites stomach disorders as far more common but mentions Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for stomach ailments malaria fever and ague and notes it is sold at drug stores.
Harlem Life recounts a humorous social note about Nellie Sanderson’s postponed wedding as Charlie’s rich aunt recovers and returns to good health. The brief vignette highlights domestic gossip and local manners in a lighthearted tone.
An ad claims 700 CUBE A COLD IN ONE DAY using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It asserts a refund if it fails to cure and identifies the genuine product as L. BQ on each tablet.
A fragment from the Chicago Record quotes a remark about speaking to a cook and questions decorum. It also cites George W. Lotz of Fabucher Louisiana August 26 1895 promoting Piso's Cure for Consumption as the best cough remedy.
The piece attacks the McCleary-Wage bill, arguing bank control of money would let banks plunder the public, compel tax shifts, and threaten liberty. It asserts Republicans avoid backing the bankers, fearing political ruin, while praising greenbacks as safeguarding sovereignty and national fate.
The Chicago Record notes South Dakota adopts direct legislation via initiative and referendum. A 5 percent petition can force submission to voters at the next general or regular election. If approved, the measure becomes law. if not, it fails. The plan gives the people a veto over unfavored laws and tests how large a minority must demand submission.
The passage highlights Republican views on the anti scalping bill aimed at restricting ticket sales to authorized agents. Bland says it legalizes pooling passenger traffic and erodes state jurisdiction, while Updegraff of Illinois denounces it as suppressing competition. The measure narrowly passed 119 to 101 amid railroads’ push.
A Grand Island Democrat notes two Nebraska state treasurers one Republican serving a twenty year penitentiary term and a Populist preparing to begin a second term amid praise for past service in the first term.
The Chicago Record reports a new company, Bethlehem 8 Home, aiming to own the Philippines islands. It argues standard oil and sugar trusts are content with owning the United States, signaling shifting power dynamics and imperial ambitions.
The treasury’s large funds stem mainly from selling bonds and taxing essentials for the poor. Details point to Silver Knight Watchman as a source reference.
William Field M P president of the Bimetallic League urges Ireland to oppose the gold standard in Parliament debate. He warns of rising gold value draining Irish taxes and rents, depressing produce prices, and worsening poverty for farmers, laborers, and landlords across Britain and Ireland.
The Contemporary Review argues London’s death rate has fallen below twenty per thousand due to sanitary science and municipal reform. It cites London saving about 80,000 lives annually and calls for further sewer improvements to reach ten per thousand, warning against preventable deaths from infection and poverty.
Experimental farm in Meath County Ireland tests tobacco cultivation with cooperative society support. Early results show robust plants and promising quality as processing proceeds toward production.
A tramp accessed Stuttgart’s royal palace while the king was away and occupied a prince’s first floor apartment. He removed his boots before the door, smoked a cigar, wrote letters on royal note paper, and slept in the prince’s sleeping chamber, causing alarm in the palace.
Eight Buffalo sailors who deserted from the cruiser while at sea returned to the Brooklyn navy yard and surrendered. They will face court martial as the Buffalo heads out to sea.
Improvements on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over the last two years allow heavier cars. The receivers ordered 1 000 steel coal cars of 100 000 pounds capacity from Schoen Pressed Steel of Pittsburgh for service on the seaboard trade, due early 1899. They also ordered 50 consolidated locomotives from Pittsburgh Locomotive Works with 22 by 28 inch cylinders.
Instructions describe baking a small piece of meat with belect or beet style potatoes. A basin with peeled potatoes and water is used, the meat turned every twenty minutes and basted to ensure thorough cooking. Fat from the dish is switched to keep moisture.
The Commercial Advertiser notes fashion shifts as women replace linen collars with white ribbons and bands to reduce throat marks. Women in schools and homes in the mornings adopt ribbons, satin, or taffeta bands pinned with stickpins to avoid the stiff, conspicuous linen collar.
Early New England railway builders abandoned alcoholic stimulants for tea and coffee. Irish navvies arrived as labor, and contractors adopting total abstinence found workers more peaceful and productive. Some firms even required abstinence in contracts, attracting top workmen to such employers.
A study notes that among every 1 000 bachelors there are thirty eight criminals, while among four thousand married men the ratio is eighteen criminals. The finding highlights marital status as a factor in crime statistics.
A letter from Lydia B Pinkham’s product user thanks the remedy for relief from abdominal pains and general illness. The missive lauds Mrs Pinkham’s leadership and notes her long history of treating female ailments by mail, reaching many customers yearly.
The Basel Zionist Congress reintroduced a Hebrew flag with two blue stripes and a Star of David. Photos and reports spread to New York as residents in the ghetto sought the flag. The American Flag Company produced two flags for sale and a large version that drew attention in Henry Street, often misread as other emblems.
A fragmented Cleveland Leader excerpt mentions a tattooed man and phrases about being familiar with someone like a book, suggesting a literary or illustrated context. The readable bits imply a discussion of a marked copy and relationships.
A Kansas City reminiscence recalls a mighty old Telegraph pole in the business district that survived the wires era, then a dye shop sign reading DYED sparked a cryptic debate. The tale links the tree to windows, walls, and a dated orthographic dig at Levi.
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