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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1900
Page
3
A London Globe feature describes the London coal exchange floor inlaid with diverse woods depicting a mariner’s compass and notes 4000 slabs with historical ties including a dagger haft from a tree planted by Peter the Great. It also explains the origin of tip and promotes Grain-O coffee substitute.
A garbled clump of 19th century snippets references The Savage Bachelor audience opinions, Aunt M’rlar, a Russia rail timetable promising a world tour in 33 days, and marketing lines about magnetic starch. Names, letters, and quotes blend into a fragmented column card.
An old advertisement touts Agor's Hair Vigor promising to restore color to gray hair and slow hair loss. It claims hair becomes heavier and longer and stops dandruff, urging readers to keep it on their dressing table.
Berlin reacts with incredulity to reports of a British peace movement as German commentators doubt Britain can win even with large forces. Dispatches from South Africa detail Boer positions at Colenso and Ladysmith, Kruger urging perseverance, and alleged embargo effects at Delagoa Bay impacting Transvaal prisoners and aliens.
The Lamport and Holt Strabo loaded with coffee from Santos on December 19 arrives at Quarantine New York after thirty days at Santos with no sickness aboard. It will be disinfected. consular health reports thirty eight plague cases and ten deaths at Santos. The British bark Lancefield from Santos is also detained for disinfection. all aboard Lancefield are well.
The Roberts committee says reaching a conclusion is indefinite as members discuss a common basis of understanding. Absence of Mr Miles of Indiana due to a family death may push the report off until later this week. Chairman Taylor says the delay does not signal disagreement but is due to careful consideration of important questions involved.
Dissatisfaction in Germany over Britain's delay in replying to the Ruyndesrath cargo issue is voiced by a foreign office official who accuses London of delaying to avoid admitting error. Meanwhile Missouri Pacific train 132 hits J W Barr near Swift's Packing Plant. he dies hours later at South Omaha hospital.
In a private audience with an Associated Press correspondent, King Oscar conveyed a message to Swedes and Norwegians in the United States and their descendants. He expressed love and interest in their joys and sorrows and praised their respected status in America. He spoke on events in the United States and hoped for an end to the Philippines and South Africa conflicts.
The May meeting of the Iowa National Guard Association in Des Moines discussed militia reorganization and instructed a legislative committee to secure equipment parity with the regular army. A motion to pay bounties to several Iowa volunteer regiments was defeated. funds were urged for guard equipment instead.
The Illinois Supreme Court at Springfield voided Section 49 of the new revenue law, overturning the tax levy sealing provision. Old scale funding will be restored in Chicago and Cook County, causing a 10 to 50 percent rise in taxes in some areas as assessments are recalculated.
Heyrisey of Rangey City, brother of ex President Harrison, was kicked on the head by a vigorous Beaumont horse, fracturing his skull. Doctors hope for recovery. The fire fatality at Merrimac New Hampshire claimed Blanchard his wife and a boarder. Cattle trade meetings in Kansas City lead to formation of a live stock commission merchant association. Pro Beer rally at Davenport with speeches by Nenunciations of Britain praised and aid offered.
London dispatch from Lourenco Marques reports President Kruger issuing a proclamation summoning burghers to the front and urging energy in the Transvaal cause. The article notes Boer supports citing biblical passages and praises resistance as commanded by the Lord amidst British maneuvers and reinforcements.
Reports from Kingston via Columbia suggest insurgents moved from Bucaramanga toward Soorro with Venezuelan aid expected for a joint attack on Bogota. Other dispatches claim a pair of decisive battles near Bucaramanga and Cerrita crushed the main rebel force, while yet another account says government forces are retreating toward Bogota as troop drafts rise.
Nearly a hundred guests gathered for the wedding of Morria Pollack and Anny Behng at 564 Canal Street were poisoned during dinner after the ceremony. Within half an hour most people in the hall were in distress. the suspected culprit is food possibly chicken prepared in a copper kettle. No deaths reported yet, but the bride and groom are among the seriously affected.
The report notes Frederick G Bon fils of the Denver Post was hit by Attorney W Anderson on Saturday. his condition shows improvement and hopes for recovery. Anderson also shot HB H Tam men, his partner, who is believed to be out of danger. Nearby, carrier David Rameau aged 80 in Alyth Scotland marks 37 years delivering mail and 322000 miles traveled.
Mrs. Christian Airth, pronounced dead by a county physician, showed a eyelid movement during embalming. Undertaker detected life, moved to hospital bed where doctors and restoratives aided her revival. Meantime, in Washington Park a tropical bloom known as the goose plant produced blossoms, native to Guatemala.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison states his declaration to run for governor of Ilting on the Democratic ticket is final Adlai Stevenson supporters urge him to accept the nomination for the race
Senator Mason introduces a food adulteration bill. Marion Mason sues for divorce. Frank Rogers killed his landlady Etta Davis and died by suicide. Hastings depot plans near condemnation proceed. Lemon Wheeler treasurer dies by self‑inflicted shooting. Danville Bessemer Fire damages mill. six injured. James Nichols sues Schuyler for sidewalk injuries to daughter. Emperor William upset by Bundesrath seizure. Fremont brakeman EK Spencer crushed by moving cars. Supreme Court upholds Henry Bolin conviction. Roland Reed improving after hospital stay. Trans Atlantic liner rates rise for Paris exposition. Lewiston jury indicts William Thomas for mother‑in‑law murder. Shells color and rough finished talks. Labor demand outpaces supply in western states. Winter coming.
Instructions describe removing a tartar salt stain with sal ammoniac and warm water, then washing and sun drying. The piece notes 19,914 locomotives in the UK railway system earning about 4s 9d per mile and £4,673 per year in gross receipts, with average locomotive cost £2,700 and seven months to recoup cost, but profits are separate.
Reports of Russian longevity feature brothers Kovalenko aged 112 118 and 120 with authentic birth papers. Also covered is La Porte Texas growing as a Gulf seaport with deep water channel upgrades. Spectacle-carrying cattle and smokey eye protection are noted, plus Southern Pacific excursions to California Texas and Mexico with named agents.
A historical note discusses how Lake Superior drives higher annual precipitation on its southern shores by about eight inches, with Erie and Ontario also wetter south shores by three inches. It contrasts Huron and Michigan where eastern shores receive more rain than western, but with smaller differences.
An advertisement-like text touts a 3-Drops remedy promising to cure many ailments from rheumatism to insomnia. It urges readers to order trial bottles for 25 cents and larger bottles for 1.00 prepaid, with six bottles for 5.00, mentioning a Swanson Rheumatic Cure in Chicago.
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