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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1899
Page
3
A Rumford man learns of a setting stock on the Boston Providence and Newport road. A darkey bores holes in a box to make a Brahma rooster appear bound to set. The ruse aims to hatch a flock of chicks from eggs under the rooster.
The article argues Asia Minor will eventually pass from Mohammedanism and that the Sultan must yield to Christian influence. It also endorses Ho stetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive ailments, mislabeling them as cures for dyspepsia constipation and biliousness.
A fragment from a travel column notes two young men on a train, anxious about danger, especially near a curve and a fence. It also mentions Henry A. Salzer sending a $3,000 New Year gift to Charles City College. The item includes assorted quips and advertising blurbs about cures, cabinet frames, and soap wrappers.
A treatise argues that moneylending interests have driven world powers toward perpetual debt. It cites England’s 1694 bank charter, the gold standard, and a British imperial pact with Tory politics to push nations into debt to control governments and labor, urging resistance to such influence.
Fragmentary note recalls a billiards game tied to European history as the Knights Templars engage in an early form of the sport.
The San Francisco Star quotes Senator Morgan arguing opposition aims to block canal construction unless direct government control is provided. The piece warns private involvement risks a transportation trust with Southern Pacific and cites high costs for troop transport, proposing parcels post and government ownership as solutions.
The Journal of Agriculture argues the gold standard harms the U S economy. It claims over two hundred million in gold locks prices, urges free silver at sixteen to one to avoid collapse, and warns the nation faces continued panics and debt if gold remains sole standard.
C. J. Bowlby argues in the Journal of Agriculture that plutocrats favor sound money and a dear dollar only if it benefits labor. He questions who truly produces necessities and who benefits from high prices, asserting labor provides all that people need.
The document argues that the Cuban war cures domestic quarrels and unifies public focus on policy. It claims Spanish misrule abroad and the victory strengthen unity, allowing money questions and monopolies to return to debate after the war.
The Phoenix Gazette notes a view on peace efforts and the distribution of a remaining half of a $200,000,000 fund. It mentions commissions and treaties related to international diplomacy.
A polemic warns that money power, seen as a global creditor alliance, controls media and politics. It cites Treasury plots to retire greenbacks, fund bank notes, and push gold circulation, urging voters to oppose gold interests and unite for a people’s victory.
A reader letter criticizes high railroad payments for mail transport and postal car rentals, citing costs from 1600 to 2500 dollars and a 32 million annual mail subsidy. It questions campaign funding from rail interests and notes Republican figures like Chauncey Depew and Vanderbilt ties. The piece condemns repeated postal bills as financially driven despite administration backing.
A fragment reflecting on human capacity to fight and the need to think and learn to obey law. It cites God and the law as the framework for control, quoting Rev. C Bowen of Swedenborgian belief in San Francisco.
David B. Payne of Union County, jailed for illicit distilling, walked all day in the county jail yard from 6 30 in the morning until about 7 12 that night. He covered roughly 33 miles, consuming meals while moving and drinking water on the go.
A young man among aristocratic circles on a hotel piazza improvises with society abbreviations. A woman in a Shaker rocker gazes seaward and warns that he buried a man alive on Friday and that divorce and remarriage raise moral questions under law and gospel.
A short advertisement promotes Rain-O a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims to ease stomach distress, cost only a quarter as much as coffee, and suit children. Packages sell for 15 and 25 cents with a prompt to ask for Grain-O.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a man claiming beauty in the country, a woman doubting heaven’s presence, and a suggestion of a wife accompanying him. The exchange hints at marital tension and spiritual longing in a clipped, private moment.
An advertising snippet touts Cascarets as a cure for bowel and kidney action, headaches, billiousness, and constipation with a dime-sized price. Additional lines promote Diamond C Soap as superior and note a locomotive engineer awaiting pay.
Sydney Owenson recalls meeting famed actor Mr. Kemble at a supper where he leaned across the table to grab boar’s head. She notes his preoccupation and, in a cryptic exchange, his claws in her hair as he asks in a grave voice where she bought her wig.
A fragmentary stage speech recalls a house of murder and betrayal as a speaker mourns a family tragedy. A laundryman and a shout to rob intrude, suggesting a note of menace and revenge in a contested home setting.
The Chicago Record quotes Jagger and Staggers recalling frightful travel experiences. Jagger claims Africa lions terrified tourists while Staggers cites a fearsome elevator incident with two women when it stopped between floors.
Mrs Parajox Danery of West Winstead Conn writes of relief from female weakness womb displacement and sleepless nights after using Mrs Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound She reports reduced bloating fainting heart pain bad taste vomiting and renewed energy and sleep and thanks the adviser for guidance and medicine benefits.
A woman with painful and irregular menstruation and back pain credits E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with a complete recovery. She says she tried physicians without relief and would not part with the medicine, urging friends to try it.
In remote Siberia various tribes live mainly by hunting. Long snowy winters force travel by dog and reindeer sledges. They are hardy, skilled with the bow, and defend against wild beasts. Nights modulate leisure with carved chess-men from animal teeth.
Fragmentary exchange shows a man asking a woman named Ethel to marry him with a conditional plan to receive an answer by 10 o'clock at Ma bal Hicks’ venue. The text reflects a casual courtyard style from Harper’s Bazaar era.
Trees used for coffin wood in Tonquin are discovered mined beneath sandy soil rather than excavated from living forest areas. This shift notes a new source location for the timber.
A government official recounts a story of bright new twenty dollar gold pieces from 1794 that locals feared were counterfeit. A barber trusted a man with change but others doubted the coin, leading to suspicion and a theft claim. The tale ends with the officer noting the confusion and a mistaken belief about the coin’s value.
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