21 Jul 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1899
Page
1
Local market report lists butter per pound, eggs per dozen, lard per pound, potatoes per bushel, spring chickens per pound, hens per pound, roosters each, turkeys per pound, corn per bushel, flour per sack, stove wood per cord, and coal per ton with varying prices. The figures appear distorted but reflect weekly correction and market movement.
Fragmentary OCR notes record several visitors such as Dr Houck, Senator Morrow, and J G Lowe arriving in the city on various days plus scattered mentions of local names and duties. The text is garbled with misspellings and stray phrases about silver, yard work, and illness, offering no coherent event.
Sunday visitors, neighbors and local residents appear in a string of notices and brief items. Names include Blanche Humphrey Belleville and Lottle Ifall, J B Grimminger Wymore, A J Smith, J H Gilmore, and Carrie others as well as marriage notices for John McCracken and Cora Saffert in Cuba.
A brief note announces The People vs The Gold a pamphlet arguing free silver compiled by A D A Warner once a gold bug. Published as a 26 cent book, it is offered to readers at 10 cents per copy or one dollar per dozen through Charles H Kerr & Co Chicago to circulate widely.
Van Buren et al directs in front of the Chicago area as the union facility opens its doors to the public, signaling new activities and nearby economic engagement.
Chicago readers are urged to send a 2 cent stamp to receive a bird’s eye view map of the new Loop and elevated system on the Rock Island route. The promo claims five cent fares from Rock Island station to downtown via the Loop, with elevated trains stopping every minute. John Sebastian, GT A, Chicago, promotes the offer.
A promotional passage touts an elementary finance book titled Money and its problems, praising Fauihdr style and clear arguments. It advertises the work at $1.10 and urges subscription. Also notes selling a good horse power and a horse colt with inquiries at this office.
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