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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
3
Fragmented text touts a liver health remedy with claims of improving digestion and cleansing the liver. Mentions a product sold by druggists as 10c to 00c and urges ready availability, though readability is poor.
A reader is urged to read advertisements for interesting study and guidance to obtain bargains. The note stresses advertisers are reliable and deliver what they promote. The column mentions yellow fever and notes 21,500 Spanish soldiers killed in Cuba as context.
A garbled page lists various historical items from tonics like Cascarets and No-To-Bac, a Cosmo Buttermilk Cap bath, and an old schooner Polly built in 1805. It also mentions a tobacco habit cure and claims about German women colonels, all presented in a fragmented ad-like style.
Endorsed by testimonials from John Pritchard and others, the advertisement claims Dr. Ayer's Pills rapidly relieve dyspepsia and associated stomach, liver, and heart symptoms. It asserts consistent cures, promotes the product's broad efficacy, and offers a free Cure book from J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass.
A New York Herald dispatch from Santiago says Garcia’s Cuban army clashed with Spanish troops en route to surrender. Forty one Cubans were killed, many wounded, while Spanish losses were smaller. Garcia retreated toward Holguin, seeking to establish insurgent control there.
A St. Petersburg dispatch reports that the czarina forbids cigarette smoking in her presence provoking petitions from Russian court ladies. They claim European courts permit smoking and name numerous monarchs and royals as smokers, including the dowager czarina and Princess Henry of Prussia.
The government sends a large fleet of tugboats and small craft equipped with rapid fire guns to Cuban waters to relieve the big cruisers and establish strict patrol around the island, aiming to cut off food supplies to Havana.
General Brooke and staff depart by private car for Newport News en route to Porto Rico. Major General Wade commands Camp Thomas as reserve corps depart for port with units from the First and Sixth corps preparing to sail. Regulars to Porto Rico include Eleventh and Nineteenth regiments and troops from Tampa and Camp Alger. Commissary reports beef supply and rations for the voyage and hospitals.
Admiral Sampson reports Lieutenant Hobson arrives at the navy department where Secretary Long Assistant Secretary Allen Captain Crowinshield and others greet him. The President later receives Hobson in the cabinet room and hails his naval gallantry as one of the era’s notable acts. He notes efforts to save two Spanish ships, Reina Mercedes and Infanta Maria Teresa.
Camp Munrrr San Francisco July 25 Lieutenant Colonel Little of the Kansan regiment was informed by Brigadier General King that a medical survey board would not be appointed and that the matter of his health would be dropped. The accounts mixed.
A critique argues grain dealers used influence to force a law converting debts into grain payments at fixed prices, favoring wheat over corn. It claims farmers may resist, seek disinterested control of their business, and balance payments in wheat and corn to avoid losses while preserving equity.
A collage of quotes critiques hunger fueling unrest and questions war funding. It cites Spain, revenue bills, and the Washington Post urging soldiers and congressmen pay, while noting paradoxes of abundance and unemployment.
A Twentieth Century piece accuses Standard Oil backed Plant system of blocking Florida rail lines for four days delaying troops to the front. It argues corporate control harms wartime logistics and urges government ownership to avert gridlock and peril to battles.
A 19th century letter complains that French German Austrian and Italian hosts treat American travelers poorly while evoking anger over perceived anti American sentiment. The writer asserts Americans spend hundreds of millions abroad in gold and urge a homeward turn to curb what he calls profiteering and outflow of wealth.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a clerk and a former employer arguing over pricing and rules. The druggist reminds the youth that trading stamps are offered and urges not to repeat the error, noting small costs and retail pricing.
Fragmented, garbled advert mentions foreign powers quarreling over China and pieces about health remedies. It references dyspepsia and stomach diseases and touts Hosterpe? Stomach Bitters as a health aid for digestion.
The exchange shows a woman and a man debating whether gender dictates wartime duty. Both claim they would be away fighting for their country. The dialogue ends with the idea that gaining the father's consent is the remaining hurdle.
An old advertisement block touts Allen's Foot-Ease as instant relief for painful feet and bunions, with claims of comfort for new shoes and sweating. It also promotes No Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Ase Away Cure and No-TDo Bac. The text references a 54 balloon siege of Paris and a provocative quip about a sixteen year old girl.
Mr J L Northcott of Windsor Ontario endorses Piso’s Cure as best medicine for chest diseases and praises Coe’s Cough Balsam as the oldest and best for breaking up a cold quickly and reliably.
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