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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
2
A collection of satirical lines and political asides attributed to the Cuba Kansas Advocate editorials. The items critique politicians, governance, patriotism, and international affairs with humor and pointed remarks referencing Roosevelt Platt Hanna and China.
Kent Maryland boasts a famed giant peach tree at Napley on Alan Harris estate. In Napley the trunk measures 67 inches around with a diameter near 22 inches. Limb circumferences reach 22 29 and 30 inches, drawing attention from local observers and state experts.
A discussion on how self discipline stabilizes the nervous system and guards against impulsive action. It argues that quick tempers and repeated disturbances unsettle reason and that internal governance is needed to prevent crises of passion or alarm.
Column notes an American response to English sympathy during the war and a Russian government move toward aligning its calendar with the rest of the world. It cites public sentiment, social duties, and upcoming reforms shaping international relations.
The piece notes that individuals shape their lives through actions and aims while calumniators rely on time and public justice. It describes a mind cure used in arrests for drunkenness where offenders sweep streets for eight days, suggesting shame may induce reform as a preventive measure.
The June 21 issue reports on departmental and executive actions, post office disruption at Bell Nebraska with mail routes shifted to Agate, and new Nebraska patents including hosiery packing and cage bearings. It also notes Leonard Wood’s possible presidency at Washington Traction, racial school desegregation rulings, French cabinet shifts, Bermuda arrivals to Washington, and a major armor plate test at Indian Head for the Wisconsin.
A post office is established at Perry in Boyd County with Nathan E. Gardner named postmaster. Also reported is the Olympia arriving at Colombo with Admiral Dewey aboard, Bermuda talks by Mr Tower, and various federal actions including bank charters, Morrill act payments, and census bureau appointment exams in several cities.
The president may call for ten regiments of volunteers for the Philippines. Clay Center Nebraska post office to become an international money order office after July 1. Oliver Morrell of Oakland and Wm J Lucas of Central City Nebraska named railway rail clerks. Mrs Sarah E A Fowler of Nebraska appointed laundress at Ft Shaw Montana Indian school at 540 dollars yearly. The Second Immune Infantry Regiment recruited in Louisiana and Texas mustered out at Camp Meade Pennsylvania. Joseph P Choate Jr son of Ambassador Choate named third assistant secretary at the U.S. embassy in London. Remains of Gen A V Kautz interred at Arlington. General Otis requests four expert Spanish stenographers for service in the Philippines.
Reported events include Admiral Schley to give an Independence Day address in Chester on July 4 and Meiklejohn announcing April Philippines receipts of 533726. The item notes other scattered incidents and obituaries with minimal coherence.
Leonard Wood, military governor of Santiago, will return to the Cuban province next Saturday week. He will not stay long and has no plan to resign from the army to head the Washington Traction Company or any other firm. Mitchell, assistant comptroller of the treasury, ruled on the naval personnel act paying officers of the medical and pay corps the same as army officers of equal rank, unless the old law would have paid them more under the new higher rates. The postmaster general ordered mail to be withheld in San Francisco for regiments likely to be mustered out soon, listing California heavy artillery, Utah artillery, and multiple infantry units from California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The president spent today in Adams Massachusetts attending services at the Congregational church. Officials in the war department report recruiting is progressing rapidly with recruits at about 1000 per week.
Former Congressman Smédley Darlington died at his Westchester home. Havana customs receipts for Jan to June 23 total 4 839 015 43 dollars. The cruiser Newark arrived at Valparaiso after sailing around the Horn. its ultimate destination remains uncertain. West Point cadet vacancies from districts to be filled for September exams. Agricultural bulletin on Smyrna fig industry in California notes success tied to European insect pollination. District Assembly No 4 K of Li NY calls for recall of General tied to Coeur d'Alene labor troubles.
In wartime dispatches on Tuesday June 27 Army surgeons at Santiago report yellow fever under control. Separate items note Thomas P. Kane named deputy comptroller of the currency succeeding Lawrence O. Murray who resigned for a New York trust job.
The article argues against a 190,000 man standing army as a pretext for empire in the Philippines. It accuses Wall Street interests of driving militarism to subjugate Filipinos and protect monopolies, urging farmers and workers to resist, preserve republican freedoms, and reject imperial conquest.
Unclear text fragment references government, Atta, the peoples international and a query about an ally between Pert and sight to the plains at Da.
Excerpt argues governments serve privileged classes to exploit the oppressed and questions why billions should fund armies and legislatures for protection. It frames government as living dynamite threatening the old world and American aristocracy, promoting fraternal cooperation and brotherhood.
Translation notes and excerpts discuss the 1790 French Convention paper money assignats. It argues money value rests on the credit of the state, warns against rapid currency expansion, and cites Allison on France's 360 million pound issue and subsequent collapse. It emphasizes law and public confidence backing currency.
The piece argues that extravagant government spending and the Dingley tariff harm prosperity. It notes large deficits, rising daily expenditures, and calls out the potential political impact on McKinley while warning that tax burdens fall hardest on the poor and future generations.
A harsh critique links the silver standard push to heightened prices and deceitful gains. The author claims the movement doubles incomes through plunder and fuels welfare neglect and illness amid widespread hardship.
A gathered OCR fragment mentions harmony with or against a national administration and references farm, stock and home topics. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable entities.
The piece notes a surge in foreign trade and fears of renewed gold exports as sterling exchange nears the gold exporting point. It critiques Wall Street speculation and government figures, claiming debt abroad and balance of trade shifts drive the potential gold outflow.
A collection of editorials questions who holds power to wage and end wars in the United States. It ponders the role of money and banks, criticizes perceived Christian hypocrisy in state affairs, and asks whether the dollar or the man should govern in the looming national election.
The piece laments Tom Reed's shift toward securing corporate victories for pay and questions whether wealth overrides liberty. It contrasts Reed's power and party standing with Bourke Cochran, urging adherence to principle over personal gain amid calls from the New York Journal.
A fragmentary sentiment asks what the country gains from a son's sacrifice in war. A bereaved mother pleads for meaning, wondering why her son gave his life and what purpose his death serves for a nation, amid war’s toll.
Germany proposes using scientific kites on Antarctic expeditions to probe the upper atmosphere. The effort aims to learn high altitude temperatures near the poles, map air currents, and, with photo apparatus, reveal surface details not otherwise accessible.
Sir George Scott Robertson, a British agent in Kashmir, is noted for a storied career as doctor, diplomat, and soldier. He once held a besieged fort for six weeks against thousands of tribes, with a rifle wound yet refused to yield until relief arrived. He is renowned for intimate knowledge and control of India hill tribes.
The man says his fortune came from hard work, spending years earning money and risking health. Now he spends to regain health, praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for restoring wellness and treating dyspepsia and indigestion.
The Khedive of Egypt Abbas II never tastes wines or spirits, and he abstains from tobacco. This stands in contrast to widespread smoking in his land where many people smoke from morning to night.
An 19th century ad-like claim extols Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a valuable assistant for obtaining and maintaining perfect health, contrasting wealth with health and asserting durability as superior to show. It targets rich, middle class, and poor readers with health as the true wealth.
Two robbers on traveling bicycles operated between St. Louis and Sedalia. Missouri and county sheriffs were asked to monitor them after they stopped at a Sedalia hotel and fled with jewels and valuables from guest rooms. The pair were later reported in Orleans MO where they robbed a store and several farms.
A housekeeper tip promotes hot starch for skirts and dresses with Faultless Starch advertised as fabric safe. It notes groceries sell a 10 cent package. A closing quip jokes about marital balance and drunken nights leaving reflections next morning.
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