15 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
1
Local ads note sugar at 5 Ibs for 25 cents with every dollar bought at Barnett & Kasl's and similar sugar deals. Shipped loads of horses to New York and hogs to Kansas City. Various short notices mention people traveling to Caldwell Topeka and Grant townships, births, visits, and shop chatter about furniture and goods cheaper in town.
Notice announces a final settlement hearing for Gustane G Fusstaller deceased in Republic County Kansas. Charles Dragoun administrator asks creditors and interested parties to appear at Belleville Probate Court on Monday April 15 1904 at 11 o clock am for settlement, service allowances, and discharge.
Dr Humphreys' Manual New Edition lists 14 pages on care and treatment of the sick. Published by Humphreys' Company at the corner of William and John Streets in New York.
Obscure advertising fragment touts a Dr Willets hair comb that supposedly cures baldness and headaches. It claims instant styling benefits, universal satisfaction guarantees, and wide agent interest. Includes garbled addresses and competing notices for agents and railway travel.
A fragmented advertisement lists coffee, flour, bacon, spices, and cereals alongside shoes, dresses, and furniture. It touts low prices, seeks orders by mail, and promises guaranteed durability and savings, urging customers to compare and place orders for household goods.
Representative Dannia Plyun speaks on opening and settlement plans for the Kiowa Comanche Wichita reservation lands of over 8.1 million acres to homesteaders by August. Details cover eligibility, county organization, school land leases, and potential lotteries with county seats and sale procedures pending federal action.
Two Englishmen walked from La Turble to Nice with a 2500 franc stake. The winner placed every bet on the red at Monté Carlo and after half an hour won 380000 francs, the largest single day sum this year. The victor is a dealer in South African gold mines.
The speaker argues ignorance fuels cruelty, superstition, and crime. They reference the Dark Ages and Saint Bartholomew's Night, noting ignorance led to witchcraft accusations and killings in early New England.
George William Curtis presents a vivid 19th century portrait of Washington Irving in New York on a pleasant afternoon. He describes Irving as a youthful 96 year old figure in a Talma cloak with twinkling eyes, the creator of Diedrich Knickerbocker and Rip Van Winkle, father of American literature and its patriarch, named Washington Irving.
A reader explains simple methods to assess egg freshness. A fresh egg has a dull shell and sinks quickly in water, while a questionable egg may stand on end or float. The light test uses a candle to inspect the yolk and white, suggesting fresher eggs appear rounder yolks with surrounding white.
A Glasgow paper analyzes the music of the bagpipes noting odd phrases like big flies on window and midnight tiles mixed with percentages and infant puppies. It references voices, grunting pigs, team whistles, sleuth chants and a kaleidoscope of sounds as cultural notes. It also advertises a sale of The Salvages islands north of the Canaries mentioning uninhabited but gainful lands near Madeira.
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