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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
3
A Fort Fairfield Maine witness credits Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with curing her husband's two year cough after failed doctoring and remedies. The ad promotes the medicine as effective for chronic bronchitis asthma croup and whooping cough and notes half size bottles sold at half price with a cure book available free.
Readers inquire about Klondike travel costs routes supplies wages and chances of success. The page promotes the Burlington Route Klondike Folder with Alaska map and four cents postage. Also ads for jewelry engraving and Coes Cough Haleem. a line about advertising and acoustics ends the fragment.
New patents issued last week include a self propelling sleigh by a Minnesota inventor and a simple stock feeder. A New York inventor received a lever device patent for a street sweeper and sprinkler combination. Sues & Co. offer free illustrated patent books at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in the Bee Building Omaha Nebraska.
An old ad lists Hall's Catarrh Cure offering 100 dollars for an uncured case, with endorsements from West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin in Toledo. It promotes internal use, claims universal reliability, and mentions Cascarets and other pills with price points and guarantees.
The article describes Volvox as a plant with tiny hairlike structures used for feeding and motion. It features a comical water bear and its life cycle, noting the bear moults a skin revealing a new suit and leaving eggs that hatch into baby bears. Century Magazine.
A study by Noble Harter and Prof W L Bryan of Indiana University finds each telegraph operator has his own language within Morse code. The study reports the highest known one minute sending rate as forty nine letters, with averages from twenty to twenty four. Skilled operators reliably speed on paper, while beginners show slower performance.
A fragment notes hypnotism in hospital wards and claims Nostet ter's Stomach Bitters cures kidney trouble. An Atchison man out late describes a dramatic early morning blowup at home, recalled by neighbors as a Maine affair.
An assortment of small items from a 19th century page featuring an ad for Allen’s Foot Ease powder 25c with free sample and address, a claim about an Atchison boy with memory, a note on poetry and a testimonial for Piso’s Cure, plus testimonials for Winslow’s Teething Syrup and No-To-Bac tobacco cure.
Spain and the insurgents are nearing a mediation clash as the United States may intervene to broker autonomy for Cuba. Ceballos urges McKinley to use influence for peace. the autonomists, led by Gavin, push broader home rule while insisting on sovereignty. The balance tilts toward independence, with Cuban sentiment shifting and Spanish authority shrinking under pressure.
Military and naval authorities state that the harbor defenses have been greatly strengthened and that the presence of the battleship Oregon is not essential for port protection.
Chattanooga Tenn March 16 The Dayton Coal and Iron Company Dayton Tenn has announced an advance of 10 percent in the wages of its miners 1100 in number in effect April 1 Other laborers had their wages advanced from 12 to 15 percent
Washington March 16 Preparations by director Walcott of the geological survey for an extensive Alaska exploration jet. The plan includes eighteen camp men and two military parties, with Wheeling transporting the parties. Routes from Skaguay to Cook's Inlet, Sushnita, Tanana, and Copper River will be surveyed for navigation, trails, and potential rail connections.
Mrs. Thurston died at noon yesterday of heart disease believed hereditary. She witnessed suffering in Matanzas and at the dying child of a gaunt mother moved her deeply. The congressional party planned hospital visits in Sagua la Grande but shifted plans after her death.
The report notes total gold imported into America since the current movement began stands at 20 975 000 dollars. An additional 3 000 000 dollars in gold were shipped from Sydney Australia to branches in the west. Also mentioned is Kansas city Wyandotte and Buchana in Kansas. A Republican primary vote canvass in Buchana shows a majority for the unnamed candidate.
In the Kimball hotel dining room Atlanta Judge John Berry and Orth Stein of Look ing Glass Magazine clashed after an article in Stein's paper stirred the dispute. Berry alleges Stein insulted him and struck first with a bottle of catsup, leading to a brawl ending with Stein wounded and Berry wielding a revolver to stop further violence.
Senator Eugene Hale, chairman of the Senate naval affairs committee, says he does not want war but fears newspapers may push the nation into it. He supports strong war preparations and believes the Maine was destroyed by an outside agency. He warns the country faces danger of an encounter.
Washington March 16 the Senate during a three hour session passed many bills from the general calendar including one authorizing the construction of eight revenue cutters not exceeding 20 tons in aggregate and costing up to 2 224 000 dollars.
A west bound Missouri Pacific freight train derailed near Warrensburg on March 15. The engine and tender left the tracks, eighteen cars of merchandise and four empties piled into the ditch tearing the track for 200 feet. One rider, Peter Morio of St Louis, was thrown ten feet from the wreck with serious injuries. Two other tramps are believed buried. The crew escaped unharmed.
Southern railroads at Little Notles estA Ga March 16 warned employees to be ready for an emergency. The note recalls Civil War logistics with Sherman and Johnston as reference points, highlighting a tense state of preparedness for munitions and personnel movements entering Atlanta from north and east.
In Wasnixeton on March 16 a protest prompts a policy shift. The War Department changes the military department bounds to keep the Missouri name. The Platte department is dissolved and its territory joins the new Department of the Missouri while the old Missouri department adopts the Takes name.
Washington March 16 Representative Henderson proposes a bill to prevent using the United States flag as a business advertisement or in government publications as an advertising medium. Taunton Mass March 16 Whittenden cotton mills 45100 operatives return after strike lasting loom fixed on strike will not
A note on Ernest Kemper of Pierceton Indiana who exhausted himself with studies and teaching three miles from home. Pneumonia and catarrh followed, sending him to Colorado and Chicago without relief until Williams Pink Pills cured him after nine boxes. He claims full recovery and weight gain, and resumes teaching with affidavit sworn September 10, 1897.
Photographs, now developed, enrich modern school geographies by providing concrete illustrations of places and actions. They bring vivid scenes from the West plains cattle ranges to oil wells in Pennsylvania and agriculture in Florida and the Dakotas, heightening reader interest.
The Monon Route via Cincinnati and the B and C W and B and O rails provides a comfortable through service with sleeping cars and coaches. Depart Chicago at dawn, sleeper ready after 9 30 PM, passing southern Ohio and West Virginia, arriving Washington at 6 47 AM and Baltimore at 7 55 AM. A restful educational tour praised by General Passenger Agent Rank J Reed. The other note remarks a girl’s awkward age.
A fragmented notice from Balzer Seed Co Seattle proclaims Salzer's grasses and clovers, boasting largest U S growers and seed potatoes at $1.50. It hints at cheap grain samples and a start kit, urging readers to send for a seed catalogue and end with a large disposal sale.
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