22 Mar 1901
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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
1
Notices report sugar promotions at Barnett & Kasss with prices and purchases by local residents. Items mention Frank Smith buying property east of town and several residents traveling or ill. Also lists marriages, deaths, and local visits with brief statements about local businesses and services.
A note from East St Louis Department E warns against fake salary offers and urges men to avoid suspicious commissions related to country portrait mixtures. The advisory references Eureka Mafg Co. and East St Louis location in Tl.
James McHenry died when a rock fell from an upper shaft at the Spratt Bros Tease on the Kimberly property Beacon hill. He stood in the shaft bottom about five PM while rock struck his head, tearing skull and back. Coroner to investigate cause. lessees claim shaft doors were closed. McHenry, 40, lived recently in Cripple Creek after moving from Aspen.
An advertisement touts Dr White's Evectele Comb claimed to cure dandruff hair loss and headaches at the same price as a ordinary comb. It promises a break proof design with a written guarantee and seeks agents and customers nationwide, listing prices for ladies and gents sizes and offering exclusive agency prospects.
Representative Dennis Flynn discusses opening the Kiowa Comanche and Wichita reservations totaling over 3 100 000 acres for homesteads and sales. Auctions reserved for school lands, county seats to be formed, and eligibility rules for entry defined. Openings expected around August with two new land offices planned.
A young man declares love to a heiress, touts talent and wealth, but is rebuffed by her father. The confrontation ends with a dramatic stumble down marble steps as a “lightning display of fireworks” leaves him dazed and realizing a “brilliant future” may be ruined.
Two Englishmen forged a unusual bet from La Turbie to Nice with 2500 francs at stake. The winner, a dealer in South African gold, amassed 283000 francs in half an hour by repeated red quads, the year's largest single-day win.
A vivid portrait recalls George William Curtig describing Washington Irving as he appeared in New York around forty years prior. The six foot tall, slightly faced old gentleman wore a Talma cloak and low shoes, exuded Dutch charm, and sparked recognition from passersby as the creator of Diedrich Knickerbocker and Rip Van Winkle. He is called the father and patriarch of American letters.
A fresh egg shows a dull shell and sinks quickly in water. A bad egg may stand on end or float. Hold the egg endwise before a candle to judge freshness by the clarity around the yolk and surrounding white.
A Glasgow paper analyzes bagpipe males with quirky percentages from big flies on windows to steam whistles and cricket. It also cites the New York Tribune note on Sancho Pauza’s sale offer and mentions The Salvages north of Madeira, describing uninhabited rocky islands with game.
Fragmentary lines show a man calling to a child in an unclear domestic moment. The text hints at a bashful reply and a dismissive reply, with garbled names and actions that obscure full meaning.
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