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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
3
An odd contrivance in China uses tiny bamboo tubes under pigeon wings to whistle air as they fly, frightening birds of prey. Ads fragment the page promoting foot remedies and cold cures, with testimonials and dates from 1805, and scattered moralizing quips about dignity and invention.
Letters from women praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for fertility and relief from ailments. Mrs Lane of Coytee Tennessee reports a healthy baby girl after treatment, while Mrs Finnie of Roscoe New York credits the remedy with overcoming infertility and difficult pregnancies.
Washington dispatch reports Senate and House conferees reached a compromise on the Porto Rico appropriation bill. A sum of 2,095,455 from customs revenue since 1898 plus future revenues will be set aside for the president to run government in Porto Rico, fund public works, education and relief. General Davis in San Juan to employ labor on public works under Secretary Root’s authorization, with a War Department order prepared to implement.
Preston Keiser of Humboldt drew from a local well the body of a newly born female infant believed to have been cast in the well shortly before. Coroner Waggoner was summoned and officials doubt the mother is a local young woman.
In New Jersey Methodist conference remarks Bishop Hirstin spoke of President McKinley possibly taking a professorship in international law at the American University of Washington after leaving public office. Other items: a Geneva reform school case involving Ruth Grace Parsons. a fatal bull attack on B C Stout and wife. a Sandusky double suicide by Mrs Wagner. an arm injury to Eugene Sampson in Tecumseh. Francis P Owings’s bankruptcy assets listed at 5,504,917. a Seattle bank robbery. and Beecher body incineration at Buffalo crematory.
A Manila dispatch quotes General Otis labeling Manila the most troublesome area, with insurgent leaders from Luzon meeting in Manila and foreign press warning of incitement. It notes arms landed on Luzon, Muabini's public contact clampdown, and diversions involving Hong Kong, Spain, and U S interests amid ongoing resistance.
Massachusetts representative introduces a resolution accusing Standard Oil of violating the Sherman anti trust law. He cites a March 15 1900 New York payment of seventeen million dollars as an extra dividend and notes a five million dollar excess over the last quarterly dividend. He links a kerosene price rise of 3 cents per gallon to the tax on homes and urges the attorney general to pursue proceedings in federal districts.
The text outlines an appropriation of 2 095 455 dollars from customs revenues earned on Puerto Rico imports from October 18 1898 to January 1 1900. Funds are set to support the current and future government of Puerto Rico, public education, public works, and other public purposes, to be drawn from treasury funds not otherwise allocated.
A sensational Friday event in Lexington Nebraska follows an alleged attempt on prisoner Dinsmore’s life. Sheriff Hays arrests F. Tussong, a Buffalo County supervisor, after Tussong allegedly threatened Dinsmore and tried to resist arrest. Tussong overpowered and jailed. details echo through the county.
A fragment from Stray Stories features a quip about gloves and buttons and a playful jab at Mr Cummings. An Allen’s Foot-Base advertisement promises quick relief for tight shoes and foot ailments. Also noted are stray lines about whiskers in the Boer country and Mrs Winsteyn’s soothing syrup for teething.
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta to a friend detailing a winter trip to Wetaskiwin with a pony and a three seat rig, building a log house, stables, and a well. He notes cold spells, deep frost, and herd counts, sending regards to Mr. Hutchison and promising further news next spring. He also mentions a fish note about yen dace in Derwentwater England.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a man at high-water mark needing to hustle to keep his head above it while praising Impr. Magnetic Starch as the best laundry starch in the world.
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