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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
3
A party including Lewis Mor and the actor Tison narrowly escaped death when their private railroad car caught fire. The engine stopped after noticing flames, occupants jumped to safety as interior flames consumed the car. Personal property estimated at $35,000 was destroyed.
In Howells Nebraska a farmer named Joseph Slama shot Anton Cheda in his bed after a long real estate dispute. Slama then went to the graveyard and killed himself. Cheda survived briefly but died from injuries while Slama died by self-inflicted gunshot. The feud over property had grown bitter and prompted the deadly act.
A man identified as Tad Sullivan was shot through the neck in the Shamrock saloon at 731 Street Lincoln last evening after 6. Bartender Will H. Dougherty fired in self defense during a knife threat. Other items report a county commissioner injury, a fishing accident, a social engagement, and various crimes from Illinois to Nebraska.
Reader testimonials from Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claim relief from female troubles, painful menses, and kidney issues after using the remedy. Sufferers from Michigan and elsewhere describe improved health and gratitude for the medicine's help.
Four men entered the Bank of Staplehurst in Staplehurst Suward county and blew the front with nitro glycerine. Approximately $1700 was taken, some papers and gold were scattered along nearby railroad tracks. police dogs traced the trail after the escape.
The wife of Major General Jamies J. Wilson, military governor of the department at Matanzas Santa Clara, died from burns suffered when a match ignited her dress while alighting from a carriage. Officials and the public expressed condolences and sympathy to the Wilson family.
Bert Underhill wounded his seventeen year old girlfriend Anna Davis at her home near Plato TL and shot himself. The couple, bound by a three month no contact rule set by Anna’s father D M Davis, reportedly quarreled after the period elapsed.
Major General Lloyd Wheaton reports from Manila that Senor Paterno former president of the Filipino cabinet was captured in the mountains near Trinidad in Benguet province on April 25. Paterno had sought entry to American lines but did not appear. relatives say he had long illness and was an invalid. He was taken to San Fernando on a litter ambulance by soldiers of the Forty-eighth Regiment.
The Waco flood situation improves with destitute aided. Brazos River falling, flood risk diminishing. Also reports wife kills herself in Missouri after separation, and Kentucky AG Breckenridge avoids litigation while Pratt concedes, plus local skimming station opening and Ottawa relief totals.
In Sehofield Utah May 1 an explosion at Pleasant Valley Coal Company No 4 shaft killed and trapped miners. Rescue crews and company officials worked through the night dressing bodies for coroner’s inquest as they were recovered from boarding houses and buildings nearby. The blast is blamed on a defective blasting powder keg.
London dispatches from May describe heavy fighting near Thab N’Chu with Boer rear guard delaying General Roberts. Estimates place Boer numbers between 8,000 and 30,000 as British forces press toward Pretoria.
The coroner's jury probes the private inquest into the death of Charles W. Frost in York Nebraska. Rumors fill the air as Mrs Frost, with husband’s death linked funds, seeks a rigid investigation and has hired lawyers. A Wednesday special reports Mrs Frost jailed on murder charges, she protests innocence.
Four men forced the door of Graham & Co. in Sabetha Kansas. A clerk fired a shotgun wounding one as the burglars fled leaving a hat and blood evidence. Bloodhounds tracked them into Nebraska where locals fed them, then Salum Nebraska halted chase and captured them. One man lost his hat and appears to have been shot in the hand. Officers expect the quartet may return to Kansas without a formal requisition.
On the Panes reservation two Indians died after a drunken incident near Niobrara. Perry Lavarie shot Peter Birdshead in Birdshead's deer yard. Birdshead’s mother then killed Lavarie at his request. Inquest hears guilt admitted. they await trial. Earlier sensational reports of mutilation cannot be confirmed.
A collage of notes on sound velocity in air and water, ant behavior on tar, foot powders, Saharan livestock, magnetic starch, and a pun about a tailor. Mentions distances for sound, temperature effects on velocity, and a 1827 Geneva experiment.
An old newspaper fragment lists Hall’s Catarrh Cure with internal use and 7 cent price, warns against salt beef in cooking, mentions various products like Parkcen’s Mars Sareum and Hinomacorns, and ends with a wry quote about trusts and a line about Magnetic Starch.
A Fremont Neb gathering at aye's Opera House raised 120.63 by subscription and collection for famine relief in India. The event drew church congregations and local citizens who praised the effort as excellent given many donors faced appeals elsewhere.
Sheriff of a Nebraska county holds Connor on an assault with intent to kill charge after a Calhoun ranch shooting. Judge Stilson and County Attorney Atnkfer filed the complaint. Calhoun is alive but seriously hurt.
The document features Dan Grosvenor and others extolling Peruna as a spring tonic and catarrh remedy. Endorsers include Deputy War Department Auditor Dan A Grosvenor and businessmen from Philadelphia and Lynchburg, all citing improved health after using the product.
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