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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
2
A collage of brief notes from Chicago and New York on police work claims, Saxony pupil memorization, stock fluctuations and wealth, health and walking, the tiger emblem of Tammany, electric railway regulation, an omnigraph telegraphy device, beverage spending, British education acts, a flint bowlder with a toad, and Uncle Russell Sage's prophecies alongside Paradise Lost manuscript value.
About 40,000 machinists halted work Monday seeking a nine hour day and pay equal to the ten hour day. President OConnell cites telegraphic reports from machinists' headquarters as the basis. The strike largely spares allied trades and government work, with some railroad machinists and a few shops affected, including Central Vermont at St Albans and Lehigh Valley and Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe shops in Buffalo, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Elmira. Railroads are largely exempt, and private shops will settle first.
General Chafee issued a midnight farewell closing the American relief expedition in China. Troops will board transports at Taku and depart for Manila. M. Pichon leaves Beijing for home. Foreign ministers expect a meeting soon, but lack of home instructions hinders coordinated action.
A boatman found a bottle near the New York quarantine station containing a note from A Y Freeman of Menominee Michigan claiming involvement with Raber Watson Chicago. Freeman is alive and says he did not intend the note. In Evansville Indiana John L Jones killed Thomas Kean after Kean abused his wife. Frank Siegel of Kansas City, linked to Siegel Sanders Live Stock, was arrested for embezzling 5000 dollars. bond set at 2000, with losses estimated at 100000 to the company.
Reports say Mrs. McKinley’s condition continued to improve and she rested well while remaining in bed. She is not expected to travel to Washington for a week, as President McKinley attends public duties informally from her bedside.
The Sovereign Camp Woodmen of the World voted to bar liquor dealers from entry. The convention also reduced the sovereign board of maleagers from seven to five. In Dodge, George McMahon, missing for over a month, was found dead near a plough four miles west. Inquest planned as murder theories emerge.
A chaotic harvest of incidents fills the column from Ren net to Minnesota. Loot reports in Nebraska. drownings in Iowa. a fatal shooting in St Paul. rail and fire damage across Kansas, Omaha, and Chicago area towns. Officials discuss powder company consolidation while storms and lightning claim lives in Oklahoma and Kerry. The Turkish customs clash over typewriters stirs diplomatic chatter as ships and battleships mark progress.
Washington May 19 Dr Talmage argues innocent recreation can turn destructive. He urges youths to judge amusements by moral impact, warns against costly parties, gambling, and drinking, and urges responsibility, work, and home life over reckless leisure. The speech cites Scriptural lessons and personal experiences.
A copper coin dated 4838 with Liberty and a kneeling slave woman motif is in the possession of Charles L. Feller of 1646 West Pratt Street. The piece, linked to anti-slavery escape routes, was recovered from a dredger’s find at Johnstown floods. Feller noted the piece’s rarity and ties to coins found in the Middle West, with anecdotal memories of slaves sought to reach Canada aided by such tokens.
A doctor, roused by two farmers ten miles away, refused to treat the wife of one unless they used his services and paid $10 upfront. The farmers debated, then the other farmer suggested paying, noting the funeral costs would be higher, a sharp, darkly humorous moment from a rural encounter.
A gentleman walking near Glasgow calls at a farmhouse where the woman refuses payment for milk saying she cannot take money. He leaves, then at the garden gate spots a boy and intends to tip the boy, but a shrill voice commands a different scene.
The Walter Baker Company established in 1780 beside the Neponset river grew into a vast chocolate producer. The article praises its commitment to quality and fair pricing, warns against fraud, and notes a free recipe book offer. It also mentions Victor Hugo's early love letters to Adele Foucher, highlighting their historic value and the editor’s praise.
A letter from Yorkton, Assiniboia praising Western Canada as a promising option for settlers. It urges John to come soon, notes cheap land in new districts of Saskatchewan and Assiniboia, and mentions farms, grain, mills, and credit on tick. The piece references Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick and local government agents.
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