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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1898
Page
3
In a fragmented dialogue a keeper notes a thoroughbred’s steady build and tail length, while a speaker muses on age names and language. References to pets, family names, and word counts hint at jokes and trivia about modern names, literature, and vocabulary across eras.
Public opinion on keeping the Philippines divides while health concerns unite. The piece favors using Hoster’s Stomach Jitters as a preventive and curative aid for malaria fevers and stomach disorders.
A_Mode! Bersant Gir states Jones is among the happiest women he knows. He notes a kind husband but suggests the happiness stems from a servant girl who allows her freedom, shaping her contentment rather than marital kindness.
A description of the Chinese ladies headdress called figura of a bird. It is formed from copper silver or gold with wings drooping over the temples tail covering the back of the head and plumage at the head and brow.
The piece urges readers to use advertisements to study market offerings and secure excellent bargains. It touts advertisers as reliable and promises they deliver what they advertise.
Column of muddled dialogue shows Mrs Muggieddy and Doctor debating a diagnosis amid garbled phrases. The piece meanders through financial concerns and unclear medical terms, referencing Igor calico and a house, with loosely connected snippets suggesting a chaotic, satirical newsy item.
A reform voice argues for government banks to replace private banks, free coinage of gold and silver, and government-issued currency to end Wall Street influence, reduce prices, and curb poverty. The piece mocks bankers and cites monetary policy as the root of hardship. It contrasts private banking with public banks and critiques current financial power structures. Reverend Casson references monkey language and urban inequities to draw parallels.
A fragment debating property in a forest, questioning if descendants of earlier forest dwellers may own paths, trees, springs, and nuts. It critiques monarchical or corporate control by a few witty monkeys and asks who truly benefits from inherited rights and governance.
Mr. Sauerbeck's index for August shows a continued downward movement from May. Wheat prices drove the drop with fine wheat at 47s Bd per quar ter in May and now around 80s Td. Other commodities moved less. Overall food groups rose nearly 1 percent versus year end while raw materials jumped about 4 percent. Manchester Guardian notes contrasting trends in food versus manufacturing inputs.
Henry George Sr reports from England that British elites admire the United States while noting wealth concentration and democracy’s drift. They see a refuge in a country where producers tax themselves, sparing opulence, and hope this could influence imperial Britain as democracy evolves.
President Jordan's annual address to the graduating class 1898 argues that true government improves with wise governance and training for citizenship. He warns future civic problems will be human rather than international, urging stronger personal virtue over tyranny.
The article critiques sugar factory labor in harsh conditions with workers toiling at high temperatures for long hours and low pay. It argues workers' votes finance millionaires and calls for reform, reflecting on the appeals of the Appeal to Reason.
Judge Clark of the North Carolina Supreme Court laments the era of wealth worship, noting the rise of systematic and shameless robberies of the masses and the open celebration of ill-gotten riches.
The text notes Iceland's overall scarcity of resources and lack of urban misery, yet emphasizes that subsistence hinges on strict thrift and hard work across the country.
Mixed market signals push gold prices higher as Wall Street and London react to ongoing Spanish war developments. Analysts note volatility with bids firming and spot prices edging upward in thin trading.
Chicago reports Commissioner H. Clay Evans says deaths in the Spanish American War reached 2,906 by September 30, with 107 officers and 2,799 enlisted men. He notes camp disease claimed many lives and cites Havana harbor losses and pension claims, stressing government indemnity for sailors and soldiers.
London reports General Kitchener has been elevated to Lord Kitchener of Khartoum with a Suffolk county title. Emigration of impoverished Jamaicans to Cuba prompts U.S. protest. British subjects warned to ensure funds before travel. In Cuba Captain General Blanco instructed to pay exited soldiers $24 each.
Admiral Dewey cables the Navy that conditions at Peking are quiet and no further troubles are anticipated. He states American interests in China are not in danger and notes the steamer The Pearl is at Taku.
A column describes widespread dyspepsia in America and promotes Pink Pills for Pale People as a blood remedy. It recounts a Pembina North Dakota anecdote of relief after using six boxes. Also notes a Mexican swindle at railway stations and warns readers of fake claims and legal peril for travelers.
After London’s Crystal Palace expo, M Kem pelen from Hungary showcased a talking device at Egyptian Hall. A crowd of 9 000 attended the first day, admiring a voice built from air chamber pipes and a reed glottis though certain letters sounded imperfect.
A jumble of dialogue scenes shows a pursuit by a young man over a tagged dog and a temperamental animal. The text shifts to a testimonial ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure, touting internal remedy claims and endorsements, then a city bootblack exchange about shoe shines and a wry joke on candies shaped oddly.
A patient testimonial claims life saving effects from Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She says doctors regarded her case as consumption and hopeless, with stopped menses and weak blood, then improved quickly after using the remedy, gaining weight and overall health.
Mrs Gro from Belle Street Alton NL writes that she suffered severe menstrual trouble causing weakness sleep loss and poor appetite. After trying doctors medicine she read Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and says she feels like a new person and would not trade it for any doctor’s medicine.
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