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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
3
A fragment notes that a light bee weighs about five thousandth of a pound and a loaded bee may weigh nearly three times more. It then mentions the Boer War nearing its end and peace possibly arriving with joy. The piece urges trying Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach troubles and indigestion.
A collage of advertisements and notes on social customs and products. Topics include cheaper meals for women in Swedish eateries, Hall's Catarrh Cure with a money back promise, an Indian electrical plant called philotac a electrica, Defiance starch claims, Virtusma tablets advertised for debility, Garfield Headache Powders praise, Red Cross Ball Blue laundry aid, and light remarks on brides and manicure labor.
Miss Jennie Butler a solitary Neligh resident died by taking carbolic acid. The forty year old former New York library worker was feeble minded and had recently feared break in at her home after attending Congregational services. She wished to be near her father buried in Neligh and had no Nebraska relatives.
George Pease, a B M Shops employee in Plattsmouth, was shot near the Burlington boarding house as he left a dance. The bullet possibly lodged in his neck and he says an assailant followed him after firing from across the street. A young man named Fielder has been arrested pending investigation. officials believe a quarrel earlier in the evening sparked the shooting.
Joseph Hula a section man was struck and instantly killed by a Burlington passenger train two miles north of Plattsmouth. He was clearing the track when a northbound freight moved and he stepped into the path of the passenger train on another track. His head was severely mutilated. He leaves a wife and three children and had been a faithful employee for many years.
Rear Admiral Evans testified before the naval court of inquiry covering May 20 to July 5 1898 including the Sagastafo battle and the Colon bombardment on May 31. Captain Jewell and Commander Miller also testified on the day. News arrived of the death by burning of Captain Lemly’s sister in North Carolina, prompting the court to consider adjournment.
US consul general C. M. Dickinson appeals to the Bulgarian government to secure the release of Miss Helen H. Stone and her companion seized by brigands September 3 near Djumabula. Several Bulgar-Macedonian Revolutionary Committee members face arrest on implicated evidence.
Cassopolis Michigan dispatch reports ex judge H D Smith shot in the throat by an unknown assailant on a Grand Trunk train returning from Chicago. A bullet shattered the window near him. train halted with no suspect identified. Wound described as serious but not necessarily fatal.
A Washington report suggests renaming the Philippine islands the McKinley islands in honor of leaders tied to the acquisition and administration. The plan would be presented to the next Congress. Also, Henry E. Cooper denied rumors he carried Governor Rose’s resignation to the president, stating the governor had not indicated any such intent.
A Iowa Telephone inspector David Bell of Des Moines died from a hunting accident near Osialoosa Sunday when a bullet grazed his pocket and coins pierced his thigh. News from Long View Texas describes a Hallville Harrison county race riot where whites beat a black man to death after a violent house invasion attempt. Daniel and William Greenhill are under arrest in De Soto Missouri for suspected murder of Mrs Urens and her suitor John Meloy. authorities found a bloody axe and hatchet, and after conflicting statements they confessed.
The brief notes report Cuolgogz’s execution pending in Auburn, fires at Battle Mountain and Logansport, a San Francisco labor clash injuring seven, and various political and crime updates. Also mentioned are Mrs. McKinley’s condition, a Kansas City shooting over jealousy, and a planned bank in Broken Bow.
A historical recount of a grand logging jam on Michigan's Grand River in 1883. The piece notes immense pressure bending or breaking timbers, ropes snapping, and crews risking exposure as tugs struggled to hold drivers in the swift current. It highlights dramatic forces and site challenges before operations began.
A jumble of advertisements and notices discusses Dr. R B Dunaway promoting Dodd's Kidney Pills for various ailments, moralizing quotes, paint ads, legends about Emperor William I, electric shock to stop horse kicking, Garfield Tea, Wizard Oil, and public spending figures under past presidents.
Home Notes warns that arsenic often appears in wallpaper dyes and suggests simple tests. One method emits a garliclike odor when burned, not to be inhaled. Another test uses diluted hydrochloric acid to turn greens blue, indicating arsenic content.
A New York World note describes a simple home method to test water purity. Draw a tumbler from the tap at night, add white lump sugar, and keep above 60 degrees F. In the morning pure water stays clear while contaminated water looks milky.
The pest of farm lands is available now in Marinette County Wisconsin on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway at a low price and favorable terms. Wisconsin is noted for its crops markets and climate. Buy a farm rather than rent and in a few years own it. For details address Miller General Passenger Agent Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Chicago.
A new fruit nicknamed the cigar bean from Batavia forms a pod about an inch long with two cigar shaped segments. When placed in water it floats for minutes then explodes like a torpedo, scattering seeds. If ripened indoors it splits lengthwise from tip to base and, on the plant, splits more abruptly.
Arloghy of Aggyria known as the Lion King at age 80, celebrated for military exploits and his distinctive curly hair and grizzled beard that earned him the lionlike moniker. The tribute notes his public role and fearsome appearance.
North Dakota reports show 25 to 38 bushels per acre of wheat and 15 to 20 bushels of flax along the Soo Line. Flax at $1.26 per bushel. most grain on newly broken land. Open government land and new town opportunities along the Soo Line. Write D W Casseday Soo Line land agent Minneapolis Minn for circulars.
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