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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1901
Page
3
The article notes the Japanese Emperor has an estimated personal fortune around 2 million dollars plus substantial private wealth in stocks and land. After the Chinese-Japanese War Parliament granted him 20.6 million yen, about 10 million gold dollars, from indemnity payments as thanks for directing naval and military actions.
A collage of product pitches and testimonials. Allen's Foot-Ease powder promises relief for swollen feet and corns, Garfield Tea’s powder sample offer and Red Cross Ball Blue whitening urges, Piso's Cure for coughs, Putnam Faceless Dyes for fabrics, plus a note on Baldness and a stray fastball season mention. Several addresses and locations appear, including Minneapolis and Brooklyn.
A St. Petersburg correspondent says a secretive French port project aims to build a submarine shaped like a double pointed cigar. The craft, designed by Sakovenko, is claimed to cross the Atlantic from England to America in two and a half days once completed, expected by August next.
The Italian census reports 392 people aged over 100 in Italy. Among them are sixteen monks and nuns, highlighting longevity across religious orders.
News notes a small squad held by a large Filipino force for over two hours before relief arrived, then promoted for bravery. The piece adds a moral line about bravery requiring nerves and digestion, followed by an advertisement for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and a witticism about women keeping secrets as age advances.
An advertisement discusses starch faults causing clothes to tear after laundry. It promotes Defiance starch as a soft glossy finish that preserves garments, costing 10 cents for 16 ounces. It notes production by Magnetic Starch Co. in Omaha Nebraska and urges asking grocers for it.
The Newcastle Chronicle notes that a canal or navigable channel through the Isthmus of Panama was long discussed since Spanish conquest. It cites Cortes in 1527 sending ships toward the Moluccas under Alvano De Saavedra and Galvano's 1555 account suggesting routes from Nombre de Dios and other coastal points to link seas, proposing land passages or river routes to bypass the long Atlantic voyage.
A French discussion weighs swallows as dispatch carriers in place of pigeons. They would fly higher and faster, be more faithful and trainable, and avoid stopovers for feeding. Doubts remain about migratory urges after liberty and conflicts with falcons, though falcons outperform pigeons in payload.
A South Carolina soil discovery mirrors North Carolina, where bright red ants reveal tobacco land. Farmers inspect anthills for yellow subsoil clay that marks prime tobacco acreage and plan to retire other crops in the region.
A plowman on Lord Cottesloe’s farm near Leighton Buzzard uncovers a pot containing sixty three ancient British gold coins. The find echoes England’s largest treasure haul at Whaddon Chase with 1200 pieces bearing Cymbelina B. C. 65.
A boat carrying six persons was towed on the Moselle by a Malay kite six and a half feet long. Headway was made against a rapid current, and traction could be increased by adding more kites.
A vintage classified style ad urges readers to prepare for spring painting with Devoe paint. It claims lasting quality and offers a free book on painting if mentioned in the paper, targeting homeowners and dealers in Chicago.
Washington report in the London Daily Chronicle outlines a provisional treaty that abrogates the Clayton Bulwer pact. Editorials warn Britain concedes every dispute without compensation while Roosevelt may push Senate adoption. The move reportedly ends outstanding grievances between the two nations.
H C Frick and the Mellon interests under Union Steel plan a $200000 factory at Donora on the Monongahela to make broom and mattress wire and other specialties. Matthew Woven Wire, controlled by Union, will build a $100000 woven wire fence plant with 75 tons daily capacity and the barbed wire department will add thirty two machines. Total outlay reaches $500000 with further Union Steel improvements potentially costing $16 to $18 million.
The ten year old son of William Werger was killed by a Rock Island train at Martel Nebraska. He stood on the cattle chute near the stock yard as the train passed he tried to jump to a flat car and fell between the cars. The train did not run over him but his skull was crushed and he died four hours later after doctors treated him.
In Carbondale, John C Brown was shot and killed by Rev. Joseph MecCammish a Seventh Day Adventist minister in a public square watched by crowds. The pair, bitter enemies, involved jealousy with Brown attacking MecCammish before the minister fired a revolver striking Brown in the lung. MecCammish was exonerated.
J E Riley of Omaha reports strong backing for a Platte River canal from Plattsmouth. Engineers will inspect both river banks when weather allows. Omaha capitalists may take 25 percent of the stock, and incorporation papers are being prepared.
Bud Taylor a Kansas City baseball player was found guilty of first degree murder for the March shooting death of Ruth Nollard a former streetheart. The defense argued insanity and the evidence showed Taylor suffered from epilepsy.
James Fallon of Fort Dodge Iowa died by self inflicted gunshot as sheriff awaited a warrant for his arrest on charges of murderous assault against a threshing crew. Fallon reportedly drove the crew from his property with a revolver.
An eastbound passenger train derailed into an open switch at White Pine, Tennessee, colliding with a freight car on the siding. Two men were killed instantly and another was badly hurt.
In Chicago the grand jury indicted Robert Burke city oil inspector on two counts of embezzling office funds. One indictment cites a $14 000 shortage and the other $9 000 missing from his office accounts.
Governor Savage and his military staff return to Lincoln after Nebraska day at the Buffalo exposition. The party received high courtesies and widespread compliments from Nebraskans. Fifty guests dined with exposition boards and some toured Niagara Walls. The Nebraskan event drew large crowds, surpassing Pennsylvania services the following day. Robert J. Clancey did not rejoin the party and may stay in Washington as Senator Dietrich's private secretary.
Police found D. W. Dickie, a Chicago jeweler living at the Kimball hotel, dead by suicide on a bench near the Grant monument in Lincoln Park. Police noted about 15 000 in diamonds in his possession and little information about his recent activities or business location remained.
The Georgetown Kentucky court of appeals considers a new trial for Caleb Powers, once secretary of state, convicted as an accessory in the 1900 Goebel murder. Powers faces life imprisonment while Howard was hanged. More than sixty witnesses are summoned, and both sides claim new evidence and a different conduct from last year.
Dr Hicks and Dr Davidson report seventy one cases of small pox at Odanah government school on Bad River reservation Wisconsin. Of seventy boarding pupils forty eight infected. twenty more among outside pupils. teachers also affected. District schools closed and reservation quarantined.
John Kirchner, a young farmer living west of Nebraska City, was found badly injured after being shot near the hip. He claims the wound was accidental while cleaning his revolver, though the report hints he may be shielding a man with whom he had trouble.
In St Louis Mr and Mrs Charles Reising fell from a third story porch after a struggle over dressing for Sunday. The railing shattered in the mishap. both were probably fatally injured. Reising objected to dressing up and his wife urged him to dress.
Detective Montgomery of the Santa Fe road was murdered in his Winfield Kansas home by an unknown assailant who arrived by buggy and shot him with a rifle as he sat in his parlor. The killer fled, and investigators link the case to a feared energy related hunt down.
Mrs. Morgan James, a respected Osceola resident, suffered paralysis of the throat after a stroke last Monday. It is her second stroke, but her physician hopes for recovery.
A large fire in Timpson Texas destroyed the town’s principal buildings causing an estimated loss of 225000 dollars. Fire crews battled the flames but could not save the structures and investigations into the cause were expected to follow.
John Clung died at his home in Geneva Nebraska at about ninety one years old after settling in the county two decades ago from Orland Indiana. He left many relatives and friends in the area.
Dr. Benjamin Edson writes in Medical World that lemon juice mixed with water can stop nosebleeds after clearing nostrils. He notes diluted use is standard, while undiluted juice may be risky in ordinary cases. He does not claim credit for the method and says he learned of it long ago.
A Baltimore hotel elevator episode ends with a dignified young woman entering in blue waist and white skirt, two tape pieces drifting from her waistband. An elderly woman warns her and the girl bolts for the stairs, recalling childhood instruction.
In Bryant Missouri Oct. town folks discuss Mrs. M A Goss long crippled by Sciatica. She could not turn in bed for four months, found relief after using Dodd's Kidney Pills and is now strong with no pain. She believes the pills cured her sciatic condition.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for women to wear smaller shoes. It claims to cure swollen feet hot sweating aching feet ingrowing nails corns and bunions and offers a free trial by mail from Allen Olmsted Le Ray New York. It notes Minnesota farm land values have risen over 100 percent in seven years.
An ad offers $3.00 per day plus expenses to a man with a rig to market stock and poultry foods for Boyder Food Co at 9 Monon Elk Chicago Illinois. Other notices advertise Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething and generic agent offers, along with quips about misfortune and household products.
A Boston Herald report notes a colored church in the city introducing a new religion practice that includes the entire congregation kissing a new convert. The piece discusses its strong points and weak points as observed by the paper.
Explorer Sven Hedin reached Charkhitk in central China last April and found locals polite and obliging despite reported eastern troubles. The dispatch notes his silent stance on those unrests.
Henry J. Doris of the Cycles Co. in London reports a severe foot and ankle wrench cured by a single application of St. Jacob's Oil. He endorses the remedy as simple and effective for busy men and praises its safety and reliability.
An 1886 affidavit by Frank J Cheney asserts his firm F J Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure. The notice touts internal use claims and lists products including Hall s Family Pills and Wizard Oil with promotional lines. A second item references Bishop W A Candler discussing higher criticism and ritualism in St Louis Methodist circles, criticizing paid choirs and polka dot revelation remarks.
Celestine Sullivan of Atchison Iran a newspaper man was appointed by the Catholic University of Washington to go to the Philippines. He will remain three years establishing Catholic schools similar to those in the United States.
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