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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
2
A string of quips and social observations comments on liars, forgiveness, spoiled children, public figures, and cross Atlantic culture. It notes the Kaiser painting for Queen Victoria, Nat Goodwin's acting contracts, and Admiral Dewey resting on a farm amid celebration.
In a recent annual report the Harvard president praises Dr. Alexander Agassiz for extraordinary philanthropy. Over the past twenty five years he has spent about three quarters of a million dollars from his private funds on the Museum of Comparative Zoology without notifying the university leader. His son continues the family legacy.
A hospital operating room scene shows surgery under minimal environment with city patient transported for emergency care. Lieut. Peary endures frostbite as he is hauled to his ship for amputation and rapid recovery follows.
The Hebrew Zionists meet in Basel to secure Palestine for Jewish settlement. They claim funds exist to buy and that the sultan might sell, but fanatical Turkish sentiment blocks the plan. Regardless, Jewish colonists have already transformed parts of Palestine turning desert into gardens and groves, with Christians and Muslims adopting their agricultural methods.
Professor Adolf Dirr, a German scholar fluent in about thirty languages, has devised a shorthand system enabling stenographers to report in European languages. A Paris publisher plans to issue a volume explaining the method. Dirr criticizes "Volapuk" and urges learning English as the universal language for commerce and literature.
An American naval officer in Manila reports captives in pitiable condition lacking clothing shoes and hats and forced to subsist on four cents a day. Spanish accounts claim fifteen American soldiers are guarded by 200 Filipinos, suggesting the insurgent forces could be strained if more captives are taken.
A garbled quote from a New York piece hints at a critique of Admirals Schley and chain of command. The fragment mentions friends of the admiral and a term like peak penitentiary, signaling confusion over naval rhetoric.
Fragmentary OCR notes show an author addressing an editor with a terse request. The lines hint at a demand or appeal for manuscript handling or publication decisions. Names, dates, and locations are unreadable or corrupted.
Reports of heavy fighting between British and Boers. The cruiser Brooklyn sails from Hampton Roads to Manila via Suez. Harold Zielian named assistant engineer at Rosebud agency. Yellow fever cases and suspects observed in Matanzas. Gas explosion at Shenandoah City colliery traps twenty two. Continental engineers leave Pretoria toward southwestern borders with Boers. U S pays about 33000 for coal bought at St Thomas during war. Dewey may visit Chicago mid November with festival plans. Supreme Court agrees to postpone Texas Louisiana yellow fever case hearing. Chicago fire at W C Ritchie Paper Box. five hundred workers affected. several girls missing but likely escaped.
The Resolute leaves Brooklyn with 800 tons of provisions for Porto Rico. Two battalions from Fort Crook and Vancouver Barracks head for the Philippines by November 1. Illinois Supreme Court rules American Glucose a void trust. Indian Agent Nicholson reports calm at San Carlos. Former Spanish soldiers surrender artillery to Americans but Filipinos kill seven conns. Manila dispatch says del Pilar offers to sell his army. Otis doubts authenticity and remains against buying surrenders.
General Miles heads westward on an inspecting tour of army posts from Chicago to Omaha. A St. Louis court rules death by own action cannot be cited by insurers to deny payment unless the policyholder contemplated self harm at subscription. Carter's habeas corpus writ is dismissed, upholding court martial findings. A Panama insurrection triggers martial law, while Samoa reports unsettled conditions and a tentative Alaska boundary accord is discussed with Secretary Hay.
The Russian Red Cross plans to aid both sides in South Africa. Newspapers have launched subscriptions for a volunteer corps, reportedly well equipped through private circles.
Five ships left Southampton for South Africa carrying nearly 5 000 troops including Prince Alexander of Teck. Filipino leaders allegedly plan to break American lines at Manila to seize General Otis and the archbishop. General Lawton and General Young command about 1,000 troops at Arayat as gunboats Morida and Oeste move toward San Isidro. The transport Thomas sails from Philadelphia for New York to depart for the Philippines with 2,000 people aboard. insurgent officers seek access to General Otis for peace talks and prisoner exchanges. Otis to decide.
Admiral Dewey cancels proposed trips to seek rest on doctors orders while Brigadier General Funston accepts the brigadier general post in the new volunteer service. The Fifty-first Iowa volunteers arrive in San Francisco aboard the Senator after Manila duty with no sickness. General Otis rejects a Filipino commission request, citing vague terms and continued American nonrecognition. Eugene Easton, a Kansas City newspaper man, is captured in South Africa and the State Department seeks his release.
Andrew M Morrisey gains interior department admission to practice. Iowa volunteers reach Presidio with warm reception. First National Bank Neligh Nebraska receives 10 percent dividend raising total claims paid to 40 percent amounting to 98464. Diplomatic circles foresee European intervention in Boer British war while US stays aloof. Army expands to 069 thousand, major general slot given to Hates in the Philippines. Death of Major Howard confirmed after launch incident on the Rio Grande. Omahan Henry Bolin case challenges Nebraska law constitutionality with December 4 hearing. Navy dispute between Watson and Taussig ends with Taussig assigned shore duty and later command. Money order system reports 224 million issue with earnings near 1.59 billion and a war venue tax of 579 thousand. Benchmark figures include 4396 new offices and 20 million domestic money orders.
The sermon links Psalm 42a to the hunted hart seeking water, expanding deer imagery to reflect spiritual thirst for God. It recalls Adirondack hunting scenes, compares trials to pursuit by hounds, and urges shedding horns as a metaphor for releasing grievances. The preacher concludes with biblical and poetic allusions to endurance and ultimate salvation.
The Brooklyn Eagle notes that rare is the person who reads deeply yet praises the rise in education and cultural habits. The educated readers will select works that suit their minds, avoiding dry or remote texts, forming a small intellectual aristocracy.
In Carrie R. Garrett's September Woman's Home Companion excerpt the ant and the grasshopper fable is recounted to critique thrift as virtue. The text condemns the cold miser as denying bread to the improvident and stresses that true prudence blends generosity with frugality to harvest goodness.
Private Smith in a Natal battalion is surprised to receive a half crown from the Traffiqvaal bearing Kruger’s likeness. The officer says the coin is good for the canteen, and Smith salutes again noting the unusual whiskers on the gentleman in charge.
A fragmented dialogue evokes a scene where Robby’s mother asks about a share of the pie from Mr Goodman while others respond with thanks. The garbled text suggests a local kitchen table discussion or community anecdote awaiting clarification.
Floating incubators are extensively employed along Newfoundland bays to carry lobsters. Ingenious devices dot nearly every large bay, enabling widespread cultivation and transport of lobster stock.
The editor notes the shift from horse and candle to electricity and automobile as change accelerates with new technology. It asserts Teller’s Stomach Bitters has endured for over fifty years, claiming its superiority for stomach and liver troubles.
The article notes Windsor royal stores hold about 500 tons of ice and tea. Ice is sourced from the lake beneath the north terrace, Frogmore, and the lake between Frogmore and Virginia Water. Tea is lavishly used in the royal kitchen and to cool the queen’s apartments in hot weather, packed in wooden buckets and placed by fireplaces.
Jno M Smyth head of the great house of Jno M Smyth Co Chicago began humbly and through hard work and business skill built the world’s largest concern of its kind His name stands for honesty and fair dealing The paper highlights a notable guitar bargain and a broad catalogue of goods saying perfection comes from trifles.
The article explains a glass construction by A Germen Hag with a system where air is drawn through a pipe then filtered by cotton-wool and driven against a glycerine coated plate-glass sheet. The setup aims to trap bacteria and relies on sun heat to kill any that get in.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for cures. It includes testimonials from Toledo wholesalers and claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces. The text also notes price per bottle and mentions Hall's Family Pills, ending with a facetious line about clever and stupid people.
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