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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1900
Page
3
A narrative recalls a weary journey where an elderly woman endured hunger resting in barns or under trees. She carried two bundles weighing fifty-nine pounds and kept a small sum in an a franc coin. After regaining consciousness she aimed to continue to Paris but grasped that the journey was far from over.
A scattered text notes the removal of rock in San Francisco harbor, surveying the bay bottom where rock emerged, and a water depth reading of thirty seven feet. It mentions a guarantee of thirty feet of water and praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a constant remedy for indigestion and kidney troubles. Also included is a court anecdote about Willista Cooking bar of Cortland, charged with beating his wife, and the judge's response to punishment.
Travel deals offer half rate round trips to the West Southwest and Southeast with additional $2. Tickets go on sale Tuesdays September 4 and 18 October 2 and 16 November 6 and 20 and December 4 and 18. Townsend G B I Agent St Louis Missouri also notes education advert and Poultry Compound ad from Acme Mfg Co Kansas City Missouri plus wireless telegraphy plans in harbors and a small satire line on a critic of talkers.
A Victorian era sample promotes Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the trusted remedy for puberty related symptoms and female health. The piece urges mothers to monitor daughters for signs of fatigue headaches dizziness and withdrawal and to seek Pinkham’s aid as practical proof of its effectiveness through letters from Miss Good asking for help to improve young women's health.
Berlin notes China must hand over leaders of the Pekin outrages while sparing many mere instruments from punishment. The note, published in the North German Gazette, argues for targeted penalties and envisions cabinet instruction for Pekin representatives to identify key instigators. The move shifts diplomatic optics and challenges Russia over the evacuation plan.
In Santiago de Cuba the black party wins a constitutional convention delegates election across the province while whites declare annexationist aims. About 1,000 colored men parade with skull and crossbones badges and torches. a republican party funeral is held as whites stay cautious to avoid clashes.
Reported fighting between French troops at a Subarian outpost near Timimoun and Berabdr tribesmen. French forces under Captain Fagon ett fought two engagements and withdrew to Timimoun without further losses. State secretary of the South African republic Mr. FW Reitz is en route to Paris per Pretori等 from which he will proceed.
Dispatch from Pekin dated September 4 reports Prince Ching with full authority to negotiate for peace with the powers. Li Hung Chang and Wu are named as authorities to submit requests to Conger and begin talks at once. The fate of formal credentials and timing rests with President and Conger, with possible commissions to include Cornell's Schurman, Barrett, and Hill. Russian railroad aims and Pekin winter presence are noted, and Admiral Remey informs the State Department of Special Commissioner Bockbill's arrival at Taku.
The Denver News says Thomas F. Walsh will receive 15000.06 for his Camp Bird mine at Ouray Colorado from a syndicate of English and American investors led by Alfred Bell and J. Pierpont Morgan. A draft for the first payment is at the Vick National Bank. John Hays Hammond arrived to assess the mine for the syndicate, with a closing expected within ten days.
Randolph Knoer Miller, city marshal, shot and instantly killed Benjamin Lloyd during an attempted arrest in Taunton Idaho. Lloyd, a miner, reportedly attacked Knoer Miller with a knife, prompting the fatal shot as he stepped back outside. Miller surrendered to authorities after the incident.
South Omaha shows a dramatic population gain over the last decade, rising from a prior count to 26,001 in 1900 for a reported 222.50 percent increase, marking the largest census jump yet recorded. A separate account notes a train wreck where two tramp victims, one killed and one gravely injured, were involved.
Galveston residents launched a massive debris clearing effort along miles of beach seeking survivors and bodies. Advertisements in the News called for hundreds of men and boys as crowds worked amid wreckage, while many residents salvaged whatever household items remained from destroyed homes. Citizens showed resolve to rebuild the town stronger than before.
A masked mob of sixty to one hundred seized three Black men from Hunica jailyard, strung them to a tree within a hundred yards, and fired no shots. Identified victims were Frank Brown, David Moore, and William Brown, linked to earlier killings by or against white residents. The event caps rising anti Black violence in the area.
An appeal issued from Houston asks all druggists to donate items such as loddéform, chloride of lime, gum camphor, assafoctide, trade carbolic acid, phenol, podique, quave bandages, quinine and iodoform aze. Contributions should be sent to the Houston relief committee. Also reported is an accidental death near Hartington, Nebraska of J. Schaffroth, who died under a threshing machine incident. The international Brotherhood of Firemen meets in Peoria, while railroads face major losses from the gulf storm. Eastern accident notes include Mrs. Mary Mooney injuring her arm in Lexington, Nebraska.
A fragmentary historical passage mentions Maj Liewellan undergoing dicitis surgery and surviving anesthesia with two bullets kept as curiosities. It also references the Rajah of Kaparthals described as an athlete and warrior about to visit London, and an era portrait of trade and social habits including dyes and rings.
Morris Wade tells of a minister who married a young couple at the bride’s home. The wedding was lavish with a caterer and a general’s display of prosperity. Before leaving the bridegroom asked for a five until a week hence, promising to repay. Also mentions in an ad the lax use of Cascarets as a health cure and notes on disinterment at a Philadelphia cemetery where up to 1300 bodies were moved, plus a brief item about the Duke of York and his equerry salmon fishing in royal preserves.
Fragmented OCR reads like a jumble of ads and notices. Mentions Dr Kitne Great Nerve Restorer B700 trial bottle from i Ltd Vel Arch Bt Fbihadspine PA and Abraham Garrettson Jersey City resigning from corporate directories. Also references Oberlas Alexander Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar age eighty two and Queen Victoria long on throne.
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