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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1898
Page
3
A fragmented collection of quotes on memory for faces and names, social dynamics, and flirtatious wit. It cites Speaker Reed, observations on marriage and fortune, and includes advertisements for tonics and health products, amid a collage of era chatter and editorial snippets.
A Manila dispatch reports eleven thousand Spanish prisoners crowded in churches and public buildings within Manila walls. Sanitation crews clear filth as typhoid rises. Authorities urge moving prisoners to protect health. Cavite reports similar hardships. Hospital ship Rio delays continue, with a scheduled sailing on Wednesday.
President qettinley has altered his plans for his eastern tour. The original program included six trips to the Omaha exposition plus a stop in Kansas City. Washington reports the President may add a southern route through St Louis Atlanta and Birmingham and perhaps Denver. Nothing definite yet beyond Omaha and Chicago.
Canada prepares for a nationwide plebiscite on September 29 to decide prohibition of all malt and spirituous liquors. Provinces have previously voted separately with Ontario Manitoba Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia totaling 948,498 in favor to 139,390 against. The outcome will affect the entire dominion and be watched closely by the United States.
Mavamn Sep 21 The Duke of Tetuan former foreign minister under Canovas del Castillo says Senor Canovas would not have faced war with the United States if alive. He faults the Liberals for not accepting US mediation or negotiating with Cuban insurgents. He adds the party’s expulsion is necessary.
In a Michigan village nearly one tenth of residents fell ill after a church social. Fifty-five persons were poisoned by canned beef, with twenty now asty and four expected to die. Doctors offer little hope of recovery for the listed patients including Mrs. Ethel Clancy Mrs. J. M. Trevis Mrs. John Bishop and L. Souls.
Sept 1 report notes General Kent omitted Rough Riders from Bantingo and San Juan war records. Officials question if omission was intentional to belittle Roosevelt exploits, while political experts speculate on motives and possible attack on Colonel Roosevelt.
A Manila cabled summary from Lonnoy on Sept 21 reports European observers praising the Philippine congress yet criticizing American officials. Aguinaldo resists Otis, while British officers urge native familiarity and suggest Wildman as a suitable consular intermediary to negotiate with Aguinaldo.
A series of imperial edicts in China announces adoption of Western features and cites a postal service as a key reform. Monthly government accounts will be rendered and published to improve transparency, with edicts to be widely posted to show efforts toward national welfare.
General Merriam commander of California Department returns from Honolulu aboard the Steamer Australia with Lt Graves and Lt Bennett of Kin istat. Annexation excitement in Hawaii as Australia crew plans for Arizona and Scandia troop departures. Texas ship Oregon Iowa expedition advances with coal colliers Abarnaila Celtic Iris added for supply and distilling.
Sept 21 John Sherman Jr is ill from bronebitis at home after a week in bed with a relapse. His condition is improving but weak with a mild fever and not considered dangerous. In Arkansas, Lee Mills was hanged at Hobbs last Friday for murdering Hugh Patterson in a sparsely populated Cleburne County. The execution drew 4,006 witnesses. In Paris, the Duc d Orleans issued four manifestos denouncing the Dreyfus affair.
A Klondike era reminiscence features Adam Van Gundy of Utica as a hallmark sufferer of rheumatism who found relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He describes long battle with rheumatic pain and loss from poor diets, noting decisive improvement after two boxes in March 1907 and endorsing the pills as unrivaled medicine for blood health.
The article outlines delirium tremens known as shakes, noting congested eye vessels darkening the retina and producing vivid moving visions. It explains how imagination and nervousness heighten, leading to disordered minds and imagined offensive creatures feeding on the victim’s psyche with terrifying sensations.
An old Philadelphia Press note profiles Mrs. Nancy Burger of near Bellefonte as the oldest Pennsylvania patriot at 12, recounts her husband George Burger’s War of 1812 death, and notes her pension and family ties. The piece also mentions fortunes from glove fastening patents, a collar clasp, and a sleeve button, plus a tale of three Miss Mush sisters and ventilating bees in tropical hives. It ends with a miscellany of ads and health quackery.
Private Henry Will of the US Marine Corps describes Commodore Schley's bold action during the destruction of Cervera's fleet. He recalls boilers and hoses in use, the Brooklyn's maneuvering, and the crew's bravery amid heat, smoke, and battle noise, praising Schley as a fighter and gentleman.
A Buffalo division train incident recounts two women flagging the locomotive with a red petticoat and bandana to deliver a letter and pennies to a sweetheart, provoking a near delay. The tale includes a New Fire Extinguisher device called a fire battery by T A Ready of New York, designed to combine water from multiple engines for a powerful jet, and a brief note on a new English bicycle pump with a coiled spring plunger.
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