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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1898
Page
3
Ads describe J C Hubinger Bros Co free plaques with every three ten cent Elastic Starch packs bought from grocers, featuring painted wildlife scenes. Offer lasts until October 10, limited to in-store pickup and available to old and new customers. Also includes health book promotion and a short joke about Lord Braxfield.
Aguinaldo envoy Agoncillo arrives in Chicago to press Philippines representation at Paris peace talks and to demand the right to be heard by the commission. He argues for US guardianship only to ensure good order and self rule, not colonization, while noting arms and popular support in the islands.
At 9 am the exhumation of Christopher Columbus’s remains began in Havana with General Blanco and other officials present. Public access was barred after 8 am as guards controlled the cathedral entrance amid crowds and heightened security.
Early today New York Republicans faced shifting talk as Roosevelt backers voiced confidence in his governor bid while Black campaign managers warned against his nomination. Louis J Payn claimed positive proof Plate will not back Roosevelt and may instead place Woodford on the ticket, a claim Hart dismissed as bewildered defeatist chatter.
A Cantonese rival to Li Hung Chang, Chang Yen Hoon, has been arrested and put on trial by the board of punishment. He faces removal from all offices, a move said to consolidate Li Hung Shang's power as empress dowager's supporters gather. Meanwhile Judge W A Johnson was seriously hurt when a rifle misfired in Kansas, and Wyoming forest fires threaten multiple districts.
The American consul at Antwerp notes a large rise in consumption of American beer. An increase of over forty percent is reported in the importation of American products.
A historical essay argues that poverty stems from the fourth stage of wealth redistribution, where net profits are hoarded or monopolized. It contrasts equal societies with those allowing government or private hoarding, using Appenzell and Switzerland as examples and criticizing gold and silver circulation in U.S. finance.
The author argues that Populist lawn state control yields large majorities and that in Republican ruled areas the fight centers on state issues. National issues favor the People's Party while Western states show gains from reform. Railroad lawyers as political rulers are rejected, and corruption penalties are urged amid concern for veterans and monopolies.
A rant argues farmers are the core of society and deserve the highest reward for their labor. It claims city life robs farmers through high costs and taxes, saying a day’s farm work equals many days’ urban labor, and advocates a social system that trades day for day labor.
The Harmers' Tribune argues for gradual public ownership of utilities such as water works railways telephones and electric lights. It calls for direct legislation to hold officials accountable and curb corruption while the public considers actions before adoption.
The text argues the practical difference between bonds and greenbacks is interest versus inflation. It challenges readers to choose a medium that benefits workers and rejects money sharks. It references Abe and urges the public to take a stand for industrial freedom.
An Appeal to Reason notes that U S per person sugar consumption averaged 64 percent of pounds, totaling 4 836 000 000 pounds nationwide. Two firms control this wealth flow and even a one cent per pound profit would yield 45 000 000 dollars, a figure likened to the taxed value of some states.
A garbled 19th century style query ponders whether 70 million people in the United States would pay about 8 billion in tribute for false airway values and asks how much residents of territories like Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Hawaii would be willing to pay, citing two figures and names.
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