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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
6
Professors Yates and a pupil staged a fencing exhibition during a boxing show in Chicago. Spectators, weary of waiting, watched as the two men wore bird cages on their faces and clashed with waxed mustaches and hairpins amid comic heckling. The bout ended with both fencers bowing as boxing finally began.
In the Ladies' Home Journal excerpt, a cabinet member chronicles a vexing visit by two country cousins. She notes their ill fitting, outdated finery and homely greetings, contrasting town fashion with rural garb, including Zeke's stove pipe hat and Polly's 20 year old silk dress and flamboyant bonnet.
John Gilbert recalls his friend Joe Vail allegedly being yanked after a deer attack during ice fishing and a bogus grand jury threat. A deer bite hole in the animal leads to Joe's claim that a stray bullet caused the injury, leaving him under investigation and unsure if he is lying or a victim of peculiar circumstances. The tale blends rustic humor with a legal scare as the Longest Year closes.
Dun's reports a stable money market with ample reserves and modest risk, noting strong export demand for wheat and flour, rising domestic orders, and steady iron and steel activity amid war rumors. Boston chamber of commerce pledges support for peace efforts and readiness to defend victory if war comes.
Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, now with the lighthouse board, is ordered to command the Hampton Roads flying squadron with the Brooklyn as flagship. His current three-ship squadron may grow to about a dozen, adding St Paul and St Louis, while battleships Texas and Massachusetts join the force.
Officials fret over Spain sending a flotilla of torpedo boats from the Canaries to Porto Rico. Experts estimate ten days to reach the West Indies, with weather and potential carrier accompaniment delaying passage. The comparison to race horses underscores risks of overtaxing and accidents in voyage amid possible Spain-US correspondence and questions of hostile intent.
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