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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1898
Page
6
A poem recounts the grief of a mother after the death of her baby. The verses describe the sobs and tears, the silent bier, and the cherished cradle shroud. The speaker notes how heaven has taken the angel while leaving a mother’s grave in her heart. A.J. Barbee.
A veteran guide recounts a childhood escape from a wolf pack on the icy Three Falls river. Nat and his sister Lorena rode a boxsled toward home as wolves closed in, aided by lumbermen who frozen a safe escape route. The wolves failed to reach the camp, and the tale ends with the promise that there are no wolves here now.
The article describes an old method to preserve and flavor meats using a salt solution and a spiced marinade. It details a fragrant mix with currant jelly, olive oil, tarragon vinegar, black pepper, garlic, onion, and savory herbs, then a dramatic ice chase vignette, ending with meat marinated for eight to twelve hours and served as a sauce.
A senator’s wife took her four year old daughter to see Jack and the Beanstalk. The child later claimed angels did something at which her father explained Heaven was the theater. The girl objected, saying they should be spanked for not looking like angels. Washington Post report.
A Boston Herald item cites Vermont Governor Grout receiving a $1,500 annual salary, described as the most meager paid to any U.S. governor. The piece also notes a simple headache remedy involving black coffee and lemon juice.
In April 20 dispatches plans in congress contemplate mobilizing about 200000 soldiers for rapid government use once Cuba resolutions clear the president. The proposal relies on 27000 regulars, 60000 volunteers, 75000 to 100000 militia, and 5000 for reorganization, with 60,000 volunteers to be drawn by state quotas.
The War Department bill sent to Congress proposes temporary expansion of the military establish ment in war. It creates regular and volunteer armies with a three year term for volunteers and presidential appointment of officers with governors' recommendations. National guard officers may transfer to the volunteer army after fitness exams. Troops in war are to form divisions of three brigades.
The piece outlines mobilization within easy reach of Cuba. At Chickamauga Maj. Gen. Brooke commands cavalry regiments One through Ten and batteries of all artillery regiments. In New Orleans Brig. Gen. Shafter will lead infantry regiments One, Seven, Eight, Twelve, Eighteenth, Twenty third and Twenty-fourth. Brig. Gen. Soppinger will mobilize regiments Two, Three, Tenth, Eleventh, Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-second. Brig. Gen. Wade will command Tampa Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth and Twenty-first infantry regiments.
A House militia committee drafts a plan to mobilize many militia members at the president's call amid war talk. Some deem 100,000 excessive, others see it as conservative. Proposals include muster into U S service and a broader army reorganization to three battalion formations, raising regulars by about 20,000. Gen Coppinger arrives at Mabite April 19 with staff to outline camps and corps structures.
The pneumatic gunboat Vesuvius conducted a morning test in Narragansett Bay firing dummy projectiles for line fire and distance, then three live shots in close succession. The initial two shells appeared dummy, but the third produced a long plume of water and a plume that rose high, marking a successful trial.
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