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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1898
Page
8
A Washington Star poem contrasts heroic naval tunes with the grim toil below decks. It laments comfort and flattery of admirals and commodores, praising the Jackies stoking down below and the perilous life at sea, while questioning the mismatch between glory and the hardship endured by sailors.
A narrator watches a stenographer in a distant office across Nassau Street in New York. He admires her life, notes, and quiet grace while a web of coworkers and a mystery suitor unfolds, ending with a wedding twist and the narrator’s final refusal to recount more.
Washington dispatch notes peace talks paused as Spain and the United States study terms and modes of approach. A single point of likely friction centers on the future of the Philippines while Cuba and Puerto Rico pose potential Vatican influenced demands. Internal deliberations emphasize prudence and safeguards.
The treasury announces that notices of allotments for war loan bonds may be assigned or transferred to enable holders, especially small subscribers, to realize on their allotments if needed while actual bonds are delayed. Forms are sent to the sub-treasuries in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans for interested applicants.
Thousands of window panes shattered as a heavy hail storm raked Chicago. Rain flooded interiors of apartments and schools while north and west façades suffered the most. Horses bolted as hail battered and wires failed, with parks damaged and streets clogged by sewer backflow. Temperature plunged from around 90 to 68 after the storm.
Foreign exchange bankers report strong demand for Canadian sterling in New York driven by tax exemption on four cent per hundred stamps. Since the war tax began, three or four times as much exchange has been sold, though not through the four main Canadian banks but via brokers for banks without local agencies.
A Hong Kong cablegram reports Admiral Dewey at Manila ordered the Raleigh and Concord to gather 11 Spanish craft across the Philippine archipelago. Vessels include three gunboats at San Miguel Luzon and four at Port Royal Palara Island. Four tobacco ships are near Luzon, and English miners at Batan have been imprisoned and mistreated by Spaniards.
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