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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1899
Page
6
An aging parent monologues in a crowded domestic scene about caring for a baby named Stubby and the squabbles, affection, and frustrations of family life. The draft depicts a motherless baby, a fatherly figure, and the messy humor of daily care with local color and strong regional speech. It ends with a brief note on Massachusetts manufacturing wealth and shoe production.
The study expounds Ezekiel’s river of life from the temple fountain near Tel Abib, detailing how waters issuing eastward heal the Dead Sea region, revive deserts, produce abundant life, and symbolize divine renewal. It cites professors and scripture cross-references to interpret the imagery and its national restoration meaning.
The Spalding Institute in Peoria will open for work in September under the Brothers of Mary with Bishop Spalding’s approval. The school, a high school for boys, will offer business and classical courses, music, drawing, arts, and stenography. Age criterion is seventh grade entry, with male teachers in every department and hopes for top faculty from the order.
A three wheeled automobile gun carriage is under construction in Peoria for Maj. Davidson of Highland Park Military Academy. The Duryea propulsion system and a crew of four will operate up to 1,000 cartridges. It weighs about 1,000 pounds and aims to suppress mobs. tested from Highland Park to the national capital for army interest.
Robert Mann of St Louis attended the Second Methodist church in Springfield where Rev U G Sileman, pastor, delivered a funeral oration. The scene captured a solitary moment as the service progressed and Mann listened intently.
A church service turns chaotic when a minister conflates a death with a different case and a man named Mann reveals he is the deceased’s husband. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus and a replevin suit to recover $150 paid on an insurance policy as Springfield authorities and relatives clash over paternity and the funeral.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Crabtree marked their third wedding anniversary at their home near Mar Jlowe. Born in Paledo on February 12 1801, he will turn 99 next February and is Jefferson county’s oldest man. His wife Sophia Leseuer was born January 3 1818 in Attica New York. They wed August 8 1836 in Ohio and moved to Jefferson county about 25 years ago.
Collector William Penn Nixon reports Chicago custom house receipts for the year ending June 20, 1899 at 6 417 497 dollars, up from 4 179 898 dollars in 1898. July receipts reached 713 798 dollars versus 521 335 the prior year. Springfield abandons plan for a state good roads convention due to public burdens and farmer disinterest.
The Te Wormnan Union reports drivers of express wagons in Springheld are organizing a union to win higher wages and shorter hours. The effort targets drivers statewide, with a meeting soon to form the union.
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