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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1899
Page
6
An age old tale tells of a king who places a stone in a road to teach workers self reliance. A farmer, a soldier, and merchants fail to move it until a poor laborer helps, discovering a box of gold beneath. The king proclaims the lesson that one must strive to do work themselves and consider others.
Toni Tedona, the former levee miscreant turned altar boy under Pere Laurent, finds his path toward reform cut short when a train accident at the cathedral ruins him. The priest mourns, calling him mon fils as the crowd hushes around the fallen youth.
In a strange exchange at a table, Cruel Sarcaum laments a pie criticism while a handlady nearly cries. The discussion centers on whether yellow paint would improve the crust, with another boarder asking what was said.
Sylvia voices concern over Maude after a fortune teller predicts Maude will marry a tall dark man. Maude jokes the only rich man she knows is dumpy and has red hair, referencing Stray Stories.
In the Bachmut district of Russia the salt product shows ongoing growth with last year’s output recorded at 306000 tons. The annual increase reflects steady production expansion in the region’s mining sector.
Specially arranged notes discuss the first return from exile under Zerubbabel and the Tirshatha, the decree of Cyrus, and the revival of Judah. It covers the period from Daniel and Jeremiah’s prophecies to the Jerusalem restoration and the vessels of the Lord, with Beecher’s scholarly commentary on Ezra and Daniel.
Fire destroys Victor business district with losses estimated at 2 million dollars. Wind fanned the flames from Third Street toward Fourth, sweeping blocks including the Bank of Victor, post office, Victor Banking Co, Western Union office, Colorado Telephone Co, and three Gold Coin Mining shaft houses. Firemen from Cripple Creek fought the blaze all afternoon as residents fled with belongings. The disaster centers between North Street and Victor Avenue from Gold Coin Mine to near Second Street. First Victor house dated October 1893. incorporation followed in 1894 amid a now-roughly 10,000 population.
A Winslow dispatch reports about 200 Indians in foreman Mink's grading gang at Nayaja Springs, 73 miles east, who after a payday quarrel with gambler C H Landreth shot and stabbed a man, scalped another, and mutilated a body. Troops from Fort Wingate are ordered to the scene amid feared serious trouble.
A coast report from Newbern North Carolina notes the West Indian hurricane last week caused heavy damage and many deaths. Fourteen fishermen lost at Pane lico crossing in skiffs. four bodies recovered. Schooners froodwin and Arora wrecked. L I Hill ashore. Beswick and all hands reported lost. Losses centered in the Paimlco sound with as many as 60 persons feared dead.
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