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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1898
Page
6
A nostalgic verse recalls a moonlit walk with Mary as a dog urges bold confession. The narrator considers speaking, the breakers roar, and Mary answers with a kiss that seems to have echoed through time. The memory lingers decades later as a near national moment.
A family reads the evening paper as a railroad item recounts the perilous crash and near destruction of the Arcturus. Engineer John Swift and fireman Johnny Swift risked their lives to save others, guiding the engine through flood and ice before Swift’s ultimate death in a later incident. The tale blends memory, luck, and superstition from a small community.
In a tale recounted from New Brunswick, two boys herd cattle when wolves attack. The herd forms a protective circle with the old bull leading. A wolf breaches the ring, but the bull charges, pins the wolf, and the father and handyman arrive to rescue the boys.
The article discusses the rising popularity of the high light and sash curtains to glorify drawing rooms. It notes shifts away from heavy hangings toward lightweight drapery, yen commercial fabrics, and versatile options from wood poles to silk weaves, with emphasis on color harmony and draft protection.
In Jacksonville Illinois on January 28 the jury convicted Charles L Draper of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Draper, a former abstractor for Judge E P Kirby, killed Hastings during an attack in Kirby's office after Draper’s theft of abstract books triggered his crime. His defense argued insanity and self defense. the judge and jurors weighed motive, method, and Draper’s character as evidence. The verdict ended an intense trial with an anxious jury, transitioning from doubt to a life sentence for Draper.
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