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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1899
Page
6
A reflective verse compares a homespun statesman with lofty aims and austere manners. It portraits a leader unswayed by passion, guiding a nation through war, and whose enduring legacy might wait centuries for verdicts as presidents come and go.
A vivid recounting of Abel Beman leading seven captured American prisoners from the Whitby, a British prison ship in Wallabout Bay, on a daring escape during the Revolutionary War. The raid involved feigned dullness, swift oars, fog, and a perilous voyage around New York City to reach safety and rejoin Washington's cause.
A historical note reports that Russian railroad trains included smoking cars designated for ladies, reflecting period practices and gendered car arrangements on rail services.
Dr D E Strevell reports from Wetaskiwin Alberta in April 1908 about Canada offering free homestead land. He notes mild weather, good crops forecast, high wheat yields, and oats ranging 50 to 75 bushels, with cattle stock looking strong. He predicts a rush of settlers, plans to return to the States in fall, and thanks readers for favors.
A survey of unusual historical diets cites ancient Danes eating wild game and birds, Greenlandera relying on seals, Germans on wild fruit and cheese, Irish galads from sorrel and beet, Indians of California with dog and acorns, and other nations consuming beasts, insects, or exotic fare. It notes the Tar tars supposedly ate horses, camels, dogs, while China favored birds nests, rats, and snails, and ancient Egyptians loved honey, raisins, fish, quail, and duck. The Jews shaped salad dressing with oil, vinegar, salt, pepper and mustard, and Passover traditions included bitter herbs and a palatable dressing.
Senator Bate of Tennessee, a skilled fencer since boyhood, is joined by Lord Hallam Yennyson, newly named governor of South Australia. Joshua M. Sears stands as Boston’s top individual taxpayer with 57003 yearly to the city. Senator West quips about long, narrow speeches. The Spanish War era’s youngest army captain was J D G Y at 18 with Illinois cavalry. Henry Watterson’s lecture titled Mind and Matter was humorously printed Wind and Water in the Courier-Journal. Senator John J. Upenhureh shifts between Georgia and Florida duties, recently serving in Florida’s senate and now in Charlotte County’s Tower House.
Industrial notes report Fall River cotton mill investments at 45 million dollars. Nine tenths of sewing machines worldwide are made in the United States. Maine hosts 17 spool factories using white birch to supply 300 million spools annually. A St Louis inventor patents a hand operated typesetting machine for country newspapers. An expert advises tempering a steel chisel by repeatedly hammering at the corner of the anvil to achieve a durable edge.
A fragment urges readers to avoid belittling others faiths and resist scoffing at religious beliefs or crowd pressure. It advocates kindness, restraint, and personal integrity in matters of belief and love.
Poem excerpt in Kipling's own voice urging Western powers to carry duties of empire. Addresses duties to colonized peoples, warnings about backlash, and the cost in labor and lives. References exile, famine, war, and the burden of leadership.
A noted French diplomat, Mons Challemel-Lacour, once visited Switzerland to meet the president while the Swiss servant kept him waiting in the parlor. The tale highlights tact as a sovereign tool, alongside a tale of Queen Margherita of Italy calming a nervous South American guest with a deft quip about Brazil and Italy.
A sharp quip by a young man describes an acquaintance as digging into the sea of knowledge and believing he drew up so much that the sea itself dried up. The remark captures wit about arrogance and self confidence.
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