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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1898
Page
6
A speaker observes harvest imagery with a wary eye on kings and war machines, contrasting mowing machines with mowers of men. She reflects on freedom, mortality, and meaning drawn from daily labor, guided by a mother's quiet faith during a storm and harvest. Margaret Vandegrift.
A boyhood tribute to John Worden, a disabled Civil War veteran in a county poorhouse, whose vivid Saturday recitals of the Shiloh charge stirred local youths. The veteran, once a Indiana cavalry sergeant, relives the battle with pipe in hand, ending only as he collapses after the final cry of Charge.
A rash venture by pirates Roe and Tributor to seize Merida in Yucatan ends with a well-defended garrison and horsemen repelling the attackers. Roe falls back, many pirates killed or captured, and Roy the Brazilian flees, surprising chronicler John Esquemeting who had expected fearless flight to be unlikely. Frank R. Stockton recounts the episode in St. Nicholas.
The Italian inn hosting Queen Victoria during two spring visits reportedly declines a third royal stay. The queen’s crowds pay nothing and order nothing, leaving managers out of pocket while the empire’s sovereign remains a costly draw. Rumors of Capitol war talk are quelled as Secretary Long briefs on Capt. Sigsbee and the Maine disaster. He says no design is shown in the explosion and praises Capt. Sigsbee’s conduct.
Secretary Bliss received a Brady letter detailing lawlessness at Skaguay and Dyea with gamblers, thugs, and lewd women overrunting the port. A U S deputy marshal was shot dead, others killed, and miners hold valuable Berner's Bay property. The letter urges immediate federal help, naval and military support, and a patrol vessel for the marshal while noting a Juneau courthouse fire.
In a satirical note the piece mocks night shirt makers for poor seam placement and favors a simple front seam. It jests that comfort matters as many men sleep propped on side or back and cheekily mentions the vast number of postmasters in the world.
A Havana dispatch accuses the Maine’s captain and most officers of gross negligence and cowardice after the explosion. It alleges the captain telegraphed to New York blaming an intentional blast and says Consul-General Lee sent cautious, evasive notes. The piece claims the Maine’s officers were aboard the City of Washington during the blast and that no Maine boat was lowered.
Frances Elizabeth Willard, president of the WCTU, died shortly after midnight at the Hotel Empire in New York City after years of illness marked by anemia and gravely failing health. Funeral services will be held in New York and later in Evanston, Illinois. she was born September 28, 1830, and helped spearhead the modern temperance reform worldwide.
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