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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1899
Page
6
A vivid Civil War era style tribute in Leslie's Weekly praising Private Blair who, amid heavy fire at El Caney, crawls to a Spaniard to take his canteen and share a last drink with the volunteers. His act inspires the others as he dies, a noble sacrifice lauded from sea to sea.
Cedar Run resident Chamberlain recalls a late summer gathering of nine black bears under a rock ledge. A boss bear led chattering, grunting and a half hour inspection before foraging, while two cubs suffer stomach ache from honey. The tale ends with theft of their honey tub and a close bear encounter as the men flee. Chamberlain believes bears now show sharper behavior than 20 or 30 years ago.
A collage of humorous clippings quotes banter about wind on a steeple, actors in wings, tickets driving outings, circus refusals, and a playful exchange on editorial fate. The snippets span Boston, Syracuse, Detroit, West Union, Chicago, Cleveland, and Cincinnati journals with light tone and wordplay.
A Sum reporter questioned a hair dealer about buying braids allegedly cut from young girls. The dealer denied purchasing stolen hair, noting prices are too low to tempt robbery and explaining the hair supply chain from France to factories. He warned against professional hair theft and offered his view on sensational clipping stories.
New York police arrested David Rothschild yesterday on a warrant from the Central National Bank. The Rothschild firm TR Rothschild & Sons, once a large Cleveland clothing house, offered a $5000 note for discount in 1897 claiming $50,000 in liabilities and $150,000 in assets, with 20 notes as security totaling about $6250. Notes signed by Emrick and Louis Cook supposedly located in Chicago and Home National Bank were used in a scheme where employees signed bogus notes at Rothschild’s direction. Rothschild denied wrongdoing as investigators say about $100,000 of the Rothschild paper circulated in New York and he was held on $2000 bail for January 3 examination.
San Antonio Texas authorities report the Wells-Fargo Express Co office lost a money package valued at about sixty thousand dollars. The package, sent from Tulsa for Southern Pacific payrolls west toward El Paso, was entrusted to clerk C A Beeler who disappeared en route. Beeler’s horse was found exhausted five miles west, with no delivery made and no sign of struggle. Superintendent Taft investigates amid rumors contrasting official loss with suspected foul play.
Mrs Auddie J Cornish, ex wife of Harry Cornish of Knickerbocker Athletic, claims she heard of the poison case only through news and letters. She denies knowing Mrs Adams and Mrs Rodgers, the aunt and related figures in the Christmas package death that killed Mrs Kate Adams. Edith, their daughter, visited New York and Hartford as holidays pass.
Senator Justin S Morrill of Vermont died at 4 25 pm after pneumonia following grip age 88, having served in congress since 1855 and in the senate since 1867 with nearly 41 years of continuous service His career included authoring the Morrill tariff act and championing the Congressional Library building and state agricultural college endowments as a lifelong public servant value to national finance and protection of establishment interests He was revered as the oldest member and a persistent policy advocate with wide respect from colleagues in both chambers
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