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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1898
Page
6
The excerpt from Laura E Richards in Youth's Companion extols red white and blue as banner colors. It urges courage and virtue, urging families to raise the flag for valor truth and righteousness, with the call to stand against evil.
Walker Loveland recalls a bold bantam named Coot, a partridge bantam famed for combat and charm. The bird defended hens, battled larger rivals, and earned pet status in a boyhood home, leaving a memory of loyalty, pluck, and a distant farewell when moved away.
A $13,000 fire engine ordered by Dawson City has been shipped to Alaska aboard the Roanoke by the North American Transportation and Trading Co. of Denver. The move, announced by the firm, marks a key supply for firefighting in the remote Yukon region.
General Shafter and Gen. Toral escort traverse the sacked city to formal possession as the Stars and Stripes rise over the palace. A 16,000-strong crowd witnesses the ceremony with bands, salutes, and McKinley telegrams. Gen. McKibben assumes temporary military governorship as municipal authorities take charge of Santiago.
Washington July 18 The American flag flies over Santiago as the city falls to U S forces. Generals Shafter and Alger react with praise for brave troops and a successful campaign. Plans for a Porto Rico advance are discussed with Brooke Miles and Michler sailing soon to join. Spanish troops to be transported to Cadiz with proper accommodations and rations.
William Blakeman died from a gunshot wound received when bandits held up and robbed a St. Louis and San Francisco train at Andover. The robbers fled after a gunfight with locals. one bandit was wounded and rode away on a single horse. The incident followed theft of $40 from the station agent and a horse and buggy later taken seven miles south.
The Dixie seized the English steamer Grenow Castle bound from Kingston to Manzanillo with food supplies, after a difficult voyage via Copa Cruz and Dry Tortugas. Also captured were five schooners, Three Bells and Pilgrim, and the British sloop E. P. Nickerson. Prize crews were sent aboard, with several British subjects protesting. The Uncas towed the Spanish sloop Della Ynez, and the Castine delivered two Spanish deserters from Havana harbor.
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