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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1899
Page
6
Nixon Waterman recalls Tommy Spink, a cheerful boy who could wiggle his ears and light up a sleepy classroom. The verse laments time passing and the fading of friends as the author reflects on happier days and a memorable, playful pupil from youth.
A nunlike moneylender Mr William Johnson runs a quiet loan office with a "Loan Office" sign. Miss Lattimer, a fashionable young woman, asks to borrow £20 to buy a bicycle and arranges a discreet, short term loan paid back by July with unnamed security and secrecy.
Mr Johnson awaits Miss Lattimer on July first and receives a £20 note and a violet scented letter. He locks the money in his safe, then buys a small jewelers item, the sovereign resting on his watch chain as if alive, marking a quiet, personal finale.
A traveler recalls a strange Amboy hotel kept by a quirky landlord. The place empty except for a mother cat and nine kittens guarding the night. He pays for the stay by leaving the money on the pillow and leaves at dawn seeking a route onward.
Crowds observe a unique method in Corea where villagers halt a blaze by fanning roofs with coats and cloaks to create a counter wind. Soldiers assist by lowering burning beams with anchored ropes while sparks are blown away by synchronized motions and prayers to fire and wind spirits.
Town Topics notes Mrs Cobwigger Pat and Mrs Crabehaw jokingly discuss a band giving up playing Rachmaninoff. A line recalls hidden tickets and money found in pockets as Mrs Hoyle questions attire, while Mrs Doyle jokes about her husband’s loud shirts to avoid hearing her.
Washington reports a major war department task to reorganize the army into a new volunteer branch. Existing volunteers will be mustered out, with 15 000 men recruited for the new force. Enlistees will form volunteer regiments numbered one upward. no state designations. selections of colonels by the president.
Washington reports Major General Luchterton says the return of Illinois soldiers from Cuba progresses well. Affected graves will be laid to rest in a Virginia side Potomac cemetery per relatives’ wishes. The list details names, dates of death, and posts for Illinois fallen, with most identified as privates or noncommissioned ranks. A separate item notes a Jersey City derailment where three idle passenger cars burned, causing $15,000 in losses.
An advert proclaims Hood's Sarsaparilla as the first step to cleanse nature after winter, claiming it purifies blood, strengthens the frail, and cures blood diseases. Testimonies from Mrs Lovisa Masoux and Mrs Kate Tuouas praise cures for raw sores and dyspepsia, while a Jeffersonville man swears a five year cough vanished after taking the remedy.
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