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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1898
Page
6
August Droll quotes lines urging readers to keep a cheerful heart amid life’s turmoil. The piece emphasizes that success comes to those who work and maintain optimism, noting a cheerful heart as essential capital to begin and endure hardship. It attributes the sentiment to Arthur Lewis Tubbs in the Detroit Free Press.
A Chicago Record feature recounts Mr. Robbins embracing a "Don't Worry" credo. He avoids distress as his wife frets over cooks, drafts, and dinner plans, yet the plan yields mixed results including a contentious partner, a borrowed cook, and a botched serenity. The tale contrasts a calm owner with a worried partner and a household in flux.
A historical item known as Matches in the Hat Ashlandy is described as a small metal box clamped onto a hatband to hold matches, suggesting a portable, concealed flame source for users. The fragment notes the device’s purpose and basic construction without broader context.
Ninety six hundred soldiers from seven infantry regiments and one cavalry unit are quartered in state fair buildings and village tents. Gen James H Barkley orders reveille at 30 a m parade at 6 p m and taps at 10 p m. Camp headquarters are at the Sangamon club with mess tents inside the racetrack.
Galena Illinois April 24 The city was thronged with people Wednesday for Grant birthday festivities. Enthusiasm was high and attendance surpassed former events. A Chicago special train carried Judge Emery Speer Macon Georgia Gen Grant’s daughter and grandchildren and 100 guests from Chicago and the East and South. A parade of civic and military bodies and horsemen followed the arrival at one o'clock in the afternoon.
The weekly trade review reports hostilities not yet affecting overall demand. Clearinghouse translations up 8 percent year over year, railroads earnings up 5.7 percent, and wheat and corn exports surge despite monetary stringency. Government purchases boost uniforms and supplies, while wool and textile sectors show uneven strength and higher prices. Failures total 253 in the U S and 16 in Canada.
Six workers were killed and four seriously injured in a spate of explosions at the Atlantic Powder Co. in Dover Morris County New Jersey. The plant was left in ruins and the bodies of the dead, all married with families, had not been recovered. The blasts were felt within a 20 mile radius and occurred at 2 19 in the afternoon.
Austin April 30 Texas can officer the entire United States army if necessary Gov Culberson has received about 5000 letters from men who want to volunteer for Texas troops but refuse any lower rank than lieutenant colonel Many applications for colonelships come from politicians with no military experience seeking fame and riches if commissioned.
Washington report shows the treasury secretary received estimates from the war secretary for two months of the current fiscal year totaling 33 million. The letter cites acts of Congress approved April 22 and 26, 1897 authorizing a volunteer army and placing the regular army on a war footing as driving the need for the higher appropriation to organize support and maintain the new forces.
Six masked robbers halted the eastbound Southern Pacific mail train at Comstock Texas 208 miles west of San Antonio Thursday night seizing the mail and express bags in the stoppage reported from San Antonio April 30. The bandits escaped with unknown valuables and no injuries were initially reported.
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