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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1903
Page
2
A Saturday roundup notes murder mysteries persist despite modern communications. It mentions the Miss Sturtevant case in Massachusetts, the Lorain and Burdick cases, and questions whether tech dulls detective acumen. Also comments on Mills, the Sultan of Sulu, local elections, school term, and civic ironies amid weather and taxes.
The famed Old Abe eagle served as the Wisconsin infantry mascot in the Civil War. He toured the country at reunions and fairs, aided fundraising for relief efforts, and signaled a fire escape at the capitol before dying on March 26, 1881. His mounted body became a War Museum centerpiece in Madison, Wisconsin.
The War Department added to its records a portrait of the youngest Union soldier, Little Johnny Clem later Lieut. Col. John L. Clement, now in the Quartermaster General's Department at Fort Sam Houston Texas. Born in Newark Ohio August 13 1851 he ran away at nine to become a drummer boy. He served with the Twenty fourth Ohio then the Twenty second Michigan through Shiloh Cannae et al and was captured in Georgia before exchange. After the Civil War he studied at West Point but could not obtain a commission due to his small stature. Grant later appointed him a lieutenant and he rose in the regular service. During the Spanish American War he served in Porto Rico.
The essay urges honoring soldiers who fought in the Civil War, urging flowers on graves, public readings of valor, and continued memory to teach future generations. It reflects on unity, peace, and the eternal debt to those who defended the nation, noting Memorial Day’s broadened significance beyond other holidays.
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