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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1898
Page
6
A verse from Ida Rowe in Madame extols bedtime as gentle night that gathers weary children home. It contrasts youthful play with adult weariness, noting sleep removes care and sorrow and brings dreamless rest as night softly closes the day.
Major Alfred R. Calhoun recounts Captain Tracy Byrom of the General Scott. Once a stern but gifted officer, Byrom wins love and status after a forbidden courtship with Agnes Hayne. A dramatic shipwreck rescue reunites them and resolves their future aboard the clipper.
A lawyer questions a witness about a supposed joint business with the prisoner. The witness admits being at the prisoner's house nightly and that they were involved in a venture. The question about the business leads to the witness revealing he was courting the prisoner's daughter.
The piece contrasts various arrested developments in life with the evils of superstition. Drawing on Matthew Arnold, it defines superstition as an overbelief beyond rational faith, a corrupt excess of virtue more degrading than crime. It cites a London Saturday Review quote comparing lilies that fester to weeds.
At the county fair a sharp ton talks about a dangerous line of work as he jokes with a friend. The piece notes that several farmers were hurt by shells amid the event, underscoring the perilous scene reported by the New York World.
A shop scene shows Rough on De Dude demanding lower collars while a salesgirl with dignity explains their stock is the cheapest and not slop-shop goods. The exchange reflects a brisk, humorous urban purchasing moment in New York.
A fragment hints at a man named Guyer-Yea with a million to leave, linked to a character described as old and crusty. The text uses playful oblique phrasing about will power and a quizzer.
Assistant Secretary Allen says the Navy Department backs Constructor Hobson as he leads efforts to salvage the Spanish fleet ship Colon, after his Teresa success. Rubber air bags worth $20,000 shipped from New York to lift the ship, seen as potentially worth a sizable fraction of its $4,000,000 original value if salvage proves feasible.
In Topeka on September 30 the peace celebration closed the Kansas state Grand Army of the Republic reunion. The event featured a split speech setup with three Confederate and two Union veterans seats, a camp fire led by G A R women, afternoon addresses by Maj. Warner and James Sexton, plus Missouri Judge J B Stone and Gen W C Breckinridge among others. The gathering drew ex-soldiers from across the state and concluded with prize awards and a general celebration, marking the largest reunion in Kansas since the boom days.
The Sept 30 1908 order directs the Fourth US Volunteer Infantry from the Seventh Army Corps to prepare for immediate service in Cuba and proceed fully armed to Manzanillo Cuba. Maj Gen Wade will issue duty instructions. quartermaster and subsistence departments provide transport and rations. Surgeon General ensures medical attendance and support en route and after arrival. Command under Maj Gen Miles.
Washington notes Secretary of State John Hay wrote a tribute after Bayards death praising a youthfully keen character. It recalls his lively face voice and buoyant spirit and argues his vitality will endure beyond his death as an enduring memory and wholesome inspiration.
Senator Mc Laurin of South Carolina led a delegation to urge a permanent army camp in Columbia and an army hospital in Charleston. They asked Charleston become the debarkation point for troops bound to Cuba and Porto Rico. The president listened and promised consideration, praising the soldiers of the south.
A Herald dispatch reports 150 men at work on the raised cruiser Maria Teresa. Debris cleared from bilges, starboard after boiler steamed, other boilers intact, leak stoppers applied, and decking rapidly advancing. Vulcan engineers report good engine repairs while Hobson and the Sharpe barge remove guns from the sunken Almirante Oquendo.
San Juan reports a private military commission meeting and the island’s status. American troops occupy about two thirds of Puerto Rico while the Spanish line tightens south of San Juan and retreats toward the capital. American businessmen seek markets but island conditions hinder major operations. rumors of unrest persist as some residents head home. Meanwhile in Chicago hydrophobia patient Dr Todd shows slim hopes of recovery with convulsions and weakening vitals. His parents, Mr and Mrs E A Todd of Owosso, sit by.
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