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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1898
Page
6
Poetic tableau from Ohio Farmer portrays a farmer and wife awaiting sons Tom and Jack who have joined the war effort. The piece references Spanish American War era themes, patriotism, and family devotion, interleaved with a humorous episode of Brickey misadventure with a bonnet and a locked room.
In a London News column a mother recounts a ghostly appearance of her deceased mother Belvidere Prosperina Dowdall. The vision, wearing the old bonnet, warned her to act and led to discovering the nurse absent in the servants’ hall. The child’s life was saved from croup by urgent care prompted by the apparition.
A burglar enters a dimly lit room and spots a four year old child asleep on a lace draped couch. He notices a slim coral necklace choking the child as she coughs in distress. He muses about the nurse and theft, then fears she might choke before help arrives. An oil painting of a stiff aristocrat hangs nearby.
Prof Begich recalls a London Stand ard anecdote about Prince Bismarck and Czar Alexander II before the Franco German war. The czars dog wagged and licked Bismarck’s hand signaling trust, a moment the prince called a historical turning point for policy. Andrew Lang notes 100000 novelists in England unseen.
Washington remembers Capt. Clark of the Oregon weighing the Spanish fleet's fate at Santiago. He argues Cervera should have stayed in harbor, praises the fortress fleet, doubts scuttling, notes smokeless powder and ship wood absence, and comments on ship speed and stokers. He is resting at a marine hospital after illness.
Spanish transports San Francisco San Augustin and Colon carried 4 568 Spaniards including 15 officers and families and four priests to Spain. Eight died en route and their bodies were checked off as passengers. Gen Toral offered comfort praising heroic deeds as Shafter and staff sailed to Washington with Maj Miles aboard the transporter Mexico.
Washington reports from Thoroughfare Virginia note Sixth Pennsylvania regiments eager to be mustered out. Maj Price’s battalion set for Middletown and the first two battalions follow. Seventh Illinois to depart today. Private George Mayes died after measles cure, with spinal meningitis. Capt Duncan’s trial for desecrating Confederate graves likely to finish today.
Wasixton Aug 26 dispatch from the war department reports the last of Shafter's army will sail from Cuba today. Embarkations cover most units with several detachments and transports awaiting departures including Twenty-fourth Infantry and Ninth Massachusetts volunteers. Units move to Montauk Point or Veracruz as scattered ships depart.
In Tampa the Comas sailed to Havana carrying 1,000,000 rations for starving Cuba. Distribution will be by Lieut. A D Niskern under Capt Lotus Niles. Supplies to other provinces follow, directed by army officers. Spanish authorities welcome the aid.
Capt Clark of the battleship Oregon is en route to New York for treatment of dysentery at a naval hospital. Crowds cheered as he was borne on a litter at Broad Street station and again when he boarded the moon train, after St Louis docked at Cramps'.
The United States transport Obdam arrived from Charleston with Mrs Miles and her daughter, wife of Col Rice. Gen Miles plans an immediate return to the United States and will send the Fourth Pennsylvania the Third Wisconsin and the Third Illinois home without delay.
Secretary of the Navy Joseph D. Long commends the Naval War Board led by Rear Admiral Montgomery Steard for its faithful diligent service since the Spanish-American War began. He lauds intelligence judgment foresight and competency and asserts no errors occurred under proper department control. The letter notes exceptional service and honors from Washington to the board.
Assistant Secretary Meikelson announces a new U S transport line from New York to Havana Santiago and Ponce with return service. The route will start next week, delaying Havana stop until port opens. Ships will carry troops supplies mails and freights for U S forces and depart on fixed schedules.
San Francisco reports Adjutant General Corbin has countermanded earlier orders to deploy a large force to Honolulu. No troops will depart until further notice and transport ships are canceled. Scandia is to depart soon as an hospital ship. New Yorker detachments and a band were slated for Scandia, with a telegram seeking inclusion in the main expedition.
Maprin Aug 25 dispatch from Gen Bios governor general of the Philippines notes heavy combat between Spaniards and insurgents with about 500 insurgent deaths. Spanish losses deemed unimportant. Several insurgent chiefs captured and executed. A sergeant of darmes who tried to incite a rising barely escaped lynching.
In Westront Connecticut on August 25 Rear Admiral Schley shows marked improvement and is expected to make a full recovery. He enjoyed a comfortable night and woke with the Wortley household, planning to travel to Washington on Thursday.
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