Admiral Porter Sees Spain War Risk and Naval Gap
The interview covers a potential US Spain clash over Cuba, Porter arguing the flag alone is insufficient if naval power is weak. He notes Spain’s strong fleet versus US limits, calls for stronger navy, and cites Cuban atrocity events as a provocation. He warns Congress has underfunded naval needs and praises improvised wooden ships.
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New York Tribune
Porter
Spain
Castelar
Cuba
Washington
America
United States
Congress
North Atlantic
Havana
Monarch of the forest near Healdsburg giant redwood
The article describes a famed solitary redwood on Fitch Mountain near Healdsburg California. Once towering with a trunk blasted on the south face creating a hollow room big enough for a man on horseback, it has been reduced by time and lightning, with an estimated current height around 100 feet.
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Healdsburg
Cal
Fitch Mountain
Potato Famine Threatens Poor Families as Prices Rise
Opinion pieces condemn the Colorado potato pest causing scarcity and price hikes. The piece argues higher costs force the poor toward cheaper foods and worsened living standards amid scarce work and falling wages.
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Colorado
Chicago
Toledo
O.) Blade
Arbitration of Disputes Praised by Iowa Granges
Prairie Farmer quotes Iowa subordinates binding members to arbitration to settle differences. Refusal to sign means stronger regard for law than justice and potential expulsion. Authors argue arbitration would cut litigation costs and reduce social frictions, aiding farm taxes and community morals.
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Iowa
Prairie Farmer
Japan’s drift toward Americanism risks ruin for empire
The article warns Japan imitates U S finance and banking, predicts countermeasures, and fears decline unless Japan reverts to traditional exclusiveness. It cites U S systems and mentions lenders like Tainter and Lake Shore stock as part of alleged influence. The piece frames reform as perilous for Japan’s future.
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Japan
United States
Tainter
Lake Shore
London Bonded Teas Condemned as Unfit for Consumption
Reports indicate large quantities of Chinese teas adulterated and condemned in London with 10 million pounds in bond deemed unfit for sale. Merchants in China warned that all spurious teas will be destroyed henceforth.
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London
China
Oil City mayor by joke elevates colored councilman
In Ow Crry, Oil City's charter states the councilman with the most votes becomes mayor if the sitting chief resigns. A colored councilman was elected as a joke by both parties, and upon the mayor's resignation he became mayor. He appears to satisfy duties, though racial prejudice may fade in a petroleum townsman region.
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Boston
Mass
South
Johnson
Washington
National Grange
Kelley
Washington T
Frenchman unearths keg of gold in Kansas City saloon
A stranger enters a Kansas City saloon owned by a Frenchman, buys a house and contents for 700 dollars, pays cash, asks for a hatchet, demolishes part of the room, and reveals a bag with 6000 dollars in gold. He leaves suddenly with bag and baggage, while onlookers stare.
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Kansas City
The People's Army Against Corruption and Kings
The poem speaks of ordinary workers and freemen rising without instruments of war to resist greed and control. It laments railway lords reaping wealth from toil while laborers seek fair rewards and political power, urging unity in a coming day of the people's anger. The piece links industrial toil to a reclaiming of land and rights.
Farmers Movement Shapes West Politics and Grange Leaders
The Farmers movement gains strong statewide influence as Grange activity reshapes party dynamics. Portraits highlight O H Kelley William Saunders and Dudley W Adams detailing origins and roles in founding the National Grange and promoting agricultural reforms.
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Order
Patrons of Husbandry
Farmers’ Movement
Messrs
O. H. Kelley
William Saunders
D. W. Adams
O. H. Kelly
Agricultural Bureau
Washington
State Grange Officers by State List
State Grange officers are listed by state with master and secretary names and towns in Arkansas California Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina Ohio South Carolina Tennessee Vermont Wisconsin Canadian Nevada Pennsylvania Texas and West Victoria. The roster shows officials such as Master John T. Jones Helena and Secretary John G Williams Napa City among others.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kansas
Minnesota
Boston Post
Ankansas
John T. Jones
Helena
John 8. Williams
Devall’s Biuff
California
J. M. Hamilton
Greenock
Napa City
Geonata
J. Smith
Oconee
LK. Taylor
Colaparchee
Illlinois
Alonzo Golder
Rock Falls
O. G. Manning
Galt
Isprana
John Weir
Terre Haute
I. Keene
Valparaiso
A. 3
Nebraska
Wm. B. Porter
Plattsmouth
W. McCaig
Elmwood
Norta Carolina
W. #. Battle
Tarboro
G. W. Lawrence
Fayetteville
Ohto
H. 8. Ellis
Springboro
P. M. Stewart
Xenia
South Carolina
Thomas Teylor
Columbia
Col
D. Hyatt Aiken
Cokeeburg
Tennessee
W. Maxwell
Maxwell
J. P. McMurry
Trenton
Vermont
E. P. Colton
Irasburg
L. Hovery
St. Johnsburg
John Cochran
Waupun
J. Brainard
Oshkosh
Canaon
Daniel Clark
Salem
J. H. Smith
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
D. B. Munger
Douglassville
BR. H.thomas
Mechaniceburg
Texas
J. B. Johnson
Fairfield
H. H. Parker
Salado
West Vicoria
B. M. Kitchen
Shanghai
J. W. Curtis
Martinsburg
Curious Phrasing on Congressional Prefix
A reader questions the meaning of the prefix Hon as used before a member of Congress. The article notes that the term does not signify honesty.
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Oll
Congress
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Sandusky (Ohio
Tlinois
Minneapolis Tribune
Grand Rapids
Méch
Pittsburgh
Dudley W. Adams
Lowa
Oo. H. Kelley
William Brunders
State Grange Officers
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