Visit to Hanka Hira and Fiji Cannibal Isles by U S Navy Officer
Sailor C. I. Norton of the U S Navy writes from the Pacific cruise detailing landfall at Hanka Hira and Apia, descriptions of the islanders, their tattoos, agriculture, and a cannibal legacy. He notes governor, residents, a French lieutenant, and native customs, then sails toward Tahiti and Fiji. Norton recounts encounters with Thackabow II, the Figi king, and mission impacts, ending with arrival at Sydney and reflections on life at sea and home.
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St. Manu’s
Hanka-Hira
Wigodely Islands
Taihoa Island
Hankas Hira
Jesus
Groupe
Wen
Iion Bay
Garci
Sim
San Francisco
Tahiti
Society Islands
Solan
Figis
Sydney
Australia
Valparaiso
Pacific Isles
Point Venus
England
Brandon
States
Solomons
Tamon Islands
Emx
Tortow
Apia
Phoenix Group
Charles Wilkes
Vincennes and Peacock
Gardner’s Island
Captain Cook
Wilkes
Thackabow I
Moon
Thockabow I
Thackabow
Tonga
Maafu
Thackabow II
Rio Janeiro
Uncle Sam
United States
Melbourne
Auckland
Sewzealand
Callao
O. F. Norton
Tahiti to Apia Bay Cruise Notes and Social Highlights
The voyage from Tahiti to Manai included dropping anchors in Apia Bay where passengers enjoyed dances on ship and shore, a ball hosted by the U.S. Consul, and a wedding on shore. Officers attended the wedding and nightlife, with whites and native castes described as pleasant.
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U.s
States
Tahiti
Manai
Apia Bay
Island
Cupid's Dodges and Fifth Avenue Romance
An 19th century tone piece by Eli Perkins satirizes social mores around courtship in New York. It recounts a gaslit evening with Julia and her cousin Mary as Charley Brown’s shadowy tricks and dodge methods like the Awful-Oath and Poverty Dodges expose entangled youths on Fifth Avenue.
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Eli Perkins
New York
Julia
Mary
Charley Brown
Charley
Mary Dear
Fifth Avenue
Pshaw
Eli
Juries and Jurors in the Modern Court System
The New York Independent argues that reading a crime report and forming an opinion does not render a person incompetent to serve as a juror. It asserts jurors may privately judge facts, hear evidence, and then decide impartially under law.
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New York Independent
Census shows 5.66 million illiterates in United States
The census tallies 5,660,074 illiterate Americans revealing a deficit in education that threatens republican government. Northern states have 690,117 illiterates, Pacific 73,383, and the South 4,117,589 with many being Black. Government must ensure every child’s right to education and fund schools nationwide. Ignorance is described as a collapse that feeds barbarism and harms liberty.
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United States
Pacific States
South
North
Judicial bias harms jury outcomes in murder trials
The author argues that excluding intelligent jurors and allowing opinions without evidence corrupts verdicts. Instances like Cole and McFarland show sane defendants found not guilty by insanity pleas, revealing flaws in the law. Crowding the jury with ineptitudes encourages murder by creating impunity.
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Cole
Albany
McFarland
Rebuilding Peshtigo After Devastation Shows Rapid Progress
After the Peshtigo disaster the town is rebuilding quickly with about seventy structures rising in less than four months. Builders work on rough incomplete houses while claims of improvement remain, and locals report water tainted with ash leaching from burned timber.
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Peshtigo
Hillis
Abrams & Siluler Attorneys Notice
January 13, 1872 entry for the law firm Abrams & Siluler in a newspaper public notice.
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Abrams & Siluler
Papers and Prints Catalogued for Sale at Auction
Collector’s items including papers magazines law books pamphlets sheet music and pictorial works offered in a curated auction. The listing highlights diverse genres and eras with emphasis on rarity and condition.
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South Sea Islands
Norton
C. I. Norton
Cupid
Prom the
Green Bay
Wis
Illinois
Freeport
Winneshellk Insurance Company
Breaeport
Apegheen County
Conrad J. Fry
Conrad J. Fry, A Creditor of Said Bankrupt By the District Court
Wilmer AS. Lamb
Assienea
Fir Cs Register
Herife
Stephenson County
State of
Jacob Wingert
Jacob Golt
Ditsworth
Samuel Deltrick
Jacob Salt
Stephenson
Llinois
Clireuit
Ilinois
John RR. Wayes
Stephenson Co
Equ
Thomas J. Bunker
Nancy Bunker
Renaiale
Recorder's Office
Wesley Garey
Circuit Court
Lota
Louisa
Thomas J. Banker
Nancy Banker
Hiram C.hemiesn
Court House
Brceponte
A. PD
Michael Musser
William Polk
Clerix
Bailey & Neff
Talnutt
Chancery Notice
Tate
William HH. Martter
Catherine Bond
Jacob Zerby
Se Polk
A. Yontx
Abrams & Subkan
Ht Meta
John F. Runnels
Ltt
James I. Nefp
Joseph Goundry
Hurley
Oliver Kelley
David B. Wenrick
William Glover
Milnois
Lllinois
Oliver Kelleg
Jared Sheetz
Freeport Journal
Book & Job Printing Office
Journal
Uls
Sudh As
Budlalo
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