Mutineers Reach Help as Four Stranded Sail for Shelter
After days at sea the boat nears safety as Rufus Dawes saves Sylvia and a brig with American colors appears. Captain Frere confronts a choice between duty and the rescue, while Hobart town society debates the mutiny at Macquarie Harbor and Frere’s fate.
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Frere
Rufus Dawes
Mrs. Vickers
Macquarie Harbor
Dawes
Sylvia
Maurice Frere
Meekin
Mr. Meekin
Mrs. Protherick
Rabbi Ben-Hissar and the Angel Azrael Tale
An Old World fable follows Rabbi Ben-Hissar who meets the Angel Azrael who bears a test of devotion. The rabbi believes a divine jewel must be offered but returns home to find his son dead, realizing the true jewel was faith. The tale ends with the rabbi’s quiet thanks to God.
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Rabbi Ben-Hissar
Longtime Panhandle division worker Tom Kelly retires
Kelly's Promotion LD TOM KELLY served almost fifty years with the X railway. His earliest memory centers on the "choo choo" cars near the shanty home shared with Thomas Kelly Sr. as a section hand on the Panhandle division. He began by running errands as a youth and followed his father's path in rail service.
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Tom Kelly
X Railway
Tom
Thomas Kelly
Panhandle
Old Tom Kelly Rehired As Salem Advertising Messenger
A retired depot master at a major railroad is pressed by the president and general agent to retire. When pension plans fail, the agent promotes him as the road’s advertising representative for Salem Massachusetts, turning a tool of austerity into a community asset.
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Tom
X Railroad
Eld
Atlantic
Salem
Mass
Tom Kelly
Old Road
Old Tom
Chicago Record- Herald
Legal Precedents on Statutes and Insurance Policies
A survey of cases addresses the statute of limitations as a non vested right, appellate reformation via remittitur, municipal licensing and constitutional property rights, hospitality to a minor, fracture injury coverage, and concurrent insurance limits under policy clauses across several jurisdictions. Named cases include Orman v Van Arede, Jordan, Peterson v M Brotherhood, and L Engle v Scottish Union.
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Ing
Orman Va. van Arede
N. M
Alabama
de Va
Roberts
Tenn
Jordan Vs
Evansville
Ind
Feder
Peterson
Mederan Brotherhood of America
Lewa
le Hedd
The Boy and the Shark Rescue at Vera Cruz Harbor
A 15 year old boy named Pedro dives from a careening boat to escape a shark off Vera Cruz as a West Indian liner anchors. The shark leaps into the dingy but misses its prey and slips back into the sea. The boy is saved with help from the steamer crew and escapes unharmed.
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Vera Cruz
St. Nicholas
Pedro
Darky
Oldham’s Courtship and a Widow’s Son Retort
A Cleveland Leader quote-set recalls Mr Oldham courting a young widow and her son sniping at male suitors. The text then laments repeating ancestral faults across generations, blaming past generations for present flaws.
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Johnny
Manila judges praised as safer than Chicago streets
Judge James Ross reports on Philippine courts with nine natives and fifteen Americans on the Court of First Instance and three natives and four Americans on the Supreme Court. He notes land-title disputes dominate cases, orderly registration under the Torres system, and natives now govern most provinces. He contrasts Manila safety with Chicago and mentions Samar districts as potential trouble spots. The piece ends with a garbled aside about a funeral and a remark on aging.
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Chicago
James Ross
Court of First Instance of the Philippines
Raleigh
Washington
Islands
Tacomas
Wash
Ambos Camorianes
Lusoam
Manila
Philippine Islands
Ross
Washington Post
Court of First Instance
Supreme Court
United States
Samar
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Marcus Clarke
Hobart Town
van Diemen’s Land
Captain Frere
Port Arthur
Vickers
Miss Vickers
Papa
Vickers and
Maurice
Major
Poppet
Rev
Barker
Shiers
Lesly
China
Canton
London
Old Pine
England
Bates
Darling
Disraeli
Lavater
Swinburne
Denmark
St. Petersburg
Whakarewarewa
New Zealand
Newfoundland
Russia
Jackson
Miss
Bank of England
Biggleswade
Azrael
Death
jLo
New York Press
Kelly’s
Judicia
the Boy and
the Shark
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