Haytians and Germans in Pacific tensions spark actions
Washington reports say Haitian privateers are fitting out in New York and Germany plans to subdue Samoa by blocking arms. Navy and land issues include statehood votes for North and South Dakota Montana and Washington, land office procedures for Oregon settlers, and a new approach to proof and entry adjudication.
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Washington
Samoa
Dipatches
Germany
Apia
North
South Dakota
Montana
Dakotas
New Mexico
Oregon
General Land Office
Board of Equitable Adjudication
United States
Secretary of State
New York
Hayti
Treasury Department
Senate
D. Wade
Sewell
Washington Territory
California
Friends of Silver
Allison
Oklahoma
House
Cherokee Outlet
Hermann
Congress
Dulles Militey
Electoral Messengers Miss Mileage in Transit
A miscellany of 19th century items reports that three state electoral messengers failed to collect mileage due to sealed certificates. Other notes mention disbanded bands in Texas, a Georgia bank theft arrest, a closed Iowa bank, and a Florida snow event. Multiple political and legal updates follow, including cabinet rumors and a lighthouse proposal.
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Clear Lake
Mason City
Iowa
Pensacola
Fla
Jus
G. Blaine, Jr
Hitchcock Db. T
West Virginia
Democratic Legislative Caucus
Kenna
Florida
Ives
Stayner
Ludlow Street
New York
Porter
Indiana
Warner Miller
House Committee On Commerce
Siuslaw River
Jack Carkeek
Tom Canavon
Milwaukee
Tolleron
Richards
Mercantile Banking Company
Atlanta
F. J. Marshall
Northern Pacific Express Company
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Marlow
Deperadoes
Texas
Indian Territory
Boone Marlow
Stewart
Nevada
Harrison
Moore
Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company
Canada
Julian C. McClure
Jackson County
Ind
Keeley
Motor Fame
Rudolph Ericsson
New Britain
Conn
Sweden
England
Supreme Court of New York
Circuit Court
Charles Arbuckle
Clara Campbell
Ironton
Ohio
Ida Wilcox
C. Wilcox
Bainbridge
N. Y
Paris
Seller
Henry Villard
Seattle
W. T
Colorado
Kansas
Alabama
House Committee On
Atchison
Boston
Wall Street
Pacific Coast News Digest Highlights From Utah to Oregon
A sprawling Utah and western states summary notes a farmer's death at Santaquin, a new post office in Osgood California, and Reno and Walla Walla transport notes. It covers irrigation plans in Grass Valley Nevada county, a murder confessed in Woodland, a bridge at Winchester Oregon, and a George-charged liquor bill debate in New Mexico.
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Helena
Osgood
San Diego County
Redding
Forestville
Sonoma County
Los Angeles
Putah Creek
Gubleman
Woodland
James Corrigan
Kansas
Fresno
Walla Walla
W.T
San Jacinto Valley
Sonoma
Umpqua River
Winchester
Grass Valley Township
Nevada County
Yuba
Cress Summit
Osborne Hill
Forest Spring
De. Fuix t's Remedy Ad Visions Heart Health
Descriptive treatise promotes De. Fuix t's Remedy for heart trouble. Claims danger from uneasiness in the heart and urges immediate use. Distributed by Mack Drug Co. New York.
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Fuixt
Addres Mack Drug Co
N. Y
Unclear Names in Historical Notice
Fragmentary OCR text lists several personal names such as Jason Epwarps Jassx Hopson Bowis Mornassoy and Mary E. Mines with initials A B Amma E. Bay, offering no clear event, date, or location. The piece appears as a damaged notice likely from a 19th century public or legal record.
Friends' Pacific Academy Opens Near Portland in 1885
Located at Newberg in Yamhill County Oregon along the Portland and Willamette Valley railroad twenty two miles from Portland and one mile from Rogers Landing on the Willamette River. Opened September 28 1885 with nineteen students. Second year began September 18 1886 with twenty six students. 1887–88 term opened September 12 1887 with fifty one. winter term began December 3 with 110 students. Buildings expanded yearly. current additions include boarding hall gymnasium and dormitories. Administrators Edwin Morrison principal and E H Woodward board president.
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Friends’ Pacific Academy
Newberg
Yamhill County
Oregon
Portland and Willamette Valley
Portland
Rogers’ Landing
Willamette River
Oddball News From The Times Of The West
A wild eight foot tall Cass County figure turns out to be a captured lunatic. An ostrich escaped California farms, crossed a river, and outran a horseman for twenty seven miles. A church fair displays a “Drop dollar” gag device. Smoking age has fallen to ten to five. The Oregonian claims a fish swallowed by Jonah was a cutius cod. Chinese subscribe to a Shanghai zoological garden. Paris cremation furnaces open at Pere la Chaise amid mixed public feeling.
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Cass County
Ore
Herman Vickery
California
Portland Oregonian
Portland
Yagarah
Shanghai
Farmons
Pere la Chaise
Paris
How to Live a Successful Life
A reflective essay argues practical service requires love for a truth or cause and loyalty to a guiding leader. It warns that mere hostility or sneering harms the common good and that exemplary individuals engage with conflicts rather than detached indifference. The piece stresses active commitment over detachment in guiding human affairs.
Noted Father-Dearing Exchange Reflects Youth Conduct
In a clipped Ledger item, a schoolteacher praises a student as one of the best, while an old gentleman recalls his own schooling and echoes that the boy takes after him. He notes the son often quarrels and needs reprimands, suggesting maternal traits as a source of the behavior.
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Santaquin
Utah
J. Anderson
Anderson
N. ¥. Ledger
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