My Little Wife and the Tiny Sailor of the Sea
A schooner captain and crew rescue a young mother and infant from a wreck. The infant Jimmy dies of Cape cold after a voyage of tenderness aboard the Eagle. The crew mourns, buries the child at sea, and reflects on the humane, humanizing effect the baby had on the ship and its people.
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Dale
Eet
Iryn
Steymerd
Oscar
Hisckett
Pusey
Isin
Nipper
Tas
Mr. Roband
Captain Blackett
Abby
Baby
L ‘Cock
Claw
Roband
Jimmy
Cape
Captain
London
Farming with Figures and the need for better practice
The article argues farmers overestimate returns on acres and waste effort. It urges recording productive land, investing in ditching and soil improvement, and applying thorough, businesslike farming. It warns against haste and champions complete, paid returns and disciplined cultivation as future farming practice.
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Spo
Solomon
Pennsylvania
Republican fear tactics in Virginia and Virginia race
The American Register argues Republicans rely on scare stories about Southern outrages and business dangers to win votes. It notes these tales persist around presidential years and may target Mahone in Virginia and Carlisle, concluding the tactic is a last-ditch effort to avert party defeat.
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Don Yeoman Servce
Pegro
Mahone
Carlisle
American Register
Mahone's political standing crushed by voters and caucus
Remarks trace General Mahone's fading influence as the Republican party rejects his claims of service in Virginia. The November vote and committee actions expose a weakened ally, while South Carolina election efforts falter for lack of evidence and partisan bias. The report notes broader shifts in Southern governance and lingering tensions in Reconstruction politics.
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Mahone
Virgina
Republican National Committee
Chandler
Washington Post
Molokai Leper Colony's Harsh Reality and Lost Families
A narrator describes the Molokai leper settlement near Kalawaat, detailing the cruel separation of families, the primitive hospital housing, and the grim process of exile to the island. The account contrasts the haunting beauty of the landscape with the merciless law governing lepers and the sorrow of those awaiting death.
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Pat
Iat Say
Mano Reco
Soatee
Wekiki
Molokai
Ama
William
Sal Poe
Diamond Head
aFulley
Kalawat
Eree
Shanghaeing at San Pedro and a local complaint
Fritz Bormann, a longtime Los Angeles resident and butcher, was drugged after social drinking in San Pedro and shanghaied onto a schooner bound for the lumber regions. He returned home when the voyage ended, criticizing the method though not the crew’s conduct. The incident prompts county officials to consider action against such harpies.
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Fritz Bormann
Puget Sound
Bormann
San Pedro
Los Angeles Times
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Florida
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Saratoga
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South Carolina
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