Rescue of Jack Hosking at Valparaiso Ends in Release
Aboard a ship bound for liberty, Jack Hosking and two shipmates clash with Chilean authorities after a drunken escapade. Jack defeats a policeman, faces execution by firing squad, and is saved when the U S consul protests and the Chilean government yields. The crew celebrates the safe return to their vessel amid a tense, dramatic stand for justice and national dignity.
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Valparaiso
Jack Hosking
Tom Rebard
Hoskins
Rrchard
Moses
Chlean
Jack
Lim
Tom
Tim
United States
Guna
Greatain
England
Aml Amer
Jhiteres
Wid Eeginnd
Amoerien
Valporales
Liverpool
Grange elects officers and chronicles leader Atkeson
The piece profiles Thomas Clark Atkeson of West Virginia born near Buffalo and his election as overseer of the National Grange. It lists his education, career in agriculture, and long service in state and national Grange affairs, plus a brief anecdote from a New York Press item about a widow’s weight misperception.
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National Grange
Thomas Clark Atkeson
West Virginia State Grange
Lawnvate Farm
Buffalo
Putnam County
W. Va
Buffalo Academy
University of West Virginia
Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College
Kentucky University
West Virginia Agriculturist
Cordelia Meek
Zephadah Meek
Central Methodist
Catlettsburg
The
Grange
State Grange
Overeet
Atticste
Lachester
N.Y
Uglwort
Conmaitios
State Board of Agriculture
Mleuing
McVorkle
Atkinson
Naional Grange
Barboursville College
Muorres Harvey College
College of Agriculture
Bachelder
Concord
T. C. Atheson
Morgantown
Olver Wilson
Magnolia
C.D. Richardson
West Brookfield
Mass
I. H. Healey
South Woodstock
Conn
C.F. Smith
Morrisville
Wirectsurer
KS. Melowell
Wellesley
Miss
Co. M. Freeman
Ppecabee City
D.C. Mullen
Nana
Ida
Elizabeth M. Pattersor
Vol Park
Pomona
Grace J. Wal
Pin Ora
Ida Iudson
Hilfour
Jay
Mary A. Smith
SH. Messick
Bridgeville
Grange Platform Outlined in Equal Protection Vision
A Grange platform declares equal protection for all citizens regardless of race and condition, calls for labor and capital inclusion, rejects protection for monopolies and exports sold above domestic prices, endorses higher duties on heavily taxed reports, and proposes a differential rate to broaden world market access for all products.
Law and the Queen in British Private Affairs
The New York Tribune notes oddities in British law regarding the queen's private matters. It observes she is not governed by the Married Women's Property Act and that the king cannot be sued for debt while the queen could. If the king dies, authorities debate whether she could remarry without the successor’s license.
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England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
New York Tribune
Dog Tales and Laughter From an Eccentric Page
A fragment from a historical column blends dog misery and humorous vignettes. It recalls a captain’s control over a dying dog, a bootblack’s son, a farmer father, and a later joke about hay and the son shines. The piece shifts to a Liverpool Post style anecdote about humor saving a ship and a soldier noting a sail’s hole, ending with a temper remark.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Rediscovery caution in historical claims by John Diske
A remark by John Diske questions claims of firsts in many famous discoveries noting such achievements may be rediscoveries and urging caution before asserting originality. The quote underlines skepticism toward frontier status of historical breakthroughs.
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Aibhout
John Diske
Farming inventory listing livestock and farming equipment
Bay mare four years weighing 1400 pounds and a black mare eight years weighing 1500 pounds. Matched team of black mares, coming three and four weight total 2600. Black colt nine months old and black colt eight months old. Spotted cow one year old due January 15. Red cow four years old due March 25. Good ewes. Thoroughbred Rambouillet ram. Two brood sows with nine pigs twelve weeks old. Quantity of dry lumber. Leavy Harrison wagon. Farmer's Handy wagon. Osborne ise harrow. Osborne spring harrow. Johnston corn binder. Black Hawk cheekrow corn planter. Houk & Dromgold wheel cultivator.
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Harrison Wagon Farmer's Handy Wagon
Osborne Ise Harrow
Osborne Spring Harrow
Johnston
Black Hawk Cheekrow
Houk & Dromgold Wheel Cultivator
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Stars
Anna Bentley
American Preas Association
Bennie de Teer
the Grange
4. W. Darrow
Chatham, N
New York State
T. C. Atkeson
New York Press
Thomas Chat Atr Rrun
Constantinople
Coty
Stantinopie
Captain Des
Sarper
Morel
Milci
Iristman
Irfalt
E. N. Chadwick
Truman Richmond
Alma
Riverdale
Chester White Broad Saw McCormick
Drag Planet Junior
Lansing Linder
John Deere
S. D. Parks
W. W. Pike
A. D. Raby
Ithaca
McCormick Mower
Thomas Hay
Missouri
T.F. Knapp
Prop
J.b.rowell
J. L. Sharrar
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