Prominent Figures and Global Affairs Highlight Vintage Dispatches
The item surveys J Ham Lewis's Moses analogy in a political row, notes on the National Encampment G A R in Chicago, and field reports from Count vom Blumenthal's 90th birthday in Saxony. It references Jesse James rumors, Rep. Dale's congressional bid, and President Jordan's Shigun Japan summary on China while musing on public discourse and newspaper limits.
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Count Vom Blumenthal
Saxony
Kaiser William L
Count Blumenthal
Count Moltke
London Telegraph
David Star Jordan
Leland Stanford University
Shigun
Japan
China
Crop conditions and storm damage in Des Moines area report
Des Mores Iowa reports a warmer week with heavy windstorms causing damage on the night of the 234. Threshing lags in northern and central sections with grain still in shock. southern areas mostly threshed or stored. Corn nears maturity and fall pasturage is abundant. apple crops are light in late varieties.
Great Wall of China: Immense ancient fortress and wonder
The Houston Post extols the Great Wall of China as an enduring marvel. It claims a ten year construction, completion 205 years before Christ, vast stone buttresses, and more material than all British dwellings, surpassing the Seven Wonders in scale and engineering.
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China
Great Britain
Houston Post
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