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Weekly Shader Thursday 1878 notes and political blurbs
A broad 1878 wire of items including weather, politics, finance, and crime notes. Topics cover St Louis weather, inflation of insurance, Lunar and European affairs, Grant and Conkling politics, Porter case, Beaconsfield, yellow fever in Brooklyn, and rail land grants plus general European and American political chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Epison
Chicago
New Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Colo
Omaha
Earl of Fife
Brooklyn
Potterers
Omasa
Mr. Loveland
Denver News
Kelley
Conkling
Roscoe
Fitz John Porter
LxEo Xiu
Bismarck
Munich
Berlin
Bogarduus
England
Wallace
Potter Committee
Beaconsfield
Burdnen
Knuth
Layard
Charley Dink
William III