Great Wall of China to be Destroyed and Reused
A Philadelphia Times piece discusses Li Hung Chang proposing dismantling the Great Wall of China and repurposing its material to curb northern river floods. It weighs the wall’s vast, varied construction, age, and historical role against feasibility and modern utility.
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China
Li Hung Chang
Mississippi
Philadelphia Times
Europe
America
Jecelys
Simen
Thees
Penn Square
As & Ft
Chipese
Public Building Commission
Shi-Hwang-Ti
BE. C
Weyner
Cuba
Philadelphia
Omaha
B.C
Ching
Fire and barricades cite Manila battle amid Filipino resistance
An English officer’s Manila dispatch details Filipino efforts to burn defenses at Tong and Tondo. Americans built fire barriers, razed suspect buildings, and advanced with volunteer infantry and artillery toward Guadaloupe, with heavy enemy fire and retreats described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Nellish
Ely
Ita
Pushkin the Russian National Poet and His Ancestry
A historical sketch of Alexander Pushkin depicting him as Russia’s national poet. It notes his mixed German and African ancestry, lineage from Gabriel Pushkin and Hannibal, and how his works merged Teutonic discipline with desert fire. It also covers his education, appeal across classes, and his death at age 36.
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Russie Gava Firth Loene
Busaki
Mwie
Lami
Russia
Pushkin
Gabriel Pushkin
Demetrius the Pretender
Russias
Boris Godunoff
Qrore
Rusaia
Peter the Great
Hannibal
Seateh
Europe
Black Jake the Arizona Outlaw and His Notorious Gang
An 1890s Arizona desperado known as Black Jake led a violent gang across Arizona and New Mexico. The account chronicles bank robberies, murders, and assaults from Nogales to Deming, with a price on Jake’s head and pursuit by sheriffs and detectives across deserts and into Sonora.
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Black Jake
Arizona
New Mexico
Prt
Phoenix
Yuma
Sonora
Mexico
Gene Merchandise
Huslips & Jning Company
Kingman
Lex
John A. Bishop
Tne
Geek
Resolute
Ash Fork
Nogales
Jake
Huay
On & Shell
Los Animos Canyon
Jake Lewt bin Hores
Pimg County
Sonors
Jake Tant
Republic of Mexico
Deming
N. M
Tombstone
Grant Springs
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company
Navajo
Santa Fe
Unique Violin Made From Century Old Wood Manufac
A Missouri builder crafts a one of a kind violin using back wood from a century old table once at Howard Payne College. The back features twenty one wood pieces from the Moly Land including a grapevine from Garden of Gethsemane. Edges hold small diamond shaped woods from around the world and a castor wood horseshoe and a cherry rabbit image finish the piece. The instrument requires only a pocket knife and a half inch New York shaft for construction.
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Missouri
Howard-Payne College
Moly
Garden
Gethsemane
New York
Mob Whips Manley and Razes Wright House in Kentucky
A mob of Whitecaps near Owingsville Kentucky attacked Willis Manley, confiscating his home and inflicting 100 lashes with hickory switches after a warning to leave the county. They also damaged Eliza Wright’s house to the ground and forced the Wrights and Meoley to flee the area.
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Whiteobtred
Owingsville
Willis Manley
Manley
Ba County
Eliza Wright
Meoley
Wright
Cause of Ir. Margery Reveals Affair Motive
Reporters claim the marriage scandal stemmed from a dispute over a maid and perceived neglect. Authorities note the involved man acted in pique affecting relations and social standing.
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Margery
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Fred HT
Tondo
Aguinside
Maepajo
Guadaloupe
King
Utah Volunteer Artillery
Caliifornia
North Dakota
Quegon
MARS@AG HALIL
Gailyn
Shelf Lawrence
Phelps Mining Company
Hueneme
United States
Hall
Depuy
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