Doomsday visions and political theater collide in 1880 dispatch
The Chicago Times reports prophetic fears of catastrophe with plagues, fires, and celestial wonders, while Roscoe Conkling dominates a Republican convention scene. The piece mixes end-of-days speculation with vivid contemporary political admiration and railroad expansion plans led by Jay Gould.
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