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Notable Notables and Oddities From Global Society
A collage of brief items notes Col William J. Bryan bearing a longer sword, Evanston's Shaffer presenting Frances E. Willard bust, J H Twirs losing both legs, Mrs Julia Clark a 1849 California gold party survivor, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson linked to Stevenson's Inland Voyage, and the Austrian empress now frail. It also mentions ex Secretary Richard W Thompson’s long presidency reach, Gladstone opposing tail docking, German imperial gifts to heirs, Rev Dr John A Zabm a Darwinian, Ammon Fowler chasing a $15000 prize, Jules Lemaitre lamenting language shift, and English readers craving war news prompting Sunday papers.
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William J. Bryan
John
New Orleans
Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson
Scotland
Robert Louis Stevenson
Cigaret
Empress
Austria
Europe
Richard W Thompson
Indiana
United States
Washington
Congress
Tyler
Exton
Gladstone
Eaton Fair
Ploen
Bite Frederic
Order of the Holy Cross
John A. Zabm
Pope Leo
Ammon Fowler
Brooklyn
Guantanamo
Toyota
M. Jules Lemaitre
M. Lemaitre