Bavaria's insane King Otto under guardianship
The upper house moves to place Otto under guardianship and transfer the crown to his uncle Prince Luitpold as regent. Otto, 46, has been insane most of his life and never truly reigned, while his uncle has governed since Ludwig II’s deposition.
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Luitgold
Ludwig II
Starnberg
Berg Castle
Ludwig
Luitpold
Fuerstenried
Munich
Asl
Pessant’n Dresa
Congressmans Conn Purchases Westington Daily
A Washington letter reports Congressman Conn of Indiana bought the Westington Daily from publisher Conti of Birkhart. Conn, a wealthy Elkhart mayor and instrument maker, aims to create a silver money organ and broaden sensational Washington coverage. He plans to run the paper on a cooperative model with employees sharing profits.
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Elkhart
Congress
Washington
Light on the Ways of Nature and the June Bug Tale
A Florida Times-Union note humorously describes a seasonal rite where a boy ties a June bug to a thread and lets it buzz around dogs. The buzzing provokes the dog to scratch, and bystanders may catch fleas from the interaction as the musical June bug season arrives.
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Florida Times-Union
Nebraska Populist Senator Introgresses Stock Speculation Bill
Mr. Athen of Nebraska, a Populist, introduces in the senate a measure to preserve national legislative purity. The bill bars any senator or representative from dealing in speculative stocks tied to congressional votes, with expulsion and indictment as penalties.
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Nebraska
Senate
Congress
Ponfiotca Olepak
Weab- Ts le Nee
A Canadian Twilight Poem by Youth's Companion
A poem describes sunset over marsh and river with a red necked loon’s calls, fisher boats, a red light on a hill, and a melancholy wind through poplars. The scene shifts to night as shore sounds fade while the loon’s refrain lingers, capturing a quiet coastal mood.
A Husband Publishes His Truthful Realism In A Fatal Letter
Paulus Frank a realist novelist struggles to describe a climactic scene without personal experience and writes a forged love letter to his wife as if from her supposed lover. After nights of torment he tests the plan, returns home from theater and then discovers his wife’s genuine guilt and pleads for forgiveness.
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Faith Lousness
Nee
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Natare Ital
Earth circumference to be measured with new arc method
Washington Post reports scientists from the coast and geodetic survey will take years to compute the earth’s circumference with feet level precision. An 8000 mile arc along the thirty ninth parallel from Atlantic to Pacific is to be triangulated using advanced instruments.
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Coast and Geodetic Survey
North Pole
Andrew Braid
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Washington Post
Big Tumble in Price for Electric Railway Equipment
The article tracks sharp price declines for trolley car equipment over six years from about 4800 dollars to 640 dollars in quotes. It notes growing demand and expansion of electric roads, with counts of cities equipped rising from 1888 to today, and cites multiple salesmen’s quotes and recent price levels.
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Aleioyi
Averail
seYer
O Aeio
Hera
United States
Juan
From the Imperial Court to the Gutter
Edmond Viscount dela Morte, once a Lyons noble and Paris court chamberlain, aged 67, was arrested after trying to pawn a diamond bracelet. He claimed to live by picking up orange peels and selling them to a liqueur maker for bitters and curaçao, illustrating the vicissitudes of life.
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M Duranton
Paris
Opera House
Edmond Viscount
Dela Morte
Lyons
London News
New York Drops Days of Grace After 1895
The Cincinnati Times-Harold notes that after January 1, 1895, New York state will ban days of grace for notes drafts checks and other evidences of indebtedness. Debtors must settle or risk protest. the change follows merchant custom and applies to all holders.
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New York State
Heaton
Cincinnati
Oath Says Jest About Western Kansas Coroner
A cheeky note mocks a western Kansas coroner during a Carl Merry inquest. The transcript shows a rangy oath form as witnesses swear to the holy oath and not to anything else.
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Kansas
Carl Merry
Haya City
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