Mad King of Bavaria and Wagner’s Grandiose Delusions
The article traces King Louis I and his son Louis II of Bavaria, famed for artful building and Wagner devotion. Louis II’s six castles, notably Hohenschwangau, and obsessive spending led to unfinished projects and royal eccentricities. Wagner’s lavish demands drained the treasury, while the king and composer shaped a Wagnerian future that ended in fame and fiscal strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Louis I
Ludwig
Ludwig II
Munich
Rome
Louis T
Maximilian
Louis II
Lake Starnberg
Louis
Wagner
Hohenschwaugau Castle
Hohenschwangau Palace
Bavarian Alps
Bayreuth
Richard Wagner
Perr Wagner
Paris
Italy
von Bulow
Andrew Carnegie Portrait and the Scotch Millionaire Philanthropist
A 19th century sketch traces Andrew Carnegie from a 1848 telegraph messenger in Pittsburgh earning 2.50 weekly to a steel magnate and benefactor. The piece highlights his rise, thrift, and benevolent program including a planned cooperative venture with John Jarrett to unite capital and labor through worker stockholding and cooperative stores in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Carnay- Fie
New York
America
Andrew
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
John Jarrett
Inittsburg
Pennoyster Pennoyer and Other Notables Featured in 19th Century Chronicle
The piece profiles Oregon governor elect Sylvester Pennoyer, a New York native who studied at Harvard and moved to Oregon to enter timber and law, plus notes on musical prodigy Maud Cook from Manchester Tennessee, emphasizing her early works and potential. It also surveys Persian honesty and patience with a Teheran post office anecdote, then rounds up miscellaneous quirks and brief humor items from various American papers.
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Sylvester Pennoyer
Oregon
New York
Harvard University
Maud Cook
Manchester
Tenn
Tom
Maud
Hendrick
Little Genius
Central Post Office
Persia
Xenophon
San Francisco Chronicle
Enda
Philadelphia
New Orleans Picayune
Bobbie
Washington
Grace
West Side
Kansas City Times
Alaska a Great Island Region
The text describes Alaska as a great island region with archipelagoes. one group spans 300 miles by 80 miles, containing 1,000 to 5,000 islands and over 14,000 square miles in total area. A distant group 600 miles west holds over 5,000 square miles, totaling an island area larger than Maine.
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Alaska
Maine
Tree Toads Might Cling to Heights, Says Budget
Tree toads have fingers with sacto rial disks that let them climb tree trunks like a fly on a ceiling. Ex President Fish of the New York Marine bank now serves as an assistant to the Auburn prison chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fish
New York Warine Bank
Auburn
Salve advertised for skin ailments and piles with refund offer
An ad touts a salve promising relief for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, and more with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It is sold by J. F. Fezer for 25 cents per box. The page also preserves reader opinions criticizing titles like Hon and Belle and includes testimonials for Ely's Dream Balm and a wedding report from Warwick Orange County New York, with travel notes to New York.
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J. F. Fezer
Warwick
Orange County
Charles E. Williams
Patterson
New Jersey
Harriet Almeda Waterbury
Newbury
Fishhill Landing
New York
Fishhill Journal
John RK Dotter
K. G. Jeques
Ignace
Mich
Tim & Lac
W. Morrison
Loneview
New York City
Wonderful cures and a government lumber seizure
Rome Georgia druggists praise Dr Kings New Discovery and Electric Bitters with Backlen Arnica Salve claiming cures for consumption. Special Agent Fry seizes 200000 feet of lumber near Fort Fetterman Wyoming for unwarranted cutting on government land guarding the timber until the railroad arrives.
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W.D. Hoyt & Co
Rome
Georgia
Dr. King
Backlen
J. F. Fezer
Fry
General Land Office
Fort Fetterman
Wyoming
Judgement over mere ability guides local paper decisions
The New Milford Gazette stresses that careful judgment and thorough forethought, not just writing skill, drive prudent management. It notes successful moves stem from deliberate consideration of possible consequences and a facts based stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Milford
Conn
Fezer Hardware Promotes King’s New Discovery Trial Bottle
Local ad highlights J F Fezer’s stock which includes Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and coughs. It promises a positive guarantee and invites customers to trial a bottle. It comments on New Hampshire’s claim to Daniel Webster amid Boston and Massachusetts pride, citing a Philadelphia Ledger note.
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J. F. Fezer
Dr. King
New Hampshire
Danie Webster
Concord
Massachusetts
Webster
Boston Common
Boston
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ledger
Also Mentioned on This Page
King
Ita Musto
Andrew Carnegie, Esq
Mense Forests
Oregon Herald
Land OF
United States
Eli Perkins
Eliind Maud Cook
Musical Wonder
Bucklen
Arnica
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
William Pitt
England
Democratic Republic
Langtry
Ely
J. C. Tichenor
Elizabeth, N. J
Mass
Thor Yough
E. Tourjee
Franklin Sq
Mase
Ster’s
Tandard
Worcester
Worcester’s Dictionary
Lippinecott
J. Thomas
Imperial
Lippincott
Chamber's Encyclopedia
Reader's Reference Library
Soule
Morocco
Encyclopedia of Chemistry
J. B. Lippincot Company
Market St
H.hannerr & Co
Portland
Catarrit
Pyre We Ree
Ak Ruggists
Owego
Taos & Co
Augusta
Joseph Joyce, E
Maple Street
Greeley
Colo
Foundry & Machine CO
8Th and Larimer Streets
Denver
Casteria
Castoria
Missouri Steam
Allance
Central Medical and Surgicalstitute
Locust St
St. Louis
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Hayden & Dickinson
Lawrence Street
Dr. Dye
S . Voltaio Belt CO
Marshall, Mich
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