Michigan Legislature Debates Pingree Reforms Plan
Two messages opened the joint session with warnings of an almost empty treasury and calls for tax reform. Governor Pingree urged direct primaries, corporate taxation parity, unified fare rules, and a state board of arbitration along with an inheritance and income tax. He proposed annual sessions and stricter franchise oversight. Silver men in Lansing organized a February conference for free coinage and nominated candidates, including a Supreme Court justice and university regents, with a push for a 1.6 percent income tax.
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Pingreee
Arzienie
Keverine Pingree
Chicago
Grand Trunk Road
Michigan Central
Lakeshore
Michigan
Quast
Moligun
Inke Shipping
Gareenur Pingree
Inge
Latising
Mich
Lower Peninsula
Long
Grand Rapids
Isler Tor
Tiger Men in Africa Revived During 1894 Murders
A New York Sun report recounts attacks by so called tiger men in French Kongo regions. It details killings from 1890 to 1894, including a mother and child, a boy in the forest, and a 16 year old, with locals blaming native superstition and colonial inaction. Authorities arrest two killers, later released by a French agent, sparking further killings before local chiefs seek vigilante justice.
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Ager
New York Sun
Can bees hear and how do insects sense sound
The article surveys insect hearing, noting bees may have some auditory capability despite unclear answers. It details various insect hearing organs across species such as grasshoppers, crickets, flies, and snails, describing oddly placed ears and nerve structures in different body parts.
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Naturalista
Geome
Great Dronkerds and the Overdrunken Greats
A fragmented 19th century note jokes about famous writers and scholars being frequently drunk. It mentions Cato, Bon Jonson, Savage, Rogers, Byron, Porson, Keats, Horace, Plato, Aristophanes, Tasso, Goethe, Addison, Pitt, Fox, Blackstone, Fielding, Sterne, and Steele as hard drinkers at times. A dubious plug for a cure all medicine follows.
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Argulant
Cato
Bon Jonson
Savage
Rogers
Byron
Porson
Keats
Horace
Plato
Aristophanes
Wurspider
Alcous
Sucrates
Tasso
Goethe
Sclutter
Addison
Pitt
Fox
Blackstone
Fielding
Sterus
Steele
Pittsburg Dispatch
Harper's Magazine offerings in fiction science and travel
The issue previews The Martian by DuMaurier and A Pair of Patient Lovers by Willans Dean Howells, plus stories by Swain, Page, Davis, Wister, and others. It features science progress pieces by Walliams and Wilson, American features on Mexico by Lumans, and historical notices by Wilson and Barnes. The period highlights include Sheridan's Ride and reminiscences of eminent Americans.
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DuMaurier
Trilby
I Aldstrateans Teas
Frook
Mark Swain
Thomas Nelson Page
Richard Tarding Davis
Owen Wister
John Kendrick Wangs
Rush McEnery Stuart
Octave Thanet
Mary E. Wilkins
Ja Dienty Smith Walliams
Andrew Wilson
Mexico
Charles F. Lumans
Makpell's
Woodrow Wilson
John Bach MacMaster
James Barnes
Sheridan
G. A. Forsythe
Howell
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Africa
Evidence Value Told By A Turkish Calf Ruse
A traveler recounted a Turkish court case where a man claimed ownership of a cow seized by a Christian. To prove kinship, he produced a calf and urged the judge to compare them. The judge fetched the animals and observed their bond, deciding the cow belonged to the man based on their apparent mother calf relationship.
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Turkey
Christian
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Public notice of mortgage sale and land description in Calhoun County
The document records a mortgage default and impending sale of a parcel in Calhoun County Michigan. It names Lincoln Coleman as mortgagee and references a 1897 public auction at the Mackall courthouse, detailing the land as the southeast quarter of section 1, township 3 south range 5 west, with various bearings and measurements, plus prior liens and a recovery action. It includes additional notices of attachment, probate orders, and a separate guardianship proceeding for Charles W. Cary, insane, and an estate administration hearing in Calhoun and LeRoy areas.
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Charles H. Vary
Sarah B. Vary
Marshall
Mich
Lewis Townsend
Register of
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Calhoun
Michigatt
Martengee
Salt County
Atten Oelock
Marenan
Michigan
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Astlener
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Ho Miller
Robert Miller
Emonett
Midstriap
Linea Cohenman
Winant
Cannes
Mortage
Register of Deeds
Hhe Ounty
Mackall
Cabhrago
Sutheast Corse
Mencenarth
Togtwass
Ooribenal Corner
Giese
Shearer
Becton
Enaiun
Duid
Michlean Central Railroad Co
Rebecca H. Miller
Robert Oy Ler
Lincoln Coleman
Morttgagee
W. W. Claveland
Asid
Linart
Fredonia
Caihoun
Calhoun County
David Walkinshaw
Circuit Court
County of
State of
Arthur R. Rood
Hattie Reama
Eliphalet C. Rathour
Court House
Anid County
Chitty
Uarriet Finher
Paranance
Patate
Salt Herriot Finher
George Ingersell
Junge
Peobate
Lee
Micnigad
Sertinn
Tate
Charles Matiler
Thas
Harriot Pidner
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Roween
K. Clark
Cubnne
Albion
Reuben E. Clark
Pitino
Wil
Tay
Decenatin
Weinsor
Collfein Atorney
Plintite
Aidian
Eetate
Atles
Charlet
Logersoll
Pronare
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Charles W. Cary
LeRoy
Salddar
W. Cary
Usthom
Calhoon
Rail County
Marian Hillabrant
Charles H. Hilabrand
Enid Court
Grinten
Marahail Statesman
Propate
Shangery
Ualbaun
Michiwan
Miule
Dune
Chester
Marmis
William Benarte
Sheldon
Beathe
Anil Almet
Teball
Hemer
Calhogo County
Brown
Imewik
Homer
Stile
Sennton
George
Gersall
Smith Loveland
Petitian
John Lovelwich
Marabali
Marshall Statesman
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