16 Sep 1886
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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1886
Page
1
A garbled excerpt presents shuffled phrases about streets, people, and a late night vigil. Confused names and jumbled lines hint at a narrative voice seeking clarity on relationships and a distant memory.
A Harper's Bazar profile recalls Ludwig of Bavaria the Mad King known for Wagner sponsorship and lavish palace renovations. It highlights his eccentric youth, royal patronage of Wagner, large theater funding, private royal life, and mounting debts leading to bankruptcy. The piece also describes his uncle Count Otto’s eccentricity and role in access to the palace.
A provocative letter argues against a school for women to learn art for two men, proposing instead a National training school for women to learn to handle umbrellas properly. The piece mocks women’s use of umbrellas and urges Congress to fund a sanitizing program rather than artistic pursuits.
An encyclopedic look at aluminum abundance and the long quest to extract it cheaply. A newly claimed method lowers cost and time dramatically, enabling wide uses from cookware to armor and ships, with expected mass production and industrial impact.
Prices for fabrics and garments appear alongside a theater notice for Michael Strogoff in Oakland. The item mentions three lynched men in LeFlore County Mississippi for an attempted assault and a local ad for Shiloh’s Cough Cure, touting sales and remedies.
An attached recounts a scheme in Frankfort where a British attache helps marry a daughter to a Frenchman to secure a dowry roulette system. After a sham ceremony, the Englishwoman becomes the wife of the Frenchman who is not legally bound. A French secretary arranges a second ceremony to make the match legally valid, ending with the man tied by a pious fraud.
The Haute Gascogne Archaeological Society held its annual gathering to award the year’s rarest find. A contestant presented a rusty blade claimed as a miota ocles while another quipped about a suspending horse hair, triggering chaos before the session adjourned sine die.
Supervisors Larkins Carroll and Gallagher of the Brooklyn Board were arrested on a charge of conspiring to defraud the people of Kings County.
Fragmentary line notes Laubach and Boyd as reliable assets, capable of delivering top performance in crucial moments and sustaining momentum for the team.
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