Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1894 — Coincidence of “9.” [ARTICLE]

Coincidence of “9.”

The figure “9” plays quite a conspicuous part in the life of Emperor William. He is the ninth king of Prussia; his immediate family consists of nine members; he was born in the fifty-ninth year of this century, on Jan. 27—figures which, added (2 plus 7) make 9, or divided (3:27) give 9as quotien t. In January, 1869, he was made first lieutenant in the first regiment of the guards; in 1879 he completed his studies at Bonn, and was promoted to a captaincy. He was married on Feb. 27, and on March 9, 1888, he was called to'the throne.