Imperial Treasure on a Train and a Desperate Flight
The narrator recounts a perilous night ride toward Pekin with a hidden danger. Faruskiar battles Ki Tsang agents to protect the imperial treasure while a scheming Grand Transasiatic manager Plotter aims to seize the millions. The train nears a perilous viaduct as passengers face catastrophe and the mystery deepens.
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Faraskiar
Ghangir
Ki- Tsang
Pan Chao
Son of Heaven
Grand Transasiatic
Pekin
Faruskiar
Ephrinell
Si-Ngan
Ho-Nan
Lou- Ngan
Tai-Younn
Popof
Nankin
Tjon
Noltitz
Tfaruskiar
Rascal
Journey Through China and The Great Wall Crossing
The narrator describes a night train crossing a cultivated, lantern-lit Chinese landscape toward King Tcheon. A foggy voyage, skilled Chinese engine drivers, and the looming Nankin branch viaduct set a tense scene. The narrator detects unbidden figures aboard the treasure van and overhears Faruskiar and Ghangir plotting on the platform.
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Lan Tcheou
Celestial Empire
Pan Chao
Son of Heaven
Popof
Kinko
Nankin
Tjon
Fuen- Choo
Death Valley Gold Rush Echoes Ancient Proverb
A San Francisco report warns that the Death valley gold rush kills many in the thirst for wealth. Deserts strip fat and life as travelers press toward funeral mountains seeking fortune, mirroring global gold hunts where lives are sacrificed for misheld riches.
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San Francisco
Death Valley
Funeral Mountains
Des Moines Register
North America
Mojave
Colorado Desert
Western Plains
California
Chilkoot Pass
Siberia
South Africa
Grand Collection of China Souvenirs
Sharpe shows a china closet full of broken numbered pieces labeled as souvenirs of different cooks. Seneca notes a fragmentary line about haste and its own heels and fetters before stopping.
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Sharpe
Whealton
Orange Boxes for Nests for Hens in Darkened Alleys
A farm tip describes using partitioned orange boxes stacked to form double nests for laying hens. Holes allow easy egg removal and nesting material changes, with darkened walkways and a rear access box for egg handling. A companion notice discusses how dairy cow feed, rich in nitrogen, affects milk fat content and production efficiency.
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F. W. Woll
Wisconsin
Summer Bee Care and Field Mowing Advice
The article advises mowing alfalfa fields to halt disease and promote regrowth. It stresses sufficient honey reserves for bees during poor weather, noting hives should hold twenty to thirty pounds of honey, with steps to assess weight and replace combs if necessary while keeping hive heat.
Self working hog lice killer and poultry breeding tips
An old method to control hog lice uses a stake and rope saturated with lard and kerosene. The piece also advises starting in poultry by investing in a breeding pen or buying eggs from multiple breeders and raising roosters and pullets for future pens. It discusses alfalfa management and disk practices to prevent weeds and recover stands in irrigation regions.
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D. V.S
We Eat: nitrogen rich foods and grain yields 1904 Russia US
The piece explains nitrogen as a key in protein for muscle and energy from carbohydrates. It lists nitrogen rich foods like flax seed and bran and notes 1904 Russia and United States grain outputs for wheat rye oats barley corn with total domestic production comparisons.
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Russia
United States
Nurse Crops Protect Clover in Western Fields
The article notes nurse crops are sometimes essential for sowing clover in the Western States. Sowing with spring wheat helps the cut wheat stubble hold snow over winter and prevent freezing, while in hot regions nurse crops shield clover during the hot summer.
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Western States
Calves in Groups and Farm Adulteration Highlights
Calves should be raised in uniform groups to standardize size and weight for market carloads, preferably two groups per year if numbers are small. The Massachusetts State Board of Health tested 305 items in April, finding 98 adulterated and securing 33 convictions with $900 in fines. The Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland features a 460 by 210 foot Agricultural Building costing $74,659 on Columbia Court’s east side.
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Popof
Ephrnaell
Faruskiar
Ghangir
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Portland
Ore
Columbia Court
The Gapeworm Tricks Poultry Keepers
The gapeworm overwinters in old yards and surfaces in warm weather. Cleaning up and lime help discourage it. A fresh poultry yard in a high dry location is a good way to fool it, advises Farm Journal.
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Farm Journal
Wide range of 19th century editorial quips and notices
A compilation of satirical comments from various newspapers on public figures, politics, society and culture. Topics include highway spending, women's clubs, Mormon migration, Osage oil interests, Prohibition, piracy in New York, press satire on newspapers, fashion laws, and political scandals.
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Sou-Tcheon
San Teheou
Caterna
Yanlu
Tcheng
Houlan-Sien
da- Tshing
Cha-Coua
Zinca Klark
Monsieur Bombarnac
Mademoiselle Zince Klerk
China
Lan Teheon
Kardek
Ghan
Grand Collection
Indianapolis News
Chicago News
Sam
Burlington
San Francisco Chronicle
Oregon
Portland Oregonian
Standard Oil Company
Oklahoma Times-Journal
Captain Kidd
New York
Wilmington Journal
Augusta Chronicle
Missouri
Pittsburg Gazette
Pittsburg Dispatch
Chicago
Chicago Health Department
Elijah III” Dowie
Savannah News
Mr. Hoch
Chicago Chronicle
August W. Machen
Post Office Department
Buffalo Courier
Anna Shaw
Anna
Topeka Herald
Panama
Pine Bluff
Ark
Press-Eagle
Fitzhugh Lee
Nebraska State Journal
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Cushing
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis Republic
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