Journey to Central Asia Through Turkestan Frontier
The narrator travels from Tashkent toward Samarkand and beyond, detailing stopovers at Khodjend Kokhan Marghelan and the Pamirs. He notes fertile fields, muthberry groves, a dining car as a rolling town, and a planned frontier crossing into Russian Turkestan. The voyage includes intrigue over Kinko and Yen Lou and reflections on earthquakes and volcanic activity shaping Central Asia.
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Heto
Sinko
Mattee
Noltity
Kinko
Khodjend
Kokhan
Marghelan
Och
Pamirs
Mphrinet
Horatio Bluett
Zinca Blork
Roumanian
Caterna
Turkestan
Pamir
Grand Transasiatic
Monsieur Caterna
Grand Premier Comique
Shanghai
Monsieur
Pan Chao
Coquelin
Francis Trevellyan
Karen Weissschnitserdorfer
Naruskiar
Ghangir
Kastakos
Kokhan Station
Noltitz
Pan ‘Chino
Yen Lou
Pekin
Yon Lou
Major Noltitz
Night on the Pamir Line Amid Gorges and Heavy Locomotives
In the dark two hours remain to stop. Travelers sleep in the cars while a powerful locomotive replaces the detached engine. The scene unfolds on the Pamir plateau with steep gorges demanding stronger power as the train, headed by a baggage van with Kinko aboard, proceeds from Vaun Ada toward an important station.
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Kokhan
Ani
Vaun Ada
Pamir
Kinko
Roof of the World and the Transasiatic Crossing
The Pamir, called the Roof of the World, is crossed by the Grand Transasiatic line after centuries of barriers. It rises as a lofty, treacherous plateau with peaks like Gouroun di and Kauffmann, sending routes to the Oxus and Amou-Radia. The journey, filled with viaducts and tunnels, tests genius against nature.
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Pamir
Bam-i-Douniah
Rom
Winn Shan
Himalaya
Llindoo Koosh
Marco Polo
Forsyth
Douglas
Biddulph
Younghusband
Gordon
Upper
Nile
Fendchenko
Skobeleff
Prievalsky
Grombtchevsky
Pevitzoff
Prince Galitz
Gouroundi
Kauffmann
Tagarma
Oxus
Amou-Radia
Parha
Central Asia
Transasiatic
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Pamir Plateau Journey Through Chinese Turkmenistan Frontiers
The narrator describes Pamir fauna and landscape as the train passes high plateau ranges. They observe yaks, panthers, wolves, arks, bears, bearded vultures, and desert flora while crossing the frontier at night. A coupling breaks. the two last carriages are left behind as the journey continues toward Kaechgar.
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Fie
Pamir
Taraskiar
Uzun Ada
Kaechgar
Major Noltitez
Ki- T'sang
Popof
Epigrams On Education And Equity From Historic Figures
A collection of 19th and early 20th century quotes on nation life schooling and religion. Voices include Queen Victoria Andrew Carnegie Alfred Austin Balfour Austen Chamberlain Earl Spencer the Bishop of Manchester Professor Laurie George Wyndham, and Sir A Marten. The remarks cover governance education tolerance reading and social reform.
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Victoria
Great Britain
Andrew Carnegie
Alfred Austin
Balfour
Austen Chamberlain
Earl Spencer
Manchester
Laurie
Edinburgh University
Ireland
George Wyndham
A. Marten
New York Sun
Pugilist Woggins-Blowitz Loses 180 Pounds in Training
The fighter known as Woggins-Blowitz shed 180 pounds while preparing for his final bout. A rival remark critics, and his wife reportedly eloped with one of his trainers.
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Woggins
Blowitz
Snoozem
One-Half the World Speaks of Hall Life
A witty exchange between a quoted party member and a married man highlights gender roles. The man quips that half the world does not know how the other hall lives, while the WOMAN replies that the feminine half works overtime seeking understanding.
Where They Differ in Theory and Practice
In a dialogue, a professor notes the gap between theory and practice while a medical student agrees. The student adds that theory is paid for while practice should yield earnings. The passage concludes that a state's value ultimately rests on the worth of its individual members.
Russia's Last Eastern Stronghold Vladivostok
Vladivostok, Russia's only far eastern stronghold, is under siege threat as Japan closes in. The Trans-Siberian terminus on a peninsula between Ussuri and Amur bays houses extended land fortifications, vast stores, coal, and mined harbor, with reports of submarines and several craft believed present.
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Vladivostok
Russia
Far East
Sea of Japan
Ussuri Bay
Amur Bay
Fife
Progress of the War Foresees New Naval Clash
The article notes Rojestvensky in the final sea voyage with 63 transports, the fleet sighted near the Indo China coast, and potential routes to battle. It details Japanese reinforcement hopes, Oyama's redeployed 80,000 troops, and a looming decisive conflict shaping Russia and Japan's fates in the Far East within weeks.
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Rojestvensky
Muukden
Far East
Indo-China
Saigon
Togo
Vladivostok
Formosa
Luzon
Pacific
Bashee Channel
China Coast
Tokio
Port Arthur
Retvizan
Poltava
Peresviet
Pobieda
Bayan
Pallada
Russia
Oyama
Kirin
Harbin
Tsitsibar
Japan
Linovitch
Rosestvensky
Japian
Fort Arthur
Mukden
Linevitch
New Silk Country in Argentina Expands Mulberry Planting
Argentina plants about 5,000 to 200 mulberry trees on two acres and now claims around 10,000,000 trees as raw silk becomes a future national product. In New York area alone 62 killed and 708 injured in auto accidents, with similar totals nationwide. Philadelphia four, Chicago five, Pittsburgh three in one week. The piece contrasts the danger of American roads with India’s juggernaut metaphor and ends with a quip on love being a disease.
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Argentina
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
India
Emperor in danger of abduction amid Korea visit plan
Russia warns the United States that a Japanese scheme tied to a Korean Emperor visit to Tokyo aims to keep the Emperor in Japan and place a ruler in Korea loyal to Japan, effectively making Korea a Japanese possession. Moscow claims a Tokyo palace for the Korean Emperor’s residence. The Japanese minister in Washington denies such detention plans.
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Russia
United States
Korea
Tokio
Japan
Washington
Center of Population Reversing Westward Trend Eastward Tilt
Population experts say the U S center of population may be turning eastward after decades of westward drift. May and June censuses in about a dozen states should illuminate current location, with 1900 placing it near Columbus Indiana. The trend hinges on eastern growth, notably New York and the Southeast, offset by Washington state gains.
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Census Bureau
United States
Republic
Columbus
Ind
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Pouyrily
Baltimore
Sto
USTO
Failroads and Progress and the Interstate Commission
Professor Hugo Re Meyer testifies before the Senate on May 4 arguing that rail expansion and farm markets shaped industrial growth. He warns that curb on railroads would hinder New England industries and the East’s steel, shoes, and cotton milling, while praising railway builders as great statesmen. He cautions that federal rate regulation could replace the broader, visionary approach with narrow bureaucratic sight, risking greater future evils. The article ends with incoherent fragments about African epicures misquoted.
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Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Washington
Hugo Re Meyer
Chicago University
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Europe
New England
West
East
Andy
Bureau
Kind Neighbors and a Country Farm Dream
Miss Jenkins, after fifty six years in her birth city, plans to buy a small farm. She will keep a steady horse two cows hens and a little pig. The Adams boy will help with all tasks and learns harnessing and milking as she praises country neighborliness.
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Miss Jenking
Smith-Hill Real Estate Offers Hand-Painted Homes
Modern Enterprise notes Smith-Hill, a real estate man, as an enterprising chap offering a hand-painted house with each lot as a special inducement to purchasers.
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Smith—Hill
Jones
Smith
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Caspian Sea
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Vladivostor
Emperor OF
Ulicks
Morvis Streets
Thomas Marvis
Edward Gottschalk
St. Paul, Minn
Joseph Slartman
Aurdee
Chistian Seinedeldecker
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