Savage Lander’s Rousting Entry Stuns St Petersburg
A queer tale describes Albert Henry Savage Lander arriving in St. Petersburg from Tibet after rough ordeals with Tibet natives. The Melbourne Times reported a brief note, but The Times printed a shocking account of a savage lander seized in the city and dispatched to a remote area, claimed to be the first of its kind seen in Russia.
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Albert Henry Savage Lander
St. Petersburg
Forbidden Land
London
Australia
Melbourne Times
Savage Lander
Tibet
The
Times
Russia
Wild Polish drive and porch feud readers recall
A Polish Jehu style ride through cobblestones shows four Russian horses at a furious gallop with iron carriages and dangerous drops. A later anecdote tells of a neighborly dog incident ending in a feud after a servant cleans Mrs Brown’s porch and back steps.
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Paris
Jehu
Poland
Lilian Bell
Mary
The Transparent Stone Called Tabriz Marble
The beanwira or Tabriz marble is a petrified water stone used in Persian burial places and grand edifices. The petrification progresses from clear to thick to black to white frost like. when finished it bears no impression and can be walked upon dry. It yields brittle, transparent slabs often striped in red, green, and copper. It is a luxury reserved for the king, his sons, and privileged individuals.
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Tabriz
Persia
Neighborly aid after great fire noted in Detroit
A widow’s home and all belongings were destroyed by a three nights old blaze. The poor commissioner recalls responses from Mrs. Cleaver across the street who sent a drawn work daily with her card and Miss Hashington in the next block who sent a cut glass knife and fork rest.
Crossroads of Emperors and Frost in Old Tales
A fragmentary collection notes Caesar and Washington conversing about crossing rivers and ice, then shifts to curiosities: France and Italy bake colossal bread loaves, Italian pipe bread two to three feet long, French loaves four to six feet, a Burman mile equaling about two English miles, the Burmese word for mile meaning to sit, and a rare English postage stamp with a high value of $25.
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France
Italy
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J. C. Baughman
Bates
cCcrLnywy
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Burtcher
East Fourth St
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Minneapolis
Moline
Ramsey County
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George
Rubicon
Delaware
Cesar
Philadelphia
Fourth St
G. W. Jamieson
Devils Lake
Gordon & Ferguson
St. Paul, Minn
Otra
Iit Ungiedl
Dr. Donald Wallace Company
St. Louis
New Fruit Store
J. T. Colville
Jow Wowk
Andrew Huesby
Worth Dakota
ST. Paul
Chicago
John Nimmo
Undertaker
Arnold Ave
T Fourth Street
Joe Zunich
North Dale
United States
Geo. P. Lyman
Genral
Walker Pub. Co
Yau Boren
Torn Ua
A.davissons &Co.makers
MC Kusson Copelih
J Riddell &Co
V ‘Sole Agents Minn
W.E. PoweLl
T. W. Cordner
C. W. Greene
Vince
Omata
Jomnery Ward & CO
Inter-Ocean Office
Cordner
Stade Block
Kelly Avenue
Alex
Walker
Casper Scratass
Devils Lake, N. D
Bridgeport
Gilliam
Needle Co
Morgan & Wright
Shelby Cola
Montgomery Ward & CO
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