Grand Transasiatic voyage begins with tense Caspian crossing
The narrator arrives in Tiflis and boards the Astara to Baku for Uzun Ada, encountering a Briton Ephrinell of Strong Bulbul & Co, a German traveler, and an American business magnate while a submarine naphtha spring ignites a flare on the start of the voyage. The scene blends travel detail with sharp social observations amid a cosmopolitan train.
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Claudius Bombarnac
Twentieth Century
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Uzun Ada
Caspian
Celestial Empire
Baku
Ozan Ada
Falk Ephrinell
Strong, One Co
New York City
New York
United States
Fr. Bombarnac
Ephrinell
Strong, Bulbul & Co
Continent
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Australasia
Bombarnac
Ephrnnell
Bulbul & Co
Geran
Varvara
Oudjarry
Kiourdamid
Klourdane
Kara
Pekin
Ephriaell
Astara
China
Cape Apceron
Caucasus
Money by Mail Not Safer with Special Delivery Stamp
New York post office inspectors report mail clerks have stolen letters bearing special delivery stamps. Officials warn that special delivery offers no more security than ordinary letters and that only registered letters are traceable from mailing to delivery. They urge using registry for valuable items and note widespread public misconception.
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Post Office
New York City
New York Times
Post Office Department
Department of Business
Reporters Meet on Long Journey to Pekin
A Frenchman and an American traveler share a ride in dialogue filled with curiosity. The American boasts of being a reporter for the Twentieth Century on a journey to Pekin, while the Frenchman reveals his own unexpectedly similar path. The exchange hints at cross cultural intrigue and rival trades on the road.
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Pekin
Claudius Bombarnae
Bordeaux
Had Feathered His Nest
A neighbor recalls Bill Gassett's rise from a shifting ne er do well to a man who left a widow with a substantial property. He credits his wife for transforming him and notes how his wealth grew from the humblest beginnings to three feather filled mattresses at his death.
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Bill Gassett
Sands
Mr. Sands
Carl Peters
King Solomon’s
East Africa
London
Dr. Peters
Jerome
Jealous Accusation Over Misconduct at Office
In a tense office scene the boss confronts a bookkeeper after catching a kiss with the stenographer. He calls the worker dishonest for taking what he claimed belonged to him while a mail clerk questions the specifics of the act.
New Hypnotic School Develops Dormant Faculties
A New York physician runs a hypnotic program claimed to unlock mental powers ordinary education cannot reach. A young actress says stage fright vanished after daily sessions including a large swinging diamond and calming talk. A girl prone to fits of swearing and fear of rats was calmed. the hypnotist helps incorrigible children as well.
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New York
New York Sun
Floating steel pipe drifts off northern California coast
Nine lengths of steel pipe, three feet in diameter, are floating at sea after escaping from a Trinity River shipment. Plugged at both ends, the pipes cannot sink and will drift until ashore or be recovered.
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California
Trinity River
Junction City
The Patriot's Death and the Hero's Welcome
A poem by Greene Halleck contrasts death as terror in war and pestilence with a hero’s final acclaim. It speaks of death’s approach to common life and to the victorious fighter, portraying the hero’s crowning hour as a welcome light and a call to triumph.
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Brother
Palma
My Lady's Portrait and a Love That Spanned Time
Jermyn, a rising financier turned planter, discovers a living woman who resembles a long-lost Dinwiddie portrait. After a painful fear of madness, he pursues companionship, meets Elizabeth Dinwiddie, and years later recalls how he fell in love with her great‑grandmother.
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Dinwiddie
Jermyn
Jenmyn
Way Street
Mr. Jermyn
Elizabeth Dinwiddie
San Francisco
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NEW Hypnotic School
James River
Virginia
Mediterranean
M. Ph
Etea
Bay of Amphissa
Rhenee
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