Refugee arrivals and military movements across Asia and Pacific
Refugees from China reach Japan while Indian troops deploy toward Hong Kong en route to Taku. The Ninth cavalry sails from San Francisco to China in August. A street accident near Mineral Ridge injures forty, four seriously, as a freight train derailment damages nearby. Brigadier General James J. Wilson seeks active service to China amid Chinese resistance north of ten Tein. Reports from Hamburg claim detectives arrest Secretary Kettenburg over embezzlement. Global trade shows gold and silver exports from New York totaling over 82 million dollars, with imports around 210 thousand dollars in gold and 102 thousand silver. Also notes German artillery advisers to Kroger’s government, a new underground metro in an allied city, and various naval and postal appointments and orders related to China relief expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Hongkong
Taku
Ninth Cavalry
San Francis
Orly
Mineral Ridge
James J. Wilson
D. S
Ten Tein
Post Office
Skegoay
Alwelm
White Horse
Yahoo
Canada
Bion City
Hamburg
Kettenburg
United States
New York
Northwest Notes and Prairie Fire Rescue Train Adventure
A scrambled Northwest notes column reports pests injuring crops in the Puyallin valley, a planned 310,000 rock depot by the Union Pacific at Rock Spridgy, and a dramatic prairie fire threatening Mangold's farm. It recounts local arrests for larceny and embezzlement, surveys along the Shake River, and a Homestead era ship of new rail aid. A family builds a makeshift wagon on the tracks to flee fire as Rob, Tad, and Link escape toward safety on a moving car assisted by their mother in a tense prairie drama.
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Bock Spridgy
Union Pacific
Wousels
Mangold
Finn
Rob
Tal
Roly-Poly
Link
Ted
Maine
Prairie Groce
Cransry
Bigenne
Luz Niles
Jung
Tom
Tait
Trandipa
Newt
Alven
Lille
Eaay
Howse
Angle Cove
Tad
Kanuji
Chey
Etlil
Rory Spike
Glory
Wild Car Chase Ends in Village Fire Scene
In a dramatic escape the family flees from a fast car wreck near Manchenter as the train from the north nears. The truck crashes into a ditch and the engine lies wrecked, while Rob and Tad escape unharmed and Link clings to his mother. secours and relief follow.
Old River Days Steamboat Racing and Dangers on the Mississippi
A recollection of Civil War era Mississippi river steamboat racing. Passengers feared for their lives as boats ducked and surged to avoid collisions, with pilots and crews racing to beat rivals. The piece notes riders urging captains to slow and avoid disaster while river dangers and human nerves shaped the spectacle.
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Pasana
Gio
Merrie
St Louis Republic
View Tipts and Against Ouerer
A fragment recounts a Cartae Indian school scene and a father, describing the Battle of the Little Bighorn with figures from 277 to 3,200 or 1,000. It notes U.S. control, a Sitting Bull raid, and about 4,000 joining him before Custer’s defeat, citing the New York Press.
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Ouerer
Cartae Indian School
Fepdor
The
Littl Big Horn
Custer
Mim
Maemo
Hatte
New York
Her Every Duty Through New England Verse Parody
An 19th century playful verse fragment from a New England author ponders moral duty in daily steps and the right way to tread. It frames walking as a metaphor for proper conduct and cosmic love, hinting at social norms and virtuous behavior in a light, ironic tone.
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Rigland
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Jolie Stone
John Hey
Secretary of State
Cleveland
Kroger
Lourencs Marques
Berlin
Unitern States Naval Station
Pago
Komoa
M. WH. Hudson
Hoatawale Hudson
United States Navy
Charles F. Humphrey
Mevage
Chaffee
Chicago
2. G. Sholes
A. OC. Gilovone
Vari
Hav
London
George M. Pollmain
Pullman Free School
Amenot
GinAbach
Kaiser
Shiatera
Maryabebe
Philippines
Halle Cleyton
Mawnan Trail
Selizirl
Yukon
Dawson
Che
Northwest Notes
Puyalino Valley
Washington
Fraser
California
S. Harold Webb-Poplos
Allax
J. A Powell
Preston
San
Curry
Cub
Ballee
Portland
Wilson
Esgincers
Shake River
Lewiston
Riparia
John J. Beveridge
Congress
Linois
Himelf
Portland, Or
Wearpor Prince
Tune
Canteen & Calhoun
Gillette
Wyo
Caulson
Coulson
Angume Mathra
Deover
Samuel Newhouse
Pekim
San Francisco
Stratton
Independence
Cripple Creek
Teller County
W. S Stratton
Frank Carter
K Sindley
J. M. Curley
J Campbell
Roabury
Curley
Carter
Starley
Campbell
W. H. Washington
Augustine Weehington
Geone Washington
Castle Creek Hot Springs
Arizona
Summer
Rogers
Pullman
Spokane
Mra Holland-Elorr
Wot
John Meoler
Phoenix
Agaloas
Ban Alnce
Ban
Arkansan
Bii
Asyhoe
Salvation Army
le Junta
Colorado
Joe
Robeod
Couveme
Cletrale
Gwitter
Elaine
Tittle
Siront
Ganger
Big Mother
Pune
Yue
tThames Moreatt Harger
Chienga Recond
Tteambiat Raehig
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