Across Siberia by Orel to Vladivostok with Russians
The author travels aboard the Russian transport Orel from Nagasaki to Vladivostok with a mixed party, describing Russian hospitality, meals, and the sea voyage past Matsue, the Japanese coast, and into the Siberian port. He notes ships, fares, and the diverse passengers including a German woman and an English traveler, and details the ship’s layout, service, and the steady march toward Port Arthur.
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Wash‘iugton
Per
San Francisco
Marci
Japan
Nagasaki
Vladivostock
Corgan
Valwoleer Reef
Lee
England
Russia
Port Arthur
Manila
San Francisn
Orel
Ban Christianovitch Sealel
J. N
Jolas
Chicago
Siberian
Sabin
Odessa
Suniit Bay
Orient
A Pretty Custom In Japan For Daughters Births
A description of Japanese custom where families plant a tree at a daughter’s birth that is guarded until her eighteenth year. Upon marriage the tree is cut down to create a chest of drawers for the daughter’s treasures, symbolizing rememberable association and parental hopes.
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Japan
Walla
Jewelers Weekly fragment shows names and misprints
A fragment from Jewelers Weekly presents garbled lines with names like Reniihm and Yonelwa. It hints at family or craft topics but is obscured and hard to parse.
Mercy then war minister Mercier and the Dreyfus affair
Rennes reports reveal Gen Mer cier former minister of war of France schemed to frame Dreyfus with a forged handwriting hint while a ciphered sentence was read by the court. The false charges, backed by suspected detectives, faltered as truth emerged. Mercier faced pressure to resign but stayed on temporarily.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Gen. Mercier
Bordereau
Paty de Glam
Bertillon
Mercier
Paty
Mercier Eoon
Cory
Dreytugs
Frazee
Consul Cal Bell Testifies On Marriage Certificate Validity
United States consul in Sydney Cal Bell appeared in a local divorce court to argue whether a certificate would be accepted in American courts as proof of marriage. The judge quips about his past as a lawyer, then the bench rules the certificate valid from an American legal viewpoint.
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Cal. Bell
United States
Sydney
Mark Twainyke
Frederick the Great Conquered by Sparrows Tale
A historic anecdote claims Frederick the Great was defeated not by armies but by sparrows. He banished them from his cherry orchard, causing warted trees and no fruit the next season, then recalled the birds to restore the harvest, illustrating an ironic triumph of nature.
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Frederick the Great
Nncope
Mantenrist's Moliey Believed Lad Nick Cutting Nails
A fragment suggests Lad Nick is cutting fingernails on Friday amid notes that mani curints report light business on a certain day. The readable text is unclear on specifics.
An Object Lesson in Wealth the Castellane Palace Effort
The Countess de Castellane and her family pursue a private Paris project to replicate Versailles era decor with a mixed Fourteenth and Fifteenth century interior. A half-acre site at Bois de Boulogne is bought for about six million dollars, with completion expected in two years. The couple, notable art collectors, reportedly spent a million dollars a year on purchases for the residence and sought Meparo ceiling panels from Verona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Countess de Castellane
Paris
Grand Trianon
Versailles
Avenue du Bois de Boulogne
Avenue Malakotz
Italy
Verona
Meparo
Edward Page Gaston
Casimir-Perier and the Dreyfus Affair Mystery
A historical note recounts Jean Casimir-Perier, ex-president of France, as a witness at the first Zola trial and explores theories about his 1885 resignation amid the Dreyfus controversy. It details German ambassador Count von Munster’s reports, intercepted at the frontier, and the president’s repeated refusals to entrench the affair, ending with his resignation after a tense Elysee meeting.
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Jean Casimir-Perier
France
Dreyus
M. Casimir Perier
Zola
Dreyfus
Casimir Perier
Count von Munster
Berlin
Count Vou Munster
Casimir
Casimir-Perier
Perier
You Munster
M. Casimir-Rerler
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Ross
Siberia
Teang-Sinextun
Friesda
Nilkelalisk
Mest
India
Vladivastock
Matsue Island
Viadivostadis Harbor
Straits of Bosporis
Sam Francisca
William Mitchell Bunker
Reniihm
Wille
Yonelwa
Tommy
Jes
Merciless Mercier
Reg
French War Department
Ife
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