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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 10, 1897

Page

8

Song of the Straining Span and the Doom of Man

Poetic chronicle of wagon trains moving from Pamir to Don regions and the spread of civilization. Refrains about the cisselboom signaling mankind's doom, the march across continents, and the rise of farming over wild lands. References a perpetual wagon road and a historical, archaic world view.

Thia Pamir Don Bt. James Gazette

All Night in Pera as Istanbul Gears for Departure

The narrator watches a sleep-lit Istanbul at night from the Pera hotel then meets Antonio the dragoman who announces a night mission to view Circassian troops amid Turkish discontent. A firman costs 250 piasters as preparations begin for travel through the city’s shadowed corridors.

Pera Porte Peru Constantine Porphyry Antonio Monsieur Sare Shhamur Turkey Stamboul Sweet Waters Tophana

Nighttime peril on the Bosporus and a Turkish rescue

An American traveler recalls a moonlit voyage by two boatmen on the Bosporus toward the Sweet Water meadows. Threats arise as a surprise attack in a ruined mosque yard leads to Turkish soldiers arriving, arresting the Albanian and boatmen, and freeing the traveler from danger.

Venice Europe Canute England Antonio Inglis Subjek Turkey New York News New York London

It Came to Pass and Old Shilark’s Claim

It quotes Old Shilark claiming he started the road to fortune, while the other speaker admits past deceit. A man recalls a five acre farm lost to a cheat, driving him to town to seek work and wealth, with a critique that remaining merely alive is not enough.

Shilark Indianapolis Journal

Nickel Plate lines offer through service from Chicago to the East

Nickel Plate Road announces three daily through trains between Chicago and the East with a new schedule starting Sunday May 30th. Dining car service praised, rates lower than rival lines, and urging patrons to travel via the short line to the East. Contact J Y Canaan Chicago for details.

Chicago Via J. Y. Canaan Gen's Agt Adams St H. Toounn GP & TT A

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