Sven Hedin Returns to Sweden After Thrilling Asia Quest
Famous explorer Sven Hedin arrives in Stockholm aboard the Von Dobein after a three year journey covering 6500 miles unseen by modern geography. He recounts perilous travels, Czar and King Oscar honors, vast scientific collections, and plans to publish two books plus lecture tours.
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Indianapolis
Stockholm
S. von Dobein
Sven Hedin
St. Petersburg
Sweden
Russia
Doc
Dr. Hedin
Nicholas
Hedin
von Dobein
Asia
Gand
Gabl
Virchow
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
King Oscar
Order of the Star of the North
Oscar
Europe
Bismarck
Duke of
Lauenburs
William II
Norway
United States
Asi
Bonnier
Derdieux
Brockhaus
Germany
Harpers
Geographical Society
London
Paris
Vienna
Central Asia
Ladak frontier escort by viceroy honors
Ostensibly a recount of a journey westward toward Ladak where a speaker, pursued by a modern rifle, seeks the frontier quickly. Friends accompany to gate posts of Ladak and receive strong honors from the viceroy of India.
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Ladak
India
Osten-Sacken
Old Settlers Talk of Shoes and a Bygone Life
A group of elderly neighbors gather at a corner drug store to recall shoe making in their youth. A Shoemaker father, nine children, candlelight work, barefoot summers, and patience waiting for new shoes paint a vivid, intimate picture of pioneer life and frugal domestic routines.
Life is but growth and youth’s bright joys endure
A brief verse quoting M. A. B. Kelly from Leslie's Weekly. It reflects on life as growth, youth, and the value of purposeful work. The speaker notes that a person who finds no task or path for others to tread loses the vitality of youth and the steady gifts of character, wealth, and purpose.
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Lhassa
Tjarkhill
Thibetan
Lake Komkoll
Thibet
Ace
M. A. B. Kelly
Leslie's Weekly
Tipping Nuisance Across Europe Costs Yankee Travelers
A Indianapolis Journal correspondent in London reports travelers pay extra tips abroad. In Dublin a clerk suggests tipping norms of a shilling to each service role, while in Paris the plan yields poorer results. The piece highlights how English porters, hotel staff, and shopkeepers expect varied gratuities.
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Indianapolis Journal
London
Dublin
Great Britain
New York
Chicago
Paris
The Continental Art of Tipping and Porterage
A travel essay recounts tipping customs across Europe and Britain. It notes how servants expect larger gratuities in Paris and Rome, the common fund boxes in Italian restaurants, and the varying porters fees from Naples to Dover. Examples show Americans altering norms, with anecdotes on railway porters and hotel service charges.
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Phere
Dublin
Paris
Great Britain
Continent
Germany
Calais
Dover
Naples
Florence
Rome
England
Italy
Switzerland
George Grantham Bain
Morning wind and sky inspire a joyful bounteous dawn
The verse recalls a bright morning scene with wind, clouds, and a radiant blue sky. The speaker exults in life and birth, imagining future travels and even death as part of a grand human heritage, attributed to Theodosia Garrison via the Bookman.
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Theodosia Garrison
Bookman
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