Desolate Asian Highlands Amid Hydric Ranges and Trade Trails
The narrative describes vast arid plateaus and knife-edged ridges above the Ma-Chu region with the Korghi-Ula range, looming peaks such as Tange, and a desolate wilderness near Koko Nor. It details passes like Rawa La, caravan routes through Sichuan to Charing Nor, and harsh trade dynamics with Chinese merchants, plus sparse verdant pockets and wildlife including wild yak and camels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korght-Ula
Ma-Cha
Kowlon- Gol
Ike Kalloutou
Rhehta
Hoang-Ho
Koko-Nor
Korghi-Ula
Ma-Chu
Arthoun
Olkol-Nor
Glou-Cho
Rawa la
Koko Nor
Rawa-La
Oikol-Nor
Sung-P’an
Min River
Sichuan
Tchong-Siba
Charing Nor
Questions and Answers From an Old Examination Document
A historical Q&A fragment covers Magellan’s strait discovery year, immigrant origins to the United States in the five years, and various military details. It lists countries with large immigrant numbers Italy Ireland Poland Germany and Scandinavians Slovacks, Oklahoma army and navy figures, generals not West Pointers, and notes on gambage turbine water-wheels and Niagara Falls tunnel equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
C. M
Turkey
Great Britain
United States
Leutenant
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Wentworth
China
Siam
Korea
Morocco
Persia
Sultan
Shah
Italy
Ireland
Poland
Germany
Niagara Falls Tunnel
Fourneyron
Request for Poem "Old Stars" to Honor General Mitchell
A reader from Muncie Indiana asks the Indianapolis Journal to locate a short poem titled Old Stars for republication. The poem, a tribute to Major General Ormaby M. Mitchell, appeared around 1963 after his death, and the writer notes astronomers and soldiers knew the general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Ormaby M. Mitchell
Seeman
Books Murmur In Dim Light From Love in a Mist
A reader studies cherished volumes by a soft lamp, turning pages and noting a finger-marked corner. The ancient rhymes of love and death seem suddenly alive, as ash-gray light reveals a page folded down and a book’s inner voice reads back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Whester
Water and Its Uses Described by a Doctor in Plain Terms
A physician outlines water’s vital role for life and health, detailing how the body loses and takes in water, the purity of distilled and rainwater, risks of cistern and river waters, and the consequences of hard and soft waters. It covers boiling, lead poisoning risk, teetotaler myths, daily drinking guidelines, and cautions for illness and overuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Artemisia and Mausolos Ride Eternal in Marble Shrine
A verse on Artemisia and Mausolos transcending death, their love immortalized as a radiant chariot that remains aloft in air, turning ashes to stone and creating a shrine described as the world's last wonder. The poem ends with a note and a contractor notice referencing pine timbers and lumber in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemisia
Mausoles
Mausolos
Ernest Rhys
Harper's Magazine
Cannelton Enquirer
Indiana
Gossip and Sailors Night Amid Heat Dark Sky
A long fragment blends a political gossipy scene in whichTom promises mayoral backing with a crowd nomination, then shifts to a vivid nautical night aboard a hot ship. The piece laments editor practices in Indiana and discusses Sunday sacred concerts at Bedford with mixed appropriateness of musical selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Robinson
Bedford
Fair Grounds
Miller
Meyerbeer
la Rosa de Costela
Holy City
Morals Taught By A Paris Dressmaker Story
A plainly dressed woman enters a Paris shop asking for cheap good material. The attendant dismisses her as unworthy, prompting Mrs. Andrew Carnegie to leave and seek alternatives. The tale offers a social moral about dignity and choices for the wealthy and the modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Paris
Andrew Carnegie
Hassocks and Rugs Sale Textual Ad Listing Items
A brief ad fragment lists 100 hassocks at 75 sink and cook table rugs for the kitchen at 300 cuttings of fine carpets at 5c 10c and 15c each.
Also Mentioned on This Page
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Missouri
North Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York
India
Java
Ake
Peabody Normal College
Czar
Russia
Washington, D. C
M. BE
Indianapolis
Questions and
Magellan
Army
H. M. B. Oklahoma
Navy
Atte
Neilson A. Miles
John R. Brooke
Henry C. Corbin
Elwell S. Otis
Henry ¢. Merriam
Samuel B. M. Young
Arthur MacArthur
Joseph C. Breckinridge
G. Norman Lieber
Marshall J. Ludington
George M. Sternberg
Adolphus W. Grecity
Fred ¢. Ainsworth
Medh
Muncie, Ind
Price
Aah Sahing Rae
Indiana Time Lumber Co
Monon Railroad
Thomas
Kissel’s
Tom
Tropics
Axminster
Brussel
Albert Gall
West Washington Street
Commercial Club
Bell Tel
Lavine
Plainfield
Ind
Indianapollia
Theodore L. Sewall
May Wragut Sewall
Fredonia Allen
Atkins
Kent
Lake No Other
Ge. Cathing & CO
Corner South
Illnois Sta
CSQA
W. B. Barry Saw and Supply Co
Penn. ST
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