Across the Gobi by Motor Car to Urga and Irkutsk
The Gobi desert long seen as perilous for caravans now hosts a Kalgan to Urga motor route. Thirty-five Buick cars transport passengers quickly, slashing time by almost three weeks and linking interior China with Siberia.
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Peking
China
Irkutsk
Siberia
Qlian Plateau
Gobi
Kalgan
Urga
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Chinese Railway Commission
Uren
Rabean
Vladivostok
Verran Vid Mukden
Harbin
Verkuhendinsk
Viakhta
Quaint Old Indian Coins and Ty derabad Mint
In 1908 the independent state at Ty derabad India gained a modern mint. The old Hyderabad mint was a copper shop with crude stamping and irregular weight. Licenses allowed coppersmiths to help, leading to adulteration with lead and heavy impurity when coins were sent to England.
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Tyderabad
India
Hyderabad
England
Breath Guards for Dentists and Physicians Invented in Osceola
Popular Science Monthly reports two Osceola inventors have created a glass shield to cover nostrils and block inhalation of germ laden breath. The curved device, held by a spring clip to the nose, aims to protect professionals like dentists barbers and doctors from patients breath while allowing proximity during work.
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Popular Science Monthly
Ark
Who Stole the Great Patagonia Dinosaurus Mystery
Buenos Aires museum director Dr. Ameghino seeks answers about a missing Patagonian dinosaur skeleton unearthed near Neuquén by English engineers. Tapia led an expedition to retrieve the specimen but the main skeleton vanished while others remained. The expedition cost 2000 pesos.
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Buenos Aires
Carlos Amegnino
Arthur Smith
Woodward
M British Museum
Ameghino
Dinosaurus
Augusto Tapia
Tapia
Ameghin
Lioness Mascot Killed in Circus Accidental Feeding
A local managerie lioness named Mascot was accidentally killed by her trainer at a social luncheon in Paris. Report says the roast lion meat tasted tasteless, eliciting disbelief from ep icure attendees.
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Paris
Unclear fragment notes needles and Egypt reference
Fragmentary text mentions needles and Egypt with ambiguous context. lacks coherent event, names, dates, or places to establish a factual news item.
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