The Special Correspondent in a Russian, Persian, Turkoman Frontier Train
Two hours at Kizil Arvat precede a southwesterly dash toward Askhabad along the Persian frontier. The narrator probes a mysterious box carrying a Roumanian man, plans a risky midnight meeting, and notes a mortuary van to Pekin with a dead dignitary, while tracking bandits and new companions aboard the Grand Transasiatic route.
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Kizil Arvat
Askhabad
Herman Zeitung
Vienna
Paris
Amsterdam
Brussels
Antwerp
Christiania
Popof
Gheok Tepe
Loase
Strong, Bulbul & Co
New York
Astara
Mademoiselle Zinca Klerk
Douchak
Noltitz
Central Asia
Turkestan
Grand Transasiatic
Mongolia
China
Ki-Tsang
Yunan
Teheran
Mesched
Worh
Pekin
Faraskiar
Ghangir
Pan Chao
The Watcher and Nightly Intrusions in a Train Scene
The scene follows a nocturnal observer watching a prowling watcher in a town while a dining car conversation reveals travelers like Major Noltitz and Ki Tsang. The piece mixes suspense with social chatter as Claudius Bombarnac and Madame Caterna exchange introductions and theories about fellow passengers.
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Louis Cornaro
Tie-King
Conaro
Noltitz
Faraskiar
Ki-Tsang
Monsieur Bombarnac
Caterna
Bir
Baku
Pekin
Monsieur Caterna
Monsieur Claudius Bombarnac
China
Madame Caterna
Shanghai
Cockawain
Admiral de Boissondy
Mme. Caterna
Caroline Caterna
Monsieur Claudius
Thamthon and Delilahs in a New Neighborhood
Aunt Dee discovers a new boy next door, Samson, with curls like Delilah. Dorothy befriends him as their mothers consult and history resurfaces. A long‑lost love named David Whiting returns, offering a home and motherly care to the boy and to Dee.
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Dorothy
Dee
Aunt Dee
Mercy
Thamthon
Sampson
Merthy
Boyth
Girith
Aunt Merthy
Okrata
Lampoon
Whiting
Thambon
Grace Thornby
Deborah Wright
Deborah
Grace
Samson
David
Delilah
Aunt Mercy
Tke
George Washington
Shadows Cast By Pines Lead to Unending Lostness
A poetic fragment evokes leading directions toward pines whose shade never gives way lifting no sun, leaving the speaker forever lost in perpetual shadow. The verse reflects Harper's tone and nature imagery without a defined narrative.
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Harper's
Trials and jests cross the old newspapers
A column of humorous quips and quibbles contrasts moral judgments with wry wit. A minister questions faith in a sister’s photo while a daughter’s spirit is linked to a dancing night and a strong draft. The piece satirizes gender roles and social expectations in brief witticisms.
General Fitzhugh Lee Dies A Noted Confederate Veteran
General Fitzhugh Lee, nephew of Robert E. Lee, died of apoplexy. He led the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered to Meade in 1865. He served as Virginia governor from 1886 to 1890 and was Havana consul general before the Spanish American War. He later commanded the Seventh Army Corps and governed Havana, eventually leading the Missouri department.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Robert E. Lee
Cavalry Corps
Army of Northern Virginia
Meade
Virginia
Havana
Spain
Seventh Army Corps
Department of the Missouri
Herbs Give Way To Drugs In Greenwich Shop
In Greenwich England a small shop named An Herb for Every Pain sells hundreds of herbs once common in grandmothers’ kitchens. The article notes how old remedies like catnip and sassafras tea fade as modern drugs rise, warning some herbs are poisonous yet labeled and sold with standard safety.
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Greenwich
England
Curious Defenses and Seven Lies Keep Duck Thief Free
A New Orleans Times-Democrat note on odd lawful defenses highlights Codd’s puzzle where seven reasons were offered to justify a duck theft. The tale ends that acquittal came not from a single defense but the judge’s doubt in choosing one, with a second anecdote about a lawyer advising flight from trouble.
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Codd
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Henry James on American girls elusiveness
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes novelist Henry James saying American girls are attractive but lack elusiveness. The exchange asks what that implies and he replies that it means you can't lose her.
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A& Wild
Henry James
Henry
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Rhock
Tepe
Ephrinell
Horatia Bluett
Faruakiar
the Watcher
Shmson and
Delilarl
Glover
Bob-White
Nicholas
David Whiting
Indianapolis
Cincinnati Enquirer
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