Journey to Pekin Beyond the Great Desert
Special Correspondent Bombarnac details a perilous Central Asia trek by train. In the van a Roumanian lover, Kinko, hides in a packing case bound for Pekin to join his fiancée Zinca, aided secretly by Bombarnac who vows to help and later report the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claudius Bombarnac
Pekin
Monsieur Bombarnac
Providence
Kinko
Roumanian
Bucharest
France
Paris
Faubourg Saint Antoine
Mademoiselle Zinca Klerk
Avenue Cha-Coua
China
Varia
Vekin
Monsieur
Monsieur Bombaronc
Tiflis
Mademoiselle Zinea Klerk
Zinca
Central Asia
Caspian
Mery
Bokhara
Kadigar
Custom House
Allens
Popof
Major Noltitz
Simple Home Cures for Warts Teeth Pimples and Hands
A column offers household remedies for warts toothache and pimples. Warts respond to castor oil cinnamon salvia saliva acetic acid and vinegar. A toothache fix uses boiling vinegar and cotton wool. Pimples are treated with figs senna sugar and a glycerin-spermaceti mix. A hand lotion combines glycerine tartaric acid water and a waxy oil. Preventive baths for corns use alum vinegar lavender water and salted cold water.
Jersey Fossil Sparks Talk of Ancient Mosquito Bill
A Jersey commuter says he dug up a four foot fossil in his garden prompting speculation that it is the bill of a prehistoric mosquito. Rodrick and Van Albert discuss producing a life of Ratsull, noting the high cost and Morocco binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Rodrick
Ratsull
van Albert
Morocco
Sorry He Spoke. Reggy Bad Jove Dialog
A quirky exchange notes a singer Miss Rose and Reggy discussing sincerity and a late performance. They reference the night’s show from 10 to 12 and remark on industry wisdom versus lazy folly. The dialogue hints at cultural commentary on modern singing.
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Reggy
Miss Rose
Trick House Opens At Public Amusement Park
A new illusion structure called the trick house has appeared at a public amusement park. Its exterior appears normal with perpendicular walls while interior rooms are built out of plumb and floors tilt, creating topsy turvy passages. Visitors enter normal corridors before sudden shifts into distorted rooms, aided by mirrors to intensify the confusion.
Boys leave after noisy Richard III show at Wilson Ranch
Two men from Wilson Ranch grow impatient during a poor performance of Richard III. One farmer urges exit while the other delays to persevere until the show finally begins. A stray remark about a horse underscores the uneasy mood.
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Wilson Ranch
Conquest Great American Desert The Bad Use of Water
The piece argues for disciplined irrigation to avoid wasting water and ruining land. It warns Eastern settlers in the West about overwatering, stresses intelligent distribution, and urges irrigationists to educate users and oversee water use. It notes pump irrigation risks from unregulated operators and the need for prudent, regulated watering.
Definition of irrigation and efficient water use
An irrigation advocate argues for simple, modular water storage such as tanks or reservoirs and strategic pump use to irrigate land in portions. He emphasizes avoiding costly large-scale systems while ensuring timely irrigation by keeping storage and gates usable across fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Wilsey
Denver Field
Milner’s South Africa Rule Ends as Selborne Takes Post
Lord Milner leaves South Africa after eight years as high commissioner and Cape commissioner in the Boer War era. Lord Selborne succeeds him as first lord of the admiralty and brings a record of popularity and steady service. Born in 1859, he followed his father into the earldom in 1895 and has earned high regard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Selborne
South Africa
Lord Milner
Admiralty
Cape
the Admiralty
New York Women Push Divorce as Freedom From Bondage
A New York Society for Political Study hears women argue divorce is a remedy for unfair marriage. Mrs Belle Gray Taylor mocks the God-made bond idea, saying intelligent scrutiny shows many marriages are man-made. One speaker likens divorce to Canada for the Negro, signaling a push for broader divorce rights.
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New York
Society For Political Study
New York Dispatches
Belle Gray Taylor
New York Society For Political Study
Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Thomas FE. Slack
Canada
New York Tribune
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Nobitz
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Faraskiar
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Tchardsoul
Samarkand
Tam
Baku
Anover
Tchardjoni
Khanate
Abun Ada
Noltitz
Yen Lon
Farasklar
Tie-King
Pan- Chao
Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer
Tie- King
Ghangir
Pan Chao
Turkestan
Ki-Tsang
Europe
Yunnan
Ki- Tsang
Faruskiar
Tamerlane
Bogd
Faruskair
Thas
Rooma
Chicago Tribune
Canal Company
Will
Philadelphia
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