Journey Through Central Asia Aboard the Transasiatic
The narrator travels from Tashkend toward the Pamirs aboard the Grand Transasiatic. Along the route, Kinko the Roumanian receives provisions, romance and intrigue unfold among passengers, and frontier tension rises as the train nears Chinese Turkes tan. An accidental coupling break leaves the rear vans behind.
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Popof
Kokhan
Kinko
Monsieur Bombarnac
Gacigar
Pekin
Marghehan
Russian Turkestan
Pamir
Central Asia
Turkestan
Tashkend
Samarkand
Caspian Sea
Pamir Plateau
Epigrams on Education and Society From Historic Figures
A collection of sayings attributed to leaders and thinkers from Britain and Ireland. The quotes discuss democracy, poetry as antidote to materialism, education reform, children's needs, tolerance, biblical reading, nutrition over drills, Ireland’s oppression, and the bicycle as a youth symbol.
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Victoria
Great Britain
Andrew Carnegie
Alfred Austin
Balfour
Austen Chamberlain
Earl Spencer
Bishop
Manchester
Laurie
Edinburgh University
Ireland
George Wyndham
A. Marten
New York Sun
Roof of the World Roads and the Grand Transasiatic
The Pamir plateau, the roof of the world, is described as a vast entanglement of valleys averaging over three thousand meters in altitude. Roads across its passes required viaducts, tunnels, and rope-haul locomotives, with heroic feats by engineers surpassing those in the Sierra Nevada. The landscape is desolate, with few huts and no towns.
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Vashkend
Nijni-Novgorod
Samarkand
Tashkend
Kinko
Major Nollitz
Khodjend
Kokhan
Marghelan
Och
Pamirs
Ephrinellia
Horatio Bluett
Zinca Klark
Roumanian
Caterna
Turkestan
Pamir
Grand Transasiatic
Monsieur Caterna
Grand Premier Comique
Shanghai
Pan Chao
Coquelin
Monsieur
Francis Trevellyan
Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer
Kaastakoa Station
Kokhan Station
Major Noltitz
Yen Lou
Pekin
Celestial Empire
Faraskiar
Uzun Ada
Kachgar
Bam-i-Douniah
Thian Shan
Kuen Lun
Kara Korum
Himalaya
Hindoo Koosh
Marco Volo
Forsyth
Douglas
Biddulph
Younghusband
Gordon
Upper
Nile
Fendchenko
Bkobeleff
Prievalsky
Grombtchexaky
General Pevitzoff
Prince Gal
Gouroundi
Kauffmann
Tagarma
Oxus
Amou-Rudia
Tarim
Central Asia
Bels
Sierra Nevada
Rocky Mountains
Pugilist Woggins-Blowitz Drops Weight Before Final Fight
In a sharp exchange the pugilist sheds 130 pounds of flesh during training for his last bout. A terse remark about half the world sparks a quip from his married trainer. His wife’s elopement with a trainer adds scandal to the brief, pointed dialogue.
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Woggins
Blowitz
Snoozem
Where They Differ We Seek Practice From Theory
The exchange contrasts theory and practice with a professor and a medical student remarking that one pays for theory while expecting compensation for practice. The quote reflects Mill’s view that a state's value stems from its people and their attributes.
Maple sugar making in decline warns of hollow industry
The Bureau of Forestry reports maple sugar farming has shrunk since 1850, with seven eighths of sold maple products found adulterated. It notes profits of about $3 per acre, the grove offering firewood and family work, amid broader cautions on honesty in markets and the growing costs of deficits and immigration in 1905.
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Bureau of Forestry
New England
New York
Typewriting training starts at Zacatecas normal school
The Zacatecas normal school will begin teaching typewriting with modern machines bought by the state government. Chicago and Alton employees have been instructed to avoid alcohol gambling and dance halls to keep a high physical and mental standard.
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Zacatecas
Mexico
Chicago
Alton
Pollywog Philosophy and Other Curious Tales
A miscellany of short anecdotes and tales. Pollywogs debate their nature and dignity as frogs while birds exclaim the world is funny. A cat named Pussy returns to her ship and kittens after a long year ashore. Short notes celebrate boyhood achievements, the American eagle, stage-trained horses, and infant transport by various cultures.
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Atlantic
Navy Department
Great Britain
Apenines
Savona
Point Breeze
Philadelphia
Bayonne
Hugo
Agnes Reporter
Indians and Hunters Clash Over Reserved Game Rights
Northern Minnesota hunters report deer and moose scarcity due to alleged Indian poaching off reservations. Authorities struggle to convict offenders, as Indians shield their own and game laws are hard to enforce, leaving warden attention minimal.
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Minnesota
Redmen
Indian hunter evades game wardens to take game into reserve
A Duluth Herald passage notes that Indian hunters may ignore nearby game wardens and still shoot game, driving it into the reservation before detection. The account highlights ongoing tension between hunters and enforcement in the region.
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Duluth
New Use for Incubators Alligator Farming Plans Profitable
A New York World report notes Arkansas alligator farms adopt incubators to hatch 25 to 30 eggs per nest. Incubation runs about five weeks and hatchlings sell for about $1 to visitors from the North. Farms breed for hides used in bags and belts, with supply lagging demand.
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Arkansas
New York World
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Usun Ada
Ki- Teang
Dpoper
J. S. Mill
Cos
Treasury
Shaw
Post Office Department
Ellis Island
New York City
United States
General Staff
Army
Oliver Wendell Holmes
I Boys
Nhs
Estertain Young
Alexander Pope
Macaulay
John O'Keefe
William Pitt
Washington
Audubon
Labrador
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