On the Grand Transasiatic Train Across Central Asia
The narrative recounts a late night delay after a broken coupling with missing vans and a tense frontier inspection at Kachgar. Faruskiar reveals his true rank, amid Chinese officials and mixed travelers, as the party continues toward Pekin aboard a Chinese railway.
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Yenon
Farrakiar
Popof
Stoker
Faruskiar
Ghangir
Noltitz
Kachgar
Chinese Turkestan
Donner Vetter
Major Noltitz
Custom House
Kinko
Yen Lon
Green Standard
Pekin
Pocket Typewriter Aims At Journalists On The Go
A new pocket device four by three inches promises note taking without leaving the pocket. Journalists and authors may use it without removing their hands. Other items remark on painless dentistry, disdain for art, and doctors condemning clay modeling in schools as infectious.
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England
Yorkshire
Bulletin de la Societe Industrielle de
Hett
Trumpet Calls and Warnings on Salvation and Society
A sermon from a church leader urges readers to value eternity over earthly gains, resist lowering manhood for fundraising, and rely on intelligence with enthusiasm. It cautions against outgrowing the Bible, stresses that true worth is in Kingdom service, and condemns preaching on art amid hunger and sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of the
God
Father of the Navy Commemorated in Philadelphia Grave Project
A push to erect a more fitting memorial for Commodore John Barry in St. Mary’s churchyard Philadelphia highlights his Revolutionary War deeds. Barry commanded the Lexington first raised the Union flag in battle Christened the country’s naval traditions and guided Lafayette back to France.
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St. Mary’s
Philadelphia
John Barry
Congress
High Seas
Washington
Howe
Barry
Lafayette
France
Havana
Sybil
United States
Alliance
Saucy
Jack Barry
Commodore Barry
United States Navy
Upset the Ruse and the Moneyed Marriage
A Detroit Free Press snippet notes Adele has married a crabbed old millionaire and finds him unwilling to spend. The piece contrasts dull laughter with the sharp critiques of trust promoters relying on risky “rocks” in their schemes.
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Violet
Rose
Adele
Detroit Free Press
Why the Dog's Nose Stays Cold A Poem
A children's poem by Margaret Eytinge narrates Noah's ark and animal pairs. The dog assists in guiding creatures but ends up with a cold nose from the endless rain. The verse blends playful imagery with a weather-driven moral about a dog’s cold nose.
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Noah
Darling
Margaret Eytinge
Hermie Delivers Bold Rescue at Burning Bridge
Hermie warns mother of danger then rushes to a burning railroad bridge. With no flag, he waves a red blouse and signals the oncoming train, directing engineers and passengers to safety as firefighters tackle the blaze.
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Herman
Hermie
Mother
Pease
Accidental Discoveries and Wordplay from a Bygone Era
A mixed page of anecdotes and wordplay spans Galvani’s frog experiment hinting at the galvanic battery, a comic conundrum about Short Long and Little, and a quip about a waiter with a turkey. The items showcase playful science, linguistic puzzles, and light domestic humor from older writings.
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Boulogne
Italy
Galvani
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Horatia Bluett
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Green Dragon
Caterna
Prince
Paris
Ephrinell
Miss Bluett
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Nathaniel Morse
Heston
Pan Chao
Tie-King
Lord Faruskiar
Faraskiar
Grand Transasiatic
Russian Turk
Baron Weissschnitzerdorfer
Chayter
Kadigar
Pamir
Bolor
Tagharma
Tio-King
Cornaro
China
Europe
Suez
Ephrnnell
Strong, Bulbul & Co
New York
Jericho
San Francisco
Yamanyar
Grand Transasiatic Express
Yanghi-Hissar
Kizil
Old Hanks
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Record-Herald
Christ
Father OF the
Navy
Sarah
Maryland
Philadelphia Ledger
Short Long
Big Mr. Little
Little
Short
Long
Tall Short
Turkey
Greece
Africa
Nicholas
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