Prior Plans Bold Ocean Quest After Johnway Mystery
Detective Mr. Prior resolves to hire a seaworthy fishing vessel and hunt the coast from Newfoundland to New York for Jasper Johnway. He questions Patsy Gullens at Johnway Station, tests loyalties, and urges Gullens to join the voyage.
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Prier
Jasper Johnway
Johnway
Patsy Gullens
Newfoundland
New York
Prior
Johnway Park
Philip
Mr. Prior
Johnway Station
Jahnway Park
Jasper Jahnway
Gullens
Priers
Maine
Turkish Woman Evades Customs in Ghost Like Style
A Turkish lady travels in a ladies carriage from Constantinople to Sofia and slips past frontier officers by clever deflection and wealth signals. The author notes the woman’s breakfast coffee, gifts, and deft refusal to be inspected, highlighting gendered perceptions of smuggling.
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Westminster Gazette
Custom House
Pierre Loti
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Hermanil
Hanum
Peru's Callao Lima and Peru Port City Overview
John Barrett summarizes Callao as a major Pacific port and Peru's hub for trade with about 1,000 annual vessel visits, 20 steamships, and a 5,000 ton floating dock. Lima, nine miles away, thrives with electric lines, grand avenues, a famed university, and colonial history amid rapid modernization. Peru's vast coastline, diverse products, railway feats, and potential as a transcontinental power are highlighted along with key sites like Lake Titicaca and the Oroya railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Bureau of the American Republics
John Barrett
Callao
Lima
Peru
South America
Pacific
Valparaiso
Chile
Havre
Hook of Holland
San Lorenzo
Palominos
Callan
Andes
Spanish America
Mexico
Europe
America
Spain
Pizarro
Panama
Buenos Ayres
Columbus Avendia
Columbus
de Lesseps
Colon
Junin
Ayacuccho
Tquitos
Atlantic
Iquitos
Amazon
Manaos
New York
Columbia
New York State
Oroya Railway
Henry Meigs
Chinese Spy Delivers Russian Message Through Japanese Front Lines
A Boston Herald account recalls a Manchuria episode with Kuropatkin and Stoessel. A Chinese spy, bribed by Kuropatkin, passed an important dispatch to Kuroki, agreed to deliver the reply back, and collected $1,000 for the risky mission.
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John H. K. de Forest
Auburndale
Japan
Kuroki
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Stoessel
Boston Herald
Tree planting rule in Norway mandates three saplings per felled tree
A Norwegian ethical rule states that anyone who cuts down a tree must plant three in its place to restore forest resources and ensure future growth, reflecting a strong conservation ethos across communities.
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Norway
The Dying Earth and Desert Expansion Across the World
A Century magazine excerpt discusses advancing deserts and climate decline. It details petrified forests in northern Arizona, chalcedony replaces organic wood, and diminishing rainfall driving a retreat of verdure from 6500 feet to 4500 feet above sea level.
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Arizona
Sahara
Arabia
Central
Asia
Colorado
Great Pine
San Francisco
Anti- Lebanon
Syria
Damascus
Arizona Desert
Cabin Boys and King Oscar
Senator Perkins recounts a youth voyage from Kennebunkport to Stockholm where he and shipmate Sandy trespassed into a royal garden and met the king who protected them. Perkins later became California governor and rich in California politics. The piece ends with a note on clearing house practices and 116 such houses in North America.
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Senator Perkins
United States
George Clement Perkins
California
Perkins
Kennebunkport
Pine Tree
Sandy
Stockholm
Sweden
George Perkins
Washington Cor
Chicago Tribune
Liquor Saloons in the South Compare to New York and Chicago
In 1905 New York had 30 000 liquor selling places and Chicago 28 000 while the entire South had 29 000. New York state population was 8 160 000 with 34 080 tax stamps issued for liquor manufacturing and sale. The 13 Southern states with 23 500 000 people secured under 30 000 stamps in 1906.
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New York
Chicago
South
New York State
Clouds Rise High as Winds Push Thin High Altitude Formations
The passage describes the highest clouds reaching ten miles up and appearing white and feathery. It notes they seem motionless yet move at speeds between seventy five and ninety miles per hour.
Imitations of Precious Stones Warn Against Counterfeit Sparkles
The piece notes that diamonds pearls and turquoises are easy to imitate well false rubles and sapphires can be detected with ease and judged counterfeit.
The Clearing House Genesis and Its Balancing Process
An overview of the clearing house origin as a central exchange for bank instruments and the modern New York method. Clerks from each member bank exchange checks in a daily cycle, tallying receipts and liabilities to reveal each bank’s net balance or obligation.
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New York Clearing House
New York Exchange
Canada
Frank Greene
Exchange
New York
When to Shoot a Moose in the Canadian Wilderness
An anecdote from the Milwaukee Sentinel recounts a winter Arctic hunt with an Indian guide. After days chasing a moose across miles of snow and ice, the hunter learns the chase matters more than the kill, changing his perspective and temper.
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Prior
Canada
H. N. Brown
Medical Commission
Moose
Milwaukee Sentinel
Arsenic Eaters of Styrian Industry and Myth
A Washington Herald report quotes Alois E Steinzier of Vienna on Styrian arsenic use for beauty and strength. He describes workers in Styrian factories beginning arsenic as youths and gradually gaining vigor, though predicting death around age forty five.
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Styria
Alois E. Steinzier
Vienna
Austria
Washington Herald
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Constance Craig
Gilbert Senn
Matilda Webb
Jess
Walter Aldrich
Constance Craige
Aldrich
Elsie Senn
John Kane
Kane
Lurline Bannettie
Morning
Mr. Gullens
Jahnway
Spre
Cullens
Lurline Bannottie
Pacific Ocean
Lake Titicaca
Harvard Astronomical Observatory
el Misti
Arequipa
Republic
Cabin Boys
King Oscar
the Clearing House
Hunter
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