New Women in Turkey and the Harem Myths
Demetra Vaka Brown, an American-born writer with Turkish roots, discusses the so called new women of Turkey. She relays Turkish wives who share husbands, contrasts European ideas of freedom with Islam and Turkish customs, and describes conversations about suffrage and family roles amid differing modern and traditional values.
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Kansas City
Demetra
Vaka Brown
Bor
Turkey
America
Land of the Free
University of Athens
Sorbonne
Paris
New York
Atlantis
Comstock School
Kenneth Brown
Grownhin
Husbend
Rlberto
Ameri
Roan
Fm Vaie
Allah
Abo
Mra Brown
Mort Refine
Brown
Rockefeller
Henry Jamesee
Laure Ji Pinese
Woman's Suffrage
Neve
Dever
Nassarah
Taakran
Naskarah
Chilm Pasha
Plas Rkran
Towser Must Be Tied Tonight DUROC BILL
A rustic poem recounts Towser the dog sparking a quarrel over a melon patch and a courting pair. The farmer relents after the young man John Henry is chased and the maid pleads for mercy, leading to a paternal blessing and a union.
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Bessie
John Henry
Old Towser
Hesse
John
Towner
Forgiven at Last by the Desert Wife
A displaced narrator recalls a troubled marriage marked by loss and longing. She tended ailing kin, faced separation, and endured loneliness as her husband sought a second wife. In old age a distant daughter returns, and she finds forgiveness through faith and memory.
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Abe
Bng Jrand
Bylmiah
New Discovery Cough Cure Promised in Ad Copy
A damaged 19th century advertisement cites Mrs Fannie Connor of Georgetown Tenn praising Dr King’s New Discovery as the only real cough cure for persistent lung illness. The claim promises relief when other remedies fail and advertises trial bottles for sale.
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Peeamonia
Fannie Connor
Kunal Route 1
Georgetown
Tenn
Dr. King
Unlikely Korean Idol Venture Planned by Kavanaugh
William Kavanaugh traveled from California to Missouri in search of a material to fabricate small gods and seals for Korean idol buyers. He studied Korean preferences, met missionary Miss Mary Oglesby, and planned to ship a rearload of the material to Pingyang to establish a local factory. If initial sales prove profitable, he aims to export regularly from Webb City area to Korea.
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Kavanaugh
Koren
Missouri
Japan
Korea
Go Kavanaugh
California
Mary Oglesby
Kansas City
Charley Perry
Fred Harvey
Kansas City Union Depot
Harvey
Kansan City
Judson Jonox
Webb City
Ain
Galena
Kas
Earload
Kavanauen
Pingyang
Oglesby
Dialectic telephone chat and ad snippets in a damaged page
A garbled dialogue emphasizes miscommunication and a mistaken plan while a jumbled ad block promotes photo studios and a Chamberlain's Cough Remedy testimonial. The fragmentary text includes calls, music from a plane, and a price note of 25 cents for stamps or photos, with a brief medical remedy endorsement.
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Mle
Mra. Brown
Dave
Dive
Heutar
Bert
Papa
Towser
Old Domgie
Matien
Hessie
Johe
F. W. Shaefer
Osgar
Adolf
KODAK
Jarante Stare Studio
West Gold Avenue
W. F. Gaston
Pasco
Montezuma Trust CO
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Amp
the Bank of Commerce of
Solomon Luna
W. S. Strickler
V. P. and
Cashier
W. Johnson
Asst
Wm. McIntosh
J. C. Baldridge
Botomon Luna
A. M. Blackwell
Geo
Arnot
O. E. Cromwell
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fery
First National Bank
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Joshua
Raynolds
M. W. Flournoy
Frank McKee
R. A. Frost
F. Raynolds
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Pabst
Pabst Blue
Milwaukee
Ernest Meyers & Co
Silver Ave
State National Bank
Gross, Kelly & Co., Inc
Wool, Hide and Pelt Dealers
Las Vegas
Rel
RIO Grande Lumber CO
Putney
Albuquerque, WN
Albuquerque Lumber Co
Rex
First
Marquette
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