Sea of Marmora and its shores rich with ancient history
The Sea of Marmora a brief, storied waterway between the Dardanelles and Bosporus hosts Thracian shores and Asiatic indented coasts. Constantinople anchors its busy coastline while Cyzicus Nicomedia and Nicaea rise in antiquity to power and decline amid ruins and relics.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Lake
Champlain
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Marmora
Black Seas
Aegean
Ionian
Orient Express
Myarmara
Nicomedia
Mandania
Cyzicus
Kalolimnos
Gulf of Mondania
Princes Isles
Constantinople
Panderma
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Gulf of Moudania
Ebrusa
Mount Olympus
Hamburg
Levant
China
Justinian
Italy
France
Yalova
Gulf of Nicomedia
Constantine
Alcibiades
Athens
Chrysopolis
Scutari
Straits
Scythia
Greece
Alexander
the Granicus
Bithynia
Pergamos
Pontus
Rome
Byzantium
Sparta
Nicaea
Nicomedes II
Diocletian
Isaik
Marmara
Gulf of
the Church
Brusa
Hannibal
Prusias
Rodosto
Francis II Rakoezy
Silivri
Selymoria
Anastasius I
Les
Megara
Lindbergh Joins Select Company of Solo Explorers
Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society lists Col. Charles A. Lindbergh among famed solo adventurers. It recalls Livingstone, Stanley, Selkirk, Slocum, Pidgeon, Rowan, and others who voyaged alone, notes their deeds and the glory earned, and cites the enduring image of solitary courage in exploration.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
David Livingstone
Henry Stanley
Alexander Selkirk
Robinson Crusoe
Joshua Slocum
Harry Pidgeon
Andrew 8
Rowan
John Colter
Sir Galahad
National Geographic Society
Westminster Abbey
Africa
Congo
Livingstone
Ujiji
Explorer
Garcia
Colonel Lindbergh
Elbert Hubbard
McKinley
Cuba
General Garcia
Californians Favor Ahead Styles Warned by National Trade Leader
A. H. Genting of Philadelphia, president of the National Shoe Retailers' Association, says shoe styles in California are six months ahead and by the time they reach the Atlantic coast Californians are wearing something different.
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San Francisco
California
A. H. Genting
Philadelphia
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Berlin Professor Proposes Heart as Secondary to Cellular Power
Berlin professor Martin Mendelsohn challenges the heart as life’s prime mover, arguing cellular activity in glands and skin drives blood flow by absorbing and excreting liquids. He cites cases of people with weak hearts who live, and says heart tests alone can misidentify death.
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Berlin
Martin Mendelsohn
Berlin University
Mendelsohn
New Medical Weekly
Die Medizinische Zeit
Alfred Kerr
Berliner Tageblatt
Medical Society
Special Outfit Saves Fallen Totem Poles
The Dominion government totem pole preservation outfit arrives at Skeena Crossing with hoisting gear including the giant derrick from Kitwanga. Work shifts to Gytsegyuela near the Skeena River while 18 poles stand on the riverbank, attracting tour traffic as the Pacific highway nears. The road gang will extend the highway toward Kitwanga this season.
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Vancouver
B. C
Skeena Crossing
B. Co
Kitwanga
Gytsegyuela
Skeena
Gytsegynuela
United States
Gytsecquela
Dig Up Ruins Believed to Be Timur's Palace
Remains of walls believed to be part of Timur or Tamerlane’s palace were unearthed in Samarkand. Excavators report rich frescoes and decorations. Timor’s capital at Samarkand was famed as a hub of his conquests from the Volga to the Ganges. The article notes his return with spoils and elephants bearing peculiar stones for palace building.
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Timur
Samarkand
Tamerlane
Timur the Lame
Volga
Persian Gulf
Hellespont
Ganges
Briton Finds New Way to Get Auto Repaired
A London man invented a roadside car repair prank by leaving his vehicle beside a similar one and letting the other owner mistake it for his own. When the real owner returned and police were alerted, the first man fixed his own car and drove off as the rightful owner chased the wrong vehicle.
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China
Joseph Rock
Tibet
Yunnan
Peary
North Pole
Alexander Selkirk
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Selkirk
Ponstop
New York
Paris
Boston
Lexington
Paul Revere
London
Indians Have No Single Religion Says National Geographic
Washington report notes nearly 100000 Indians in the United States remain untouched by Christian doctrine and are largely pagans, with beliefs varying by tribe. The National Geographic bulletin describes many spirits animating nature, magic, soul beliefs, medicine men, and practical rites aimed at propitiating natural forces.
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Washington
United States
Board of Indian Commissioners
National Geographic Society
Bulletin
Pacific Coast
Cavalry Troop Formed by U S Infantry in China
In China, officers of the Fifteenth United States infantry guarding the Tientsin-Peking railway improvise a mounted unit. One officer and 34 men from headquarters company received mounts, mostly Mongolian ponies 13 to 14 hands tall and about 700 pounds. Capt. H. M. Henderson trained the platoon in horsemanship, cavalry drill, patrolling and street fighting with long practice marches.
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Washington
Fifteenth United States Infantry
Tientsin-Peking
China
Fifteenth Infantry
H. M. Henderson
Healthier Stronger Girl Finds Relief From Weakness
Julia Schmidt of 113 Willow St Silverton Oregon describes improving health after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. A factory worker long weakened by arduous sewing tasks she eventually regains strength and urges other women to try the remedy.
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Oregon
America
Julia Schmidt
Lydia B. Pinkham
Willow St
Silverton
Miss Schmidt
Castoria Advertisement Promises Gentle Relief for Children
A vintage medical ad touts Fletcher's Castoria as a 30 year remedy for babies and children. It claims to ease constipation flatulence wind cough and diarrhea and to regulate the stomach and bowels aiding natural sleep without opiates. The text notes the genuine product bears a signature.
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Fletcher
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Sea of Marmora
Lindbergh
New England
Los Angeles
Pidgeon
Galahad
Beowulf
St. George
Gulliver
Jack
Giant Killer
Daniel Boone
David Thompson
Lake Superior
Lewis and Clark
Yellowstone Park
Colter
Yellowstone
Shanghai
Frank N. Meyer
Meyer
Yangtze River
Tao
Stylese
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ars
Winslow
Corn S&s
DE Scholls
Chamberlain
Corarany
Cangen
Indianapolis Cancer Hospital
Indianspotis
Hanford’s
Castoria
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