Crassus and Crises in Rome’s Eastern Wars
The excerpt surveys Crassus in the East, the Parthian clash, and the collapse at Carrhae. It notes his rise from moneyed equestrian status to conflict with Parthia, the brutal two day battle, and his rumored deadly fate. It frames Rome’s limits against nomadic hordes spanning Rhine to Indus and hints at Asian incursions reshaping empire borders.
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Spartacus
East
Italy
Vasuviusa
Lucullus
Ontus
Mithridates
Pompey ‘the Great
Armenia
Pontus
Tacullus
Julius Caesar
Gaul
Rhine
Straits of Dover
Britain
Rome
Crassus
Ender
Rst
Danube
Russia
Central Asia
Caspian Sea
Indus
Alexander
Euphrates
Darius
Osrius
Carrhea
B. C
Iran
Crasgus
Alps
Black Sea
Roman missteps and eastern drift through history
The article traces Roman ignorance in eastern affairs as they pushed from Perso canum and Bithynia into fonts and Armenia looting, comparing it to earlier power shifts. It notes how empires like Babylon and Chaidear faced encroaching frontiers, with outer barbarians pressing westward and mixing with Parthians and Scexthians, before hinting at tomorrow’s piece on Julius Caesar.
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Persocanum
Bithynia
Fonts
Pompey
Armenia
Persia
Moose killings in Canada drive hunting boom
News reports a surge of visitors to Canadian woods as 16,000 moose are killed annually in the dominion with one bull moose and one buck deer legally taken. Authorities say forest stock remains ample and strict laws plus fires prevention ensure conservation amid growing cross border hunting. An accompanying note from Vienna lists an auction of 20,000 gallons of white wine and 70,000 bottles of rare vintages.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Canadian Pacific Railway
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Republic
Vienna
Jan
Treasure Hunt Undersea Tunnel Aims for Sunken Grosvenor
A syndicate in CAPH POTN on January 13 reports digging a submarine tunnel to reach the sunken steamer Grosvenor off Pondoland. The article also notes Nangarovus allegedly capture animals that annoy them and drown them by holding beneath water.
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Caph .Potn
Pondoland
Nangarovus
London Fog Raises City Death Rate and Illness
London experts say recent fogs increased night time lighting costs and spurred sickness. For the week ended November 26 London’s death rate reached 14.3 per 1000, above England and Wales at 12.6. Bronchitis and bronchopneumonia deaths rose to 238 from 182, mainly among children, blamed on weather and darkness.
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London
England and
Wales
Glasgow Demolishes Slum District in Grim Redevelopment
Glasgow announces the wipeout of the river tenement slum once famed as the world’s most squalid area. Authorities ordered vacates as buildings neared collapse and approved plans to tear down the district. New municipally owned houses rise in the suburbs to house hundreds of homeless residents.
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Glasgow
Marriage Superstitions in Sussex Wagland
In Sussex Wagland a superstition says twins should not marry in the same church. The rule applies to first marriages with the bride appearing in gloves. A widow marrying a second husband must wear gloves and the bride must feed the family cat on her wedding day to avoid believed disasters within a year.
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Sussex
Wagland
The Promise of Spring Frock For Cynthia Brent
Cynthia Brent is befriended by Mrs Wakeland and Hortense as they prepare a two color gown in hyacinth blue and shell pink. Hortense designs without a pattern, claiming artistry while a dream dress inspired by a stage look unfolds, with references to a generous godmother and looming social circles.
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Cynthia
Murray Steawart
Florions
Hortense
Ifrench
Margaret Wakeland
Tye
Elorterse
Frartense
Miss Brent
Margaret
Wakeland
Price of Wheat and the Grain Markets Debate
We report a Chicago discussion on why farmers set prices and how grain exchanges operate. J H Cunningham demands legislation to compel exchanges to organize farmer-owned companies and to curb exchanges defying Congress. He criticizes Board of Trade practices as hypocritical and urges light on trading methods. Harriet Wallace Ashby argues farming must attract trained women and men, with improved living standards to keep them on the land. The piece also notes a historical aside about planting Wellingtonian trees in Royal Gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
JH. Cunningham
United States Grain Growers’ Inc
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago ‘Exchange
United States Train Growers’, Inc
Cunningham
Supreme Court of the
United States
Uel
Chicago Board of ‘Trade
Congress
Harriet Wallace Ashby
Wallace
Einstein eclipse plates arrive from Australia at Lick Observatory
At Lick Observatory near San Francisco experts opened 48 photographic plates from a September solar eclipse at a distant Australian outpost. The W H Crocker Expedition, led by Dr. W. W. Campbell, used Einstein cameras to test relativity by measuring how the sun bends light from nearby stars. Final results await careful analysis after weeks of measurements.
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San Francisco
Lick Observatory
Albert Einstein
Einstein
W. W. Campbell
W.H. Crocker
South Pacific
Mt. Hamilton
Bond
Pacific
Crocker
Thursday Island
Kobe
Dome
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H. G. Wells
Outline OF History
Asis
Briggs
Tethewe Oe
China
Tentons
Dulius Caesar
Raz
Chread
Eynthie
Producers and Stock Exchange
Boards of Trade
Prince of England
California
Royal Horticultural Society
Nou
Liz
Irvice
Ing
Adamson
Mysteryland
George McManus
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