New Woman in Turkey Wants Freedom and Unlimited Husbands
An American interviewer recounts Mrs. Demetra Vaka Brown's views from Istanbul on Turkish marriage, the harem, and a perceived new woman. She describes Turkish customs, polygamy, and attitudes toward European ideals, asserting happiness found in polygamous arrangements and critiquing Western notions of woman’s freedom.
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Turkey
Demetra Vaka Brown
Europe
Mrs. Brown
Propontis
America
The
Brown
Allah
Fitertaure
Henry Jameses
Laura Jenesses
Great Stunt by Geronimo in a Day of Feat
The text recalls Geronimo in his prime marching forty miles on foot and riding 500 miles on a single stretch with rapid horse changes. It notes a lengthy pursuit that required three officer contingents to end, and that only about a third of initial troopers finished. General Miles praised his energy and resolve after their first meeting.
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Geronimo
Geronmo
Miles
Argentina and Its Riches and Vast Fertile Plains
The article compares Argentina’s size to the United States east of the Mississippi with the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Iowa, noting 2,300 miles north to south and 800 miles at its widest. It describes a temperate interior plain bordered by rivers and the Atlantic, a western Andes rise to 20,000 feet, and a climate that supports abundant wheat, cattle, sheep, and alfalfa. It highlights vast estates owned by individuals, southern European laborers, extensive railways, but sparse highways and isolated primitive towns, with palatial estates alternating with mud huts on remote estates.
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Argentina
Mississippi
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Parana
Uruguay River
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Spain
Italy
Refuses to Go to Circus in Michigan Farm Tale
A farmer along the Cloversdale to Benson City highway in Michigan declines a circus outing after recounting a frontier incident. He aimed to shoot a coon that toppled a new $400 barn when a treed animal fled. the dog died, the coon escaped, and he vows to stay home weeding and gardening for two years.
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Cloversdale
Benson City
Mich
Door Nail
Hull
Michigan
Why tan shoes wear well and boot blacking acidity
The article discusses why tan leather outlasts black leather in wear. It notes acid-heavy blacking pastes used on black boots with sulfuric or hydrochloric acids can etch and corrode, while brown pastes are oil and wax varnishes with no acid.
Islanders Vexed by Deer Nuisance Push for Elimination Privilege
Farmers on Orcas Whidbey Lopez and Mercer islands complain deer devastate crops as settlements grow. They urge legal authority to exterminate the herd or abandon the islands, citing a lack of legal rights to use force despite repeated incursions. A Mercer Island case saw a farmer jailed for killing a deer but later freed, underscoring legal limits.
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Orcas
Whidby
Lom
Mercer Islands
Four Islands
Lopez
Mercer Island
Lake Washington
Mount Tacoma
Walla Walla
Moon Volcanoes Revealed by Crater Formation Theories
The article discusses how large lunar craters formed as lava burst through the thin crust, followed by crust contraction and subsidence. It contrasts Moon and Hawaii volcanism, noting size differences tied to crustal evolution and possible variations with planetary scale.
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Pickering
Hawaii
Earth
Worn Ox Wagon Exhibit Worn by 40 Years of Hands at Smithsonian
Visitors have worn away the axle end of a Pueblo Indian cottonwood ox wagon on display in the Smithsonian east wing. The wooden axle has been smoothed by thousands of touches daily for decades, leaving a billiard ball like surface. The artifact, without metal, was built in the Pueblo tradition brought by Spaniards, used across New Mexico and Arizona for generations.
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Smithsonian Institution
Institution
New Mexico
Arizona
Washington Herald
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Hilmi Pasha
Himi Pasha
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Inghe
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