Emancipation and modernizing role of Turkish women
The article argues against orientalist views of Turkish women as slaves. It traces education gains from 1917 to 1919, noting women admission to medical study, the Red Crescent leadership, and the establishment of a feminine university. It highlights World War I pressures fostering independence, women entering university faculties and social life, and a shift from harem seclusion to public engagement while maintaining morality.
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M Nister
Turkey
Constantinople
Itasaim Forld
Conatentinoplc
Council of Health
Chaim
Besaim Omar Pasha
The
Red Crescent
Universiity
Stamboul
Adene and Letters
Nurese’ Goheo
Nure
Red
Reecent
Judge Faces Revenge Vision in Atlantic City Barber Incident
A colored barber confronts Judge Stickel of the New Jersey Supreme Court in Atlantic City. The barber, recalling a brother's execution sentence, mockingly uses a razor on the judge's chin, declaring the judge "was no good anyway" as the vision of instant death looms.
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Bill Battle
Stickel
New Jersey Supreme Court
Atlantic City
Nelle Gwynne A Noted Actress And Royal Mistress
Nelle Gwynne famed orange girl tavern singer and later mistress of Charles II is described as flawed yet not wholly corrupt. She influenced the wayward king, performed charitable acts, and grew more prudent with time. Pepys notes praise her acting wit and popularity from king to charcoal seller.
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Nelle Gywnne
Charles II
England
Charles TI
Pepys
Nelle Gwynne
Greek Perfection in Art Delicate Greek reliefs in coins and gems
The piece notes the high finish of Greek coins and in taglio gems, made to circulate and seal documents. Seals and coins share refined imagery from deities to mythic scenes, with seals mirroring sculpture in accuracy without magnification.
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Percy Gardiner
Sacred Ganges River and Its Sacred Sites
The Ganges is the Hindus sacred river with cities like Benares Allahabad Hardwar and Gangotri along its banks. Pilgrims undertake a long six month journey to its source while ancient rites of cremation and widow burning are now illegal.
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India
Ganges
Benares
Allahabad
Hardwar
Gangotri
Ganda
Navy Eyes Aircraft Carrier Fleet of the Future
Secretary Denby outlines in a National Aeronautical number how the U S Navy will train crews for air operations as part of a future fleet. He cites powers of aircraft to reconnoiter enemy bases and notes Langley and converted battle cruisers Saratoga Lexington as precursors guiding carrier design and propulsion.
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Navy
Washington
Derby
Naval Secretaly
Adamirus
Hilary P. Jones
United States Fleet
Denby
Langley
Jupiter
Saratoga
Lexington
Auto Assisted Coyote Hunt By Crowl Brothers
Crowl brothers of the Missouri River region in South Dakota use a car with a hooded canvas to chase coyotes with a pack of trained hounds. They capture many coyotes in a day, earning 2.50 per coyote plus paid hides, turning the hunt into a profitable enterprise that also reduces prairie pests.
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Sioux Fall
Crowl
Misouri River
South Dakota
Ancient Greeks and Romans used asbestos for burial and royal attire
Legends say asbestos cloaks and fireproof fabrics were used by kings and nobles in Rome and Greece. Charlemagne allegedly owned asbestos hangings, while Marco Polo described a fireproof fabric from a salamander skin, later confirmed as asbestos.
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Charlemagne
Marco Polo
Tartary
Commoner Who Made Many Lords William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger became prime minister and added many peers to the House of Lords. He reportedly created 140 peers in nineteen years and favored men from counting houses and Lombard Street. He is described as rarely rising before noon and drinking. he allegedly arrived drunk on the day war with France began in 1798.
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William Pitt
England
House of Lords
Disrael
Cornhill
Lombard Street
Pitt
House of Commons
France
Too Hot for Her Job and Ice Cream Banter
A fragment from a London Tit-Hits page features a humorous exchange about afterlife occupations. The speaker jokes that mothers-in-law choose ice cream making in the next world, contrasting earthly careers with heavenly duties.
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Earth
London
Explorer Leden Plans Fourth Greenland Expedition
Norwegian explorer Christian Ledea plans a fourth Greenland expedition to conduct ethnological and anthropological studies. He contemplates departure from Copenhagen aboard a Danish ship in summer and may recruit scientists from Europe. The voyage is a preliminary step toward a later Arctic Canada expedition to study Eskimos and their racial origins.
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New Fok
Greenland
Christian Ledea
Steudien
Copenhagin
Europe
Leden
Arctic Canada
Crime Wave In Sydney Prompts Tougher Sentences Plan
Sydney Australia reports 664 persons arraigned in six months in a city of 1 9 0 0 0 0 residents. Premier Fal convenes talks to curb crime and proposes a minimum six month sentence as judges face criticism for leniency.
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Sydney
Australia
Alhhough
Held Peace Pipe Ceremony Among American Indians
The article describes the sacred smoking of the Pipe of Peace or calumet, used only on major occasions such as peace treaties or welcoming distinguished guests. Refusal to smoke could offend, with the stem being revered. The calumet's material varied by region, red catlinite in the west and white stone with holes in the south and east, while quarries were neutral ground for tribes.
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Coteau Des Prairies
Big Stone Lake
South Dakota
Further Hints About Men From Classic Quotation Passages
A collection of wry lines on love marriage and gender roles drawn from Helen Rowland’s A Guide to Men. The quotes explore men’s gaze in romance, the influence of women, and social codes around relationships and divorce.
Oldest Manufactured Articles See Evidence in Kentish Weald Flint Tools
An English antiquary argues the earliest manufactured objects are chipped stones from the Kentish Weald in England. He cites flint and obsidian tools from different eras including Solutrean spearheads from France and Mousterian implements, dating back tens of thousands of years.
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Kentish Weald
England
B. C
Soultre
France
le Moustier
Ming Tombs and Colossal Statues Near Nanking
The Ming tombs lie near Nanking China with colossal carved stone figures on the road to the site. The Mongols under Genghis Kłhan’s successor swept across Asia and Europe before being checked by Egypt in 1260. China then threw off Mongol rule in 1360 and the Ming flourished until 1644 before the Manchus restored control. A fence surrounds the statues to prevent an ordinary Chinese person from touching them.
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Nanking
China
Genghis Khan
Asia
Russia
Hungary
Egypt
Blind Spots in Thunder and Lightning Observations
A National Geographic bulletin notes human blindness to lightning and thunder, with Eskimos unable to conceive solid water. Thunderstorms decrease toward the Arctic Circle, and Katma volcano eruption in 1912 terrified locals more by lightning than ash, due to inexperience with such events.
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National Geographic Society
Arctic
Antarctic
Katma
Alaskan
Luminous Paint Recipe Using Strontium Carbonate
A historic formula describes luminous paint from strontium carbonate and sulfur with small additions of potassium and sodium chlorides and manganese chloride. The mixture is heated for about 75 minutes to 2372 degrees Fahrenheit and then blended with pure linseed oil.
The Changes of Time Probes a Firing and a Family Tie
A veteran employer recalls firing a capable young worker for incompetence two years earlier. The same man has now married his daughter, forcing the owner to face a difficult, ironic reversal and reconsider his judgment.
Cannon Gun Failure at Fort Henry in 1777
A maple log improvised as a 1777 siege cannon failed to breach Fort Henry in present West Virginia. Simon Girty led hundreds of Native American attackers who after a day of heavy assault used the log device at 60 yards, but it burst and caused casualties among the attackers while no defender was harmed.
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Fort Henry
West Virginia
Simon Girty
What and Where Kent's Hole Is
Kent's Hole near Torquay England is a cavern famed for primitive human relics and extinct animal remains. Excavations led by Pengelly from 1865 to 1580 uncovered Paleolithic tools and bone implements. Animal remains included lion hyena bear wolf fox rhinoceros mammoth Irish elk and reindeer showing these species co existed with Stone Age humans.
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Kent’s Hole
Torquay
England
Kent's Hole
Pengelly
Britain
Birdlike Soul Echoes Cagebound Yearning
A quotation attributed to Epes Sargent compares the human soul to a bird born in a cage, noting that captivity cannot deny its natural longings or erase the memory of its heritage.
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Epes Sargent
Chigger Varieties and Common Names Across Regions
The chigger, also called chigo chigoe chicago or jigger, appears in many countries and is sometimes referred to as red bugs. It is wrongly called ticka in some regions.
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Chicago
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W. Main St
Cambridge City, Indiana
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