Refugees of the Isle of Angels and Prinkipo Life
The article portrays the Russian refugee settlement on Prinkipo in the Sea of Marmora, run by British control with French and Italian concessions nearby. It describes fashion trends among refugees, island society, social life, and daily routines including donkeys, bathing, and ad hoc commerce, amid wartime disruption and luxury abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenin
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
Princess Islands
Prinkipo
Lloyd George
Frederick O'Brien
Prinkipp
Kolchak
Denikine
Russia
Proti
Halki
Harki
England
Mediterranean Fleet
Isle Angels
Galata
Profit
Jones
Island
Crimean Riviera
Moscow
Peru
Grand Opera Carabinieri
Fez
Prinktpo
London
United Kingdom
Pine Woods
Isle of Angels
Policeman Jones
Yars
Hermitage
Petrograd
Oil Firing Kills Birds and Shellfish, Warns British Study
A Public Science report notes oil fuel used by ships coats plumage of seabirds including penguins and guillemots preventing flight and diving. It also harms oysters clams and crustaceans along the British coast, with experiments suggesting vast ocean coverage by oil films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkshire
Lord Rayleigh
Prison Color Schemes From Expert Suggestions
An expert advises prison color schemes with pink for boy thieves yellow or orange for long premeditated crimes violet and black for burglars Blue ceilings recommended for all cells Gray to be avoided
Wary Business Advice From 1921 Satirical Column
A collage of mock interviews mocks business trouble and taxation as a coal dealer, druggist, soda fountaineer and others riff on profits. It features spoof ads for scenario writing courses, knitting kits, piano learning by mail, and a humorous ideal lease with absurd clauses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
the Postal Institute OF Piano Playing
Moose Factory
Ont
Greek Lieutenant’s Flight and a Wife in Want
A Greek officer Sakorafos deserts after World War I service seeking to reunite with his wife in New York. He escapes across late life duty, is captured after a year on Governor’s Island, and is dishonorably discharged with one year hard labor. His wife struggles to feed and shelter their infant as he faces consequences of his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prinkipo
Washington
Hazel la Flooey
Epsom Falls
S. D
Postoffice
Whankus Knit CO
B. C
Brooklyn
New York
Bradstreet
Red Cross
Newport News
Markos Sakorafos
Blackwell's Island
Fifty-second
Ft.Jay
Governor’s Island
Athens
Hellenic Royal Naval Academy
England
Sakorafos
Greece
Sakarafos
United States Coast Artillery Corps
Sakofaros
Army Reserve
Chicago Telephone Company
Ft. Tilden
N. Y
Rockaway Beach
America
France
United States
Sakorafes
New York City
Ft. Monroe
Governor's Island
Fort Jay
Aero
Bero
Sakoratos
First Avenue
Ancient Egyptian Folding Bed Found In Tomb
A 4000 year old folding bed discovered in a wealthy Egyptian tomb shows a wood frame with six turned legs and a hinged mechanism. The bed could fold to half its open size, indicating early space saving design and luxury status for the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Gobelin
Sim
Russian Wedding Customs Highlight Village Traditions
Describes aging rural wedding rites in Russia where a marriage agent oversees ceremonies from engagement to home entry. The bride faces playful trials testing housekeeping, with villagers cheering, coins at table, and a final pardon by the groom after staged punishments.
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Russia
Moujik
Inq
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Ferdinand Tuchy
Alexander Bimsky
Beverly Kruger
Nick Popoporoulous
By Press Publishing Co
SIMP
Los Angeles
California
Swift Nurses Academy
Baltimore
IDEAL
Houdini
Bastile
Louis Bernheimer
Sakorefos
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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