Greece as a Sea Ringed Nation Through History
A National Geographic bulletin traces Greece's shifting borders from ancient city-states to a Greek world power, then a Roman province and Byzantine state, noting how sea power and Hellenic culture shaped its varied, long history across the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean.
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Alexander
Greece
Europe
National Geographic Society
Great Britain
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean
Mediterranean
Peloponnesus
Cnasts
Asia Minor
Nules
Sicily
Forthern
B.C
Nin
Persia
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Greek
Alexander the
Byzantium
Noble Scheme Hinders Charity Drive Revealed
In a small town, Mrs Gray and Sister Nora plot to divert funds raised for Mesopotamia. They pressure Rena Haywood to secure a five thousand dollar donation from lawyer Peter Linley while planning to publicly credit an Unknown Friend. The caper unravels as Peter consents, threatening breach of promise and future influence.
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Mrs. Gray
Nora
Peterkin
Rena
Cod
Sweet Charity
John Smith
Peter
Mrs. Bigby
Mesopotamia
Rena Haywood
Providence
Renafron
Mongolia Strives to Cast Off Chinese Influence Again
A report notes Mongolia’s renewed effort to reduce China's control along its eastern frontier. It describes the country as primitive in parts of its communications, compares its inhabitants to North American Indians, and mentions a writ tied to Buddhist lamas and religious practices.
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Mongolia
China
Proper Time to Advertise
Forbes Magazine notes a shift as many firms cut advertising during rising demand. Despite higher orders, some big players reduce selling costs and remove top sales staff, while seasoned advertisers maintain spend to harvest a peak boom and keep momentum. New adopters should follow wiser rivals' example.
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Forbes Magazine
N. Y
German Taxicabs a Torment
The piece satirizes postwar German taxicabs noting they seem designed to jolt passengers and confuse riders with meters that resemble slide rules. Ken Roberts jokes seven clocks per meter track passenger type luggage waiting luxury tax capital tax and luck, with totals summed and multiplied by four.
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Kenneth L. Roberts
Saturday Evening Post
After War Bride Joins In Courtroom Nuptials
A returned soldier and his sweetheart appeared before a judge to wed. The groom saluted the bride after the judge approved the license, then performed a doughboy style courtesy. The judge sighed and signed the marriage license.
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Vic
Mra. Vic
Combined Stamp Issue Marks New Leeward Island Pair
Aniachi onism in stamps notes the union of St. Christopher and Nevis issues into a single Leeward Islands stamp. The label St. Kitts Nevis appears, featuring two oval seals with King George and Christopher Columbus portraits. critics call the telescope motif an anachronism in philatelic history.
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St. Christopher and
Nevis
Leeward Islands
St. Kintwt Nevis
St. Christopher
George
Christopher Uo
Philately
Glass Flowers and Glass Mowers Shape Social Decor
The article envisions a shift from real bouquets to glass bouquets for ceremonies. Glass flowers provide lasting beauty, resist fading, and require little upkeep beyond breakage. The trend extends to glass table decorations and even colored glass baths matching bathroom schemes.
Rats Ravage Ship as Quarantine Struggles Escalate
Rats grown desperate by starvation assault a large cat family and damage the steamship Leviathan formerly the Vaterland docked at Hoboken. Quarantine officers warn rodent hordes may turn on each other and gnaw furnishings and leather fittings aboard the vessel.
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Vaterland
Hohoken
Rere
Hfe
New York Times
Not Let Him Go Mad Long Distance Piano Contest
Leonard Lietling writes in his regular editorial column about a long distance piano playing contest described as a serious, carded topic. The piece notes how seasons bring talk and even writings on such events.
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Sical Courier
Musical Courier
Croydon
England
Harry Kemp
Greenwich Village
Kemp
Uttle
Philadelphia
Leonard Lietling
Handy with a gun Mrs Jackson Morris claims chicken shot
Mrs Jackson Morris wife of Kentucky's adjutant general is described as so handy with a .22 rifle that she can kill a chicken by aiming from the back door. The weapon is said to be a Belgium brought rifle presented to the adjutant general's son.
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Frankfort
Jackson Morris
Kentucky
Belgium
Gratitude Notes on German Aid in Constantinople Streets
Fragmentary wartime note describes Germans aiding in Constantinople and mentions gratitude and improvised street scenes with items like bread and onions. The text is damaged and reads as a casual acknowledgment amid hardships and daily purchases.
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Ieee
Connantinapie
Strange tale of sand bags and German jute stash
The piece recounts wartime schemes to flood the Suez Canal with sand using German jute bags. It notes German warehouses at Deriidje being repurposed for relief, the discovery of about a million bags, and a modern mischief of cutting bags for handlable telegraph-like use with Constantinople cited.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Promised Land
American Committee For Relief
Near East
Constantinople
Deriidje
Gulf of Nicomedia
Réllef
Neighbors observe Walter Peitzer at concert event
The item reports on Mrs. Pulitzer and other neighbors discussing an incident involving Walter Peitzer and a woman at a concert. Snapped remarks suggest the woman claimed fewer than six of her children were in public danger, with chatter about a nest of wrongdoing and eggs stored by a cruel neighbor.
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Walter Peitzer
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Sanghary
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