Women of the Balkans Share War Burdens and Roles
The article surveys Balkan women across Montenegro Bulgaria Servia Greece and Turkey during wartime. It highlights duties in food and ammunition transport farming and hospitals while noting varied legal rights and social expectations and spots two Greek princesses leading hospital staffs on the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Montenegro
Nicholas
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Paris
Womaan
Turkey
Alice
Andrew
Helena
An Iron Willed Monarch Frederick the Great as administrator and commander
Edward D. Jones in Engineering Magazine describes Frederick the Great as intensely capable and self reliant. He centralized power, imposed severe discipline, and relied on minute orders which stifled initiative. His strengths lay in rapid maneuvers and execution, while his administration failed to cultivate capable successors or adaptable policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Edward D. Jones
Engineering Magazine
Defenestration through Bohemian history and myth
The piece recounts defenestration as a historical method of execution in Bohemia, detailing Prague executions from 1419, the fate of convicts, and the last use before the Thirty Years War when imperial commissioners were thrown from a window, spurring conflict and ending the custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Prague
Hradsehin
New York Press
Sanson the Executioner Sets Fashion in France
The public executioner Sanson influenced 18th century French style, eschewing blue for greener attire and elaborate cuts. His bold dress, worn off the scaffold, inspired young court dandies and set trends just before the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
France
Sanson
Scots music debate swerves on national instrument claim
In Cleveland Plain Dealer commentary, Sir Aleck MacKenzie declares fiddles Scotland's national instrument while denying bagpipes. A rival expert claims bagpipes originated with the Seljuks, ancestors of modern Turks, prompting humorous skepticism about Highlanders and hare knees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Aleck MacKenzie
Scotland
Hielanders
Cleveland Plain Dealer
One Fisherman's Idea. First Angler Look See
Two anglers joke about a fish almost caught before noting the broken hook in its mouth. They quip that a fish should avoid hooks after experience, then acknowledge humans can be just as lacking in sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Cause and Effect in Detroit Fee Press Exchange
Dialogue shows a month ago praise turning to dispute over a $10 loan. Thad lent the money. now one party seeks repayment and harsh remarks. The scene unfolds on a street in Detroit as debt and reputational tension surface.
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Thad
Detroit
Back and kidney health remedy advertised in 19th century prose
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Aromatic to relieve backache urinary bladder and kidney trouble dizziness and low energy. It claims an atonic laxative effect and urges readers to buy from local druggists or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample offer from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N. Y
Grasses for Wet Lands Suggestion from Alberta Writer
D McWhinnie of Hearnleigh Alberta asks about starting grass on 100 acre field with spring flooding. Drain if possible or use open ditches or tile. red top fowl meadow grass and alsike clover prove best on wet soil. timothy and Kentucky blue offer limited value. seed rates vary from 2-3 lb red top to 12-15 lb mixed with clover per acre.
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D. McWhinnie
Hearnleigh
Alberta
Canada
Timothy
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised For Colds and Coughs
Mothers can safely buy Dr King’s New Discovery and give it to children with colds coughs throat or lung trouble. Mrs Bruce Crawford of Niagra Missouri says it changed their boy from pale weak to healthy. Always helps at all druggists.
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Domestia Sewing Hach.Co
Jackson Bly
Chicago
Lobsters and Crabs Chew with Claws and Stomachs
The article explains lobsters and crabs are rapacious eaters, needing to seize new prey before finishing the first. It notes they have teeth in their stomachs to continue chewing after swallowing, while they use their claws to chew what is available and pass the rest to their stomachs for completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
Readers learn that Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as the only cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease treated internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The notice promises $100 for any case it cannot cure and directs readers to send for testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Adiresa
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
What America Has Proved
Quote from Daniel Webster praising America's ability to elevate the masses through education and knowledge. It asserts that education enables self respect, competence in self government, and broad participation, offering an example more encouraging than hereditary privilege.
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America
Europe
Daniel Webster
Notice to Non Resident Defend ants
Plaintiffs in Fountain County Indiana file a real estate partition and title action in the Fountain Circuit Court. Unknown nonresidents named as heirs and spouses of several Whitehall and related parties are ordered to appear by March 10, 1913, or default will be entered. The suit targets property in Fountain County and seeks partition and quiet title.
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John C. Whitehall
Alexander L.whitehall
Alexander L. Whitehall
Thomas Whitehall
Nancy Whitehall
William Whitehall
Sarah M. Birch
Martha Clement
Prazy A. Dagger
Tilford Dagger
Alexander Whitehall
Margaret Whitehall
Lydia Campball
William Campbell
Henry Campbell
John Sephens
Nathan Cooper, Jr
Pruzy A. Dagger
Lydia Campbell
John Stephens
Indiana
Prozy A. Dagger
Whitehall
Alva Whitehall
Brown
Emma Brown Street
Eva Street
Ogle
Fruzy Ogle
James Whitehall
Stephens
Martha Stephens
Sidwell
Elizabeth Clark Sidwell
Alice Whitehall
Elizabeth Whitehall
Phebe Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Emma Brown
Fritzy Ogle
Martha Stephene
Fritzy Dagger
Wilford Dagger
Fountain County
Todiana
Fountain Circuit
Covington
John B. Martin
Charles Mehnaffey
Mehaffey
Fountain Circuit Court
Dentir
Sid Court
State of
Laidiana
Enos H. Nebeker
Fountain Circuit Court seal affixed January 1, 1913
Clerk Leroy Sanders signs and seals the Fountain Circuit Court record. Attorneys R N Voliva and C J Douglass appear for the plaintiffs in the document page, noting the official court seal.
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A. D
Leroy Sanders
Fountain Circuit Court
R. N. Voliva
Douglass Atty’s
Voliva Sues Kochell and Mehaf fey in Fountain Circuit Court
In Fountain County Indiana the Fountain Circuit Court November term 1912 hears a suit filed by Robert X Voliva as administrator of Dragilla Kochell's estate against William Kochell Charles Mehaf fey Mehaffey his wife unknown et al.
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State of Indiana
Fountain County
Fountain Circuit
Indiana
Fountain
Robert X. Voliva
Dragilla Kochell
William Kochell
Charles Mehaffey
Mehaffey
Notice of Administration for Lucius Neheker Estate
A notice of administration filed by Lucius Neheker through attorney Lucius Neheker on January 17, 1918. Legal proceedings identify the estate administration and appointment of representation. The filing appears in the public records as a formal probate action.
Appointment of Administrator for Fountain County Estate
Manfordc Van Dorn named administrator of the estate of Jonathan Vaniora, deceased, by Fountain County Circuit Court. Atty A. T. Livengood listed as attorney. Official notice of qualification and appointment following court proceedings.
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Circuit Court
Fountain County
State of
Indiana
Jonathano Vaniora
Manfordc. van Dorn
Vinci tonic touted as strength builder for women
Indiana woman West Baden says Vinci cod liver and iron tonic restored her health and energy after illness. Claims the tonic is superior for nervous, tired women due to cod liver elements and tonic iron with no oil and good taste. Money back if results fail, says druggist Manford Doran Covington.
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Alta Abel
West Baden
Ind
Vinci
Manford Doran
Covington
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Princess Alice OF
Frederick the Great
Fletcher
J.B. Martin
Pitt
Mary Ke.neberer
Executrix
Lucius Neheker
A. T. Livengood
Atty, TW
Lehigh
Homer Sewell
Caldwell
Delaware
J. H. Sailor
Covington, Ind
M.E. Church
FULTON_TOWNSHIP
Cates
Jos. Starkey
Fulton Township
Toy Township
Wilve
K. of Puilding
Charles Dicken
Troytownship
McCall’s
the Fashion Authority
McCall
McCall Patterns
McCall's
THE
McCall Company
West 37Th St
New York
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Lake Street
Jieth Travelers Railway Guide
S. Dearsorn &T
Chigacg
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