Trade Avenues to Be Revised Amid Balkan Boundary Shifts
The Near East to Western Europe and the Americas will see revised trade routes favoring direct shipping to Black Sea ports. Experts expect more direct production-to-merchant links, reducing Constantinople middlemen due to docking limits and high charges. Varna Bourgas, Odessa, Sevastopol, Novorossiysk, and Georgian ports in Batum Poti gain prominence for coal oil zinc ore manganese and petroleum.
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Constantinople
Balkans
Levant
Near East
Europe
Americas
Black Sea
Mark Bristol
Bulgaria
Varna
Bourgas
Sebastopol
Theodosia
Crimean
Novorossiysk
Gaia
Pot
Batum
Persia
trans-Caspian
Baku
United States
Deed Named for Support and Burial in Lynn Township
Allentown report details an unusual deed filed by Edward H. Schlechter in Lehigh County. It transfers four tracts from William Schwab and Missouri Everitt to Charles A. Weaver with lifetime support, clothing, fuel, and $50 yearly spending money for Schwab and Everitt, and a burial provision at New Tripoli churchyard upon their deaths.
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Allentown
Recorder of Deeds
Edward H. Schlechter
Lynn Township
Lehigh County
William Schwab
Missouri Everitt
Charles A. Weaver
Schwab
New Tripoli
King Alfonso's Energetic Chamois Hunt in Picos de Europa
Alfonso of Spain leads a royal party including Queen and several royals on a chamois hunt in the Picos de Europa. The group stays at a high hunting box above Llorova, facing cold nights, with early starts and safety ropes for perilous cliff paths. Each day they return with substantial game despite strenuous climbs and weather.
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Santander
Alfonso
San Sebastian
Alice of Albany
Infanta Luisa
Infante
Carlos
Princess de Bourbon
Athlone
Marchioness de Villaviciosa de Asturias
Luis de Busumante
Llorova
Owen
Sailor Loses 1000 francs After Waterfront Heist
Yves Borthen, captain of the Laverdiere gallley, exits the ship with 1000 francs and eyes a sailor's good time. A woman pistol points him to surrender as he steps ashore. He is wounded in the shoulder and awakens to find the money and the weapon gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordeaux
Yves Borthen
Laverdiere
Yves
Bing
Warning on Fake Fruit Drinks Misleads Prohibition Market
Washington reports a public health service alert warning against fake fruit beverages flooding the soft drink market since prohibition. Many orange drinks are said to be plain carbonated water with a touch of peel oil and artificial color. The department of agriculture ruled that this violates pure food provisions when sold under misleading trade names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Public Health Service
Department of Agriculture Bao
Avoiding the Appearance of Evil in Alabama Liquor Debate
Readers are urged by Anti-Saloon workers to see that near beer permits would revive saloons in Alabama. The legislature rejected a bill to permit cereal beverages as beer and kept the current ban on any drink resembling beer in appearance or taste.
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Montgomery
Ali
Alabama
Admirable Sales Bank and Stable Show Barn Feature
William A Radford explains how a combined sales barn and stable boosts farm show prices. The 50 by 36 foot main area includes a large sales and show room, gambrel roof, reinforced with concrete foundation, rod lightning protection, good ventilation, ample windows, and rolling doors.
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William A. Radford
William A Radford
William A. Raeford
Prairie Avenue
Chic
Genius From Lowly Origin in The Transit of Venus
The Kansas City Star notes John Philip Sousa in his novel The Transit of Venus suggests genius does not pass from parent to child. Stoneman comments that Dryden called it a gift of nature and attributed it to the influence of the stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small, Maynard & Co
John Philip Sousa
Edward Stoneman
Kansas City Star
Stoneman
Dryden
Modern Farm Barn Sales Facility Described for Stock Housing
A detailed description explains a multi wing stock sale barn with a balcony seating area and seven stalls on each side for animals awaiting sale. The rear wing houses offices and the main entrance while a large side wing contains twelve stilts three box stalls a feed room and a wash room for pre sale care. The design aims to provide comfortable housing and safe viewing for farmers traveling long distances.
The Doctor's Prescription and Servant Girl Exchange
A parlour exchange reveals sleepy morning garbles between a servant girl and a doctor about a sweetheart, followed by an odd aside on a night policeman. The fragment shifts to a bizarre note about concentrated ink and toothpaste drops, claiming a single drop diluted with water makes ink fit an inkwell.
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Lincoln Memorial
District of Columbia
Hellmuller
America
Odessa
Piacksen
Bessarabia
Roumania
Poti
Kutals
Germany
England
Picos de Europa
H. E. Roethe, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Rena
Haw
Stonemin
Beethoven
Berlioz
Chopin
National Guard
Glock
Savoy
Gournod
Handel
Mendelssohn
Piso Meyerbeer
Mozart
Rossini
Schutiert
Schurann
Verdi
Warner
Buehsa
Webers
Holland
Western
Canada
Clem
Mapa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Department of Pena Pe
Omaha
Ned
Friedman
Shel
Whale
Eatonie
Mer
Saya
Dora Wiis
Batewe
So Dimey
Wiithly
Hs Ueer
Ites Book Bt
Mos “de S. Jure
Ayerin
Clee
Denver
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