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Goshen Daily Democrat in Goshen, Indiana

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Goshen Daily Democrat

Location

Goshen, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1908

Page

6

Turkeys Century of Trouble and Abdul Hamid II

A historical survey traces Ottoman power from early empire to Abdul Hamid II, detailing wars against Greece Russia and European powers, reforms after 1876, the Berlin treaty, and the revived constitution. It notes widespread spying, public demonstrations for the sultan, and the shift from tyranny to constitutional rule.

France Russia Telg Bucharest Moldavia Bessarabia Danube Constantinople Navarino Adrianople Greece Sultan Pasha Egypt Mehemet Ali Paris Herzegovina Servian Porte Roumania San Stephano Turkey Tunis Thessaly Epirus Philippopolis Bulgaria Crete Albania Ultan Abdul Hamid IL Ottoman Empire Europe Golden Horn Abdul Selamlik Hamidie Satan Abdul Hamid II Central Asia Asia Minor Osman Young Turks Party Bultan Servia Austria-Hungary Aunauts Berlin Germany England St. Petersburg America Abdul Hamid Great Britain Roumetia Imperial Firmin

Walkers of the Past Highlight Historic Long-Distance Feats

The Weatminater Gazette recalls late 19th century distance walking legends. Billy Howes walked 100 miles in 18 hours 8 minutes 15 seconds and Hibberd ran 50 miles in 7 hours 54 minutes 16 seconds while setting records up to 70 miles. George Littlewood tramped 581 miles in 138 hours 48 minutes 30 seconds averaging nearly four miles per hour over a week-long span.

Asgia John Astley E. P. Weston Howes Vaughan Hibberd Weston Billy Howes Weatminater Gazette

Not in His Line in the Washington Star and Houston Post

A fragmented exchange features a high financier under investigation questioning an absurd remark about memory cultivation. The Houston Post quotes a child’s mother asking if she ate much with a playful reply in a clipped, humorous tone.

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