Turkish ambassador’s son disputes harem myths
Mufty Zadeh Zia Bey, son of a former Turkish ambassador, says there is no polygamy in Turkey and that the sultan had only one wife. He notes harems exist as households for wives brought home through marriage and asserts Western travelers’ myths about Ottoman women are largely unfounded.
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Lincoln widow grants and public response reveal 19th century charity
Read excerpts from letters of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln discussing unpaid salary, tax deductions, and homelessness after Lincoln's assassination. Congress later voted a year's salary and a public fund raised only about $10,748, highlighting public compassion gaps and the era's tax and inheritance concerns.
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Stolen Liberty Bonds Recovery Question Answered
The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau outlines that lost or stolen unregistered Liberty Bonds are doubtful to recover unless bond numbers and loss details are reported to the Treasury. The piece also answers reader questions on topics from Smackover Arkansas to Harding's middle name Gamaliel and drilling methods.
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Woman Divorced Eleven Times Still Has Faith in Men
East St. Louis column recounts Cora Lilley, 43, who has married eleven times and had eleven marriages dissolved. Cruelty and desertion figures dominate, with eight divorces for cruelty and one for infidelity. Lilley insists she may wed again and remains optimistic about finding a good partner.
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Public Opinion To the Leiter of The Times
Letters to the editor discuss arrests for not clearing ice and snow from sidewalks near the State House. A reader questions sidewalk enforcement and notes potential park development concerns affecting Riverside park and shade trees, urging consideration of poorer residents.
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Fresh Air Fiend Hatred of Cold Sparks Debate
In a humorous verse from a Brailey item a speaker laments a “fresh air fiend” who opens windows despite cold, seeking an icy draught. The piece mocks his attempts to ventilate, imagining him banished to a barn and contrasted with a preference for warmth and indoor comfort.
Sixty Sixth Birthday Finds Wilson Again in Political Arena
Washington dispatch states Woodrow Wilson, now 66, is physically stronger after his 1919 collapse and following national affairs more actively. He is a Democratic leader, shaping 1924 policies while urging continued U.S. world engagement. Clemenceau notes Wilson remains abreast of affairs and faithful to his fourteen points.
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Snyder Funeral Friday for Charles Snyder in Crown Hill
Funeral services for Charles Snyder aged 57 who died in Los Angeles on December 1 will be held Friday at 2 p m at his daughter Mrs Clarence Colen's home 2122 Webb Street. Burial will follow in Crown Hill cemetery.
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Foreign Wives of Americans Are Without Country
The article notes American law preserves wives' original nationality after marriage, causing passport and tax issues for foreign-born wives of U S soldiers. It cites cases like Isadore Duncan and highlights conflicting nationality laws that leave women with no country.
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Sing Sing Head Would Abolish Prison Sentences
Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing argues for indeterminate prison terms set by officials rather than fixed sentences. He cites a case of a man starting an eleventh term and urges reform of laws to release first offenders while keeping unreformable criminals behind bars.
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Oddball News Snippets From A Nineteen-Twenties Column
A collage of trivia and asides from Mount Pleasant to San Jose. Bits include bandits biting a thumb, counterfeit twenties, a New York boy in a water tank, a king banning garlic, a cop using an airplane, a Persian temple fire, White House guards in new uniforms, and a toothpaste mine in Nevada.
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French Leader Seeks U S Help to Stabilize European Labor
M Albert Thomas former French munitions minister and head of the League of Nations International Labour Office visits New York on the way back from Canada He plans talks with AFL president Samuel Gompers and will visit Boston Chicago and Washington He urges American labor to cooperate to ease European chaos and improve conditions and politics.
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Catacombs Replica Found During Kansas City Liquor Raid
Police raided a Kansas City drug store and uncovered a modern replica of the Roman and Paris catacombs. Prohibition officials seized a large liquor cache including eight quarts Scotch whisky and seventeen quarts English whisky, plus wine gin and alcohol, along with many whisky labels. The tunnels extended hundreds of feet behind the store.
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Child's Imagination Called Sign of Genius
Dr David W Bush psychologist told an Odd Fellow audience that a vivid imagination in children signals genius. He urged parents to guide imagination toward constructive goals enabling potential fame as a novelist actor inventor artist or architect.
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