Wives and Slaves of the Turkish Harem Saga
Demetra Vakn Brown says Turkish wives in harems are the happiest in the world, detailing slave status as dowry and equality with mistresses, motherhood as sacred, and love as the source of happiness. She contrasts Turkish life with American female roles, notes limited divorce, nosy flirtation, and reports on polygamy stories among Selim Pasha’s wives.
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America
France
England
Demetra Vakn Brown
Kenneth Brown
Turkey
Mrs. Brown
Selim Pasha
United States
Appleton
Maogazine
Pereandi
Mes. Brown
Tou Poe Mw mi
Tiporih
Allah
Bell Pasha
Djimiah
Shaw
Anchicin
Agencia
Janklon
Scuturi
Huiebold
Neter
Turkish Marriage Practice Described In Candid Way
The speaker analyzes marriage customs noting the husband acts as a lover and pursues multiple wives while deaths are buried without inquiry under the Turkish system. The account emphasizes lack of official death reporting and litigation opportunities, while presenting both cautions and observed results without endorsement.
Railways with Fleets A British rail network at sea power
The piece explains how major UK railways own docks harbors and fleets of steamers, totaling 165 vessels with 167 402 gross tons. It notes the Chester and Holyhead line as the first to transport passengers and goods by sea in 1847 1848 and lists ports like Fishguard Heysham Borrow Holyhead Fleetwood Stranraer Parkeston New Haven Southampton Folkestone and Grimsby as harbor facilities built or financed by railways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntish
London
Fareign
United Kingdom
Prand
Chester and
Holyhead
Hubert Stephenson
Kingstown
Chester and Holyhead
London and Northwestern Railway
Fishguard
Heysham
Borrow Holyhead
Fleetwood
Stranraer
Parkeston
New Haven
Southhampton Folkestone
Grimsby
Line Change Sparks Clash Over Road Construction
A Pleasant Valley electric road foreman resists two women and a baby blocking work. The manager insists the right of way is clear and surveys the path. Near a shabby home a girl sits with a baby while a marble grave reads Jimmie buried there.
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Pleasant Valley Electric Road
Judkins
Chicago Tribune
Sam
Susan
Jimmie
Manager Recalls Tragic River Floods In Pleasant Valley
A soft spoken manager returns to front and informs a woman that her son Jimmie drown. He rode a horse to warn locals as the dam broke in the hills. Across the bridge the structure failed with Beas and the horse, leaving no stone for Beas and a stunted apple tree in the yard. The scene ends as directors hear the plea and the fund tilts away from marble gravestones.
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Jimmie
Black Beas
Beas
Vallew Cleetric Fund
The New Corset Cover Exhibit Described in Detail
A period description details a one piece corset cover fastened to the torso with a plain front and decorative fullness. Made with fine lawn embroidery and ribbon, the garment features a twicepiece panel, a short pettheoat, full bottom in a vandyked cut, and a deep embroidered ruffle.
Kansas Scholars Find Remedy For Smut In Wheat
Soricultural Experiment Station at Kansas Agricultural College reports a remedy for common wheat smut caused by a fungus. Formaldehyde solutions soak seeds to prevent infection, reducing smutted stalks notably. treatment costs are modest and procedures emphasize safety and repeated use of the same solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Agricultural College
Cormicom
Holmlei! Department of
Had Heard It Before in Usurpor's Weekly
A scrambledOCR fragment recounts a tale about Mark Twain and a storyteller who keeps saying you must have heard this before. It mentions several names and a looping preface as the narrator recalls a supper with He tevin and uses misread fragments throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usurpor's
Eeston
Mark Twain
Mark
Mr. Clemens
Angine
Hetevin
Perkins
Levin
Nour
Callover
A New Cure and the Pride of Old Beliefs in Charity Work
A garbled discourse centers on a reform idea titled New Cure led by Rev. Ania Flaw, president of Ameria Won Sullrige ioseclion. The text critiques pride in noble offerings while noting women figures in Philadelphia share stories of work, care, and the weary poor. The piece laments social attitudes and the ethics of settlement efforts amid a tangle of names and phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ania
Ameria
Sullrige Ioseclion
Atier
Carpenter
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Aimerica
Constantinople
Nassarah
Tsakran
Appleton's
Nascarah
Hilmi Pasha
Nasezarah
Nagsurah
Hilmi
Tsakrain
Hilmi Paoshu
de Itert
Mp Brown
Demetra Vaka Brown
James Slocum
Hoe
Pleasant Valley
Daw
Kansas
Halbert
Amd
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