Turkey Education Awakening and Foreign Schools Shape Empire
A historic look at Turkey’s education shift under the Young Turks. Foreign and American schools in Beirut, Constantinople, Smyrna, and beyond influence Turkish literacy, religion, and politics. Mission presses spread Arabic Bibles, maps, and modern thought, prompting a secular-leaning reform movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Progressive Party
Turkey
Porte
Old
Tne
Tiiis
Young Turk
America
Levant
United States
The
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Robert College
American College For Girls
Syrian Protestant College
Mediterranean
Lebanon
Mosselem
Ferms
International College For
Smyrna
Empire
Mission
Are Your Kidneys Weaker Than You Think
Two signs of weak kidneys are back pains and kidney secretions. Reader E R Wilson of Emmetsburg Iowa reports illness and inflammatory rheumatism with swelling, saying three boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured him completely with no trouble since. Doan's 50 cents a box at stores. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
E. R. Wilson
Emmettsburg
Iowa
Doan
Angler's bait plan backfires as wasps hatch in oven
A Peterborough angler found a wasp nest with many grubs and placed it in his kitchen oven to kill them for bait. Overnight the nest hatched when the door was opened, as the oven heat was insufficient to kill the grubs but warm enough to hatch the wasps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
London Daily Mail
Castoria Safe Remedy Soothing Infants for Generations
Caution consumers to inspect Castoria bottles for the familiar Fletcher’s Castoria label. The advertisement touts a safe remedy used for over three centuries and urges parents to trust the product for infants and children.
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Fletcher
Where It Belonged. A Humorous Exchange
An opinion piece offers a witty dialogue about fetching water in mismatched trousers. The humor centers on social expectations and practical priactical tasks. The passage pokes fun at attire and propriety in everyday life.
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London
Hamling Wizard Oil Advertises Pain Relief
When in pain think of Hamling Wizard Oil for headache toothache earache stomach ache and other pains promising better relief than any other remedy.
Prisoner Strikes Man in Melee Witnesses Testimony
In a terse exchange, witnesses recall a prisoner swatting a man on the nose during a melee. The Plain Facts quotes a spectator denying seeing a broader blow while confirming the nose swat.
It's Hard for a Girl to Forgive the Right Young Man
A remark notes the difficulty a girl feels in forgiving a suitor who did not kiss her, reflecting social expectations of romance and propriety in courtship. The line underscores gendered norms and emotional judgments in dating dynamics.
To Mend an Umbrella in a Street Emergency
A short repair tip from National Magazine shows mending a loose umbrella rib on the street without tools. Close the umbrella, align cloth, insert a hairpin into the rib hole, and wind it to secure the cloth. The method is praised as efficient and tempting for permanent use.
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National Magazine
Neighbors and Expectations for Community Behavior
A reflective line on how communal life would improve if neighbors acted as they ought to. The statement suggests normative standards for neighborly conduct and social harmony.
A Maine Mother's Cure Claim for Eczema
Mrs Inez Lewis of Baring Maine recalls her infant's months of terrible eczema spread over his body. She credits Hood s Sarsaparilla with temporary masking and eventual cure. The ad promotes Hood s Sarsaparilla as a blood disease cure and general tonic available in liquid or Sarsatabo tablets.
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Hood
Inez Lewis
Baring
Maine
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William T. Ellis
New
France
Germany
Bagdad
Great Britain
England
Presbyterian Mission Press
d’Aubigne
Sudan
New York
Bosphorus
Order of Things
Kennedy
New Turkey
Rockefeller and
Sage
American College For
Scrutary
An. Zold
Mission Press
Joseph
AM Iia
Genevieve
Presbyterian Mission
Old Philadelphia
Ces California Fig Syrup CO
Senna
California
California Fig Syrup CO
Nee
TS Fee Exuroimigst
Nine
Fkr
Syruup
Continental Oil Company (Incorporated
Lenox
Soaps
Lenox Soap
Dr. Pierce
Paw FU
Lotz Bros
Elm St.st.louis
Westers Newspaper Union
Adams Bt
Chicago
Kodaks
Zimmerman Bros
ST. P
Wilty
AUL
Meincsota
W. NU
ES Ssr
Monroe
Pettits
Neapolis
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