The Marmora Black Sea Gates in Historic Straits
The article surveys the Marmora and Black Sea region, tracing its ancient legends and strategic importance. It notes the Bosphorus and Dardanelles as key gateways, with Ottoman controls shaping traffic and sparking tensions prior to the current war. It highlights geographic scale, historical cities along the Marmara, and the enduring allure of these waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Griswold Dwight
National Geographic Society
Harape
Black Sea
Sea of
Mar
Tera
West
Zeus
Phryxus
Hesle
Jason
Levant
Marmora
Cheamiplain
Aegean
Ionia
Lake
Champlain
Lake Superior
Hns
Bosphorus
Europe
Asia
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Troy
Mount Ida
Marmara
B. C., When Alcibiades of Athens Counseled the People of Chrysopolis
Scutari
Zante Island’s Prosperity and History in War Geography Bulletin
The National Geographic war geography bulletin covers Zante, the Ionian currant island, detailing its earthquakes, climate, and fertile central plain. It charts its rugged western mountains, vine groves, and large olive yields, plus its export of currants and a history from Greek to Venetian rule and eventual incorporation into Greece in 1864. It notes a shallow pitch spring at Keria and a French patent for drying logs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zante
Ionian Sea
Constantine
Crete
Lesbos
National Geographic Society
Zantes
Tontan
Virgil
Vane
Cephlonia
Neighbring
Corfu
Corinth
Greece
France
Zanté
Tolmides
Sparta
Syracuse
Dion
Plato
Callippus
B. C
Epirus
Republic
England
Ionian Islands
Keria
Herodotus
Zacynthos
Scientists Aiding in War Report Warns of War Readiness
Secretary of the Interior Lane in a yearly report says peaceful democracy becomes war organized as resources are mobilized. He notes vast progress and that U S physical resources are at world needs, with agencies redirected to war efforts. Scientists, engineers, and the patent office aid in submarine warfare and power sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
United States
Patent Office
Family allowances for enlisted men in naval forces
The text explains that enlisted men may be required to allot a percentage of pay to dependents, with allowances set on a graduated scale up to 50 percent of pay and a maximum of 50 dollars for one family. It notes that men with dependents are placed on a more equal footing with others, and cites examples of monthly sums and potential totals under foreign service conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trevery
United
American Review of Reviews
Secretary of War
Navy
Not Coldest at Solstice Shows Delayed Winter Heat
A scientist explains December days lengthen while sun rises later for a spell. Despite the solstice, winter cold peaks in January and February as December’s stored summer heat lingers and warms slowly, with summer heat arriving a month or two after the solstice as the earth warms gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tantary
Incident of Sea War and Alaska Prohibition Law
An English paper recounts a submarine attack on a steamer with three men in the engine room watching the telegraph tube and a daybreak moment on deck. Separate notes describe Alaska's legislature not meeting in 1916 but passing a 1916 popular vote law for prohibition to take effect January 1, 1918, banning manufacture sale and transport of intoxicants Territory wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McPee
Congress
Alaska
United States
Local Lodge and Club Meeting Schedule for Lititz Area
Listing of numerous fraternal orders, lodges, and public bodies in Lititz and surrounding areas. Details include meeting days, halls, and times such as Litite Castie No. 19 A. O. K. of M. every Saturday in Kudy's Hall, Litite Lodge No. 233 K. of P. every Thursday in Kudya Hall at 3:00 PM, and Garfield Castle No. 76 K. G. Tuesdays in Hudge Hall at 7:30 AM, among others. Also notes Lititz Borough Council monthly meetings and school board and fire company schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litite Castie
Mravels
Kudy
Euee
Liite Lodge
Kudya Hall
Litite Lodge
Kudya Hal
Garfield Castle
K. G
Liits Hose Company
Council Chamber
East Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick Twouse
Litite Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company
T. A
Rudy
Train Schedule From Lititz to Cities
P and R Time Table shows trains leaving Lititz for teaching and Philadelphia on weekdays at 7 57 A M and 4 17 P M Sundays 7 A M and 4 7 P M For Lancaster and Columbia weekdays 8 23 A M and 7 28 P M Sundays 1 25 A M and 7 28 P M For Lebanon weekdays and Sundays 6 43 A M
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Philadelphia
Lancaster
Columbia
Lebanon
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Island
Prinkipo
Mamora
Beecham ’S
H. L. Kramer
L. N. Moyer
E. Main St
Lititz, Pa
D. A. Long
D.D.S
Warren A. Wood
Main and Cedar Sts
Joseph
Wissler
Duke Street
Hershey & Gibbel Conveyancers, Scriveners Real Estate and Insurance Bande
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Heal
Brunnervilly
Hassler
Penna
J. Fred Essig
Lawrence K-Grosh Insurance and Real Estate
Lancaster Properties
P.O
Frank E. Schnerer
Notary Public Areas Estate and Insurance
Spruce ST
Ind
Banner Lye
A. C. Pfautz Lititz
Spruce Villa Farm Dairy
Clayton Brubaker
W. VM. Grube
Lititz Springs National Bank
Long & CO
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
H. P. Gingrich & Co
W. C. Grube, Prop
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
W.H. Muth &Co
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