Science vs Turks in Balkans War Symbolic Vehicles
A provocative essay likens the Balkan war to a contest between a gas powered car for the Allies and an ox cart for the Turks. It argues modern weapons and American-educated soldiers give the Allies edge, citing wireless outfits, aeroplanes, and artillery comparisons between French Creusot tools and Krupp guns.
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Charles N
Lurie
Balkans
Constantinople
Europe
Courta
Egypt
Ogar Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Anatolia
Asia Minor
Turka
Dilger
Termin
Turkey
Hetan
Sam
Sherman Miles
Servia
Roumania
Rio Grande
Tripoli
Iis
America
London Daily News
Lule Burgas
Germany
Longest Arctic Mail Route Test of Endurance
Arthur J. Brinton profiles rural mail carriers who venture on brutal winter routes from Edmondton Alberta and across the Arctic circle. The piece notes the danger of dog teams, subzero winds, and the promise of letters as both motive and peril, with echoes of American and Canadian bravado and the toll exacted on those who bear the mail through ice, lakes, and endless cold.
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Edmondton
Alberta
Arctic Circle
Uncle Sam
Our Lady of the Snows
Dominion Northwest
King George
Washington
Arthur J. Brinton
Christmas Festive Tone in Classic Writing
A fragmentary compilation reflects on Christmas joy and old festival traditions through quotes from Hamilton Mabie Washington Irving and Charles Dickens. It contrasts sacred feeling with convivial hospitality as the old year ends and friends gather for feasting and merriment.
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Hamilton
Mabie
Ashington Irving
Pristmas
Gay
Merry
Charles Dickens
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