Dardanelles and Grecian Worlds Through Time
Modern and ancient history merge at the Dardanelles as the passage links Troy to Xerxes and Alexander the Great. It traces the site from Hissarlik through Troy’s siege to later Greek colonies and the Eastern Roman Empire, noting forts, ships, battles, and the strategic waterway’s influence on civilizations.
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Dardanellés
Troy
Herxes
Nagara
Mohammed
Dardanelles
Hellespont
Hero
Ander Efor
Marlowe
Vagter
Musaeus
Leander
Sestos
Asia ‘Minor
Troas
Troad
Coutless
Agamemnon
Titan
Hissarlik
Achilles
Hector
Priam
Persia
Greece
Atandarda
Xerxes
Sworth
Helles
Negara
Alexander the Great
Helles‘pont
Byaad
Constantine
Rome
Constantinoplé
Chais
San
Stefano
Marmota
Rand
Keep Roads Clear and Work Them This Spring
The piece urges constant road maintenance this spring to prevent water damage. It compares proper road care to laying mortar, insisting on keeping culverts open and drying mud on roads until smooth. It emphasizes durable, drivable roads ease farming and market hauling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hig Farm
War poetry and soldiering contrasted with civilian life
A Saturday Evening Post excerpt discusses war heroic myth versus obedience under arms, contrasting civilian character tests with battlefield demands. W T Arbell of Ed wardsport, Indiana reports Foley Kidney Pills helped kidney and back trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Arbell
Edwardsport
Ind
Illinois House Adopts Monday Work Day For Legislature
The Illinois House voted to return to work on Monday signaling a five day work week for the Forty ninth General Assembly as a business session. A constitutional convention resolution passed the Senate and moves to the House with strong opposition expected to test the two thirds majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Senate
Friends’ ‘of
England Fixes Naval Losses in War Through March Tally
A Saturday issued admiralty statement tallies British merchant and fishing vessels lost since war began. It lists eighty eight merchant ships seized or sunk by hostiles, plus forty seven fishing boats sunk or captured. Mines and submarines caused many losses, with August twenty six raids noted.
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Admiralty
Illinois Legislature Considers Fire Insurance and Wet Election Bills
The Illinois General Assembly Friday saw Representative Rinehart of Effingham introduce a fire insurance bill to allow state power to write fire insurance in emergencies and consolidate the fire marshal and insurance superintendent under a three member commission. A county wet election bill by George H. Wilson of Quincy for 20 percent petition sealing passed the House. Gov Dunne sent messages urging capital punishment abolition and a $7,000 appropriation for the State Commission on Unemployment. An advertisement for Dr. Bell's Pine Tar-Honey follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Administration Insurance
Timnois General Assembly
Rinehart
Effingham
Insurance Committee
Missouri
George H. Wilson
Quincy
League of
Tinois
Mllinois
State Commission
Dunne
Mrs Mary M Ibes Dies at 49 in Westfield
Mrs Mary M Ibes died March 5 after being found unconscious in her home several days earlier. She was 49 and is survived by two brothers and two sisters. Mrs and Mrs Paul Porterfield shipped their household goods to Arcola Saturday. Claude Goble left for Oberon North Dakota to spend the summer. George Fornes has returned to Findlay Ohio to resume oil field work. George Polk bought the Bigelow property at Elm and Division. Bigelow will build a modern residence on the lot one block east.
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Mary M.' ‘Ibes
Paul Porterfield
Arcola
Claude Goble
Oberon
North
Dakota
George Fornes
Findlay
George “Polk
Bigelow
Elm
Division
County Supervisors Meet Adjourns After Budget and Claims
County board met at 9 am with all members present. Claims from various townships for med ser, mdse and burial exp were allowed and tallied at hundreds of dollars. printing, transportation, and jail costs listed. The highway balance and tax accounts were discussed, and officers were thanked for courtesy before adjournment.
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Metiat
Anderson
L’ Te “Weir
Beasley O
Bonsack
Fosse
Anessey
Blagk ‘& Hutchison
RY ‘Siverlys
Weir
Ger Brewster
M. Grabenheimer’s Sons
E'N’ ‘Slusser
Miller
Mdse
Wm . Washburn
Auburn ‘Township
LJ ‘Weir
Throck
Veese
C’m Harris
Ger Ewing
Hicks
Wilhoit
Scott
Baby
Darwin
N Pearce
Walker
Hastitt
J J Rose
Jesse
Grabenheimer
S. Sons
For. Smith
M. Dewey & Co
Fausedese Deseveseueces
FM Rhoads
Hutchinson
Doll
Mdae
Vick
Bpittler
Schad
Chrysler
Payne
Bays J& Smitléy
Martinaville Township
Bros
WM Rogers
Mon ‘& Sargent Family
J. HE Lewis
Yorks
Will Zakey
Wm‘rogers
Ida
Chas'Pattes
Milter
Medcalf
B 'Craig
Askins
Bofrone
Melrose
PF Dodd
Howerton
d.Crumlin
Lv Burnsides
Lata Child
Parker Township
J.J Hinkley
Alonzo Philps
Wabaah
Js ‘Bturgell
Geo
Wm Hudson
Paraons
J-T Rose
Bowery i
John Watts
James Nash
Lydia Wil ‘Griffin
Johnson “Township
J D Chesser
Hicks & Baby
Patten
Nick Hurst
Bella
Churchill
W M Rogers
John — Casey
Nancy Bligs
Nancy
Little
J H.lippincott & Co
Hiers
Orndorff
Phillips
C.V .Abraham
Ifams
D Beasley
Rogers
Will Hiers
Wes Troxel
Buxton & Appleby
Elijah‘Irwin
Marlow
Murphy Bros
Fred Widmier
Hornbrook
Wiskie
Maggart
Imcebi
M Clapp
J Y McCull
Andy Smith
Larrison
Nellie ‘Thomas
J P Highaill
Sarah
L J.weir
Geo Crossfield
Soldier's
Bubeck
Gallagher
Fun
Een Montgomery
Noel
Hennah
Kidney health and stockholders meeting notices mixed
An OCR fragment advertises Dean's Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. C Martin of Marshall and lists an upcoming Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad stockholders meeting for April 1915. It also include details of an administrator's sale of Real Estate in Clark County Illinois with sale terms and dates.
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Terre Haute
Peoria Railroad, ‘Co
Decatur
Terre ‘Haute
Peoria’ Railroad’ Company
Illinois
SOSH
Ote
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Véral Miles
Raivay
Itu
Post
England
Westfield
Johnson
Angersod
Coryell
Moise Budiey
Cornell
Metropolitan Supply Co
National Office Supply Co
Tr, Woodburn Co
Illinois ‘Printing Co
Eeiesesnes
Geo D Barnard
Hammond & Stephens. Co
Neostyle Co
Lincoln State School
Hepner
Geo Collins
D Morton
P P Haslitt
Hugo Faust
D Davis
City of
House
Eevee
City Drug Store
Jay Swern
Vick & Lawson
Dale Mae
Wabash Gas Co
Grant
Terrell
Lyman
Hammond
John Weaver
E D Morton
David Montgomery
J LU Hays
F Holwick
Same
Hurley Veach
Bame
J Forbeck
SAMO
JID Shoemaker
Clerk’s
Garwood
Wats
York Township
Hattie Fisher
Poind
LA Burnside
Mundy
Timmons
Pritchard
Builin
Bubeck & Gallagher
J M Hooper
Grabenheimer’s Sons
Chas G
Claypool
Abraham Filing
Central Petroleum Co
Whitlocke
Jesse Gallatin
W’ McDaniel
D Jones
States Atty
Eacvereeenegs
Archer
Son
Geo Morgan
Harry
Reynolds. Com
Géo Bradbury
Emma J Bristol
Bennett
Clark Co
Wabash Valley
Mutual’ Tel Co
John’ Weir
Committee On Poor
Arthur “M. Tarman
State Supreme ‘Court
W'Dunn
Marshall
Bridge
Sadie Edene
Darwinup
Roe
Tax
Olsweet Eeeraees
Geo. Bradbury
York
Dow
M Scholfield
Feee
Clark
County
Norman
Bannett
Norman Bennett
WA ‘Keithley
Everett
Connelly
Lee
Veach
Holwick
Dunn
Bradbury
Dean
Martin
Foster-Milburn * Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Unds
Anna
Serwise
Said
Towit
Tweny
Mitnois
Martinsville-and
Darwin -Road
Anna Serwise
Thomas Craig
Clark County
Ilinois
Clark ‘County
Edward Pearce
de Bonts
Wise
Graham
Snavely
J Attys
Keifer
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