Constantinople Becomes Europe’s Gateway, Says New Chamber President
The newly elected president of the American chamber of commerce for the Levant envisions Constantinople as the European gateway to vast empires. He cites prospects for American capital in housing, harbors, railways, and industrial equipment, with Turkey’s wealth and postwar trade revival offering opportunities for American firms and a broad network of U.S. and Levantine business leaders backing the effort.
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Constantinople
Chicago
Europe
New York
Constantino
Lucien Leving Thomas
Standard Oil Company of
Asia
Balkan States
Thomas
London
American Chamber of Commerce
The
Levant
Thoms
Chamber
Sane
Arm Fen
Russia
P Yout
Mr. Thome
Dardanelles
Sea of Martiora
Bosphorus
United States
Black Sea
Roumania
Bulgaria
Jugo-Slavia
Old Serbia
Adriatic
Danube
Balkan
Greece
Egypt
Turkey
Near East
Young Turk Party
Abdul Hamid
Bospiorus
Near Eyre
American Chamber of En
Tradt
American Chamber of Comm For the Levant
J. M. Dixon
Tobrero
Tects Corporation
Captain J. Lucey
Lucey Manufacturing Company
Donald Frothingham
American Express Company
Secrenry
Dr. EE. Pratt
West Fifty-sixth
Gone to the Dogs in Ancient Dice Lore
The Romans called the ace canis, and three aces signified loving the pot, giving rise to the phrase gone to the dogs as ruin or bad luck. The term dirty dog appears alongside other dog related insults and compliments in classic literature.
GAINED AND LOST FORTUNES AT Almack s gambling club
The Birmingham Age Herald recounts Almack s as a famed London gambling club in the late eighteenth century where nightly losses could reach 100000 dollars. Dandies wore wide brim hats masks and satin coats while spectators misread emotions. Swordplay and fatal pride shadow a glittering social scene. A humorous exchange about afterdinner speech contrasts the era’s excess.
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Almack's
London
How Legion Men Get Land
The Argonne lodge secretary says ex servicemen should study land quality before homesteading. Applicants must inspect land personally, prove knowledge of land, and meet residence requirements. Army navy service credits reduce required residence. Sentinel Arizona arid land offers a costly irrigation option. Wars earned credits aid in a few years.
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Middle West
Levin J. Femrite
Argonne Pothean Legion
Lins
Sentinel
Ariz
Mississippi River
Towa
Texas
Back to Nature for Health Open Tent Study at University
Ho B. of Boston plans education in warm climate after army service and lung injuries. He camps on the University of South Carolina campus with a mosquito bar and cot, studying under Dr. Currell as part of a recovery program and veterans training. The American Legion supports open-air living to health.
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W. 8. Currell
University of South Carolina
Boston
Parker
The
American Legion
Legion
Department of Vocational Training
Armistice and War Poems in a World War Era Page
An eclectic page features Allied patriotic verses and songs, including The Star Spangled Banner, America, America the Beautiful, and Battle Hymn of the Republic, alongside reflections on unknown soldiers, veterans, and the memory of war. It mixes poetry by Francis Scott Key, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others with wartime songs and soldier recollections.
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Columbia
Arlington
John Dickinson Sherman
Animals fond of fish in feline and canine lore
The passage disputes White of Selborne on quadrupeds feeding on fish being amphibious. It notes dogs are not amphibious and cats dislike getting their feet wet. It adds few quadrupeds love fish, though some rare cats may actually fish.
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White
Selborne
Great Minds and Sleep Habits Across History
The article surveys famed thinkers and their sleep patterns, noting Darwin Spencer Descartes Johnson Moivre and others slept only a few hours or long hours. It cites Dr Edwin F. Bowers and the book Sleeping for Health. Also a light vignette about Anna, her mother, and her fear of Uncle Charlie’s clarinet whistle.
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Darwin
Edwin F. Bowers
Charlie
Anna
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Birmingham Age Herald
Jones
American Legion Post
West Warren
Mass
American Legion Weekly
Dulce Et Decorum
Horace
America
Freedom
Heniy Holcombe
F. Smith
Land of the Free
Home of the Brave
Prancis Scott Key
EAGLE
Earle Wilson Baker
Yale Review
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Mous Song
Francis Miles Finch
the Republic
Christ
Wall
Burke
Kelly
Shea
Jack
Cripe
ARKE
Monterey
Aghawie
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spencer
Des
Cartes
Johnson
Hindoo Takirs
Moivre
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