Travel in Turkestan during World War I era insightfully described
Montgomery Schuyler visits Russian Turkestan and Samarkand Bokhara in 1916, detailing military rule, rail routes, cotton irrigation plans, and daily life. He notes new but orderly cities, local customs, carpet craft, markets, and the allure of a war-unknown region, ending with a dinner at Bokhara Emir’s palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Schuyler
Bokhara
Russian Turkestan
Russian Empire
War Office
Turkestan
Petrograd
Tashkent
Tula
Moscow
Samara
Orenburg
Owever
Kent
Neigh Districts
Russia
Tiflis
Caucasus
Ture
Samarkand
Althouh
Alexander the Great
Persia
Asia Minor
Central Asia
Asia
Alexander
Tamerane
Gravelung
Turkey
Urkestan
P Soners
Krasnovodsk
New Bokhara
Kagan
Rokhara
Tan
Emir
Old City
Emiry
New Necon
Turkesney
Boy Confesses Auto Theft In Brooklyn
Philip Frankenstein reported his car stolen from Gallatin Place and Livingston Street. Police arrested 15 year old Willi Klein who admitted taking the five passenger car and stealing another vehicle previously. Klein, released from the House of Refuge, is held on grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Frankenstein
Broadway
Brooklyn
Adams Street
Gallatin Place
Livingston Street
Frankenstein
Pasquale Danino
Willi Klein
New York Avenue
Huntington
Danino
Washington
Nassau
Klein
McCormick
Williamsburg Bridge
South Sixth Street
Witha Menore
4 . L. Nelson
East Twentyninth Street
Flatbush
House of Refuge
Major Price Defends Guard Against Army Criticism
Major Winfield B Price of the New Jersey National Guard denounces Colonel Glenn’s article warning preparedness fears as a political boilerplate. He endorses Guard reform and urges military and militia cooperation while noting politics help regular army commissions. A separate incident reports a Flushing trolley fuse blast causing panic. Mrs Josephine Meyer of Long Island City was injured in the rush to exit.
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Samarkand
East
Mexico
South America
Mecca
Orient
New York Times
Trenton
N. Ji
Winfield
Price
Third Infantry
Glenn
Major Price
National Guard
Regular Army
Queensboro Bridge
Josephine Meyer
Percy Street
Long Island City
Electric Lamps Extraordinary Offerings
Boudoir lamps in solid mahogany or antique finishes with 10 inch shades. Complete 1.65 table lamps in several finishes and 18 inch cretonne shade with fringe. Floor lamps at 7.95 feature fluted columns and two lights with 22 inch fringe shade.
Dinner Services Catalog Listing
American porcelain sets with gold edge 101 pieces priced 12. English porcelain sets with gold edge 108 pieces priced 18. Theodore Haviland and Co Limoges china sets with floral decoration and coin gold relief handles 108 pieces priced 27.50.
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Theodore Haviland & Co. Limoges
Bed Coverings at Reduced Prices
Advertises white blankets in summer and medium weights for single and double beds with paired pricing. Cotton filled comfortables offered in two sizes and bed spreads with white satin finish. Includes measurements and price points for multiple items.
Exceptional Upholstery Fabrics at Special Prices
Armores fifty inch wide fabrics offered at 1.25 per yard formerly 3.00. Brocatelles 50 inches wide now 2.75 per yard, formerly 6.50. Damasks 50 inches wide now 3.75 per yard, formerly 6.75. Limited period special prices for furniture reupholstering. Estimates by competent representatives.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Caspian Sea
Ndia
Afghanistan
Chitral Mn
India
Bons
Khanate of
Khiva
Petrot
Oren
Baku
Ural Mountains
Kokand
Ferghana
Skobelovo
Russian Central Asia
Transcaucasus
Andijan
Deokhara
Boy
James MccCreery & Co
5Th Avenue
34Th Street
Reed and Willow Furniture
Tely
McCreery Linens
Mosul
Sarouk and
Kirman
Brussels
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