Turkey's Hidden Power Behind the Sultan's Throne
An in-depth portrait of Abdul Hamid II and the Ottoman system show an absolute monarchy centralized in the sultan. Officials, viziers, and the grand mufti cling to power through fear, espionage, and graft as the sultan rules with a tight circle and palace fortress at Yildiz.
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Kaimakam
Mufti
Mutasarif
Gudir
Satta
Hamid II
Munir Pacha
H E
Constantinople
Emin Bey
Sublime Porte
Tzzet Bey
Allsai
Pelace &P
Easis Anle
Abdul Hamid
House of
Usman
Turkey
Abdul Mejid
Murad V
Abdul Mamid
Mke
Yildiz
Supreme Court of Justice
Arzodessi
Empire
Seven Towers
Atlas
Poceigs
Selamlik
Hamidieh
Kizlar-Aghassi
Bakshish
Home made health devices aid tenement families
The Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor promotes do it yourself aid for hot weather illness in tenement districts. Demonstrations teach crafting ice boxes, cribs and shelter tents from inexpensive materials to protect babies and reduce heat exposure.
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Association For Improving
Caroline Rest Home
Association
Alfred S. Hess
Department of Health
East Side
German Industrial Schools Move Toward Compulsory Attendance
An article notes Germanywide shift toward compulsory industrial and trade education. In 18, 243 such schools served 57,4l4 students, with 150 industrial schools for young men. only 22 were compulsory, averaging 61.32 pupils. Noncompulsory schools averaged 142. Female figures include 15 industrial schools with 1,?42 attendees and 32 trade schools for women with 6,858 on rolls.
Older Workmen Attend Industrial School Progress
The Stuttgart industrial improvement school draws both older workers and apprentices. A 52 year old man enrolled for the thirtieth half-year, joining veterans who have attended ten to twelve years. A new law coming into full force in 1900 requires towns with forty youths under eighteen in industrial or commercial work to establish and maintain a school, with three years of study and two factory days weekly for apprentices.
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Mr. Snowden
Stuttgart
Snowden
Pacha Named Prime Minister Then Resigns After Oath
SAID PACHA appointed Prime Minister but resigned. THE SHEIK-UL-ISLAM witnessed the Sultan oath to support the new constitution. IZZET PACHA, the Sultan’s close adviser, fled. TURKEY mentions KIZLAR AGHASSI as chief of the black eunuchs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Said Pacha
Sheik-Ul-Islam
Kizlar Aghassi
Black Eunuchs
Turbulent Turkish court factions cited in exile and reform
The piece profiles Tewfik Pacha and Riza Pacha as long serving palace favorites and power brokers for Abdul Hamid II, describing Izzet Pacha as the era’s most corrupt adviser and detailing their influence over the sultan. It also covers sanitary reforms and public health measures in New York tenements and a humorous grand jury anecdote about a thief.
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Tewfik Pacha
Berlin
Riza Pacha
War Office
Riza
Izzet Pacha
Hejaz
Syria
Vocational Education Becomes Law in Wirtemberg
Wirtemberg makes vocational training mandatory for apprentices from fourteen to eighteen. All apprentices must attend daytime weekday classes focused on the trades, replacing Sunday or holiday instruction. The move aims to ensure literacy and practical schooling for youths entering industry or commerce.
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Wirtemberg
Nebraska
United States
Wurtemberg
Women gain and limit access to German universities
Consul Norton from Kemnitz reports that Saxony and southern empire states have opened full university rights to women. Berlin allows study as visitors and candidates for exams. total last winter 32 matriculated women and 2504 female visitors across eight universities with varying policies.
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Thomas H. Norton
Kemnitz
Saxony
Bavana
Baden
Wurtemberg
University of Berlin
Munich
Heidelberg
Freiburg
Leipsic
Jena
Tibingen
Wurzburg
Erlangen
Fragmented Quote Sparks Debate on Ego and Risk
Bragg faces a pointed exchange with Miss Peppery over ego and danger as constant exposure is mocked. The Philadelphia Press quote captures a tension between self-perception and prudent behavior in a social scene.
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Miss Peppery
Bragg
Philadelphia Press
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Association For Improving the Con
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Germany
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Lehigh Valley
Delaware
France
Austria
Albert A. Snowden
Teachers College Record
Industrial Improvement Schools
Riza Pacra
Zek Pacha
F. D. Greene
Sea Breeze Hospital
Harvey Lawson
Grand Jury
Lawson
Irs
Indianapolis News
New Jersey
Bavaria
Kingdom
Europe
Little Kingdom
London
WEW & Exclusive
aKay
Belgium
Holland
BARIS
HOTEL
Chatham
Aris Hotel DE L'Athenee
Rue Scribe
Grand Opera
Paris
F. Armbruster
ARIS
Hotel DE Lille ET
D’albion
Rue St. Honore
Place Vendome
Italy
Para “Eden Palace
Nuelsens Hotel
Erlin Potsdamer Plat
Furstenhof
Russie
Aremberg
Sendig’s
Wurttemberger-Hof
Hotel de Luxe
Hungary
Vienna
Bristol
Karabnerring
Adapest
Hotel Hungaria
Cys Danube
Charles J. Surg
Imperial Hotel
Interlaken
Resina-Hotel
Motor Garage
Beau-Site
Hiche MG
Lausanne
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