City of the Sultan A Look at Turkish Official and Business Life
Constantinople as Turkey’s hub of government and commerce is described by a traveling commissioner. The piece notes the city’s cosmopolitan population, its position straddling Europe and Asia, and the Bosphorus and Golden Horn as defining landmarks. It highlights government salaries and officials shaping life for over 33 million people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottoman Empire
Boris
France
Constantinople
Turkey
Asia
Europe
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Marmora
Agia
Rhine
Danube
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Persia
Sie
Pera
Umpean
Golden Horn
San Francisco
Kansas City
Peru
Foreiru Legation
Stumbou
Paris
New York
Russia
Egypt
Constantinople and its Turkish capital in world
A traveler details Constantinople’s divide between Stamboul and Pera, the Sublime Porte administration, and the bustling bazaars. He notes Turkish hospitality, foreign legations, and strict press censorship while praising Turkish soldiers and diplomats like Mr. Straus. He highlights taxation on non Muslims, debt, and the city’s European-style amenities.
Constantinople Bazaars described by Frank G. Campbell
The writer tours Constantinople bazaars and notes a parade of traders and peoples. A chief from a village, Greeks in red fez caps, Abyssinian slaves, Persians, Kurds, Bashi Bazouks, Armenians, Bulgarians, Syrians, and a lemonade peddler mingle as brokers press services. Sight and sound overwhelm the narrator with new discoveries on every street.
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Constantinople
Bagdad
Asia
Bulgaria
Frank G. Canpenter
New York Woman Makes Brownies for Sale Create Craze
A clever New York woman invented a line of marketable brownie figures inspired by Palmer Cox elves. She produced three prototypes, sold quickly to the Woman's Exchange, and orders soon surged. A firm then hired her to supply exclusive brownies with a dedicated workroom and assistants. She previously invented tissue paper owls and plans more variants as trends shift.
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New York World
New York
Palmer Cox
St. Nicholas
Woman's Exchange
Cox
Hard on a Poor Man in Boston Courier
A man returns from fishing in a perch pond to a dull home scene. His wife Mary reads Revelations and quotes the clause about liars in fire. He admits no catch, bought fish instead, and retires early, leaving him gloomy and weary.
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Boston Courier
George
Why LIE Doesn't Board A Boston Lady Talks of Hotel Life
A Boston woman explains why she cannot board during summer, citing constant social duties and intrusive civility on the piazza. She dislikes small talk about crafts and fashion and finds outdoor reading impossible amid chatter about gowns and travel schedules.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Youths' Companion and the Telegraph Line Joke
Georgie, upon seeing a telegraph wire and poles for the first time, gazed thoughtfully and asked, in his slow manner, whether there was any woman large enough to hang clothes on that line. The moment captures a child's fresh wonder at modern infrastructure.
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Georgie
Old Lady Doctor Barter in German Paper
In a German paper a tale shows an old lady and a doctor debating a bill. The doctor refuses payment with courtesy, while the patient questions who will cover the druggist’s charges.
Old Sleuth Racket and the Sad Reporter Turned Detective
A long-winded tale follows Nye recounting a reporter who aspired to detective work for higher pay. He experiments with dangerous journalism by shadowing a Broadway streetcar crew, hearing their hardships and pondering bold stories.
Reporter's Desperate Stunts End in Humble Exit
A weary reporter recounts a string of reckless schemes to boost status in journalism. He endures family hardship, abject poverty, and ridicule as he tries stunts from streetcar interviews to dissecting room visits, culminating in a cancelled assignment and a humorous downfall.
Dramatic Train Ride Brings Parisian Rogue in New York Tale
A touring theatrical party departs Grand Central New York aboard a luxurious parlor coach. Manager Wilton Ortley, star Helen Delware, and French newcomer Andras Normaine navigate jealousy, finances, and a coerced signature as tensions rise aboard the moving set.
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Pitrtrsburg Dispatch
Grand Central Railroad Station
New York
Grand Central
Wilton Ortley
Helen Deware
Juno An
Helen Delware
Millionaire's Half Holiday Fueled by Quiet Free Land Feasts
A Chicago Tribune piece portrays a salaried man who took a week off and spent it inconspicuously. He meets a wealthy man rumored to be worth half a million to one and a half million, who is said to take half-day vacations near his business. The scene shifts to a Cottage Grove avenue beer garden where the millionaire lounges with a small group, sharing Rhine wine and sausage as a modest indulgence.
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Ortley
Mann
Jam
Andras Normaine
Helen Delware
John Warduff
Warduff
Delware
Miss Delware
Wardol
California
Ares
Boal
Vesition Ortley
Wardaff
Orsley
Indore
Riley
Albany
Chicago Tribune
Cottage Grove Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
New York
Theatrical Company Travels by Salon on Wheels
A troupe spent evenings acting in theaters and days in transit between cities. They traveled in a well-equipped car, a veritable salon on wheels, sharing the journey like American dramatic tourists, enduring travel hardships in contrast to European tours.
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City OF the
Sultan
Secretary of State
Mr. Blaine
The
Straus
Uncle Sam
America
Balsamides Bey
Marion Crawford
Paul Patoff
Department of State
Foreign Office
War Department
Department of Public Works
Department of Education
Interior
Justice
Sublime Porte
Stamboul
Old
Seraglio
Elwine
Germany
Ceil
Shhammedan
Lie
Nye
Digiatch
Esterday
Castle Garden
Park
Broadway
Aes
Philadelphia
Peri
Fly Buxted
Pittsspure Dispatch
Sara Bernhardt
Chapter
Helen Delware and Company
Enius
Elen Delware
Andras
Mr. Ortley
Lam
University Place
Oycelle
Wa Duff
Tangti
Sant Arran
Helen
Andra
Zust
John
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