Ottoman Empire Declines Tracing Losses Since 1686
The piece charts the Ottoman Empire’s territorial shrinkage from 1686 onward. It lists regions ceded or lost across centuries, including Transylvania, Bukowina, Taurida, Crimea, Bessarabia, Serbia, Greece, Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, Hedjaz, Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, Smyrna, and Armenia, highlighting a long pattern of gradual defeat.
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Turkey
Sevres
Christian, Science Monitor
Ottoman Empire
Transylvania
Slovakia
Poland
Hungary
Banat
Bukowina
Taurida
Crimea
Odessa
Bessarabia
Serbia
Georgia
Greece
Algeria
Bulgaria
Armenia
Romania
Tunisia
Egypt
Libya
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkans
Hedjaz
Mesopotamia
Syria
Palestine
Persian’ Gulf
Smyrna
Safety-First Doors Auto Lock for Moving Trains
An Immingham Dock staffer of the Great Central Railway has designed automatic carriage doors that lock during motion and unlock only with a guard’s key. The system, powered from the carriage axle, works on single carriages and frees parents from shouting warnings as children lean from windows.
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Immingham Dock
Great Central Railway Company
Woman Reporter Pursues Details After Accident
A female reporter rushes to cover a roadside accident at a drug store scene. She gathers witness accounts and seeks the injured woman's name, despite a bystander’s snide remark that details will only appear in the evening paper.
Pathway in Desert Uses Wire Mesh for Military Roads
In Egypt loose sand was smoothed and chicken wire laid over it creating a consolidated surface. The road supported troops and motor transports with only slight damage and minimal repairs after animal drawn vehicles passed.
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Egypt
Jud Tunkins on Gentlemen’s Agreements and Peace
Jud Tunkins argues that gentlemen’s agreements could replace wars in international affairs. He notes some compare it to a dog’s tail, while others understand the metaphor. He suggests Europe worries about finding a mechanism that does not worry it.
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Jud Tunkins
Europe
Rolfe News Notes and Local Happenings
The Rolfe community reports on medical updates from a local hospital including a ruptured appendix surgery and a mother staying with her son. Geo Seifert begins teaching at Lake City with other locals attending events, sales and meetings planned at the Fair Store and M. E. church. Networking, farm moves, school openings, and social events fill the week.
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Harry
Ryeiff
T.R
Campbell
The
Young
Hin
Will Obrecht
Lost -Teland Lake
Geo. P. Seifert
Lake City
Seifert
Nora Cleaver
Woman’s ‘Missionary ‘Societies
M. E. Church
R. C. Granton
Excelsior Society
Presbyterian Church
Rolfe Auto Co
Geo. Ryen
Wis
Orville Dobbs
Spencer
Thompson Bros
Rolfe
Iowa
C. G. Lighter
Teryi
Emma Lighter
Des Moines
Arizona
C. E. Watts
Grace Johnson
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Will Eikenberry
Miss Grace _Huffman
Clarion
Andy Eikenberry
Walter Huffman
Walter Spence
Gilmore
Leo Bonne
Mrs. Spence
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Joseph Wiley
Bush & Northrop
Thompson Bros. Rolfe
Leonard Seaman
H. E. Seaman
Arrow
D. D. DeGroote
At & Bargain
Waterloo
Olfe Implement Co
Geo. Seipel, Rolfe
B. J. Lehnus
T. C. Thorson
Dora Barker
C. H. Moon
State Savings Bank
Harold Schaeffer
J. R. McIntire
J. E. Gould
Liscomb
Geo. Spence
Gould
Spence
William Gibbons
Fred Smith
Walter Harriger
American Legion
Spirit Lake
Rolfe Post
Gibbons
O. B. Fuller
Bradgate
Rebekahs
Mother
Peterson
Mies
Etta
Tilius
Fort Dodge
J T Grant
J. T. Grant
Twin Lakes
Brogatti
Mr. Month
Pythian Sisters
Kensington
Castle Hall
Thursiday
Mildred Goin
Mabel Wheeler
Leslie ‘Struthers
Ralph Weisner
F.C. DeWolf
Nettleton Commercial College
Sioux Falls
Gilmore’ City
Gillmore City
U. S. Navy
Baltimore
Bonne
Gilmore City
Otis Cook
Helen’ Colebaugh
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
J. S. Pearce
Dorothy
Florey
Haynace McGuire
Kansas
Mieft
A. H. Bryan
Bryan
Aig Low
Adler Collegian
Jersey
Petersons
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