Veil customs shift as Turkish women join Angora reformers
In Angora they walk veiled back with Turkish nationalists pushing reform while outsiders still see strict modesty. Halide Hanum and other women travel unveiled among locals, yet the veil persists beyond Angora, with changes in how faces are shown depending on who approaches.
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Halide Hanum
Angora
Walide Hanum
Asia Minor
Halide Hanum Mufide
Ferid Hanum
Finance
Constantinople
Frightened Child Survives Ramapo Snake Encounter
Jennie Van Olsen, twelve, on a Ramapo mountains berry picking trip, heard a humming and found two large rattlesnakes nearby. She stayed motionless, a choice that likely saved her life as the rest of the party killed the snakes, described as among the largest ever killed in the area.
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Suffern
Jennie van Olsen
Ramapo
Ancient coins on display at Boston exhibit by American Numismatic Society
Obsolete coins from before Christ year 760 B C and other ancient pieces were shown by a southern collector. The exhibit featured what was said to be the oldest coin in the United States and the smallest value coin a mite with a face value of one fiftieth of a cent minted around 100 B C at Aegina.
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Boston
American Numismatic Society
United States
B. C
Aegina
Funeral 3,000 Feet in the Air
Flying at an altitude of 3,000 feet over Long Island Sound, Charlies 8. Haight unfolded an Ameri
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New York
Long Island Sound
Charlies 8
Haight
Funeral ashes scattered in flag ceremony for Brooklyn insurer
The funeral rite for Charles F. Haight featured a flag containing his ashes and was witnessed by his widow and two relatives. Haight, a prominent Brooklyn insurance official, died July 28 at age sixty five and had requested this unique disposal before his death.
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Ican
Charles F. Haight
Mr. Haight
Brooklyn
France’s Wallingford Like Swindler Roqueplin Returns
Paris reports on M. Marie Renaud a veteran con man known as Rockland or Count Roqueplin. He pursued gigantic financial schemes since 1870s, was imprisoned six times and declared bankrupt with 21,000,000 francs liabilities, yet reappears with new bank plans and a well groomed front.
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France
Marie Renaud
Paris
M. Renaud
Nestor
M. Marie
Renaud
Bois de Boulogne
Rockland
Count Roqueplin
National Child Health council selects Mansfield Ohio area
Washington announces five year experiment site for child health development in Mansfield and Witchland County D. The Ohio communities were chosen from 80 applicants for meeting typical American community standards. Dr. Walter H. Brown, former Bridgeport health officer, will direct the demonstration to show what concerted action can do to improve children's health and strength. Russia uses coal dust bricks with molasses and resin for paving.
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Washington, D. C
Mansfield
Witchland
National Child Health Council
Ohio
Walter H. Brown
Bridgeport
Soo Rapids No More A Menace
In Sault Ste. Marie Michigan modern engineering has erased the Soo rapids by removing rocks and creating deep pools. Dams above the rapids regulate Lake Superior levels and allow a steady drift in the locks. Fishermen expect pools to lure rainbow and speckled trout while most fish retreat downstream.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Uncle Sam
Lake Superior
Geese Rearing and Preparation Methods Detailed
The guide explains seasonal demand for goslings from June to January, with ten week old birds marketed as green geese around holidays. It covers slaughter and plucking techniques including steam and dry picking, scrubbing with rosin, and singeing, plus notes on market preferences and regional abundance.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Market Undesirable Stock Cull for Winter Sale
Farmers are advised to prune and sell off unsuitable stock now rather than carry through winter. The guidance favors September and October cul1ings to market both old and young stock, avoiding winter losses.
Bold ransom threat and evasive reply quoted
A Kansas City Star snippet features a kidnapper’s threat to hold Bagrox for 10 000 and the victim’s courteous denial of wealth, claiming no financial value. The fragment ends with an advertisement pitch for Cuticura toilet preparations including soap ointment and talcum.
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Bagrox
Kansas City Star
Domestic Inquiries Reveal Finances Between Spouses
The dialogue contrasts a husband who gives no allowance with a wife who takes all, highlighting a clash over money in their marriage. The exchange implies a power imbalance and questions of financial autonomy between partners.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Restores Hearing
Catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube lining. The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions, promising relief from hearing loss and offering circulars free.
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Hall
Hali
FOI
Cheney & Co
Tolédo
Onio
Impossible. Fluid-Do you understand your wife?
Dulbb replies that understanding his wife eludes him after marrying her, revealing a humorous or ironic exchange about marriage dynamics.
Pity Steps Over When We Meet An Easy-Find Bill
A fragment notes a meeting with an easy find bill and mentions a man married to an intellectual woman. The text is unclear but hints at personal relationships and a legal or financial matter.
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Bill
Unexpected Always Happen Why Not Expect It
A pithy question explores readiness for surprises and the mindset of anticipating the unforeseen as a practical approach to resilience. It invites reflection on risk awareness and flexible planning in everyday life and work.
Trello There Troubles Visit Sahara Inquiry
A humorous exchange features Trello and Troubles discussing a Sahara trip. A judge remarks on the heat and a quip about lizards carrying sticks to climb and cool their feet.
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Sahara
Aspirin Bayer Packaging Warns of Genuine Tablets
The ad warns that genuine Aspirin bears Bayer on the package or tablets and has been proven safe by millions for twenty one years. It promotes Bayer tablets for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and pain. Smaller tins hold twelve tablets at a few cents. druggists offer larger packages.
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Bayer
Store Detective Intervenes In Unlikely Encounter
An exchange unfolds in a department store as a bold man asks an attractive young woman to linger while the store detective steps in. The man seeks companionship, but the detective asserts control and ends the approach, keeping the interaction brief and supervised.
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Tin
Department Store
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Caruso
Onorio Ruotolo
Enrico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera
Wallingford
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Ku Klux Klan
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Imperial Wizard
Simmons
Russia
Soo Rapids
Dumas
Middle West
Was
Carl Linder AF
Dassel
Minnesota
Carl Linder
R.ef
Cassel
Spokane
Wash
Mrs. Winslow
Anglo-American Drug CO
Fulton Street
Flarold F. Ritchie & Co., Inc
London
Toronto
Haneas Oley
Robinson Shoe Co
Main Street
Kansas City
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