Fall of Petrograd Desolation Shows City in Ruin
A stark panorama of Petrograd ten years after the empire. Population plummeted from nearly two million to about six hundred thousand as deaths outpace births. Desert docks line the river as famine relief ships rare, shops shuttered, and homes abandoned. The piece links Petrograd’s decline to the overthrow of the Romanovs and Moscow’s rise, noting the czarist-designed metropolis now decaying in a remote Russia.
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Petrograd
Rea
Finland
Pertograd
Great
Europe
Russia
Riga
Liban
Moscow
Aral
Cedar chests guard clothing from moths with care
Cedar chests made of red heartwood can protect clothing if kept tight and heat treated. The odor harms young moth larvae but does not kill eggs or mature larvae. brushing and beating garments before storage improves effectiveness.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court rules remarriage after divorce a felony
West Virginia Supreme Court holds that a divorced person who remarries within the court fixed period commits a felony and may be imprisoned. If the court fixes six months or longer, the period stands. Remarriage abroad does not avoid the court order, and violations can lead to indictment and penitentiary time.
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Supreme Court of
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Barbour County
World's Largest Hotel Planned in New York City
A New York project aims to build the world’s largest hotel with about 2,500 rooms and a vast stakeholding group. The plan highlights the era of “big things” in development, with ground purchase and building design noted as major undertakings.
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New York
Prohibition Critique on Saloon Decline and Bootlegger Threats
The piece argues prohibition exposes the saloon as corrupt, with a national bootlegger network profiting amid government connivance. It predicts the bootleg revolt will end as the liquor business dies from its own poisons, praising militants while urging proportional action.
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United States
Dearborn Independent
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