Scio Island: From myth to sufferings of siege and revolt
The article recalls Scio in the Grecian Archipelago, its ancient fame and the destruction during the 1522 Turkish siege after Greek revolt. It notes Scio’s capital, culture, and exports, then details the massacre, destruction, and slavery inflicted by Ottoman forces, and highlights the heroic resistance led by Canaris at Psyra before Navarino granted Greece freedom.
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Washington Gazette
Scio
Chio
Grecian
Asia Minor
Dedona
Sclo
Tennyson
Venice
Greece
Navarino
Wiich
Dozzaris
Ypsilanti
Scio Wik
Samos
Asi Minor
Lappec
Phe
Constantine Canaris
Canaris
Psyra
Winter Hardship in Dakota Territory Strains Settlers
The letter describes a severe Dakota winter, with six to seven feet of snow on level ground and gulches up to sixty feet deep. Rail service halted, fuel scarce, and people burn hay, cedar posts, and outbuildings. Many survive on coarse flour and molasses while three-fifths of crime linked to liquor, and towns hold surprise dances to lift spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devel
Gary
Efarmers
Intemperance and Crime in Massachusetts Law Report
The twelfth annual report by Carroll D. Wright of the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor is cited. It notes that 60 percent of Massachusetts crime sentences over twenty years involved rum offenses and describes a 1880 Suffolk county case study with 16,897 total sentences, including drunkenness and liquor-law violations.
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New Haven Palladium
Carroll D. Wright
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Colonel Wright
Massachusetts
Suffolk County
Remarkable Statement From Coldwater Elder
Rev. Allen Tibbits of Coldwater Michigan, age seventy, claims a lifetime of restraint and honesty. He says he never swore, drank, smoked, or gambled and that his Bible memory surpasses all he knows. He notes long preaching, travel for funerals, and a lone tea salary. Canadian papers praise the U S for liberty and charm attracting Europeans and Americans.
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Allen Tibbits
Coldwater
Michigan
Cattle Keeping Costs and Profits in Texas Exposé
The Bert Worth Live Stock Journal estimates Texas cattle upkeep at about 1.50 per head or 1 600 2 1 000. A herd of 1 500 requires four men and 12 to 15 horses. Beeves cost 14 plus 1.60 renting, sell at 322 with 32 percent profit. Cows at 13.50 cost 1.50 to keep with 10 profit. Calves up 75 percent worth 5 per head. Wet profit 25 percent.
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Texas
Bert Worth Live Stock Journal
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Scio’s Lovely Isle
East
U. S
Toronto Globe
Canada
Europe
Flaranvare
Fieadquarters
A Okes
South Side
Sullivan
Indiana
Seoves
Coorg
Oliver
Richmond, Hamilton
Pittsburg
Brown Cultivators
Champion
Reaper & Mower
Studebaker Farm Wagon
Climax Corn Planter
Hore, Sullivan
New Denison Hotel
Indianapolis
West
PF. McEneney
Sullivan, Ind
Clark ST
Chicago, Ill
Chicago
A. G. Olin
M.D
South
St. Charles Street
St. Louis
St.Louii
Rafels
Brerma
Bataan
Cluibet
Bs. Louis
St.Charles
Jacques
St. St
Commercial Row
Sullivan Or
Terre Haute
J. P, Stratton
Ben Vandels & Co
Beekman &J
N.Y
M. L. Byrn
Nassau St
N Y
E. A. Wilson
Penn St
Williamsburgh
Fae
AEG
Prof
Harris
RADIO
Tenare
Harris Remedy
Wanana
Butts
North 8Th
St. Louis, Mo
J.P. Watson
Pas Reh
Troy
O. Toe
T. Williams
Milwackee
Wis
Corist and Walnut Sts
Terre Haute, Ind
Castings
J. A. Parker & Bros
Oneman
Florence Machine CO
Florence
Mass
GEO. P
BENT
Jackson St
John EH. Ogden
Cedar St
N, Y
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