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Newspaper
The Wakefield News
Location
Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
3
A Wakefield writer recounts life in interior Turkey near Samsoun. She praises Turkish peasants for kindness and industriousness, describes markets, tea customs, and distinctive mud brick walls. The piece notes gatehouses, courtyard greetings, and extended family gatherings in homes.
The passage describes Turkey's rapid shift to Latin letters in under three months, with schools starting Oct 15 1928 and ages sixteen to forty required to learn reading and writing in the new script. Theaters and coffee houses turned into classrooms while Turkish teachers conducted dual sessions for men and women, with one teacher managing a class of eighty.
Anna Wells notes the hardships in Merzifoun Turkey where many go hungry and some pay fines for schooling. Her daughter Helen Weis, born in Wakefield, is principal of the Merzifoun school with about fifty pupils offering Turkish and English instruction.
A note from the Bombay Times quoting a child named Betty aged nine asking why elephants have large trunks and answering that they must come all the way from India. The item reads as a light human interest snippet reflecting playful dialogue in a newspaper issue.
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