Railroad Isthmus in Near East Sparks War Controversy
A National Geographic Society briefing details Germany's Bagdad Railway plan from Berlin to Bassorah via Asia Minor to the Persian Gulf. It explains concessions from 1888 to 1911, aims to link Berlin with Asia, and notes British diplomacy blocking Gulf access, leaving Bagdad as terminus and Alexandretta as a branch port.
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Washington, D. C
Europe
Near East
National Geographic Society
Bagdad
Berlin
Persian Gulf
Asia Minor
Euphrates
Tigris
Niniveh
Bassarah
Baltic Sea
Persian Arm
Indian Ocean
Asia
Germany
India
England
Russia
Gulf of Persia
Deutsche Bank
Turkey
Ismidt
Angora
Marmara Sea
Wilhelmstrasse
Sud
Konia
Viinor Whire
Mesopotamia
Sheik Mubarek
Koweit
Gulf
Alexandretta
Asia Minor Mediterranean
Berlin-Bagdad
Mesopotamian
Persia
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Suez Canal
Tafts New View of National Capital
Former President Taft outlines a new perspective on Washington as the nation’s capital in a National Geographic Society paper. He praises the city’s beauty and warns against risks from those who would devalue its purpose while noting Washington serves every U S citizen and bears unique fiscal burdens.
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
Taft
Fine Arts Commission
Washington
Supreme Court
Capitol
Monument
Potomac
Arlington Hills
Congress
George Washington
Oder
Mr. Taft
United States
District of Columbia
Union
Monkey Hero Saves Family From Yonkers Fire
A pet monkey named Peto owned by Mrs. Libbie Dixon rescued her and guests by pulling Mrs. Dixon from her top floor room to the basement as a fast spreading fire raged through the Yonkers home.
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Monkey Business
Yonkers
N. Y
Peto
Libbie Dixon
Chi- Namel Wood Finish Promises Superior Toughness
Advertising copy extols Chi- Namel products in 1-4 pint cans with light dark and golden oak walnut mahogany and cherry colors. Claims water resistance no spotting and a metal hard dry finish. Endorses extreme durability with hammer impact without chipping.
Rickard Puts It Up To Officers On Wet or Dry Camp
Colonel George Rickards commander of the Sixteenth regiment N G P asks Second brigade officers for their views on a wet or dry encampment at Indiana Pennsylvania next August. He notes circumstances have arisen to bring the question to the fore and says he favors a dry encampment himself.
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Indiana
Js. & “Bry
Oil City
George Rickards
Sixteenth Regiment
Temperance Pioneer Dr George H Wibbet Dies in Chicago
Rev Dr George H Wibbet lifelong temperance advocate, intimate friend of William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips, dies in Chicago. Born Chicopee Massachusetts October 4 1837, licensed Universalist preacher in 1858 and campaigned for Abraham Lincoln in Ohio. In 1871 he was elected to Massachusetts legislature as a Prohibitionist.
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Chicago
George H. Wibbet
William Lloyd Garrison
Wendell Phillips
Chicopee
Mass
Universalist Church
Ohio
Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
Get Your Tenant Leases at the Maid Office
A brief notice announces tenant lease documents available at the Maid Office for applicants seeking rental agreements. Access is described as centralized and nonresidential with emphasis on processing and document retrieval.
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Warren, Pa
Warren National Bank
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