The Balkans through centuries of war and empire shifts
The Balkan peninsula's history traces invasions and divisions from Slavic settlements to Ottoman conquest. Nations like Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and Greece shift borders through San Stefano and Berlin treaties, with rising nationalism and independence movements shaping the region from the 19th century onward.
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Montenegro
Drin
Servia
Bulgaria
San Stefano
Berlin
Danube
Balkans
Urbey
Roumania
Greece
Dulcigno
Turkey
Plava
Gusinje
Europe
Roumelia
Crete
Thessalian
Bosniavina
Archy
War Department Accelerates Aeroplane Purchases and Deployments
The War Department has accepted two Wright type C aeroplanes and sent them west while a third awaits acceptance trials at College Park before sailing to the Philippines where Lt. Frank Lalin flies an older Wright. Official orders and pilot licenses are forthcoming as winter flying camps are planned in Augusta Georgia or possibly farther south with a hydroaeroplane station off Florida's coast and San Diego among future stations.
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War Department
College Park
Philippines
Frank Lalin
Aero Club of America
Augusta
San Diego
Cal
Florida
Palm Beach
Measured Sun's Heat Varies, Smithsonian Team Reports
Director Abbot and colleagues return from a five month Algerian expedition to test the sun's heat variability. Mont Wilson station in California has seven years of daily solar heat observations suggesting solar variability within a small range. Algeria observations aim to confirm or refute this variation and may settle the matter conclusively.
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Aboot
Smithsonian Natrophysical Observatory
Basso
Algeria
Mont Wilson
California
Abbot
Arount Wilson
Aldvich
Ifornaia
Gifts for Roosevelt Nurses Feature Personal Pins
Miss Margaret Witherside and Miss Blanche Weller cared for Colonel Roosevelt at a hospital ward. Roosevelt asked Moll McCormick to convey thanks to the nurses and presented each with a solid gold bull moose pin as a token of appreciation and friendship.
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Margaaret Witwside
Blanche Weller
Roosevelt
MceCormick Express
McCormick
Navy Eyes 1000 Foot Drydock On Atlantic Coast
The Navy Department plans to ask Congress in December to authorize a 1000 foot naval drydock on the Atlantic coast likely at New York. A similar Pearl Harbor dock is about one third finished and valued near 5.5 million dollars. The piece ends with a light domestic aside about frost and Eden.
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Navy
Navy Department
Congress
Atlantic
New York
Pearl Harbor
Iawaii
Bryn Mawr Graduates See Fewer Children Per Family
Bryn Mawr statistics show 306 married arts graduates from 1890 to 1910, with 122 respondents and 444 children among 301 mothers. Average children per family peaked in 1898 at four, then fell to about one child per three families by 1910, as 298 boys and 216 girls are recorded.
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Bryn Mawr
Suibachelor
Opening of the Panama Canal Oct 23 1913 First Ship Likely Oregon
The Panama Canal will open to traffic on October 23 1913 with the first vessel through likely the battleship Oregon. Officials expect little ceremony and emphasize precise lock operation as engineers prepare for commercial use by 1914 and full opening by 1915.
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Panama Canal
Oregon
San Francisco
Panama
Big Ditch
Horn
Catan Lake
Uncle Sam
First Kicker and Prehistoric Debate Mocked by Puck
A humorous cartoon dialogue shows two prehistoric men arguing about schooling in which one objects to cooking and manual training. The exchange mocks taxpayer money and contrasts a daughter who cannot fry a dinosaur with a son who makes a crude club.
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Puck
Painful Discovery About a Crowned Tooth
The dentist warns Fr. Ackins that a crowned tooth may trouble him. Mr. Ackins laments his wish to have the tooth pulled, confessing sorrow over the crown's consequences.
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Fr. Ackins
Mr. Ackins
Tye
Nest Building Paradise and Indian Fighting Fishes
Paradise fish and the Indian fighting fish build nests among mosses and grasses for their eggs. The male fishes guard the young while the females do not participate in caring for the offspring.
Women and Suffrage Quote by Emerson
A quotation discusses women demanding votes and political equality. It argues that denying women’s suffrage is foolish, citing Shaker and Quaker practices as examples of gender equality in leadership. The note presents Emerson’s view on the issue with emphasis on equality and voting rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wart on the Allegheny Sparks Libel Suit Anticipation
The Warren Times cites Bro. White of the Tidioute News calling him "the wart on the Allegheny" and warns of another libel suit, a note picked up by the Oil City Blizzard.
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The
Warren Times
Bro. White
Tidioute News
Allegheny
Oil City
Buckwheat Cakes With Maple Syrup and Sausage Coming
Newspaper correspondents note buckwheat cakes with maple syrup and pork sausage will soon appear in local menus. The report hints at a regional food trend influencing diners and vendors.
New Russian Stamps To Feature Imperial Portraits
A shift in policy will allow postage stamps to bear portraits of rulers. The upcoming series includes Peter the Great, Catherine the Great, Peter II, Alexander I and II, the Great, Nicholas I and II, Empress Elizabeth, and Michael Feodorovich of the Romanoff dynasty.
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Peter the Great
III
Catherine It
Peter Petrovna
Alexander I
II. and the Great
Nicholas I
Elizabeth
Michael Feodorovich
Romanoff
Nagasaki Coal Share Seen in Mining Display
Nagasaki’s coal accounted for about 11 percent of mining products in the display value, with coal forming a notable portion of the exhibition alongside the OYE Sleeve.
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Nagasaki
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Morea
Croatia
Bosnia
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Adriatic
Moesia
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Krum
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Epirus
Thessaly
Dasmube
Aegean
Black Sea
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Ochrida
Basil II
Tyan
Peter Asen
Constantinople
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Michael VII
Palaeologus
Thodore
Macedonia
Great
Wallachia
Ivan Asen II
Veenars
Puzhd
Stephen Dushan
Dushan
Mohammed I
Vienna
American Press Association
Prince Countenese
Aviation Corps
Warren Mail
the Home Folk’s Newspaper
Mail Printing Company
A. Larson
S. M. Sloan, Proprietors and Publishers
Waiface
J. A. Laardson
Equirues
Warren
Genev. Penna
Hices
Chicago
the War Department
Wrights
T. RS
Papa
Garden of Eden
Goyoreur
saZuo
Aury
Eulys
Iks
Gatun Lake
Warren National Bank
Beiness
John Smith
Jeln Smith
Rexal
Seigfrieds’ Pharmacy
Warren, Pa
Kope & Henry
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Roth
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