Women of Harems Have Control of Their Own Property
Washington bulletin notes Turkish women long possessed property rights and independence, contrasting with European norms. It cites Mary Mills Patrick on how Roman and Islamic law allowed women to own and govern their assets, while harem life featured contrasts between opulent display and self run finances.
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Washington, D. C
Turkey
Washington
National Geographic Society
Mary Mills Patrick
Pasha
Fires From the Air Will Be One of the New Horrors of War
London reports a German secret claim of aerial flame throwers and poison gas as possible next war horrors. Erzberger allegedly urged Zeppelins to drop liquid fire on crowded cities, with British Air Ministry confirming feasibility and RAF interest.
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London
German National Assembly
Copenhagen
Air Ministry
Berlin Post
Erzberger
von Falkenhayn
England
British
Royal Air Force
United States Army
Home Storage of Vegetables Guidance From Farm Department
The Farm Department advises storing vegetables to prevent cold injury. Cabbage buried in the ground, celery in a trench with boards and straw, sweet potatoes in a warm dry room. provide temporary storage if needed. Full guidance is in Farmers' Bulletin No. 879 and through state agriculture colleges.
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Department of Agriculture Farmers
State Agricultural Colleges
Beware First False Step Silver Threads Motto Fragment
A line from Silver Threads speaks on honor as an island without a landing place, warning that pride and missteps can leave one adrift and unable to reenter the ideal code once left.
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Honor
Iowas Motor Law to Be U S Model
Iowa's new motor vehicle law adopted last winter is set to become the national model as the National Association of Secretaries of State met in Washington. W Ramsay was named to a committee to draft a uniform statute for presentation next year alongside Emerson Illinois chairman and others from Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania. The report also notes a federal law moving through Congress to curb interstate vehicle theft and outlines fees for registration licenses plates and dealer terms.
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Iowa
General Assembly
National Association of Secretaries of State
Washington
W. Ramsay
Emerson
Illinois
Smith
Ohio
Road
Indiana
Woods
Pennsylvania
Middle West
House
House of Representatives
Senate
Ramsay
Phils Aye Cure
Gray
Arctic Light Describe Polar Winter Sun Angles
In McMillan's Four Years in the White North a passage notes December 21 at noon with the sun about 12 degrees below the horizon at latitude 78 degrees 20 minutes. It explains darkness results from the sun hovering 18 degrees below the horizon and the faint southward light detectable at noon.
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Arctic
Donald B. McMillan
Tattoo Removal Methods Across Historical Practices
The article outlines various approaches to removing tattoo marks including caustic solutions and chemical agents. It notes methods such as tannin solutions, tattoo needles, silver nitrate, nitric acid, salicylic acid with glycerine, chloroform, and mixtures like pepsin with glycerine and hydrochloric acid.
Tanlac Restores Kansas City Woman’s Health After Four Years
Mrs. Grace E. Trinder of 11 West 33rd Street Kansas City Missouri credits Tanlac with ending four years of stomach indigestion sour stomach and nervous exhaustion. She says after two bottles she gained twenty pounds and regained strength sleep and ability to do housework without trouble. She paused prior to surgery to try Tanlac and found it improved her condition.
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Tanlac
Grace E. Trinder
West 33Rd Street
Kansas City
Mrs. Trinder
Altho
Unfinished Letter From Iowa Soldier Sent From Germans
Des Moines parents receive an unfinished wartime letter found on Sgt Ralph Whittle’s body after he was killed in action on Sept 26 1918. The note from a German buried soldier in Alsace Lorraine confirms Whittle’s burial beside the Mosel River and details delays in official word.
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Des Moines
Ralph Withee
338Th Infantry
J. E. Whittle
East Fourteenth Street
Rudolph Keller
Berlin
Germany
Keller
Whittie
Preny
Mosel
Alsace- Lorraine
No Man's Land
Fragmentary musings on wealth and human life
A reflective piece notes how wealth and material things can neither guarantee happiness nor ruin a person. It suggests true value lies beyond possessions, with few factors determining a soul's well being.
Art of Chinese Gardeners Reveals Living Statues in Vines
Description of Chinese gardeners placing statuettes in posts and training live evergreens around them to create a robe of vines. The men’s white faces and hands emerge from the green foliage, forming a surreal vegetal display.
Woman Thwarts Jail Break In Dodge County
Miss May Bassett sister of Sheriff George Bassett confronted the inmate Morgan Davies during a jail escape. Davies trapped in his cell after she backed him into it and locked the door, preventing his getaway from the Dodge jail.
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Dodge
Iia
May Bassett
George Bassett
Morgan Davies
Davies
Miss Bassett
Local Riddle Questions Why tan area fails to tan
A commentator notes the paradox of tanning jargon, arguing that the body area treated for a performance appears untouched by color, provoking questions about language and effect. The piece playfully critiques common usage despite observable irony.
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Paris
Farm Department
Nazimova
RED Lantern
Fox Theatre
U. S
Secretaries OF State
Jonly Hope
Emma Novakova
America
Prague
Alice Masaryk
Czechoslovak Red Cross
U.S
Whittle
Art of
Army & Navy
U. S. Army & Navy Tablet CO
West Broadway, N.Y
Fort Dodge
H. Il. Ward & CO
Iowa Gas & Elec. Co
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