Russia Persia rail route shifts Turkestan link to Teheran
A National Geographic bulletin describes a new Transcaucasia railway route linking Tiflis to Tabriz via Nakitchivan and Djulia, offering an alternate Europe to Teheran path. Travel conditions along the line are rough with delays and frontier guards. Tabriz is portrayed as Persia’s western window. its history and age are debated. The piece also notes fashionable middy outfits for sportswomen, emphasizing linen and blue trim.
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Ussia
Persia
Russia
Transcaucasia
National Geographic Society
Europe
Teheran
Baku
Caspian
Resht
Tiflis
Caucasus
Alexandropol
Erivan
Nakhitchevan
Noah
Ararat
Araxes
Eden
Djulia
Tabriz
Ulukhanlu
Djulfa
Moses
Azarbaijan
Zobeidah
Harun al Rashid
Calif
Sleeved Evening Dresses Dominate Fashion Page 1860 Style
The article notes that evening dresses are mostly sleeved with wisps at times, covering shoulders for modesty and beauty while a few sleeve less gowns appear as exceptions. The 1860 drop shoulder trend is emerging with some gowns displaying its distinct lines.
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Milady
Electric Letter-Opening Machine Reaches 300 Per Minute
A newly perfected device driven by electricity opens letters at a rate of 300 per minute. The technology promises faster mail processing and reduced manual labor for postal services.
Unpleasant Persian Railway Travel And Tabriz's Ancient Walls
The account describes harsh travel on the Tehran to Tabriz line with hot climate, crowded second and third class cars, dirty conditions, and cheap fares. It contrasts the misery of the journey with picturesque Araxes scenery and notes Tabriz's Ark Citadel, 318 mosques including Masjid-i Rabad, and the bustling yet claustrophobic bazaars.
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Araxes Valley
Tabriz
Young Harold Woggins Questions Light Travel Taxicab Gas Meter
A reader notes a playful moment where Harold Woggins asks if the gas meter is a taxicab after being told that light travels through space. The quip reflects a child’s humorous misunderstanding of scientific concepts.
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Harold Woggins
Wood-Oil Tree Grows Near Tallahassee and Ocean Trade
The Chinese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata can likely thrive in the South with a Tallahassee tree yielding two bushels of seeds. Its seeds produce a drying oil surpassing others, heavily used in China for calking vessels and varnishing woodwork, while the U.S. imports about five million gallons annually worth $2 million as war trade grows. Legend of Tyrol recounts Meg as Pocket-Mouthed, with a wife’s blow allegedly leading to her ceding Tyrolean lands to Austria after her son's death in 1363.
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Tallahassee
China
United States
Tyrol
Hapsburg
Margaret
Meg
Austria
Fragmentary clue on ownership and preference
A brief, unclear note contrasts two parties over possession. The text hints at a disputed or comparative choice between "the other girl's lot" and "yours" but lacks complete context or concrete facts to determine a clear event or outcome.
Mourning millinery using crape in black and white
Elegant mourning hats crafted from English crape in black, white, or mixed tones. Designers balance solemnity with beauty, featuring flowers and grapes as trimming. Two notable hats illustrate the vogue, including a wide-brimmed black crape hat and a white-crape floral ornamented style. Also included is a method to clean a white belt using cream of tartar, alum, fuller's earth, oats, and whiting.
Coiffure Trends Describe Plain Chinese Chignon Look
A brief fashion note describes this season’s simple hairstyles featuring a plain Chinese chignon. Hair remains un waved and drawn lightly over a high frame with the forehead line, accented by small flat cheek curls.
Distinctive looks raise questions among women
A fragment notes women resist certain distinctions and prefer preserving or restoring natural hair color rather than seeking stylistic changes.
Atlantic blockade letters from Sydney crew in severe cold
An English sailor aboard the Sydney, now in the Atlantic blockade fleet, writes home about brutal cold, perpetual storms near Barnegat, and the strain of waiting for fuel and letters. He recalls Emden, recalls Carb, and recounts a man lost over the side during lettuce supplies, painting a grim picture of life aboard.
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Atlantic
Jerry
Bermuda
Barnegat
North Sea
Caronia
Cunard
Putney
Fulham Palace Road
Hammersmith
Monumental Japanese Lexicon Announced in Tokyo
At a Tokyo dinner on October 19 a fifteen year effort by Professor Matsui of the Tokyo Higher Normal School yielded the four volume Japanese Lexicon. Volume one is ready, three more volumes follow yearly, with 220000 words and a 140 foot manuscript stack. Premier Marquis Okuma praised the compilers. Minister Takata and cabinet members attended.
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Japan
Tokyo
Matsui
Tokyo Higher Normal School
Takata
Marquis Okuma
Orient
Shih
Ugeda and
East and West News
Fountains in France Question of Drinking Water
A London Chronicle correspondent notes dry municipal fountains in Groombridge Sussex and contrasts French village fountains as frequent artistic public water sources. The piece laments English reluctance to provide free local water while villagers face rural nuisances like tramps.
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France
The
London Chronicle
Groombridge
Sussex
Activities of Women and Work Trends Across Nations
The piece notes Greek women lack individuality with only one employed versus twelve men in Ireland. It highlights Mrs Harold Almert as national trapshooting champion and mother of two. It cites Chinese women pushing for monarchy and mentions London’s postlaw drinking drop and a 25 percent rise in women’s employment banks since war began. Laura Taylor owns an 80 acre farm in Cleveland county Oklahoma directing hogs and beeves operations though not performing labor herself.
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Ireland
Harold Almert
Chicago
London
Laura Taylor Ows
Cleveland County
Oklahoma
Saved Minister's Life by Kidney Pills
Reverend W H Warner of Frederick Maryland credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life after a long bout of sciatica back pain nervous dizziness and kidney trouble. Advertises Dodd's Kidney Pills 50c per box and other Dodd's medicines with free household hints and National Anthem music.
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W. H. Warner
Frederick, Md
Dodd
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Notion of Mandy and a Husband
A speaker contemplates Mandy's marriage and notes her husband is fine but wonders what he would have been if he had married a woman who could work. The reflection hints at traditional gender roles shaping judgments in a rural setting.
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Mandy
Lydia E Pinkham remedy touted for women's complaints
Burlington Wisconsin reader Mrs Anna Kerry reports relief from side and back pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Tablets and Sanative Wash. The ad urges other women to try the remedy and offers confidential free advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Burlington, Wis
Lydia E. Pinkhem
Anna Kerry
Chestnut Street
Burlington
Wis
Lydia E.pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Rare Poise at Banquet Highlights Table Wealth
A banquet scene draw attention to immense wealth and the calm head waiter managing details with cool efficiency. Observers note the head waiter’s condescension and compare him to a foreign diplomat negotiating vast sums.
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Nakhitchevan Railway
Lantic
Cote Tae
Elphir i
the Centaur Company
New York
Mr. Hill
W. H. Hill Company
Detroit
Philadelphia
Soc
Denison
Absorbine, JR
F.young
P.D. F
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Watsom E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Beat Services
Virginia Farms and Homes Sree
R. B. Chaffin & Co., Inc
Richmond, Vae
Pierce
Malta
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