Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-10
History of Towns
in the War Zone

The National Geographic society has
prepared the following facts concern
ing places that are figuring prominent
ly in the news of the military opera
tons in the European war:
ST. MENEHOULp-In the pictur-
esque valley of the Aisne, in north
western France, four miles west OF
the Forest of Argonne, lies this little
town of about half a thousand inhab-
itants. 1t was here that "Old-Dragoon
Drouet'' recognized Louis XVI on his
attempted fight from France in 1871.
The town is known for its pork. The
place was named from Menehould,
daughter Of Sigmare, Count of Perth
OILS, who lived in a magnificent castle
on top OF the steep. rocky hill at whose
foot the town is located. The daugh-
ter was famed for her charitable deeds
and was considered a saint by the
poor people, to whose wants she min
istered. In 1898 the people of the
town changed its name from Mon
Iagne-sur-Aisne to St Menehould.
ST. JUVIN-A village in the Forest
of Argonne region of northern France,
four miles west of Grandpre, and
about 50 miles east of Reims. On ap-
preaching the town huge building re-
sembling a Middle Age fortress with
four turrets is seen. a nearer view
reveals the fact that it is church, one
of the most curious in the Argonne
region 1t is dedicated to st. Juvin,
who was a slave employed to watch
-, I Il
he built himself place to pray in the
dense woods. His master, Marc, a non
believer. asked him to explain. The
slave carried in his hand a dead
branch of a tree. Suddenly twigs and
green leaves sprCuted from its sides.
Marc Immediately ordered that, after
his death, an inscription be placed
over his grave, stating he was be-
lever in the resurrection from the
dead and that he was only a worm
of the earth"
GRANDPRE-A small town on the
northern border of the Forest of Ar
gonne, in the northwestern part OF
France, at the foot of a steep valley,
on the right bank of the River Aire.
A large castle. in which are many
relics and pieces of art nearly 500
years old, crowns the top of a neigh !
boring hill. The town commands one
of the passes, running east and west. !
the hilly and wooded Argonne /!
region.
THEODOSIA, or KAFF E-A fash ,
ionable seaside resort on the south /
yast coast of Crimea, rising on the |
sides of the hills enclosing the west !
angle OF one of the bays of the Black .
sea. The Ionian Greeks founded the !,
town, which is said To have reached a
population of 100000 in the middle
ages. Six hundred years ago the
started colony there and
heir city finally rivaled Athens in
splendor and size. but the attacks of the
Turks in 1875 caused the city's pros
perity to decline rapidly. In recent
years it has begun to flourish again
and now has a population close to
20. 600 made up of Tartars, Armenians,
Greeks and Russians. Their principal
occupations are fishing, the prepare
ion of caviar and the expectation OF
wheat. wool, hides and salt.
Novorossyck-A town in the Rus
sian province of Caucasil, on the
northeast coast of the Black sea, %
niles southeast o: AnaEa, and almost
opposite Theodosia, 100 miles away.
n 1922, the Turks built the fortress
on the site of the
present town. This was destroyed by
Russia in 1912 and in 1888 the forti-
led village was founded which with
stood siege by the allies in 1855.
Iovorossysk has become an import
INT commercial point, with the ship