Also that parents who sold their im
mature daughters into marriage en
courage divorce so the girls could be
sold a second time. Some girls wera
resold as many as five Mmes.
Tile trial further brought out that
under the peculiar conceptions of hon
or prevailing among Turcomans, it. j
was considered a disgrace and an in
sult to the husband if a divorce were*
secured on the wife's Initiative.
Such “insults” were avenged by thu
husband killing the w ife or tier new ly
acquired spouse, ami these affairs fie.
quently led to blood feuds among
] whole families, and even entire vil
lages.
All five of the murders went to their
] death unrepentant for the crime,
j which was one of the strangest ami
] most sensational in Russian anna's,
j They insisted that Anna had dislion-
I ored the proud family name ami had
] also dishonored Hod and their country
| by renouncing their religion and par
| ental teachings and embracing com
! munism.
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j has more golf courses than th®<
I’nited States. There are 464 courses
listed in the Dominion, the Trovlno*
] of Ontario leading with 1(10, while
: Quebec has 7*», Alberta, 60; Sas
katchewan, 53; Manitoba, 51; British
Columbia. 33; Nova Scotia. 17; New
i Brunswick, 11, and Prince Edward
i Island, three..
