Indemnity Talk and War News From The Aegean Front
May 17 dispatches report Turkey demanding a ten million pound indemnity from Greece. Pan-placed protests over bloodshed. Emperor William’s pressure delays armistice. France backs Russia and Germany in peace terms, despite local opinion. Greek forces siege Prevesa and continue bombardment of Nickopolis. Troop withdrawals from Crete announced. Turkish cavalry appears at DomoKkos but withdraws. villages burned near Pharsalos.
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Baseball Scores From May Seventeen Across Cities
Louisville hosted a 0 to 5 loss to Baltimore in the May schedule while Cleveland beat Washington 7 to 1. St Louis triumphed 5 to 3 over Brooklyn as Cincinnati boarded a 5 to 2 win against Philadelphia. Chicago edged Curacao 1 to 0 and Pittsburgh defeated New York 3 to 2 with Rooston listed 10.
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Reneennne
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Soston
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Brooklynew York Renereseeers
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Louis Perereerett
Molers Barber College Advertises Fast Eight-Week Training
Wanted young men to learn barber trade with eight weeks to completion and steady employment. Outfit of high grade tools donated. Constant practice. Wages earned while learning. Illustrated catalogue mailed free. Molers Barber College Fourth and Central Ave Cincinnati Ohio.
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Molers Barber College
Fourth and
Central Ave
Cincinnatti
Ohio
Novel financial scheme mocked by Washington insiders
Washington officials dismissed an American Credit Foncier plan promoted by John R. Dos Passos New York. The proposal claimed Speaker Reed would back a $100 million chartered bank with $2 billion loan power to aid farmers especially in the South and West. Secretary Gage denied knowledge of it and Reed condemned the crank plan as unconstitutional and unlikely to reach Congress.
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Washingtton
Washington
John R. Dos Passos
New York
Reed
Builders Meet to Forge Alliance Against Labor Unions
In Carcado on May 17, leading city builders held a secret session to consolidate employers' associations. They aim to counter a linked union offensive that could trigger a united sympathetic strike across trades if one trade nears a grievance. The builders seek to act independently of walking delegates and agents.
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Carcado
Inter-city bicycle race set to start at Tattersall’s
May 17 report from Cresco states Mayor Harrison will signal the start of a five day inter-city bicycle race at Tattersall's. Cleveland New York St Louis and Milwaukee are among the cities represented as the contest decides the inter-state championship.
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Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Harrison
Tattersall’s
Meeting Notice of Associated Charities in Vestry Room
There will be a council meeting in the vestry room of the Episcopal Church on Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the evening. Delegates are urged to attend as important business will be transacted. Nexuman IF. MARSHALL, President B. A. Monks, Secretary
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Episcopal Church
Nexuman IF. Marshall
Desirable Bluefield Residence In Modern Home
One of the most desirable Bluefield residences offers modern improvements and prime location. For information contact L. C. Tabb's Real Estate Agency. Also note Hall's Hair Renewer for scalp disorders and premature baldness. Try Cascarets 10c, a liver and bowel regulator.
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L. C. Tabb
Real Fatare Agency
Hall
Fifth Annual American Pilgrimage to Rome and Lourdes Planned
Bishop John J. Hennessy will lead Wichita Catholics on the fourth annual American Pilgrimage to Rome and Lourdes. Main group sails July 28 from New York on the Westerland, with a preliminary voyage June 23 on the Brittannie via Ireland Scotland and England. Mass daily at sea, stop at Padua, Rome August 1–7, Lourdes mid August, return to New York September 5.
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New York
Westerland
Scotland
England
Antwerp
Lourdes
France
Man of Honor Horatio Bottomley Faces No Legal Debt
London May 17 Horatio Bottomley once president of the Hansard Union is at the center of a startling financial episode. After a crash that left stock and bondholders owed hundreds of thousands Bottomley, deemed more victim than wrecking ball, has given trustees two million and a quarter dollars to be distributed to ruinous investors in proportion to their losses. He had no legal or moral obligation to cover the liabilities of the defunct firm.
Wilde Breaks Silence Plans Return to Writing from Seclusion
Oscar Wilde, speaking through a press representative at Reading Prison, says his health is good though his mind is weary. He plans to write again soon under his own name, retreating to near London with trusted friends and delivering his next work only when ready.
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Reading
Tam
Fifteen decisive battles from ancient to early modern era
A historical list recounts fifteen decisive battles from Marathon in 490 BC through Waterloo in 1815. It notes Greek versus Persian clashes, Roman and Carthaginian conflicts, Attila, Tours, Hastings, Orleans, the Spanish Armada defeat, Blenheim, Poltava, Saratoga, Valmy, and Waterloo with brief date markers and opposing powers.
Northwestern Musical Festival Opens In Minneapolisp Exposition
MinneavouisMinn May 17 The Northwestern Musical Festival begins this evening at the exposition drawing thousands from nearby states. The event requires no business community guarantees and features top soloists from the Ann Arbor Festival such as Calve Mme Blauvelt Signor Campanari and the Boston Festival Orchestra.
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Minneavouis
Minn
Northwestern
Msic
AP executive committee gathers in Curcaco for convention report
The Associated Press executive committee meets in Curcaco on May 17 to prepare its report for the forthcoming annual convention beginning Wednesday at the Auditorium. Many publishers have already registered at local hotels and eastern and southern delegates will arrive tomorrow by special trains.
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The
Associated Press
Fifty laborers hired for coke ovens and grade work
Job notice from Tom's Creek Coal and Coke Company Coeburn Virginia seeks fifty laborers for coke ovens and grade, plus twenty men to dray and load coke and twenty five coal miners for steady work. Apply locally.
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Tom's Creek
Post Office Sunday Hours Revised by Schedule Change
Due to a schedule change the post office will operate on Sundays from 1 30 to 2 30 p m instead of the previous 12 80 to 1 30. D H Jounsvon postmaster.
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D. H. Jounsvon
Jersey bull services offer at Princeton Avenue residence
A notice from F. W. Atkinson states Higginbotham's Jersey bull is at his residence on Princeton Avenue East End. Interested parties are asked to contact his residence for arrangements.
Americans Triumph at Fourth International Shoe and Leather Fair
London May 17 American exhibitors win signal honors at the fourth international shoe and leather fair at Agricultural Hall with over two hundred exhibitors from the United States and other regions. Americans lead in machinery and mechanical appliances, the fair’s key features, reflecting strong display and innovation.
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London
Agricultural Hall
United States
South America
Australasia
Africa
India
Great Britain
Pocahontas Brand Coal Rights Won By Court Injunction
Judge J J Jackson of the U S Circuit Court in Charleston West Virginia granted an injunction May 5 1897 affirming our firm may use Pocahontas or Pocahontas Flat Pop to designate coal from the Pocahontas Field and to indicate coal character. Trade warned against infringements of the Pocahontas trademark with exclusive rights protected. Cas-ten & Curran sole agents note address Philadelphia Roanoke. Also Westfield News publicizes Frank McAvoy praising Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a long trusted family medicine sold by H N White’s Pharmacy.
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United States Circuit Court
District of West Virginia
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West Virginia
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Field
Westfield
Ind
Frank McAvoy
N. A
Ety
Chamberlain
H. N. White
Financial Crisis in Havana and Gomez Pursuit
Special Commissioner Calhoun arrives in Havana amid a bank note crisis as prices jump on bread and milk. Consul General Lee and Calhoun seek cooperation with Spain over Ruiz murder. Gomez reportedly moves through Puerto Principe forests while insurgents avoid large battles.
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Lee
W. J. Calhoun
United States
Dr. Ruiz
Purify and Hood’s Sarsaparilla Advertise Vitality
Fragmented notice touts Purify and Hood’s Sarsaparilla as blood cleansers to build strength before disease. It mentions Hood’s Bareapui and Hoop’s Pluss as family cathartics, priced 25 cents. Also seeks one half interest in a business in Virginia and two fresh milk cows for cash.
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Hood
Tate Hood
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