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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
7
In Athens on April 8 a popular revolt aura grows as ex minister Ralli’s disclosures anger crowds. Five hundred men arm themselves from gunsmith shops and march past M Ralli’s home to the royal palace before dispersing. Deputies urge calm while Greece faces a possible ministry fall.
Osman Pasha, famed defender of Plevna, is dispatched to the frontier as news arrives in Constantinople of Turkish defeat in Greece. A Mati engagement repelled the Turks, leading to Turkish reinforcements and a Turkish retreat. Greek forces retreated after heavy losses, abandoning Tyrnavos and Larissa and shifting headquarters toward Pharasalos near the Pharsalitis river.
Havana reports General Gomez rejects Weyler’s peace offer demanding liberty and independence for Cuba. Weyler prepares to claim pacification as rebels grow stronger, while Cuba suffers widespread starvation and civilian death in Matanzas and Pinar del Rio. A separate note from London warns Greece may face deposition or assassination of King George amid unrest. Canadian tariff debate receives press attention in Lospen.
A collection of short notes mentions Lord Rosebery’s maiden speech at age 14, George Frederick Watts’s eightieth birthday, Miss Ellen Terry’s past marriage, and President Hovey’s Egyptian tour. Also noted are Dr. Atwood’s 16-year isolation in Shansi, Albert W. Landon’s Chicago cattle-yard reform, Queen Victoria’s interactions with 17 U.S. presidents, and various clergy and aristocratic figures including Brother Gabriel, Rev Dr Watson, Dictionary Snyder, and Colonel Mosby.
The article surveys horses' roles from Richard III’s England to Henry VIII royal stables and Caligula’s Incitatus. It notes Flying Childers’ 1744 four mile under saddle, Parisian dining on horse meat, large French military horse numbers, and Rarey’s 1858 1859 London feats including taming a zebra.
A summary of fashionable small luxuries includes boars tusks tipped with silver as thermometer standards, Sevres and Vienna ware, ivory blades and chased silver handles for paper knives, refined loving cups, mahogany Louis XV cabinets with brass mounts, bivalve oyster clocks, and Dutch styled toilet tables with inlaid woods.
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