Greece in Turbulent Front as Turkish Forces Advance
News from Salonica and Crete describe Turkish torpedo boats sinking a Greek steamer in the Gulf of Salonica and Turkish forces seizing a Greek vessel. Sheltered by fortifications and a wave of public alarm, Crete notices Greeks to quit within a fortnight while front-line actions around Revena, Tyrnavos, and Larissa continue in hand-to-hand fighting.
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Timoleon
London
Seat of ‘War
Smolenitz
Revena
Tyrnavos
Larissa
Edhem Pasha
Demopoulos
Boughazi
Tyrnavo
Mavromochale
Ioniskos
Demasi
Athens
Reveni
Damazi
Viglia
Gritzovali
Snowden Says Greece-Turkey Tension Risks New Conflict
Philadelphia April 20 Snowden said he received a reply to a message sent to King George thanking him for approval. He said there is no better time than now for Greece to clash with Turkey, noting the six powers against them and a historical lead up to years ago.
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Thessaly
Roumania
Bulgaria
Servila
Macedonia
Germany
Servia
Turkey
Greece
Athens
Snowden
Philadelphia
George
Snowde
Europeans weigh fleet use to halt Greek Turkish fighting
London April 20. Diplomatic discussions consider ordering international fleets to withdraw from Cretan waters and move toward Salonica and the Dardanelles to localize fighting by naval force if needed. Britain France and Italy push for cessation while Russia Austria Hungary and Germany favor restraint. frontline troops rest after intense battles with low Greek and Turkish casualties reported.
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London
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Rome
France
Athens
Cretan
Salonica
Dardanelles
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Constantinople
Europe
Marquis of Salisbury
Queen Victoria
Nice
Greece
Turkey
Edhem Pasha
Miloniarass
Milouna Pass
Arta
Paris Cabinet Keeps Policy of Non Intervention in Greek Turkish Affairs
Paris April 20. A cabinet meeting yesterday confirmed France will not modify its non intervention policy in Greek Turkish affairs. At the Greek minister in Constantinople's request, the French embassy was authorized to protect Greek Roman Catholics in Turkey. Hanotaux received the Greek minister to France after the session. American Greeks Excited in New York.
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Paris
France
Constantinople
Prince Mavrocordato
Turkey
M. Hanotaux
New York
Break in Levee Triggers Flood Rescue Efforts in Mississippi
In Vicksburg on April 20 Major J. H. Willard reports mobilizing skiffs from Florence to Coon's Landing La to save drownings as Biggs crevasse floods the region. Dispatches say 7,000 people are in distress with felled levees and relief efforts relying on private charity. The Vidette reports breaks near Reid levee widening slowly while water from Biggs crevasse feeds the rising flood eastward.
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Vicksburg
Miss
J. H. Willard
U.S
Florence
Coon
Ashwood
Tensas Parish
Grayton
Colored Relief Committee
Hays
Coon's Landing
Rodney
United States
Vidette
W. R. Brown
Newcomer
Reid Levee
Biggs Break
Biggs
Brown
Goodrich
East Carroll Parish
Reid Break
Biggs’ Levee
Break in Glasscock Levee Upstream of Natchez Miss
Natchez reports a new break on the Concordia parish Glasscock levee near its lower end. The old levee, neglected since 1891, buckled under heavy work and flooding, threatening Mooreville and Bradston regions while rescuers rush aid for flood sufferers as stock piles flood in by steamboat.
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Natchez
Miss
Concordia Parish
Mooreville
Bradston
Black River
Biggs Crevasse
Delta
Haunted Family Tormented by Manifestations in Yzeures
Paris correspondent reports in the London Standard how M. and Mme. Laborault and their daughter Mlle. Renée Sabourault endure ongoing apparitions and eerie sounds at their home in Yzeures Indre et Loire. Barrister M. Reymond Duplantier and friends investigated over four nights, recording loud knocks, wall scratching, floor creaks and unseen steps, all occurring under constant inspection and light. They conclude the phenomena cannot be easily explained as fraud or natural causes and merit attention.
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Ite
Yzoures
Indre et-Loire
Roche Posay
Fontgombault
Mme. Labourault
Poitiers
Bourneau
Loudun
Yzeures
Mile
Renée Sabourault
Mme. Sabourault
Mlle
Renee
M. Reymond Duplantier
M. Urbain
M. Duplantier
Sabourault
M. Sabourault
M. Duplantiere
Yrveures
Paris
London Standard
Mississippi Delta Flood Relief Urges Aid Cease Donations
In the Mississippi Delta region of Memphis Mississippi on April 20 calls for aid grew as waters slowly receded. Relief officials in Memphis say funds on hand should cover needs and contributions should stop, while floods remain a concern elsewhere as crops are hoped to be saved.
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Mississippi Delta
Memphis
Miss
Cairo
Memphis Relief Committee
Executive Committee
Eleven year old confesses poisoning attempt in New Hampshire
Exeter April 20 Frank Wentworth a 10 year old boy arrested Saturday on a charge of attempting to poison his father and step mother George H Wentworth and wife of Newton NH has made a confession claiming he put paris green in the tea during breakfast This startling admission follows the previous report of the arrest and outlines the alleged motive and method in the family incident
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Exeter
M. H
Frank Wentworth
George HH. Wentworth
Newton
N. H
Statling
Dayton Tablet plant reopens in Quincey with 260 workers
Quincey Illinois April 1900 The Dayton Tablet company's plant, shut three weeks ago amid financial trouble, reopened yesterday with 260 employees. It will operate day and night to catch up on orders, as the Ricker bank remains in temporary control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey, Ills
Dayton Tablet Company
Ricker Bank
Not Much Firing at Preveza and Athens
A telegram from Arta says troops have left for Janina. The sea off Prevesa is very rough and the firing yesterday was desultory.
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Prevesa
Athens
Arta
Janina
Telegraph links Persia amid fanatical pole destruction
The Overlandtelegraph through Persia faced a serious disruption as a priest led mob destroyed telegraph poles wires and survey signs, blaming them for a drought. After heavy rain, Tehran punished ringleaders but Persians remain convinced telegraph and survey posts cause drought and devilish invention.
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England
Indian Empire
Persia
Providence
Survey Department
Teheran
New York Tribune
Hydraulic Barber Chairs Rise with Hydraulic Power
The New York Sun describes barber chairs operated by hydraulic power. A vertical steel column acts as a piston in a base cylinder, with a foot pump moving oil from a reservoir into the cylinder to raise the chair. A single press releases oil back to the reservoir to lower the chair.
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New York Sun
Relic of St Patrick Claimed at Montreal Church
A statue of St Patrick from Rome’s studio was placed in St Patrick's church to mark its fiftieth anniversary. A small box on the statue is said to hold bones of Ireland's patron saint. Documentary proof from the Holy Cross monastery in Saxo Urvo Italy asserts the relic is part of St Patrick's mortal remains. The relic was presented via Mgr Le Clair, a former St Patrick's priest and current Canadian College professor at Rome.
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St. Patrick
Rome
Italy
St. Patrick’s Church
Treland
Monastery of the Holy Cross
Saxo Urvo
Ireland
Mgr. le Clair
St. Patrick’s
Iconoclasts Story on Casabianca Shipwreck Claim
A British naval writer contends Casabianca and his father did not perish on a burning ship but died while swimming for boats. He argues that without the iconoclast present Mirs Emans remains the best authority.
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Casabianca
Mirs
Emans
Sing Lee's Asylum and Quick Wit in Colorado Camp
Sing Lee ran a laundry in a Colorado mining camp years ago and was a universal favorite for his humor. During a presidential election a boy teased him about the Irish running things and Sing shot back with a sharp retort about going to Ireland, showing his quick tongue.
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Sing Lee
Colorado
Sing
Prison Auction Humor From Carlow England Ad
An auction notice for the old gaol in Carlow humorously touts a female prison of 80 cells debtors' prison convict prison with 34 cells and a house of correction. It lists a treadm ill and three throw pump while promising a fine granite gate entrance and double wrought iron doors.
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Carlow
England
House of Correction
Excursion to New York City by Nickle Plate line
The Nickle Plate Road offers excursion tickets from Chicago for trains April 23 to 26 at 24 dollars round trip. Tickets valid for return from New York to Chicago through May 4, 1897. For details contact J Y Calahan Gen Agent 111 Adams St Chicago Ill. 15-20-22.
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New York City
Nickle Plate Road
Chicago
New York
J.Y. Calahan
Adams
Ill
Carpet Cleaning and Rug Manufacturing Service Ad
LPAMEEs offers carpet cleaning on short notice with 2 cents per yard ingrains and an agency to manufacture old carpets into new rugs. Will call on receiving notice. A. M. Hoover lists a $24 Chicago to New York round trip via expedited rail with April 26 and May 5 return windows. Reservations and info through J Y Calahan, Genl Agent, 111 Adams St Chicago.
Opportunities for Homeseekers along Northwestern Line
Opportunities for homeseekers line the Chicago & North Western Bay in western Minnesota and South Dakota. Desirable first class lands offered on favorable terms for general agricultural use, stock raising, and dairying. For particulars and landseekers rates, apply to Agent of the Northwestern Line, 24-18-156.
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Chicago & Northwestern Ba Y
Minnesota
South Dakota
Agenta
Northwestern
28 Hours Chicago to New York Round Trip Fare
Nickel Plate Road offers a 28 hour transit Chicago to New York for 24 dollars round trip leaving April 23 to 26 inclusive and good for return until May 5. This rate is cheaper than competing lines. City Ticket Office 111 Adams St Auditorium Annex Depot Clark and 12th St Viaduct Chicago Telephone Main 38889.
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Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
Clark & 12Th St
Election Notice for Freeport Illinois Officers
Election to be held Tuesday next at Williams House in Freeport Stephenson County Illinois for mayor city clerk city attorney city treasurer police magistrate and three aldermen in wards one two and three. Polls open 7 am close 5 pm. Dated Freeport Ill April 14 1897 Geo H Tandy City Clerk.
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Williams House
Pennsylvania House
New York House
Freeport
Stephenson
Ilinois
Second Ward
Third Ward
Ill
Geo. H. Tandy
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Gulf of
Skouzes
Assim Bey
Hellenes
Elias
Anarchis
Actium
Sheldon
Rockford, Ill
LB. K. Sheldon
Illnois Supreme Court
Willams College
Hampton
Institute
Rockford College
Rockford Y. M. C. A
Freeport YY. M. C. A
Louisiana
Mississippi
Golden Eagle Clothing House
America
ONE Price Clothing Store
Stephenson ST
Montreal
Lpamees
Nicky Plate
J. Y. Calahan
Adama St
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