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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1897
Page
7
A generation of physicians attests to the tonic’s efficacy against fevers and agues. They report improved vigor and relief from digestive complaints, aligning with prior public praise. Despite continued ignorance among some, the tonic is seen as a reliable alterative by many in the medical community.
Fragmentary notes describe a projected Amerton railroad line with granite rails and stone sleepers. The account mentions a length of four miles and a wooden cross-tie system with wire plates, referencing a May issue of Ladies' Home Journal for context.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered references to constipation cures and cold remedies. It mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine and Cascarets with refunds, plus phrases about a blind man, fever, and cheap barrels, all in a jumbled, informal old newspaper voice. The piece reads like garbled ads and stray dialogue.
The article extols natural law guiding outcomes and credits Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with curing consumption and lung ailments. It includes a testimonial from Geo. R Cooper and notes Dr. Pierce’s medicines as standard worldwide, urging readers toward his remedies and the Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
Athens reports a royal push to end a military led crisis as M. Delyannis is tasked to assemble a new government with a cabinet including M. Kalli and M. Simopoulo. Demetrius Rali leads the new ministry of marine politics with Teotaoks amid tense public mood. The oath is due tomorrow.
London reports describe M Rall's policy as honorable peace won through conflict. Interventions by powers show conflicting prospects while Jewish groups near the war front appear indecisive. Turks move to strike at the Greeks at Pharsala from east and west as Greek resistance weakens and falls back toward Thermopylae.
A Patras dispatch reports Greek forces in Epirus defeated after a misstep by detaching 1000 men to Pentepigadia. Turkish reinforcements from Janina overwhelmed the Greeks, who, short of food, exhausted and outnumbered, retreated as their ammunition failed. A second Greek column arrived late and also fell back.
A large, disorderly crowd in Athens on April 20 broke into two gun stores and seized firearms and ammunition after the government refused arms. The situation was dangerous but halted by local restraint and public calm.
The opposition mouthpiece Raul arrived after the disorder and addressed the crowd. His speech condemned arming the mob, urged worthy conduct, and restored order, with Raul hailed as the hero of the day for saving the town from a riot.
A Greek brigade under General Smolenski has fought the Turkish army since 1 pm near Valestine in the direction of Aiviale. Auxiliary Euxones battalion and artillery reinforcements were sent as Greek positions seem favorable. Aiviale lies seven miles southwest of Valestino near the rail line to Pharsala.
Reports from Larissa describe Turkish cavalry occupying Volo environs while Greek infantry delay. Greeks retreat to Piraeus by sea and Hafiz Pasha advances at frontier. 4000 Greek troops said to land at Keramoti and sabotage a railway tunnel near Okdjibalar as insurgents appear at Neviza. Reinforcements feared for Monastir. Greek fleet reattacks Prevesa. cabinet members stir anti royal sentiment in Athens.
A dispatch from Janina reports Matapha Pasha's brigade occupied the heights commanding Nicheste and Keeryauserai beyond Pontopigadia, causing Greek troops to retreat. Salonica's vali says a Greek band was routed near Pravishtce with ten captured.
Four hundred Greek volunteers sailed from Alexandria for Athens with another thousand due to depart tomorrow by special steamer. The exodus highlights organized support for Greece as the humanitarian response expands with ships arranged to ferry volunteers to the capital.
A Washington dispatch to the World reports Turkey has proposed terms to Greece. The plan calls for restoring the 1831 boundary granting Thessaly to Turkey, evacuation of Prevesa and Epirus by Greece, Greek troops leaving Crete, acceptance of the Porte's autonomy plan for Crete, and a substantial war indemnity to cover mobilization costs.
A Cedar Falls man Prof. A H Nye formerly county superintendent of Black Hawk County credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring his health after a severe la grippe attack. Nye describes initial skepticism and recovery after taking the pills, recommending others test their validity. The letter promotes the pills as a remedy for lingering weakness and nerve disorders, sold by dealers or by mail from Dr Williams Medicine Company Schenectady NY.
The Athens correspondent reports ministers of war and interior arrived in Pharsala at noon and reviewed troops. Headquarters may move to Vomokos. Turks have captured material and provisions valued at four and a half million drachmas. Russia may intervene in Greece following the Queen's letter to the Czar.
The Daily Mail notes idle fleets and public outrage as Crown Prince Constantine's baggage is loaded in flight from Larissa despite railway protests. Citizens accuse the government of neglect and favoritism toward ministerial relatives as 2,000 irregulars ready for the front, led by 19 year old Helen Constantindis in male uniform.
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