Greek War Reports Split Over Pharsalos Developments
Athens ministers return from Pharsalos to report on war status with continued uncertainty. Edhem Pasha pressures Greek lines as Crete’s fate and Colonel Vassos’ peace role appear linked. A 6,000 Greek force under Colonel Bairachar is engaged near Pente Pigadia. Paris notes King of Greece profited in Greek Turkish bond speculation, earning six to seven million dollars.
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London
Athens
Pharalos
The
Times
Smolenski
Edhem Pasha
Pharsalos
Constantine
Greece
Crete
Vassos
Constantinople
Vassus
Arta
Bairacharis
Pentepigadia
Paris
Gil Blas
Great Blaze Devastates Pittsburgh Wholesale District
A massive fire in Pittsburgh on May 4 destroyed three blocks of Penn avenue and Liberty street from Fifth to Sixth streets. Jenkins wholesale grocery, Horne dry goods and offices, and the Duquesne theater were ruined. Losses exceed 38 million, with $1.6 million at Horne & Co. insured. several firefighters injured and one missing, George Acheson.
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Pittspurrg
Thomas C. Jenkins
Penn Avenue
Liberty Street
Liberty
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
Jenkins
Horne
Officeuilding
Duquesne Theater
Methodist Book Concern
George Acheson
Cocil
Mike Daly
Elmer Crocow
George Meekin
William Erwin
Robert’ Badger
Horne & Co
Los
Conference on Crete fleet rulers ratification condition
Admirals commanding foreign fleets in Cretan waters met with the Palekastro leader yesterday. The Bre promised complete accord including a condition tied to the ratification of their ruler. The communiqué outlined demands and a path to stabilization amid ongoing tensions.
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Island
Crete
Oreign
Cretan
Palekastro
Bre
May weddings and local notices fill The Gazette
Multiple items from The Gazette list upcoming weddings in May including Bern with Mr and Mrs Holloway welcoming a girl. Also noted are moves, appointments and elections such as Dr H C Oatman named city physician and A D Weaver re elected school board president. Other notes cover postmaster appointment, illness recoveries, a university baseball win, legal actions, and community notices from Lecompton and Baldwin with brief updates on local residents, farming and new business ventures.
Meeting on building a creamery skimming station at Lecomton
Bouglas County Creamery association officers and local citizens met in Lecomton last Saturday. They support a skimming station if the town provides a building with water. A cistern near the stone building on North Halderman Street owned by Wm Leamer was chosen as most suitable. About $30 is needed from residents to construct the cistern, which is hoped to be easily raised.
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Bouglas
Lecompton
North Halderman
Wm Leamer
Lecompton Sun
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Gains Global Salve Fame
An old advertisement style note proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve the world’s best for cats and a cure for burns rheum and chafing. The jagged text names brulon Boren Alcore Salt and Cha ap as part of a fragmented claim.
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Brulon
Free guidance for women’s health sent to Kansas City reader
An advertisement offers a free home treatment for delayed or painful periods leucorrhea and other female ailments and invites requests to Mrs. A A Clark T22 Ann Ave Kansas City Kansas. A brilliant wedding at Gen J N Roberts home joined Miss Bella Roberts Armstrong and Mr Herbert Armstrong of Topeka with Rev W W Ayres officiating. The couple will reside in Topeka where he practices law.
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Ibhava
A. A. Clark
Ann Ave
Kansas City
Kansas
Armstrong
Roberta
J. N. Roberts
Bella
Herbert, Armstrong
Topeka
W. WW. Ayres
Laewreance
Obituary: Chas D Freach of Mackay farm dies at home
Chas D Freach a respected resident of Lawrence Kansas died Saturday at his Mackay farm home northeast of the city. Born in Boston on March 27 1828 he came to Kansas in 1862 and married Elizabeth Haskell in 1865. He leaves three children Almira White George H and John H French and a sister Mrs Filer. He remarried twelve years ago to Caroline Mackey Warne who survives him. Funeral services were held Monday at Plymouth Congregational church with a large attendance.
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Chas. D. Freach
John
Chicago
George
United States Army
French
Filer
Chisaye
Death of Mrs Mame Cox in Tonganoxie
Mrs Mame Cox wife of Bamuel Cox died at home in Tonganoxie Friday night from inflammatory rheumatism that reached her heart after about ten days illness She was 43 and left a husband four children Her father A R Leonard of Kansas City had long lived in Jefferson county They moved from Jefferson county to Tonganoxie a few years ago She was a devout Christian active in the Congregational church The funeral was held Sunday and she was laid to rest in Tonganoxie cemetery.
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Mame Cox
Bamuel Cox
Tonganoxie
Cox
A. R. Leonard
Kansas City
Jefferson County
Farewell reception for L Van Voorhis at Soldier's Home
A farewell event in Fort Dodge honored L Van Voorhis former commandant of the Soldier's Home. The hall was full as Comrade Sugrue chaired, Breece welcomed the new commandant, and Branley presented a gold watch and chain from the old comrades. Van Voorhis, a respected four year leader, thanked guests as the audience bid farewell, while officials noted political reasons for nonrenewal.
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Farewall
L. van Voorhis
Pat Sughrue
Thomas
Breece
Branley
Eld
van Voorhis
Kansas News Largely Local and Official Updates
A Horton man’s amusing mail-plot purchases highlight Kansas’s shifts in weights laws. The new standard weights and measures act goes into effect around June, setting pounds per bushel for wheat rye corn and more. Kansas reveals fish law enforcement gaps and a near end to open season regionally, while Secretary Bush reports 281 bills passed with 280 becoming laws. Additional items cover Marie Ida Copeland the chicken thief, Hunnewell’s missing elections, railroad rate disputes, the Lakin May 21 Republican judge nominating convention, copper “gold” finds near Elwood, and local legal moves in Dawes and Warner cases. 40,000 Mexican cattle head on southern ranges, Pearl Poulton and Bell Orchard wedding mystery, Leavenworth streetcar sale, and a Herington gold digger company launch.
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Ile
Horton Commercial
Kansas
Bush
Leedy
Neosho County
Ida Copeland
Kansas City
Olathe
Hunnewell
Cherokee Strip
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
State Jobbers’ Association
Supreme Court
Symns Grocery Company
Lakin
W. E. Nutchison
John Campbell
Elwood
Nore
St. Joe
F. B. Dawes
Leavenworth
State Bank
John W. Breidenthal
Alexander Warner
Baxter Springs
Warner
A. D. Hubbard
Hamilton Printing Company
Hubbard
Topeka
New Mexico
Western
Old Mexico
Pearl Poulton
Bell Orchard
Florence
Bulletin
Herington
Notice of administership for Lucy T Field estate
On the third day of May 1897 the Probate Court of Douglas County Kansas appointed J Gorbos Ginn as Administrator with will annexed of the estate of Lucy T Field, deceased. All parties interested are notified to govern themselves accordingly.
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Otick
Douglas County
Kansas
Lucy T. Field
J. GoRbos Ginn
Miss Brown Selects Tempest Cast For Home Talent Show
Miss Brown has chosen the Tempest cast and aims for rehearsals soon with detailed staging to surpass prior home talent productions. Several new faces join familiar Lawrence lovers in an eagerly awaited artistic showcase. Also notices seek a good white girl for house work at 1021 Mass street and Mrs F G Alford near University and Learnard avenues.
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Miss Brown
Wall
Laa
Lawrence
Mass
F. G. Alfor
Kansas girl weds Montana clergy man amid family oaths
A Kansas girl named Samantha Margaret Lucinda married a Montana clergyman. her father's name was John Baltazer Boggs, illustrating the breadth of inherited sins. The item notes irrigation tests and land sales, a university animal collection lost in South Africa wars, and a disputed mayoral situation in Cine Chvcaxnant, Ohio where Gus Tafel and Caldwell claim acting as mayor after Caldwell refused to start July 7.
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Samantha Margaret
Lucinda
Kansas
Montana
Johu Baltazer Boggs
Stryker
William Harvey Brown
The
State University
South Africa
Chvcaxnant
Ohio
Gus Tafel
Caldwell
Superior Court
Movement to ship livestock for London Jubilee dinner
Melbourne reports a drive to send 20 100 sheep and 5 000 cattle to England for the queen's diamond jubilee supper for the poor of London. The Princess of Wales promotes the May event tied to the June 2 ceremony.
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London
Melbourne
Victoria
England
Princess of Wales
Heavy May Snow Hits Scotland Regions
London reports heavy May snow in central and western Perthshire with six inches in the Grampian mountains. Snow disrupts roads and travel as winter-like conditions linger in parts of Scotland.
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Scotland
London
Perthshire
Grampian Mountains
Plante Set Out In Good Shape For Cemetery Decoration
Suitable soil furnished, Plante set out in good shape, lawn vases filled. Lots at cemetery decorated with plants and flowers. Drop a postal. Telephone or call on OC. M. Luther, at the Green House, 1447 Maas. St.
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M. Luther
Green House
Maas. St
Evans & Hops advertise Cash Feed Mill sale
Eagle Sisters and Stalkcuttera offer ground feed oil meal Eaftir corn seed ground horse fertilizer at Cash Feed Mill located 1021 Massachusetts Street with full assortment for all kinds of ground feed and farm supplies.
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Eagle Sisters
Stalkcuttera
Evans & Hops
Cash
Massachuseets Street
Ex-Postmaster Praises Mystic Cure Sold in Lawrence
T. F. Anthony of Promise City Iowa declares he bought one bottle of Mystic Cure for rheumatism and two doses did more good than any medicine he ever took. The remedy is sold by Barber Bros Druggists in Lawrence.
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T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Barber Bros
Lawrence
Dress Shoes in Large Variations From $1.26 to $2.50
Retail listing notes a range of dress shoes priced from 1.26 to 2.50 with emphasis on high quality mares represented in stock.
Farm Implements Highlighted By F W Howell
The Hub notes agriculturists and farmers that F W Howell showcases a complete spring line of farm implements. New goods from factories feature 1897 improvements, including corn planters drills listers plows harrows and a range of buggies and wagons. Machines and sewing supplies from White are also advertised with low prices and minimal profits.
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F. W. Howell
Howell
White
King
Strayed Mare From Lawrence Described in Notice
A five year old black mare with a bine web halter strayed from Lawrence and went south. Seek information or its location. contact the Journal office with tips.
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Lawrence
Journal
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Henry Ables
Eudora
Geo. Dove of
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Kansas-Nebraska
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Wells Thompson
Monroe
Nat Langston
S. D. Bishop
Laura Lyons
Colorado
Oscar Learnard
Washington, D. C
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B.D. Woodward
Woodward
Woodward &Co
Il. M. Kinney
Belvoir
Ben Urbansky
Frank Howell
Kansas University
St. Marys
Gazettr
M. W. Manley
Anna Bearman
Norton
N. P. Deming
Fred R. Leonard
Baptist Church
Lyons
This City
Leonard
Harry C. Davidson
Olive Boyles
A. M. McDowell
North Lawrence
Charles Edgar
Mise Maud Thayer
Bert Reynolds
William Young
John Dunn
LeLoup
Vinland
Mr. Dunn
W. E. Barnes
Baldwin Bee
Mr. Long
K. C
Elmer Butler
Rob Miller
George Miller
Jardon Bros
Hege
Mart Jardon
W.h.slagel
Lester Cunningham
John Cardwell
Brown
Mr. Gray
Dr. Bonebrake
Isaac Street
Mr. Sauders
Raymond
Bucklen
Albach & Prehm
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Fort Dodge
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C. I.hood & Co
Lowell
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Cine
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