Battle of Velestino Rages in Thessaly in May
A telegram from Athens reports an 8000 strong Turkish force clashing with General Smolenski’s Greek brigade at Velestino. Turks suffer heavy losses as Greeks reinforce and hold Pharsala. Dispatches note multiple Turkish attacks repulsed, Greek morale restored, and Greek units distinguishing themselves despite fatigue.
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Athens
Velestine
Smolenski
Pharsala
Macris
Saponuszakis
Mastropas
Antoniades
Athena
Velestino
London
the Chronicle
Phareala
Velestino Junction
Janninosta
Constantinople
Times
Thessalyia
Demokos
Wheat Markets and Weather Outlook in 1897 Weekly Letter
The market letter notes high cash demand for wheat and reduced stocks, with an expected poor winter wheat crop and uncertain spring planting due to wet weather. It cites factors for price direction as speculation, crop prospects, and the war, and provides regional price reports from Portland Seattle and San Francisco with diverse commodity prices and forecasts.
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Red River Valley
Searling
Kansas
California
France
Russia
Greece
Turkey
Bulgaria
Servia
Roumania
Montenegro
Vancouver Island town auctions brides to curb bachelor mood
A coastal town on Vancouver Island facing a female shortage raised funds to import 3000 marriageable women from the East. The first consignment of 100 women led to a lively reception and a “bargain sale” of wives, boosting happiness and sparking numerous weddings.
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Vancouver Island
Pacific Ocean
Newcamera
New York World
Pink Pills Heralded By Yolo County Druggist
William R. Pond, a Woodland, California druggist and former Pond & Lawson partner, credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his five year nervous prostration and sleep loss after doctors failed. The Republican county central committee chair declares the pills restore vitality and nerves, and promotes them as a cure for various ailments. Sold by dealers or mailed from Dr Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, NY at 50 cents a box or six for $2.50.
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Woodland
Cal
Yolo County
William R. Pond
Pond & Lawson
Mr. Pond
Republican County Central Committee
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Barley and Kaffir Corn Grow Well in Drought Regions
Agricultural notes advise barley and kaffir corn as drought resilient crops. Barley needs early sowing on rich, well manured ground with careful rolling, optional clover pairing, and two bushels seed per acre. Kaffir corn yields robustly across western regions, but hay cutting and row harvesting vary by method. Clover seed guidance covers sowing rates, lime application, and timing. Vermin control emphasizes kerosene emulsion and stable hygiene to reduce lice and fowls in stables. Growing sweet peas requires heavier manuring and shallow rows with careful soil management for strong vines.
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United States
Mississippi River
Drewth
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Practical Farming and Gardening Tips from 19th Century Text
A series of short notes on poultry care including feeding timelines and safe water, seed growing contracts for farmers, land cultivation guidance, marsh grasses for wet soil, and cows salting. Advice emphasizes practical steps, such as consistent water, dry foods, harrow schedules, and soil management, with brief humor in a courtroom exchange at the end.
Bombshells and padding in early sensational columns
A fragmented excerpt references a bombshell line in Washington Capital and The Modern Author, noting humor and padding across jokes books and poems. It contrasts with the New York Journal remark that the public faced padding in a figurative cell as time passes.
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New York Journal
Organ Grinders in Vienna Restricted to Daytime Hours
City authorities in Vienna ban organ grinders from playing in morning and evening hours, allowing performance only between midday and sunset to limit noise. The rule targets street musicians and aims to balance public order with cultural expression.
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Vienna
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief From Pains
An advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as a fast cure for pains and aches arguing it prevents escalation and recurrence with prompt use. It contrasts pain with a possum feigning sleep and mentions chamois in Switzerland seeking food due to heavy snowfall.
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St. Jacobs
Switzerland
Appetite and digestion cure by Stomach Bitters advertised
An advertisement urges readers to use Hlasteller’s Stomach Bitters for digestive ills including heartburn wind and bile related discomfort. The promo notes Malta has its own language with Italian spoken by the island’s nobility.
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Hlosteller
Malta
Island
All Eastern Syrup Tea Garden Price and Pills Ads
All Eastern Syrup is described as light colored bear body and made from favors while Tea Garden Price is from sugar cane. sold by first class grocers in cans. An ad notes manufacturer, Belgium as dense population and intemperate. Piso's Cure praised. Moths kept from furs by cold storage. Cheney and Co run Hall's Catarrh Cure with sworn affidavit and a 100 dollar reward for cure failures. Hall's pills advertised.
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Pactrice Coast Start Co
State OF
Onto
A. W. Gleason
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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New York
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Thessaly
Cheeve
Prevesa
Epirus
Crete
Porte
House of Commons
Board of Trade
OC. T. Ritchie
Charles Howard Vincent
United Kingdom
Waterloo City Railway
Ritchie
America
Sisterville
W. Va
Mr. Shock
Adonis
Cartersville
Ill
Simon Simons
J. O'Neill
Spokane
Weekly Market Letter
Downing, Hopkins & Company
Review of Trade
Portland, Or
Portland
Salem
Cascadia
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
Burbanks
Young America
Wool—Valley
Seattle
Wash
Dakota
Puget Sound
San Francisco
Egge—Ranch
Fuancy Creamery
San Joaquin Plains
Bud
Dha
Drouth -How
Poultry World
Boston Transcript
Washington Capital
Playtiw Posse
Europe
Belgium
J. J. Northcort
Windsor
Ont
Canada
L. O. Howard
Waller
Africa
Morocco
Will & Finck Co
Market St
Alee
Das
Mansfield
Porterfield
Dr. Sanden
Sanden Electric Belt CO
West
Washington St
Advertiser
Walter Baker & Co
Walter Baker & Co, Ltd
Dorchester
Mass
H. P. Hercules
H. P. Regan
H. P. Oriental
H. P. Otto
H. P. Pacific
Sansome Street
Hercules Gas Engine Works
Erie Medical CO
Sirpatop Be
Chicago
Hopkins & i
Chicago Beard Te Brokers
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