Deceived by Women Weakness Promoted as Remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as the direct solution to female weakness and disease. It claims to strengthen reproductive organs, promote health, and includes testimonials, pricing, and an offer for free copies of a medical book through the World's Greatest Medical Association in Ball, NY.
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al Fatd
Asoe
Oceania
de. Pierce
G. A. Conhor
Mortgomery Co
Caane
Wellead
Dienes
Pierre
Manila
Grepesary Medical Association
Ballo
Turks Repelled in Major Daylong Battle Across Greek Front
London reports from Athens describe a vast engagement where 55,000 men fought, Turks attacking Greeks in force. Greek artillery and infantry held firm on the left while the center and right yielded before timely river defenses saved a critical line. Both sides suffered heavy losses and Turkish numbers outmatched Greek troops.
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London
Datty Chronicle
Athens
Eny
Greek Wing Breaks and Last Battle News
London May 16 reports long Greek reverses intensified by recent fighting. Dispatches claim Greece may retake Thessaly and defend against Turkish advances, with Edhem Pasha driving Greek retreat plans and potential Turkish victory possible. Greece reportedly seeks foreign aid as Athens grapples with Turkish pressure and shifting fronts.
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London
Celine
Ogim
Grekes Court
Tdhem Pasha
Smolin
Mimin Ares
Edtem Pasha
Col Manca
Greece
Manos
Tlaciie
Turkey
Thessaly
Athens
Eeutenine
Uruguay
Turkey Demands and Peace Terms Amid Thessaly Crisis
Telegrams from London and Athens reveal the Ottoman Porte insisting on annexing Thessaly with hefty indemnities and capitation abolition. British stance dismisses harsh peace demands while signaling potential high indemnities and strategic protections. Constantine reports limited success but warns of possible retreat if Nemesis presses.
Greek Plans Given Away In Thessaly Panic In Arta
The Daily News correspondent reports Turkish fires reveal Greek plans to occupy key areas with a printed map showing a frontier arrangement ahead of a supposed Greek victory. A dispatch from Athens to the Daily News says Epirus retreat turned disorderly causing panic in Arta with prison escapes and overcrowding.
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Daily News
Thessaly
Turke
Arta
London
Athens
The
Epirus
Electric Bitters and Related Remedies Ad
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a general tonic and alterative to relieve debility malaria fever headaches indigestion and constipation. It touts prompt relief from torpor and fatigue and mentions related products including purifying pills and laundry services with local drugstore and street corner references.
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50U
Siper Lotte
J. K. Jones
Kansas
She Was Not Yvonne San Francisco Mystery
May 18 San Francisco report disputes the identity of a woman once thought to be Yvonne Carleton. Minnie Fay Burns Chandler wife of Tf Chamber of Colorado origin lived in Denver with her son for about a year, alleging abandonment by her husband who sent no funds. The tale blends family ties, adoption, and misattributed paternity amid a background of privation.
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San Francisco
Yvonne Carleton
Petrise
Merntal
Minnie Fay Burns Chandler
Aie
Tev. Tf. Chamiler
Standard Oil Company
Cmultin
2 Burne
Miniaser
Fir
Creswell Muir
Inne
Pomona
Cal
Chandler
Muir
Denver
England Buys Our Butter For London Market Study
The agricultural department conducts tests to sell U S butter in London under its own name. Major Alvord says two thousand pounds of top creamery butter were shipped to Southampton for trial as a direct export effort. The move aims to revive the U S butter trade with Britain, reducing reliance on foreign cheese and boosting domestic dairy exports.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
United States
Seorsisty Wilken
United Kingdom
Canada
England
Alverd
Datey Division
Suset
United Stage
Alvord
New York
London
Denmark
Swinton
France
Australia
Argentina
Wilson
Ubon
Ube Sectrmairy
Ahmote Murder Destroys Indian Fury Near El Durady
Abron Ahmote is slain after pursuit by Pigtes Breve and Pete, cousins of the killer, who shot him 30 miles below El Durady canyon on the Nevada side of the river. He died after reportedly declaring vengeance on whites, and the attackers fled with two accomplices. Sheriff Friend and Indian trackers pursue the suspects toward Sinesta and Vanderbilt as couriers warn white camps.
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Abron
Pigtes Breve
Pete
Tourderer
el Durady Canon
Nevada
Ahvote
Judes Morton
Sinesta
Nev
Colorado
Mtours
Duyia Ai Stwarna
National City
Sun Diao
Cal
Ptutes
Ahvore
Sheri Osborough
Vanderbilt
M Dor
Mouse
Pabramph
Waupan
Yerkes Lenses Ready For Chicago Journey
The lenses for the Yerkes telescope are being shaped at Alvin G. Crump’s works near Cambridge Maas and packed for shipment tomorrow. Five lens pieces, valued at around $100, will be guarded in a Pullman car as they travel to Chicago with maker Alvin G. Clark foreman Mr Lun ieen and another worker accompanying them.
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Chicago
Alvin G. Cruri
Camebridge
Maas
Cottace Farms
Cambridge
Alvin G. Clark
Lunieen
Committee to receive Chris Man Endeavor society in California
San Francisco May 1 19 The committee will consist of 11 members led by a staff of 35 to coordinate arrival routes. Eastern members travel northern and central routes meeting at Sacramento while southern delegates gather in Fresno. The committee will arrange accommodations and provide needed information for the visitors.
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San Francisco
Conductors See Sights During San Francisco Visit
May 5 visitors from HC spent a busy day sightseeing in San Francisco. Most toured the Park and Clift in the afternoon, about 100 members went to Mount Temalena, with the rest planning a mountain trip today. A Chiistown visit was also on the agenda. The note mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve used by Jacob Mitchell of Daytonville for piles.
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San Francisco
H.C
Park and Clift
Mount Temalena
Chiistown
Expelled All the Girls from Cheatham High School
May 1 in Chatham reports open rebellion by the Cheatham Mass senior class of girls at the high school. The principal expelled the entire senior class after they refused a new rule requiring every pupil to prepare an essay each night at home. The girls complain the class already has full work and that the committee has no authority over after school hours.
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Cheatham
Mass
Rowton
Chatham
Gerald du Maurier to Wed Miss Sylva Actress This Summer
New York reports Gerald du Maurier son of the Trilby author and Miss Sylva an actress will marry this summer. Both began American debuts with Beerbohm Tree's company last fall. Sylva is described as a pretty young woman with dark hair and many friends. Du Maurier is 28 and acted in Zou Zou at the London production. Ottawa Chautauqua Assembly, June 12 to 25, one fare via Santa Fe.
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Miss Sylva
New York
Peilby
Mies Selva
Beerboht Tree
Mr. Tree
Komb Opera
Mr du Maurier
Landat
Teilby
No word yet from Calhoun in Havana on Cuba debate
President tied to heal facts as Calhoun remains silent in Havana while General Lee dispatches confirm his safe arrival. Detail of Cuban conditions is unclear as the special counsel for the Ruiz case withholds reports at the White House and state department. Rockhill denial and consular instructions past and present stir smoothing. Diaz, Havana mayor, met Calhoun at Hotel Inglatesse as Havana yacht club hosted breakfast at Moriansey.
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Washington
Department of State
Calhoun
Cuba
United States
Ruiz
Lee
Wihite House
State Department
Havana
Cubs
Department
Rockhill
Question of Belligerency and Cube Recognition Debate
Washington May 18 The House moves toward a vote on President McKinney’s relief plan for Americans in Cuba and the belligerency issue. The rules committee will set debate time as Halley and Morgan push related amendments and Republicans consider handling the matter without entangling it with the appropriation.
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United States
Washington
House
McKinney
Committee
Halley
Morgan
Committee On Rules
Hitt
Bailey
Congress
Daniel
Cuba
Mrr
Senate
Senator Wel lington on Cuban policy and belligerency
Washington May 15 Senator Wellington Rep Md urged caution over a Cuban belligerency resolution. He argued declaring belligerency risks war and favors Spain, urging Congress serve American interests and avoid radical Cuba policy, while criticizing recent administration stance. Stewart and others challenged endorsement of prior policy.
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Washington
Welington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Republican Party
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Wellington
Cuba
Spain
Pettus
Alabama
Europe
Stewart
Repubean
Proposal for a Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond
Enthusiastic admirers in Danville and Richmond propose raising funds to erect a Jefferson Davis monument, modeled after the Grant statue unveiled in New York. Danville leader P.M. Boisseau would head the effort while Mrs. Jefferson Davis reportedly disapproves of the adopted design. The issue is expected to be discussed at the Confederate Veterans reunion in Nashville next month.
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Claremont
Richmond
Jefferson Davi
Grant
New York
P.M. Boleseau
Danville
Jefferson Davis
the Grant
Vanderbilt Warns Bicyclists Off His Country Place
SaBees Fred W Vanderbilt posts signs at his country estate in Poughkeepsie warning bicycle riders to stay off the grounds near the live park. He encountered two women picking flowers near a secluded driveway and asked for permission, which was refused. The next day the warning signs were erected.
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Fred W. Vanderbilt
Poughkeepale
W. Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor
Live Park
Mr. Vanderbilt
Bank Failure Highlights Stock Yards Suit
In Omaha on May 18 the Union Stock Yards bank of South Omaha received $11,442 and interest from a cattle sale, later failing to open. The case centered on whether a bank could attach money in a commission firm’s hands from a stock sale, with courts ultimately ruling the bank had no right to seize such funds.
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Omaha
Union Stock Yards Bank of South Omaha Tins
United States Court
Dek Moore & Mutching
Sduto
South Omaha
Wae- Sout Hirney Company
Waggoner-Airney Company
Effeult Court
District of Nebraska
Court of Appeals
St Lats
His FACE ON His DESK And Fitzhugh Lee Made No Attack
Havana May 38 A La Lucha interview cites Consul General Lee denying a report that he attacked Weyler or predicted insurgent success. Lee insists no such attack was made in any formal or oral report to the U S government. A Weyler portrait on Lee's desk bears the inscription from Weyler.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Weyler
Havana
New York
Lee
State Department
General Weyler
la Lucha
Lucha
Marquis Ahumada
Bayard Arrives With Mayflower Log In New York
Ex minister Thomas F. Bayard arrived from New York with the Mayflower log and deposited it in a vault for safekeeping until delivered to the governor of Massachusetts. Also, tobacco manufacturers in Cincinnati protest a tax hike on manufactured tobacco and appoint a committee to present the case to the U.S. Senate.
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England
New York
Washington
Thomas Fr. Bayard
Govenor
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
United States Senate
Greatly Reduced Rates to San Francisco via Rock Island Route
Tickets on sale from June 29 to July 3 with 2200 one way and 45.00 round trip. Stop-over allowed.
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San Francisco
Rock Island
New Great South American Kidney Cure claimed to relieve
Relief in six hours from distressing kidney and bladder disease by a new remedy advertised as highly prompt in relieving pain across the urinary tract. It reportedly eases water retention and pain during urination for both men and women. Sold by Geo. W. Stansfield and Sim Drug Co in Topeka Kansas.
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Geo. W. Stansfield
Kansas Ave
Sim Drug Co
Topeks
Kan
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