Freberg and Turk to Meet in Butte
Yussif Hassane and John Freberg, known as the Terrible Turk and the Terrible Swede, will wrestle Feb 2 at the Empire theater in Butte. Both signed, training begins soon, with Hassane fresh from a win over Abyerko. Freberg weighs 219 pounds with a 12 pound advantage. betting expected lively. Hassane travels from Chicago and Zbyszko may appear later in February. Connolly urged for a rematch with Hussane. Stecher match planned for early February.
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Yussif Hassane
John Freberg
Empire Theater
Butte
Pat Connally
Fre Berg
Hassane
Chicago
Zlyszko
Zbyszko
Connolly
Joe Stecher
Stecher
Butte Turky
Hussane
Frebere
Indefinite Postponement of League Redistricting Plan
Chicago January 24 The failure of Central league club owners to join the Three I league and Central association redistricting plan led to further deliberation and the postponement of any action. President A R Tearney of the Three I league and Mayor J F Ford of Fort Dodge Town presided and agreed no action would be taken for now.
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Chicago
Central League
Central Association
A. KR. ‘Tearney
J. F. Ford
Fort Dodge
Pinsbore to meet Al McCoy in MSG bout
Darcy set for a March 6 ten round clash with Al McCoy at Madison Square Garden in New York. He will earn $50,000 from the purse and plans to close his theater engagement weeks before March 5 to train. Darcy will appear at a local theater while Michael Angelo inspires Shaw's artistic ambitions.
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Pinsbore
Minai
al McCoy
Madison Square Garden
New York
Darcy
Baseball Squabble Threatens National Game Unity
A 1917 Tribune Association piece argues baseball faces a three‑way clash among major leagues, the Minor Leagues association, and the Players Fraternity. It calls for a conference of the National Commission, fraternity leadership, and minor league authorities to reach a fair settlement and restore team play amid competing distractions from movies and other sports.
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Major Leagues
National Commission
Minor Leagues’ Association
Gehenna
France
England
Russia
Fultz
Tribune Association
Donovan Visits Cullop to Discuss Yankees Pitcher
Bristol Tennessee January 24. Manager Donovan of the New York Americans came here to see Nick Cullop star left hand pitcher of the Yankees and although neither would divulge the result of the conference, the meeting occurred amid trade talk and speculation about Cullop's future.
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Donovan
World bowling record and U S track records reported
Chicago reports a Vermont five man team set a world team game record of 1,290 and an average of 1,152 2-3 in the Windy City league. New York notes two American records at Madison Square Garden indoor meet including the mile and 600 yard dash. Manitoba racer weather and transit updates describe teams camping and crossing Ontario border toward Grand Forks with Albert Campbell near brother Gabriel in the Hudson Bay sweepstakes context.
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Chicago
Vermont
New York
Madison Square Garden
Ray
Tilmolt A.C
Thomas P. Conneff
Rober
Son
University of Missouri
J. J
Robert Eller
Isi
Ted Meredith
Meadowbrook Club
Philadelphia
Joe Higgins
Dave Caldwell
Boston
More
Manitoba
Ers
Ontario
Winshipeg
Pembina
Grand Forks
Fargo
Albert ‘Campbell
Hudson Bay
Gabriel
Morris
War Summary of Frontline Victories and Losses
The report notes Russian and Bulgarian clashes near the Danube estuary with Bulgarian advances repelled and a Bulgarian battalion destroyed. In the Riga region German forces drove Russians back a mile and a half near Tirul swamp and Aa river, with 1,500 Russians reported captured. Austrians near Gorizia seized an Italian trench, took 137 prisoners and three machine guns. Aerial combat over France produced aircraft losses on both sides.
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Riga
Tirul
Aa River
Kalzen
Danube
Tulteha
Bessarabia
Berlin
Petrograd
Gorizia
Buried in Coal Pocket Rescued at Houghton Mine
At MUL Mine Junction Houghton Michigan Carl Harju was buried in a coal pocket for over an hour while dumping cars. A locomotive halted for coal and Harju was thrust into the tender. He was unconscious but doctors expect recovery. A Japan gauge issue also appears, with a commission studying cost of converting from narrow to standard gauge.
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Houghton, Mich
Carl Harju
Harju
Mul Mine Junction
Japan
Commission
Juichi Soyeda
Imperial Railways
One Impossible Truth About Rheumatism Cures
An advertisement asserts permanent relief from rheumatism through Swift’s Specific blood remedy rather than external treatments. It claims the disease originates in the blood and promises a free book with medical advice upon writing to the Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Medical Department
Swift, Specific
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Adve
Japan rail gauge conversion costs exceed estimates
Figures from Dr. Soyeda outline Tokio to Shimonoseki trunk line costs at 445 million dollars for main island conversion and 245 million for the trunk. A 25 year shift to broad gauge and 12 year transformation of the Tokio–Shimonoseki route are discussed with projected annual savings of 1.5 million and 850 thousand on main island segments. London Times notes naval and military caution among commission members despite strategic aims.
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Japan
Shimonosek
Aomori
Tokio
Shimonoseki
Soyeda
Tokio-Shimonoseki
Tokio-Shimonogeki
London Times
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RED River Derby
Anttona
San
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Norris
Louis W. Hill
St Paul Carnival Association
Michael Angelo
Erward Shaw
The
New York Feibune
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N. P
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South Mi
Butte Glass Works
South Main
John Brimacombe
LEYS
North Main Street
Morello Electric CO
Hamilton Street
Butte Carriage Works
Galena
Tony
Superior Furnaces
Tiel
South Air Butte
Butte Saddlery - CO
Wilton
South Main Ste
Cight and Heavens
F. Thomas
John J. Tate
South
Wyoming Street
Dave Brodie
Oy E. Park People's Theater
Butte Vulcanizing Works
South Main Street
F. E. Macnally
Meinhart
Mane
Mae
Cul- Top
Ely
Bulgaria
Sunet
Weyman-Bruton Company
Asion Square
New York City
Munson
Edward Lyman Adnan
Mearere
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Orler
Bigaie
Buckingham & Hecht
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Erenes
Ort Sousa
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