Battle fears rise as Crazy Snake fighters retreat north
Oklahoma City March 29 report describes Creek leader Crazy Snake and followers retreating after state troops burned villages near Hickory Ground. A 22-year-old son of Crazy Snake is captured, names of fighters obtained, and dozens of Indians and Negroes wounded or killed as forces press toward mountain strongholds.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Hickory Ground
Crazy Snake
Harjo
Chasey Snake
Hoffman
Lawton
Crazy ‘Snake
I. M. Wallace
Dustin
Oklo
Hickory Hills
Edward Baum
Herman Odom
Baum
Odom
Chitti Harjo
Crazy Lake
Sherif Frank Jones
Washington
Parley Clash Ends With Forty-One Arrests In Indian Battle
The report says Green and others were fired on by the band and augmented by Crazy Snake's Indians. Three were killed and several wounded in close quarters fire, with many more feared wounded. Forty-one arrests followed as Crazy Snake's followers pledged an aggressive campaign. The chiefs plans were halted by deputies raid on Henryetta.
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Gireen
Crazy Snake
Henryetta
New Wood Pulp Process Promises High Yields From Fir Lumber
Minneapolis scientist Dean George D Frans claims a new method of distilling waste wood with carbon disulphide or gasoline will vastly boost wood pulp output. He says one cord of fir lumber could yield about $10 in by products, with 60 percent of a tree now wasted becoming usable. The process, tested on Norway pine, showed turpentine worth $41.60 and pulp $39 from $7.50 wood, totaling $80 from material valued at $7,560.
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Minneapolis
Minn
George D. Frans
College of Chemistry
University of Minnesota
United States
Frankforter
Dr. Frankforter
Leprosy Bacillus Cultures Advance Treatment Tests
Manila March 29 Dr Moses Clegg bacteriologist of the bureau of science at Manila has succeeded in cultivating the leprosy bacillus He made five successful cultures and carried them through three successive generations The bureau of science has prepared a leprosy vaccine and plans further experiments to establish a specific treatment for the disease.
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Manila
Moses Clegg
Bureau of Science At
Bureau of Science
Mrs Mary Farmer Faces Death By Electric Chair
Auburn New York March 29 Mrs Mary Farmer kept control to the end before dying in the electric chair for killing Mrs Sarah Brennan to seize her Brownville home. Her husband James Farmer also awaits appeal while other guards and attendants witnessed the final moments separate by bars. She prepared for execution adjusting hair and clothing and a nurse cut a stocking to touch the electrodes. Read religious books most of imprisonment and spoke little of her two year old son Peter now with an uncle in Watertown. Warden Benham says she wrote a life account for him when he is grown.
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Auburn
N. Y
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Brownville
Brennan
James Farmer
Court of Appeals
Auburn Prison
Washington Governor Dead Cosgrove Succumbs to Bright's Disease
Governor Samuel G. Cosgrove of Washington died in Paso Robles California from Bright's disease. He had been in poor health for months before his election last November and the campaign strain weakened him. He came to Paso Robles in January to recuperate.
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Samuel G. Cosgrove
Bright
Paso Robles
Cal
Washington
Vinci touted as cure for coughs and lung ailments
An Alabama reader testifies after years of grippe and bronchitis that Vinci cured his chronic cough and cold after three bottles. The ad claims Vinol contains cod liver oil’s healing elements and tonic benefit, promoting it as a strength builder for the elderly and frail. The notice notes availability in Freeport via druggist Joseph Rumert.
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Vinci
R. Fucks
Maplesville
Ala
Akseas
Jeseph Rumert
Wynnie Addresses Freeport Women's Club Remarks Delight Members
Mase K Wynn IE addresses the Freeport Woman's Club and delights the members. A musical program is furnished by Miss Fuller and Miss Fritz, charming young women who live at Winslow.
Address by Mrs Wynn Leads Large Woman's Club Meeting
A large attendance gathered Saturday for the Woman's club meeting where Mrs FE K Wynn of Sterling, vice president of the State Federation and district president, delivered a full address on federation committees including art civics education and library work. The report highlighted efforts to locate art property, promote civic projects, advance civil service, study household economics, and expand library services across Illinois.
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Woman's Club
FE. K. Wynn
Sterling
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Model Public School
Lowes
West End Woman's Club
Chicago
New Hampshire Pottery
Keene
New Hampshire
Chicago Art Education Company
Douschek
Marshall Field & Co
Tobey Furniture Company
Lorado Taft
Winds Federation
United States
Daughters of the American Revolution
United Associations
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
Joseph Mason
Springfield
National Civil Service Commission
William B. Moulton
Dearborn Street
State Civil Service Commission
Hamilton Club
Wiemen
Library Extension Committee
Necatur Public Library
Central Station
LaGrange Woman's Club
DeKalb Woman's Club
Friends In Council
Travel Class
Argyle Park Portia Club
Inapril
Hast St. Louis
Minois Federation of Woman's Clubs
State Library Association
State Library Commission
Federation Library
Tlinois Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ilinois
East St. Louis
Nurses and Surgeons
State Board
Philanthropy and Suffrage Echo at Winslow Gathering
Report on committees emphasizes philanthropic work and time to secure talent for the programme and printing. Miss Bessie Fuller and Miss Flossie Fritz, both of Winslow, performed a vocal solo with piano accompaniment. The Freeport Woman's Club endorsed the suffrage bill to be introduced in the Illinois legislature.
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Federation
Bessie Fuller
Winslow
Flossie Fritz
Illinois
Freeport Woman's Club
Fashionable wedding described with festive scene
A stylish wedding unfolds with beautiful gowns and a canopy of exotic flowers. The bride smiles confidently as guests gossip about the mystery escort, with a matron joking that the groom may be the obvious partner.
Pill in Time That Will Save Nine Ring S Patent Remedy
An old advertisement touts a liver pill labeled as a time saving remedy for biliousness sick headache and constipation. It claims the pill does not gripe and is priced at 25 cents, sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Primary ballot colors announced for Stephenson County
Announcement on the colors of primary ballots for Stephenson County to be used at the April 13, 1809 election. Republican ballots will be white, Democratic blue, Socialist red. Dated March 28, 1909. Clerk F. C. Henn 828dwin County Clerk.
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Stephenson County
A. D
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Socialist Party
F. C. Henn
Frances Shimer Academy seeks dormitory contractor bid
Builders are invited to submit proposals for a brick and stone dormitory and reception hall at Frances Shimer Academy Mount Carroll estimated 90 by 40 feet three stories with a concrete porch. Plans ready April 8 and bids due April 12 at 10 30 a m at the academy grounds with C A Eckstorm architect Tacoma Building Chicago or Mount Carroll Illinois. Wm P McKear Dean.
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Frances Shimer
Wm. P. McKear
Dean
Thoroughly Cleaned Suits Promise Long Wear
A brief ad notes the satisfaction of wearing thoroughly cleaned suits and that clean clothes last longer and are healthier. Prompt service is urged by B. Dye Works at 8 23dwlw.
Farmer to pay 3000 in dress damages to girl
Batavia Ohio March 29 A jury awarded Edith Shockey fourteen 3000 damages after Levi P Felter a wealthy farmer assaulted her at a lawn party the muslin dress was ruined and the girl suffered a shock from the incident in court findings premOTHER malice alleged
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Batavia
Edith Shockey
Levi P. Felter
Marion Crawford Improves After Illness in Italy
Sorrento Italy March 29 F Marion Crawford the novelist who has been seriously ill is now very much improved. He has been weakened considerably by fever.
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Marion Crawford
Sorrento
Italy
Wills and Edmund Kean Dramatic Encounters
Irving recounted how W. G. Wills, dramatist, worked for him and once fainted at Macbeth after seeing Edmund Kean. Ten years later at a Fleet Street chop house he again fainted upon a stranger’s proximity, later learning the diner was Kean in disguise.
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Wills
Edmund Kean
Irving
W. G. Wills
Macbeth
Fleet Street
H. W. Lucy
Cornhill Magazine
Doctor praises medicine as best cure for cough
A grateful patient thanks his doctor for a medicine sent home by his wife. The doctor says the prescription is his favorite and has never failed to cure a cough if taken in time. The patient reveals he used it as a liniment for rheumatism, not for a cold.
Judge Thyself with a Judgment of Sincerity
A pithy Mason quote urges self scrutiny to inspire charity toward others. The proverb emphasizes inner honesty as the basis for fair judgment and generous action.
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Mason
Pile Remedy Claims Immediate Relief Sold by Vendors
Personal experience praises a tube of Man Zan Pile Remedy as instant relief for all forms of piles with a 60 cent guarantee. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenthner.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Daily Journal delivery pricing note
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at ten cents per week, offering economical access to readers across the area.
Statement to Voters and Taxpayers by Louis Bauscher
Louis Bauscher presents a mayoral bid for Freeport emphasizing impartial enforcement of ordinances and repeal of obsolete laws. He pledges low bids for contracts, local labor preference, proper fund maintenance, expanded fire and police services, cemetery and parks improvements, and a conservative, honest administration with citizen cooperation.
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Freeport
Merchants
Commercial Association
Woman’s Club
Louis’ Bauscher
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