Indian Tribal War Rumors Stir British Frontiers
Special Correspondent reports tensions rise as 6000 troops under General Willcocks pursue the Kakka Khel on the northern frontier. Guerrilla sniping radiates through the Khyber Pass district where 4 000 to 5 000 armed Kakka fighters use mountain terrain to harass the British. The Kakka assault on Peshawar and attacks on civilians spurred Britain to crush the rebellion.
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London
India
Home Office
Willcock
Great Britain
North India
Willcocks
Khy
Ber Pass
Baseball's Big 1908 Season Costs and Scope Revealed
Brooklyn report details the vast finances of major league baseball as the 1908 season opens. It outlines ground rent costs travel expenses salaries for players managers and staff and the need to draw 12 million plus in revenue to balance books. The piece notes pay rates for stars and minor league acquisitions and projects attendance requirements to cover costs.
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Ican
Enstry
32 Hens Pay Her College Expenses
Miss Paul L Loud of Westchester County New York funds her college by selling eggs in New York City. From November to January she sold 225 dozen eggs at 55 cents a dozen to private customers and kept hens warm dry and well fed to lay through winter.
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Paul L. Loud
Westchester County
New York
Miss Loud
New York City
Farm accident victim taken to St Joseph hospital
George Rush, injured earlier while raising a barn on J. D. Ferguson’s farm near this city, grew worse yesterday and was transported to St. Joseph hospital for treatment.
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George Rush
J. D. Ferguson
St. Joseph Hospital
Jealous Husband Punishes Wife Encounter Trap
Chicago reports a jealous husband who, after misreading a telephone ruse, waited in Hammond for his wife and boxed her ears on meeting. Judge W H McMahan sentenced Jesse Rosen to six months in county jail plus fifty dollars and costs. The couple, once from Meadville, Pa, had ties to Hammond.
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Jesse Rosen
Wentworth Avenue
Hammond
Rosen
W. H. McMahan
Eagles Lodge Incorporation Includes 1500 Share Capital
Articles of incorporation filed for the home association of the Eagles lodge show capital of 1500 dollars at ten dollars a share. Directors listed include Tim Sullivan G D Miller Hal B Smith J D Turley Harry Kline and CH DeHaven.
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The
Eagles’ Lodge
Tim Sullivan
G. D. Miller
Hal B. Smith
J. D. Turley
Harry Kline
C. H. DeHaven
Siding for Hospital Construction in Vandalia Planned
Vandalia workers install a switch on the Twenty fourth street ridge to facilitate handling of materials for the new hospital at Twenty seventh and High streets.
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Twenty-fourth Street
Twenty Seventh
High Streets
Western Girl Tours New York Describes Fashion
In a letter from New York dated March 13 a Western woman details new skirts and coats called penguin costumes with empire skirts and elaborate puckers. She notes oversized sleeves, expansive coats, and the need to stay thin for style amid dramatic hats and roses. Olive Fremstad’s marriage gift includes $150,000 policies and a Tierra del Fuego gold mine.
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Mary
Panguin
Olive Fremsted
Edson W. Stuphen
Tierra del Fuego
Stuphen
Fremstad
Minneapolis
Carmen
Men to be tried in Cass circuit court for murder
Frank Webb and John Smith, who shot Sheriff Ogas at Winamac last fall, were brought to this city last evening for trial in Cass circuit court. They had been tried at Monticello and sentenced to two to fourteen years for robbing Marsh Brothers at Burnettsville. They were in Michigan City prison until yesterday, when moved to Winamac. lawyers secured a change of venue.
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Winamac
Cass
Monticello
Marsh Brothers
Burnettsville
Michigan City
Hidden cellulose in flour prompts milling claim
An excerpt describes cellulose being left in flour due to careless milling. It asserts the Washburn Crosby milling process eliminates all cellulose from flour, warning readers that the eye may not detect it but the stomach would notice.
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Harry Pulliam
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Brown
Postum Cereal Ca. Limited
Battle Creek
Michigan
Phore
Chicago
Ephone Conversation
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Mrs. Rosen
Mr. Rosen
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Copenhagen
Leather
Colampagne
Reseda
Roger & ‘Thompson
Eagles Incorporate
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Gold Mine
Mrs. Sutphen As “Carmen
Frank Webb and
John Smith
Sheriff Ogas
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