Time table and Chicago markets digest
West bound schedules for Chicago Rock Island & Pacific lines list No. 18 Omaha Flyer among others with times from 6 25 a m to 9 13 p m and notes that Nos 63 and 64 do not run Sundays. North and south bound branch services include multiple mixed and Sunday only trains. Chicago market report shows hog receipts 14 000 with prices up to 5 70, cattle receipts 2 500, sheep 18 000 and future estimates for tomorrow.
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West Bound
Omaha Flyer
Dane
Mail and Express
Chicago Flyer
Chicago
Ill
Train Schedule for Atlantic Northern and Southern North
The timetable lists No. 1 and No. 3 Passenger and Freight trains at 7:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and No. 2 and No. 4 Passenger and Freight trains at 11:15 a.m. and 5:35 p.m. daily except Sunday.
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Pasenger
Local Drayman Seeks Baggage and Garden Work
A notice offers baggage handling to and from trains, light drayage, and garden plowing services. The advertiser invites orders at Bradley's on Walnut Street or Steinke's on Chestnut Street, or by phone at residence 890, single ring.
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Bradley’s
Walnut Street
Steinke’s
Chestnut ‘Street
Inventions of the Concertina and Wheatstone
The accordions and concertinas trace back to 1829 with Damian of Vienna and Charles Wheatstone who patented the concertina at age 27. Wheatstone later became renowned for electrical work and cryptographic feats while early in life manufacturing musical instruments.
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Damian
Charles Wheatstone
Wheatstone
London Globe
Painter’s Sign Becomes Stanford Campus Laugh
San Francisco Chronicle notes a Stanford University painting job at fraternity houses ahead of the big game. A painter rushed the work, hung a front porch sign, and after delays the sign evolved to read Blank Blank, Now and Then, drawing campus amusement.
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Stanford University
San Francisco Chronicle
It Is Campaign Year In The Busy Year Verse
A verse on campaign year shows voters gathering in groups as candidates trade barbs and hot air fills the air. It laments that all are pledged to walk a narrow path, yet questions the outcome and sanity of the scene.
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Sanity
Fainting and pale skin lie in a court room exchange
A lawyer cross examines a witness to entrap him, with the witness admitting a case of fainting without pallor involving a negro. The exchange, reported by the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, illustrates biased questioning during testimony. The Moabite Stone discovery and current Louvre display are noted from the New York American.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
F. Klein
Dhiban
Diban
Louvre
Paris
Mesha
Moab
Kings Ill
Israel
New York American
Jones Phonograph Inspires Quiet Debate in Town
In a small town scene, two men discuss Bill's plan to attend Jones' new phono graph event. One questions the value, noting Bill has no ax to bring. The exchange captures local curiosity about the novelty and purpose of the show.
True friendship shown by Squire Tightfist at funeral
A tale from a funeral depicts Squire Tightfist moved by the death of a poor man he knew. Asked if he valued the deceased, he replies that the man was a true friend for never asking to borrow money, despite known poverty.
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Squire Tightfist
Children Watch Othello Death Scene Sparks Question
Two young girls brought to see Othello chatter about the onstage death. One asks if they kill a lady nightly. The other replies that they pretend to, since real killing would be too costly.
Suspicious Circumstance on Self Shaving and Cost Concerns
The piece questions why a man who speaks of himself keeps justifying not using a barber to save money. The other man involved shows indifference to the motive, whether saving for a car or a science test. It argues self shaving is constitutional and should be plain, without constant protest.
Parts of speech joke from visiting director scene
A visiting school director asks a boy about grammar. The boy answers with a witty line naming the tongue lips and throat as the parts of speech.
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Fouuuy
Sweet Sorrow in a Quarrel Over Happiness
Washington Herald quotes a young bride crying that friends doubt her happiness with her husband, insisting she cannot be happy with him, yet she proclaims she is. The fragment captures a domestic moment with emotional tension and social pressure.
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Pet
Washington Herald
Knicker and Mrs Knicker-Well clash over hats and feet
A witty exchange from the New York Sun shows Mrs Knicker and her partner quarreling about hats and feet as a lesson in character. The vintage remark frames character as a bright golden apple to be plucked early in life.
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Knicker
The Trust Magnate
A clipped dialogue portrays a trust magnate and a question on freedom of contract. The magnate asserts belief in freedom but insists the freedom must be exclusively in his favor, revealing a sharp, satirical take on business power.
Plang Prodigy Shocks With One-Handed Display
In a terse exchange, T challenges a claim of plang expertise. The other confirms skill, noting T can perform with a single hand, hinting at surprising proficiency and a casual contest vibe.
The Danger Period in Spring
A playful verse notes that clever youths mock the elderly but will laugh at their own folly when they shed laziness and take action, warning against complacency as seasons change.
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Pickard
China
Jewelers
W. Deering & Son
Nhce
D. S
Disbrow
Atlantic, Iowa
Rock Island & Pacific
South Bound—Griswold Branch
Southern
NORTH
L. D. Thomas
By Duncan M. Smith
U. S
Uncle Sam
Green Bay Lumber Co
B. R. Wasson
Atlantic
Iowa
C.W. Needles
Chestnut Atlantic
Bruce Loan and Investment
Founta Tn
Iowa. Trust and Savings Bank
Bruce Loan and Investment Company
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