Train Schedules and Connections for Rock Island Area
Timetables note east and west bound trains from Rock Island and Freeport with arrival and departure times, car services, and connections to Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison Harvard Sycamore DeKalb and western points. Agent details John F Daly and J B Swehatt record multiple train numbers and freight limitations for passenger service.
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Eaat Bound
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Point
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Pashonbol
S.rev Eves
Rock Island
Reight
Mt Carroll
Freeport
Chicago Great Western Service Notes and Timetable
Train schedule fragment from Chicago Great Western lists Maple Leaf Route leaving South Freeport east bound at 1 15 pm and a daily Chicago Special. It also lists No 6 Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha and Kansas City Express, No 18 Dubuque Passenger daily except Sunday with Chicago passengers boarding and interurban connections. Baggage checked through to destination. agents WM Neese and J P 8 -MBR G P A St Paul Minn. 2 27 am.
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Dubuque
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Wm, Neese
J.P. 8 -Mbr
St Paul, Minn
Train Schedule Fragments for East and Forreston
Partial timetable shows departures from East at 10:00 am and 1:03 pm and arrivals at Forreston at 4:40 pm and 10:10 pm with unclear route details and stray notes.
Rockford and Interurban RY Schedule Details
The Rockford and Interurban Railway announces weekday departures from Freeport at 5 35 and every 85 minutes until 9 35 pm with last car at 11 00 pm. From Rockford services run 6 00 and every 60 minutes to 11 00 pm. Travel time Freeport to Rockford is 1 hour 20 minutes. Sunday times follow similar pattern with a 6 35 am Freeport start and 7 00 am Rockford start. Connections to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora and Michigan cities via Rockford. WM NE ESE, Agent.
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Gara
Freeport
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Belvidere
Elgin
Aurore Michisago
Ese
Cosmetic jelly for eczema remedy advertised in 19th century notice
The notice touts a cosmetic jelly as an excellent remedy for eczema to be used on the face. It prescribes soaking gum tragacanth in rose water three days, filtering through muslin, and adding alcohol glycerin boric acid to create a smooth preparation claimed to heal chapped skin.
Three Climates Describe Abyssinia Regions
The text outlines three climates by altitude in Abyssinia. Low valleys grow bananas dates indigo cotton and other tropical crops. Elephants hump zebras gazelles roam. The intermediary zone recalls Sicily or Annamusia. High areas offer wand pasture for flocks and herds.
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Llas
Abyssinia
Sicily
Annalusia
Spain
Incomplete Exchange Sparks Curious Conversation
Fragmentary dialogue shows two speakers debating sincerity and love. One asserts overwhelming emotion while the other questions seriousness and honesty, ending with a confession of love. The scene hints at romantic tension and miscommunication between the characters.
Heap Little Man
A Civil War narrative recounts Joe a ragged boy who joins General Custer’s command and earns the nickname Treap Little Man. He proves fearless on scouts in the Wichita campaign, dies after being wounded near the front, and sings a final chorus as comrades mourn.
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T. C. McClure
Joe
Tile
John Brown
Heap Little Man
Wichita
Custer
Jie
Garry Owen
Ile
Sinow
Earth
M. Quan
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide for Ten Cents a Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at ten cents per week, offering affordable access to news for all residents.
Seaweed uses span kitchens and medicine offshore
An 19th century account notes Irish moss seaweed as a dessert base and potash source to combat scurvy on ships. It recalls old housewife remedies, sea moss jelly cures for colds and sore throats, and coastal harvesting habits from June to August on the Atlantic coast with year round gathering near Monterey for export to China.
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Pacific
Monterey
China
Atlantic
Lestie
Slot Machines Ancient Roots In Egyptian Water System
A Boston Herald correspondent traces the origin of the in the slot machine to an ancient Egyptian device. An urn shaped mechanism used three drachma coins to release holy water via a lever controlled valves, a forerunner of modern coin operated machines dating back to about 3000 B C.
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Boston Herald
Rameses
Egypt
Cleanliness Compared From Mary and Elizabeth Reigns
Dr Somerville Hastings at the London Institute of Hygiene notes people are much cleaner now than in the Mary and Elizabeth eras when washing clothes was rare. He cites textiles and class dress habits, with poor wearing rough wool and rich using dyed silks and velvets, and remarks on limited personal cleanliness of historical figures.
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Somerville Hastings
London Institute of Hygiene
Mary
Elizabeth
Ffastings
James
Christendom
London Telegraph
Sheep Drift into St Ives Bay Stirs Local Sailors
A flock cast from Cornwall uplands wandered onto Gwithian sands and was swept into St Ives Bay by the tide. Local fishing boats sighted the drifting sheep mistaking them for a new fish, attempting to hook and net the珍, returning with the herd as a curious morning spectacle.
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Cornwall
England
Gwithian Sands
St. Ives Bay
St. Ives
Lome
Seritu Village Swineherd Leads Pies Through Streets
In Ine any Servitu village Chewe is the sole swineherd, guiding all the community’s pies as he blows his horn. The pigs march in order from street to pasture and return at night to their rightful sties without supervision.
Restaurant Owner Confronted Over Alleged Bribery Claim
A man waiting for his order accuses the proprietor of instructing the waiter to stay away so he can slip a bribe for lodging against him. The exchange centers on alleged impropriety and payment demands at the eatery.
Quotations on duty and persistence from Washington
A fragment quotes a view that every person should help uplift others, followed by a pale boast about running an elevator for seven years. It also notes the truism that making acquaintances is easy but shedding them is hard, attributed to Washington.
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Washington
Society Entry Through Marriage Allegations
The New York Press notes gossip alleging that Ela married Stone to gain social standing while Stella portrays herself as a social climber using him as a stepping stone.
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Ela
Stone
Stella
New York Press
Kentucky Ned and the cattle herd saving act
A reminiscence recalls Kentucky Ned a cowboy who saved thousands of cattle by scattering salt to redirect a runaway herd. The narrator Louise Parrell describes how Ned’s brave restraint and quick thinking won her affection and ultimately led to marriage on her ranch. The tale blends frontier danger with romantic discovery.
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Owever
Cather
Kentucky
Ned
United States Army
Father
Niagara
Jin
Lis
Louise
Parrell
Fragmentary Houston Quip Quoted in Local Column
A garbled quip appears in a local piece, referencing a wife and a highball as part of a humorous aside. The fragment yields a glimpse of social banter but lacks surrounding context or identifiable names.
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R.R
Illinois Central
R. R
Omaha Lim
Paul Lim
Dodge
Bronx City
Decatur
Madison District
Csceeeeseen
Dodgeville
H.W. Rowley
Chicago
Oo. M
Cne
Daven- Pote
Wee
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J.B. Swehatt
Chicago Great Western
South Freeport
Chicago Express
Ccc
Forreston
Forreston Forreston
Rockford & Interurban RY
Deliv
Wellington Wheeles
Tenty Hobb
Scranton Tribune
New York
R. Ket
Riley & WH
Business Directory
BANKS
Fred Dorman
H.H. Antrim
Henry Baier
C. W. Dorman
Stath Bank
Ilhl
A. S. Held
J. Fred Smith
Fred W., Hoefer
H. H. Antrim
J. H. Stealy
W. H. Wagner
Homer F. Aspinwall
W. D. Mack
Aaso Savings Department
Ill
Cc. O. Collmann
J. 8. Collman
L. R. Jungkunz
A. F. Schulte
Ass’t. Cashier
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. T. Rawleigh
W. N. Cronkrite
John & Collman
Profeysl
J. Bheldon Clark
Bar
First National Bank
Frewport
H. Rosenstiel
Jackson and Mechanic
W. J. Rideout, M. D
Stephenson Street
O. B. Biewelt
A. Stawell
Gasee Vann
Freeport, Il
Attorney
AT Law
M. V. B. Elson
L. Z. Farwell
V. Pres
D. F. Graham
THE
Second National Bank
Illinois
J. F. Fair
Reuben Siegfried
J. L. Meyers
J. H. Graham
R. P. Ecordat
Attorney At Law
D&v
L. H. Burrell
Court House
Oo. A. Ruthe
Stephenson St
Freeport, Ill
Douglas Ave
J. M
H. H. Hineline
Douglas Pattison
Robert B. Mitchell
van Bure
Tel
N. Galena Ave
Wagner
Freeport, Illinois
Magasine
Anseiger
Chicago and
Spring Streets
People’s Column
John Hen
New Phone
Mes
Bidwell
Ant
W. HK. Mackay
Rice Bldg
High St. Hill
Empire
Bengston’s
Creas
So Avenue
Torent
J. M. Waiz
Liberty
Janted
Ofonu
Mra
Creo
Stephenson Bt
State St
Thomas Webb
Pleasant St
A. Bergman
Carrall Bt
Wisconsin
Robert Hopper
West State St
State Bt
Inquirer
G. Schoeffel
Galena St
Fok
Thidawin
Tolnnvestor
Breams & Zips
Ahl&wlw
West St
Rmlway St
Inquire
Geo. S! Nash
FOR Trade
Atacre Farm
Pikeo
Addarss
Lake Waubesa
Wis
H. E. Hanan
Oragon
Lady's Gold Watch
Rawleigh Medical Co
E. W. Clothing Store
Adel
New Orleans
Clifton Cottage
Te Bent
Union St
Galena Ave
Oak St
Wm. Walton
W.W. Wheat
the Daily Journal
Moas
Pneeled
Whettie Pekin
Houston
H. J. Mooge
Cbicago
Junghung
Ély
Crdym Galny
Guidh'y
Cives Nehe
Cri
Iavfever
Geiser
Warren Sueet
Savings Department of the State Bank of Freeport
Hermsmeier
Lennox Soap
Heinz
California
Freeport of
Owkbrand A Gan
Cory
Northwest
Hackney
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