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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1906
Page
7
Train times listed for arrivals and departures across multiple stations with sleeper and coach services. Mentions of freight and passenger services, a West line, and an agent Rowley. Some entries unclear or garbled. key times include early morning arrivals and evening departures.
The notice outlines East bound service No 900 parlor car coach No 202 and No 204 parlor car No 206 cafe service No 21 on weekdays. West bound trains include No 201 coach No 908 cafe parlor No 206 buffet and No 207 parlor car Sunday only. No 209 and 211 buffet cars. Connections listed at Rockford Belvidere for Beloit Janesville Madison Sycamore DeKalb and other routes. John F Daly, Agent.
railroad timetable notes show Going Hast Arrivo Depart times for Rock Island and Freeport, with connections to Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City, and North and South Dakota. It lists train numbers, routes, and agent contacts, plus Forreston departures and daily schedules.
Notice announces ferries in effect on the C and St. R? routes including Burlington Richieona Delavan Fontana Kansasville Kilbourne Madison McFarland Stounghton Walworth and Waukesha. Good returning up to June 30. J B Sweart agent.
A New York Postgraduate Medical School staffer notes modern surgery uses a compact kit for appendix removal, with instruments fitting in a pocket. He traces history from heavy sets to quick operations, explains steel types and hand forging, and stresses sterility and skilled labor.
A survey team will run trips from White School House to Oakland Cemetery on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays with 130 pm and 300 pm departures from White School House and 145 pm 316 pm returns from the cemetery Tickets cost 10 cents and are available at Owen T Smith secretary Freeport Water office behind the First National Bank The service replaces automobile travel and riders may use a city streetcar to the White School House then board the bus every half hour on the service days.
The Daily Journal announces city wide delivery available for 1 cent per week. Readers in all parts of the city can subscribe to swift home delivery at a minimal weekly rate.
In this state a five days' notice is not needed to evict a cold. The original laxative syrup Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar is recommended. No opiates. Sold by all drug gists.
A reviewer explains a new Chinese junk type, the self rescuer, highlighted in a discussion of shallow water navigation. The craft can split in two midships for unloading and rejoining, enabling practical travel where water depth is scant, a feature noted as suited to very dry country rather than water-logged routes.
An old Chicago notice touts heart trouble as a common death cause and credits Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as a cure. It claims indigestion as the main factor and describes symptoms like fluttering heart and shortness of breath. Sold by druggists for 50 cents and one dollar. returnable if it fails.
A dialogic piece features a stenographer who reads during work and occasionally grimaces at unattended desks while brokers remark on stock quotations and villains with white teeth, highlighting a mix of office chatter and sensational lines.
Marshall Wilder discussed a revolutionary Atlantic liner with huge beams, elevators, ventilation, restaurant, and roof garden. He claimed the luxury ship would reduce seasickness and be safer than older vessels, recounting a pirate boarding legend and a passenger joke about ten minutes on deck.
A fragmentary OCR note references Pauls Sprallon at BCORRELL The Cash Grocers located at 119 Bremeneon St. 524d bt. Details are unclear but indicate a business listing or advertisement.
An importer outlines how dark tea does not equal quality and argues Chinese tea is best. Tannin in leaves lowers digestibility and caffeine stimulates the brain. optimal brewing should minimize tannin by using low-tannin leaves and short infusions, maximizing caffeine extraction within minutes.
A Boston woman reading Leppineoryr's Magazine found an advertisement promising a summer fare with terms stating a week for aiem and varying prices for ladies and children while noting higher pay for difficult tasks. The wording is unclear and fragmented in the scanned text.
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin laxative as a cure for teething distress in babies, claiming ninety percent of colic is caused by digestion issues. It promises relief, digests curdled milk, sweetens breath, reduces fever, relieves pain, and is safe for mother and child with a money back guarantee.
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, places orders at Brown & Dollmeyer’s store or by phone. The item details are unclear due to damaged text but reflect routine local commerce.
Women visiting a home for discharged female prisoners are taken to a sitting room where two young inmates sew. A visitor exclaims at the sight of them, and the superintendent explains the room is the sitting area while the wife and daughter of the superintendent are present.
It warns that kidney trouble masquerades as back pain and urges curing before diabetes or Bright's disease. Mrs E Emford of 192 Locust St testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured her kidney pain and lameness after using Emmett's drug store supply in 1897. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sale agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's.
An old travel ad invites readers to visit Colorado this summer via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. It highlights low through rates on the St Paul Union Pacific line, urges inquiries to F A Miller, General Passenger Agent in Chicago, and offers a Colorado-California book for six cents postage.
Special low rate excursion to New York City from Chicago on Michigan Central. Round trip fare one plus 2 dollars. Tickets valid August 28 29 for outbound and return until September 4. Inquire local agent or write L D Heusner G W P A 286 Clark St Chicago. Also an note promoting Chicago Great Western Railway openings in new towns with contact E R Magill Omaha for information and copy of Town Walk.
Excursion tickets to the Chautauqua assembly at Rockford will be sold at reduced rates on August 15 and 16 with return allowed until September 2. Tickets available through Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
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