Wireless signals on Alton road promise safer rail travel
Promoters Green and Emery plan tests on the Alton to equip 225 locomotives with wireless dinger signaling across 768 miles. The system uses autonomous engine flags, two mile protected blocks, and Hertzian wave polarization to prevent collisions, with tradesmen at Normal assembling equipment. General Manager Goodnow backs the project.
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Alton
Messrs
Green
Emery
Messrs. Green and Winery
Normal
Kher
Beaufort Street
Allen
United States
Samuel Hunt
Detroit Southern Railroad
Goodnow
Chicago & Alton
Paris Fashion Notes Predict Hat Trends For Summer 1905
The Paris fashion column foresees radical hat changes for the 1905 summer season with smaller designs like toques and turbans rising in prominence. Tricorns and amazon hats receive new shapes, while inexpensive hats falter against elegant, well-made pieces. Crinoline hats, white or black, gain late-season appeal and could carry into winter as evening wear. A blue satin tricorne with blue ostrich tips and blue embroidery epitomizes refined simplicity.
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Contoirieres
Milliners
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Advertisement Card
A brief 19th century style ad promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for healing strength health and happiness. It markets tea or tablets at 35 cents and credits Joseph Emmert as the vendor, emphasizing family medicine value.
Millions Work On Railroads Salaries And Passengers
The 1904 railway payrolls totaled 1,296,121 workers, with wages of 817,598,810. Passenger traffic reached 715,419,082 carried and 21,928,213,636 passenger miles, while freight tonnage was 1,309,895,165 with 174,522,089 ton miles. Rail capital stood at 13.21 billion, with 6.34 billion in stock and 6.87 billion in funded debt. dividends paid 221,941,049. Current liabilities, 881,628,720.
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United States
Public Service of Railways
Angers
A&4
Secret Code Aims to Save Banks Through Hidden Messages
The American Bankers Association plans a secret code to protect Freeport and other member banks. Col James R Branch unveils a system to secure telegrams, deter thieves, and spot fraud quickly, potentially saving thousands of dollars yearly. The code includes day-specific keywords and safeguards against telegraph tampering. The program funds anti crime efforts, with over 50,000 dollars spent annually to chase criminals and deter burglary against member banks.
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American Bankers’ Association
Freeport
James R. Branch
Gambrinus
John Doe
Promising Lead Mines Near Scales Mound Illinois
Within a few hours of Chicago, Scales Mound in Jo Daviess county hosts rich lead districts. Mines like Veta Grande, Roxyann, and Magoonville show promising veins of galena with 1500 feet of shafts and tunnels, aiming to begin full operation soon under central railroad access.
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Chicago
United States
Scales Mound
Jo Daviess County
Illinois
Illinois Central Railway
Northwest
Tle Veta Grande
Magoonville
Tllinails Central
Great Sporting News Journal in Chicago Record Herald
A descriptive note praises the illustrated sporting section as four full pages of thorough, abundant coverage. It highlights baseball, racing, wolf news, yakking news, and overall fullness and interest, noting the section’s popularity among sports readers.
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Chicago Record- Herald
Daily Yes
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Family Health
A vintage ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as faster than remedies, claiming it brings strength health and happiness to the whole family. Sold as tea or tablets for 85 cents by Joseph Emmer t.
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Hollister
Joseph Emmert
Millet the Painter and His Humble Road to Fame
The article recounts Jean Francois Millet rising from a Manche farm near Cherbourg to Barbizon life. It details struggles with poverty after early training, shifts to painting from nature, and eventual recognition including the 1867 Duris exhibition medal.
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Millet
Father
Gruchy
Manche
English Channel
Cherbourg
Jean
Paris
Hercules
Delavocde
Ninvell
Miller
Delauroche
Jacque
Fontainebleau
Vontainebleau
Barbizon
Gantte’s Inn
Rousseff
Diaz
Ding
Miilet
Senstler
Jousseau
Blingsel
Lyning
Hallly
Rousseau
Charles H. Coffin
Nicholas
Dr King’s New Discovery Counterfeit Warning
A public notice warns of counterfeit Dr King’s New Discovery medicines being sold to defraud the public. It urges buyers to look for the H. E. Buckten & Co. wrapper on bottles and mentions the origins in Chicago and Windsor Canada, with Joseph Emmert as the local druggist.
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Fraid
Dr. King
Buckten
H. E. Buckten & Co
Chicago
Windsor
Canada
Joseph Emmert
Notice to Dairymen Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co Pecatonica
Notice to dairymen in Pecatonica AL that Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co will pay $1.15 per 100 pounds for pure clean milk received at their factory for the month of Aunst not by test. Payments on the 20th of each month with statements for next month. Shipping tickets via interurban line sold at Freeport station delivering one can to factory and return. Deuahewied.
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Wisconsin Condensed Milk Co
Pecatonica
Freeport
Deuahewied
Finest 108 acre stock farm for sale in Lyle Minnesota
108 acre stock farm offered by owner R A Fox in Lyle Minnesota seeks buyers. Includes $15000 in improvements, level well drained soil, ideal home site and paying investment. Easy terms available. Investigation solicited. Write at once.
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R. A. Fox
Lyle
Minn
Bogay Property on Stephenson Street For Sale
One of the finest town lots on Stephenson street offers a nine room modern house with water gas furnace and toilet in a location three minutes from the courthouse. Rare offering, expect quick action, act before rivals secure it.
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Bogar
Bogay
Stephenson Street
Dean Titudy
Court House
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Freeport College OF Telegraphy
Hice
S. Hermimla & Son
Galena St
Swift
Minnesota
Hermsmeier
Cable Co
Dollmeyer
New York House
Mason& Hamlin
Conover
Cable
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Wellington
Albertson & Stemm
Freeport Gaslight & Goke Co
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