Electric Line To Galena Sparks Mass Meeting Call
Galena citizens are urged to attend a mass meeting at city hall tonight to discuss electric traction. A Dubuque Platteville line is forming, with Galena aiming to connect to the trolley system, boosting trade and industry as interurban routes expand toward Chicago. Investment prospects and incentives to secure a connection are expected to be outlined.
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Galena
Dubuque
Platteville
Ibis
Plattville
Rockford
Belvidere
Beloit
Freeport
Farson Syndicate
Chicago
Freeport-Dubuque
Platteville-Dubuque
Freeport-Dubuque Enterprises
Police scheme to alert farmers via creameries
Rockford officials plan a new crime alert system using creameries to reach farmers. Chief Bargren and Assistant Little will compile creamery names and patron counts, then notify supervisors who will distribute notice cards about stolen horses or suspects to all patrons along nearby roads. The effort aims to cover the county and aid immediate captures with farmer compensation for information.
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Rockford
Bargren
Little
John Lake
Big Shops for Burnside Boosts Illinois Central
The Illinois Central plans a $300000 enlargement of Burnside shops to create a major locomotive and passenger car facility. The Burnside expansion includes a 500 by 120 foot boiler plant, a 60 by 862 foot car shop, and a 30 stall roundhouse, with brick and steel construction and state of the art cranes. The upgrade aims to serve the Omaha St Louis and New Orleans routes radiating from Chicago.
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Tlinois Central
Burnside
Burnard
Park Row
Chicago
Miinois Central
Omaha
St Louis
New Orleans
Chisago
Sinois Central
Chicago and
Northwestern
Chicago and Northwestern
Yearly financials show large gross increase and surplus
The report records gross earnings rising by 2.4 million to 56.746 million, with net rising to 17.095 million after 7 million in interest. Stock balance stands at 10.417 million, over twice the required to cover preferred and common. Surplus earnings of 5.242 million allocate 4.6 million to construction and capital projects, ending with a final yearly surplus of 0.642 million and total surplus 11.64 million.
Burlington Hawkers Detail Annie Oakley Damage Suits
Mrs Frank Butler known as Annie Oakley sues newspapers across states over a Chicago fake arrest story. Fifty suits between $5 000 and $35 000 filed nationwide, with judgments totaling $16 500 against eight papers. Some Boston and Des Moines papers have already settled.
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Burlington
Annie Oakley
Frank Butler
New York
Ohio
Pennsvania
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Virginia
Georgia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Kentucky
Michigan
Kansas
Chicago
Annis Oakley
Butler
Boston
Des Moines
Denver Encampment Poorly Formatted Travel Advice
Commander Hela outlines the Cripple Creek Short Line for G A R attendees, urging tickets via Colorado & Southern from Denver to Pueblo or Colorado Springs with stops allowed. Round trip fare Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek is 2.50 dollars. Saturday September 9 includes Colorado Springs visits and other sights.
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Hela
Cripple Creek
Denver
Colorado & Southern Railway
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Soing
Orders for G A R Parade at Denver Encampment
Final orders for the Grand Army of the Republic parade at the Denver encampment assign each department to march as a division under its senior officer. Commander-in-Chief King will base at Brown Palace until parade morning then move to Court Place and Fourteenth Street.
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Denver
Washington, D. C
Grand Army of the Republic
King
Brown Palace
Seventeenth
Tremount Streets
Fourteenth Street
Court Place
Movement to curb carbolic acid sales by Iowa doctors
In Dubuque Iowa on August 27 physicians advocate legislative action to ban carbolic acid sales by druggists to prevent self harm. The effort aims to reduce deaths by self poisoning, asserting the acid is a common suicide method. An unrelated note advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for health and strength. Excursion tickets to Woodstock County Fair offered at reduced rates via the Chicago and North-Western Line.
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Philadelphia
North-Western
Sovereign Grand Lodge, T. Q
O. F
Chicago & North-Western R
Dubuque
Iowa
Towa
Woodstock
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Rail Road Men Trust Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
Railroad workers are urged to rely on Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to strengthen the nervous system, purify blood, and improve digestion and sleep. A testimonial from G. Popplewell of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, credits twelve bottles with restoring ability to work, plus relief from vertigo and indigestion.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
G. Popplewell
Hureka Springs
Carrall Co. Ark
Golden
Hazing myths and a fatal old college prank origin
A historical recount explains the slang question Who struck Billy Patterson and ties it to a brutal hazing death. It notes a college prank ended in a student’s murder, the killings investigated, and the phrase echoing through New York as street chatter.
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Billy Patterson
New York
Brooklyn
Conden Lim
William Watterson
Tewas
Self Respect and Pride Contrasted in Moral Insight
The passage argues that self respect arises from a sober view of our nature, while pride stems from an inflated sense of what is extraneous to us. It asserts that true self respect excludes pride, and a proud person lacks genuine self respect, presenting a clash between the two concepts.
Crummins Replies to Secretary Sun on Des Moines Speech
Governor A Th Crummins responds from Des Moines to a secretary letter disputing a newspaper quote about his Chicago speech. He asserts the report misrepresented the remark on the French treaty and clarifies the statement came from an informal lunch with an improvised address.
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Meteors
Des Moines
Pes Moines
A. Th Crumitus Dias Nade
Trowsky Sun
Chicago
Camimins
Les Abelies Pett
Apital
Bandquuet
Les Moines
Otter
Tolons
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
France
United States
Bardier
K Taam
I Des Moines
Siturday
Slupw
Barscia Quay
Howe
Tie
Ialle
Contention Over Treaty Sparks Public Dispute
A Chicago letter and Des Moines editorial clash over the French treaty, with claims of misquotes and authority. The Minnesota dispatch notes a Gand line about strike actions and press access in Minneapolis and Chicago. The piece highlights political rhetoric and press coverage surrounding the treaty debate.
A Lucky Stomach and Cautionary Health Advice
A historical column warns about risks of eating before train travel, recounting a near-miss on a goats train where a passenger avoided injury. It urges mothers to guard children in hot weather with castor oil and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, advocating prompt use and safe storage. The piece also promotes various health products and mentions Mrs. Hale and a Joplin pharmacist endorsing the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Obe Witmer
Joplin
Low Round Trip Rates to Portland via North Western Line
Advertisement fragment detailing discounted round trip fares to Portland via the North Western Line. Mentions direct routes or via San Francisco and Los Angeles, travel to Yellowstone and Alaska as side trips, requests 2 cent stamp for folders, and cites various unrelated notes including a patent medicine and a dairy ad.
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Portland
North-Western Line
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Yellowstone National Park
Alaska
Illinois Central Railway
Billings
Mont
Helena
Butte
Garrisonu
Chinook
Anaconda
Monte
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Umatilla
Huntington
Oregon
Pocatella
Idaho
Apokans
Walla
Wal- Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Wash
Victoria
Vancouver
Sosa
Ellensburg
Weanatchs
Angeles
San Diego
Cal
Illinois Central Railroad Chicago July 7 1905
A brief item notes the Illinois Central Railroad event or notice dated Chicago July 7 1905. Details are sparse in the OCR fragment but confirms origin and date from the Illinois Central Railroad.
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Jhmclean
Lovurs
U. K
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
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Kilbourn
Uoon
Faneport College OF
Telemano
Weembesle
Lawly
Florida
The
Southland
Northwest
J. C. Tucker
Onas
LaFourierie
T. A
Clark St
Waois Central
G. A. R. Parade
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Joseph Emmert
Golden Eagle
Horg
A. Aufeverr
Pat
Farey
J. K
Jones Tadlgeuton
Humphreys
Medigua
Wla
Ceria
Cummins
Shaw
Young
Authority
Safey Young
Minneapolis
Minasajolis
Pypographics Union
St. Paul
Miss Jielen Keller
Sattar
E. Grant
Newman Sanitary Dairy.Co
Illinois Central
R. R
Illinois Cemtra Railroad Company
Heli Ae Cite Company
Oltiea
Chicinze
Linuis
Tlinuis Central Railroad Company Ca Cegisteren Wa Phe Ben UE
Thesdas
Clinvis Central Railroad
Chivagas
Che Wition
Mer W. Or Bruen
Aa. G. Hackstafp
Bengston's Jewelry Store
Bengston’s
Stephenson Rt
Stephenson
Eb Lim
DR. Davis
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