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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
5
Mixed, unclear text shows freight and passenger designations with times and numbers. Mentions Hin Dodgeville District and Rowley Agent. Some entries reference 1220 pm Passenger and Sunday exceptions. Overall indicates a historical rail timetable fragment with unclear station names and car types.
The notice lists train times and routes for speeds between Chicago and Freeport, detailing passenger and freight services. It notes connections to Rock Island, Davenport, Milwaukee, Janesville, Madison, Kansas City, Omaha, and points in the Dakotas, with agents and daily operation details.
The Great Western Railway offers openings for business men, professionals, and manufacturers across five Iowa Missouri Illinois Minnesota towns. Nearly all lines have positions with a square deal, with maps and Maple Leaflets available. Request full information from Industrial department, Great Western Railway, St. Paul Minnesota, or BE. B. Magill, Merch Townsite department, Omaha Nebraska.
A 1905 church lesson recaps seven days of Bible reading from the Book of Moses and the law, noting repentance, forgiveness, and joy in the Feast of Tabernacles. It urges understanding Scripture, warns against obscure sermons, and links joy to salvation and participation in worship.
A Christian Endeavor note by Rev G H Doyle discusses the perhaps ultimate topic of God and the future life. Heaven is pictured as a city home country and dwelling place with Christ and the redeemed. Believers should seek their eternal abode in the city of God, awaiting the glory described in scripture.
A reflective piece urges youths to study their country and welfare, believe in the church, and support its labor. It calls the church to be thoughtful for the young while reminding aging members to aid those who follow, emphasizing intergenerational responsibility and civic virtue.
A quoted maxim from Francis LE Clark declares that no society fulfills its duty unless it advances toward full church membership in the church of Christ. The remark frames social effort as a path to spiritual inclusion and communal faith.
A Wells verse set about Baltimore reads at a committee dinner, praising the city with lines about rain, sunshine, crabs, and Atwood’s band. The piece ends with a call to encore and return to Baltimore, amid festive mood and civic pride. A closing exchange joke about a young man’s powder remark adds a light anecdote.
A Seville tale follows Teresa, her mother, and lover Carlos as a stranger hints at paying with art. Teresa sits for a Murillo portrait, which sells for 10,000 philips, making her and Carlos suddenly rich and free to marry. The piece ends with the painter’s reveal and a winter premium note.
Abstemious dieting aids digestion and overfeeding causes indigestion. After a meal stomach emptying takes six to seven hours. excess food leads to fermentation, discomfort, wind, and possible vomiting. If vomiting occurs, drink a tumbler of lukewarm water with half a teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to aid relief, followed by a light diet for the next day.
Arabs in rugged Arabia raise Mocha coffee on small plots near their homes, with little for trade beyond local use. No large plantations exist, and gathering enough beans from hundreds of growers to load a caravan is slow and costly. Markets at Aden and Hodeida lie hundreds of miles away, with weeks of travel time.
Instruction suggests labeling overshoes by clipping them together with a clothespin bearing the wearer’s name or by writing the name inside each shoe with red ink for practical identification.
Berne and Scalds. For burns and scalds bind the white of an egg over the injured part. It forms a coating the varnish, excluding the air, and gives a delightful sense of coolness.
Sealed proposals will be received by Freeport city clerk until 3 p m on Tuesday January 2 1906 for city lighting for five years from April 6 1906 to April 6 1911. Bids cover 2000 candle power and 60 candle power lamps with price tiers by quantity. Include lamp make and description. A $1000 certified check and a $5000 bond required. City reserves right to reject bids. WM Waterstradt City Clerk.
Geo B Turneaure piano tuner issues placed orders at music stores with telephone contact listed as white 68. Date noted 2 16tf for reference on order intake.
The Northwestern Line will debut a revamped schedule on Sunday November 19 with new trains between Chicago, Belvidere Rockford and Freeport. Eastbound trains depart Freeport 5 15 PM and 2 00 PM with Chicago arrivals around 8 45 PM and 6 00 PM respectively, plus parlor and cafe cars on select departures.
International Live Stock Expositions in Chicago from December 16 to 24 1905. The Great Western Railway will sell tickets to Chicago at one fare and one third for the round trip on sale December 16 to 20 with final return limit December 24. For details contact Western agent or J Pimer G P St Paul Minnesota.
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