North Western Announces Luxurious Train Service to Chicago Route
The North Western Line unveils daily electric lighted trains from Chicago to Madison with new Pullman drawing room and compartment cars, extra long berths, improved toilets, reading lamps, Ivy buffet, and fine dining. Evening departure 6 30 p m arriving Madison 10 30 p m, return service via Freeport. Obtain booklet by sending 4 cents to W B Knia kern, P T M, Chicago.
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North-Western Limited
St. Paul
Minneapolis
North-Western Line
Chicago
Madison
Freeport
Ill
W. B. Kniakern
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Helpings Haniy Patient Testimony Highlights Kidney Pills
In Freeport residents share experiences praising Dean's Kidney Pills and Dyans ointment. M B O'Brien of 139 Taylor avenue details relief from backache and pig kidney issues after using the pills from Hmntert's drug store. He and his nephew report improvement. pills priced 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as US agents.
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Citi
Wena
Freeport
Aeores
Readera
O'Brien
Taylor Avenue
Dean
Hmntert's
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. C
United States
Jos
Hmmert
Real estate office move and large Freeport lot offering
The speaker relocates to the Freeport Building and Loan Association at 189 Van Buren Street behind the State Bank to meet customers. They advertise the largest Freeport real estate lot ever shown in the city and promise to please even the most exacting purchaser.
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Freeport Building and Loan Association
van Buren Street
State Bank
Freeport
Hove
Special Holiday Excur sion Tickets on Northwestern Line
Ex cur sion tickets offered to students and teachers at reduced rates on presentation of certificates from an educational institution. For complete sale details including dates and limits, contact Chicago Northwestern Ry agents.
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Chicago & Northwestern Re
Strikers Clash in Harbin Violence Amid Revolt
London dispatches report bloodshed as mutinous Russian troops sack Harbin and clashes erupt between strikers and loyal forces. Arrest of strike leader Krustaleff follows a police raid, while two strikers and a policeman are killed in front of the general post office and ensuing gunfire.
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London
The
Daily. Telegraph
Tokio
Senda
Moji
Harbin
Council
Lavgovin Street
Pullée
Krustaleff
Krusteleff
Governs Pret
General Post Office
Brains of the Revolution and Manila Typhoon T
Krustalet, called brains of the revolutionary movement, mobilizes workers for strikes and a possible post Christmas general strike. Skirmishes, arrests, and calls for armed support outline a ripe revolutionary mood across the empire with peasants and workers mobilizing for change. The transport Logan's Manila typhoon voyage ends with rescues and a bizarre child pig incident as a Filipino family attempted to leave.
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Krustalet
Krustalett
M. Krustafeff
Filiptay
Logan
San Francisco
Mini
Manila Bay
Re. Filipiya
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery testimonial
A Diamond Ohio woman credits Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with restoring health after fever and consumption fears. She details cough, night sweats, blood in sputum, and near death, then recovery after one bottle and urges others to seek advice from Dr. Pierce at Buffalo New York. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are advertised as a gentle laxative.
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Diseare
Doctor Pierce
Henrietta Bell
Diamond
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Pierce
Odd Bits From 1770s and Curious Historical Snippets
A collection of brief, scattered facts spans ancient to early modern times. Topics include two watches in 1770, early glass use, sheep-guarding churches, wartime economics, a French farmer and a cat’s nest, San Francisco night lighting for militia drills, a Canadian widow’s newborn, Abyssinian tobacco bans on priests, a Calais turtle visitor, vaccine meat safety, Boer statue talk of Buller, a Vermont coon dog mishap, a partridge’s impact on Williams gym glass, and a rare 1803 bank bill front found at auction.
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Carlisle
England
Korea
van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
National Guard
Leightons Corner
Carroll County
N. EH
Liewelyn Waldron
Abyssinia
Hugh Brown
Calais
London
General Buller
Pittsford
Kendeleks
G. D. Austin
Springfield
Aucton
Hallowell and
Augusta Bans
D. Lovell
Labor is very scarce and women harvest aid
In central Illinois women pick corn due to a lack of male help. Alice Tisemenger of Marshall County husked 10 bushels in a single shift, and Janily Schrider plowed nine hours for 9 bushels. The piece also notes a proposed union of Warren and Henderson counties to boost political influence and cut duplicate offices. Dwight Jollis, 14, was shot while violating shooting rules at the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. Orville Bright urged McLean County farmers to demand better school buildings and grounds.
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Bloomington
Central
Tibiots
Misa Alice Tisemenger
Marshall Cownty
Buren County
Mass
Janily Schrider
Th. Dee
Warren
Lienderson
Henderson
Mississippi River
Darlington
Oqouwka
Dwight Jollis
Orlepans
Rabbi Lumating
Dee
Orville 'Y
Bright
Cook County
McLean County Farners
Heavy Tax Increase Threatens Alton Bridge Value
Springfield reports a dramatic appraisal rise for the Alton bridge used by the St. Louis Terminal railway. State board of equalization would boost value from 125,600 to 500,000 based on Attorney General Stead’s opinion. The bridge’s full length and river channel considerations are cited as reasons for reassessment across Illinois and Missouri.
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Alton
St. Louis
Springfield
Alton Bridge
State Board of Equalization
W. H H. Stead
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H. A. Schroedermeier
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Wm. Walton
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