Illinois Central timetable from Freeport page excerpt
Trains listed east and west with arrival and departure times, routes to Rockford Madison Dodgeville and Chicago, freight and passenger distinctions, through coaches and connections, dated January 13, 1898. Includes Dodgeville Madison routes and Chicago Great Western connections via Freeport and South Freeport, with agent signature J B Sweatt.
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Freeport
Chicago
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Rene Dido
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Cse Pees Vessen
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Isom
Mess
Satur
P. BR
EABT
Tives Deperta
Rock Inlane
Racine
Janesville
Madison
Rockford
Rock Island
Milwaukee
W. A. Junction
Hee
Fort
Rock Tal
Nobs
Clinton
Dubuque
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Maha
Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Bavaria
Chicago Great Western
Dubaine
Minneapolis
Des Moines
St. Joseph
South Freeport
Bart
Chicago Limited
Nod Express
Hrawsta
Southe Ca
Brewater
Vicomte Duped by Parisian Bicyclist Enchantment
A French Vicomte, while cruising Paris streets, wooed a married bicyclist who invited him to her home. He later visited her husband, a dentist, to seek a contrived toothache cure. The dentist removed a fake decayed tooth for a twenty franc fee, and the Vicomte fled amid covert laughter in the hall.
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Paris
Vicomte
Dressing the Children in School Gowns and Girdles
Dress guidance from Nina Goodwin outlines fashionable school attire for girls, detailing plaid cheviot gowns, blue and green blouses, and girdle belts to create long waisted effects. Describes jackets, bodices, belts, and decorative braid, with examples on fourteen year olds and a noted McKinley plaid ensemble.
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Couturieres
Lttle
McKinley
France
Nina Goodwin
Balloon Flight Over Swiss Alps Planned by Spelterini
The renowned aeronaut Spelterini prepares to cross the Swiss Alps in a giant hydrogen balloon named Vega built by Besancon of Paris. The craft features a 68 meter circumference, 1,065 square meter surface, 3,768 cubic meters of volume and lifting capacity around 110000 kilos, with passengers and instruments estimated at 400 kilos. The expedition, supported by Prof. Heim and a Zurich meteorological representative, aims for precise scientific observations once favorable weather allows and wind conditions are suitable.
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Swiss Alps
Spelterini
Paris
Besancon
Capt. Spelterini
Heim
Zurich
Meteorological Central Station
Sitten
Rhone
Daring Boiler Rescue Aboard The Castine
A boiler maker Huntley risked inside a furnace to save the ship Castine during a perilous emergency. He ordered the forced draught off, banked the fires, and with a wet coat and a plank, stayed inside for three minutes before being drawn out. His act earned high praise for naval engineering crews.
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San 'Eer
al Esiter Boom
Huntley
Baeklen's Artica Salve for All Skins Ailments
Advertises Baeklen's Artica Salve as best salve for cuts cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores chapped hands chilblains corns eruptions and skin eruptions. Claims cure for piles with money refund if not satisfied. Price 25 ets per box. Sold by Emmert & Burre.
Loons, laws, and loquacious ads in a German note
A Hanover decree obliges farmers to deliver 12 sparrow heads between October and December or pay six marks. The page markets health remedies and German science on clover sickness and cough cures, and notes a New York Times quip about Alaska’s mountains while citing Abyssinian practice of handing murderers to relatives for retribution. Letters extol Witch Haze Salve and One Minute Cough Cure.
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Hanover
Germany
Remedy for nasal catarrh promotes healing with Ely Cream Balm
Remedy for nasal catarrh excludes drying ointments and advocates a cleansing soothing protective healing approach. Ely's Cream Balm is offered in trial size for 10 cents or 50 cents, mailed by Ely Brothers in New York. Drug gists stock it for nasal use and relief. The London Mail notes imperial Delhi as a distant capital. A coughing congregant is urged to obtain Foley's Honey and Tar from Swartz Fleck for relief.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Good Winter Reading for Farmers Arrives Free
Farmers in the eastern states may receive the pamphlet The Sunshine State and other home-seeking publications free of charge by sending their address to H. F. Hunter immigration agent for South Dakota in Chicago. The pamphlets entertain and instruct during winter months, with no cost.
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Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
H. F. Hunter
South Dakota
Old Colony Building
Sunshine State
West
An Entire New Line of Children Books in Paper and Cloth
A new line of children’s books released in two formats paper and cloth. Brown & Dotumever announced the launch with a focus on durable editions for young readers and parent affordability.
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Brown & Dotumever
Holiday Excursions Fare and Round Trip Sale
Holiday excursion fare of one third for a round trip via C M and St P Ry to points within 200 miles on sale December 24 25 26 and December 1 2 final limit January 4. J B Sweary agent.
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C. M
St. P. Ry
J.B. Sweary
Dressmaker's craft and cautious style advice
With the Dressmaker. A use for handsome buttons is to make each one the center of a rosette of velvet used to close collars, decorate crush belts, etc. The shrewd dressmaker is she who advises against the first fancies of the season and those which jump at once to popularity.
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Dresmmaker
Hot Springs Bathes in Black Hills Promising Cure Facts
The Hot Springs in the Black Hills of South Dakota offer medicinal benefits for rheumatism neuralgia and related ailments. First class lodging and baths advertise tourist tickets on sale daily. Full information available from ticket agents C N, W R y.
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Black Hills
South Dakota
Why public chooses the better article in price and trust
The text argues buyers select the superior item when prices are equal, ensuring long term profits through aggregate sales. It cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a reliable, long trusted choice, noting public preference over fashionable novelties. Emmert & Burrell sell it.
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Ans
Chamberlain
Emmert & Burrell
Mexican board imports X ray for canned mint and fruit checks
Members of the Mexican board of health have imported an X ray apparatus from Europe to inspect preserved cans of mint and fruit. The device will determine if the contents are fit for consumption and safe for public health.
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Mexican Board of Health
Doctor from Agnew Praises Foley's Honey and Tar in Pneumonia
Dr. J. C. Bishop of Agnew Michigan reports using Foley's Honey and Tar in three severe pneumonia cases this past month with good results. H. J. Moogk of Swartz and Fleck backs the statement.
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J. C. Bishop
Agnew, Mich
Foley
H. J. Moogk
Swartz & Fleck
Mosaic portrait of Pompeii woman found first in mosaic
A life size mosaic portrait of a Pompeii woman, described as the first antique portrait ever found in mosaic, has been uncovered. The craftsmanship is so refined it closely resembles a painting, making detection of mosaic difficult.
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Pompeii
Foley remedies and curious island hunting tale
Hoarseness relief from Foley's Honey and Tar is praised by Benj Ingerson of Hutton and echoed by H J Moogh Swartz and Fleck for voice restoration and wide use by speakers and singers. Lost confidence in kidney cures is offered Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for the discouraged. An Edinburgh professor quips on city size for professionals.
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Benj. Ingerson
Hutton, Tond
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Swartz & Fleck
Kidney Trouble Remedy Endorsed by H J Moogk
For Kidney Troubles there is nothing better than Foley's Kidney Cure. Everyone who tries it will agree to this endorsement by H. J. Moogk in the advertisement.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Swartz & Fleck
California Travel Deals on the North Western Line
To California Attention is called to the excellent service of the North Western Line to California and the favorable rates which have been made for single and round trip tickets for this season's travel. Best accommodations in first class or tourist sleeping cars which run through every day in the year. Personally conducted tourist parties every week to California and Oregon. Choice of a large number of different routes without extra charge. Particulars cheerfully given upon application to agents Chicago North Western Bay or connecting lines.
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California
North Western Line
Oregon
Chicago & North-Western Ba Y
Holiday Excursion on Maple Leaf Route
The Chicago Great Western will sell round trip holiday excursion tickets on December 24 25 26 1898 and January 1 2 1899 to points within 200 miles at very low rates. Tickets are good return until January 4 1899. Call any agent for details.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Maple Leaf
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Alaska
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Imperial
Delhi
Clapham Junction
London Mail
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Naples
Edinburgh
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Freeport Journal
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Chicago Street
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