Rail timetable for Illinois Central routes and connections
Old East and West bound service details list arrivals and departures for Omaha, Ft. Dodge, Chicago, Freeport, and other stations. Notes on daily frequency, Sunday exceptions, and train equipment include buffet and parlor car services. Connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit Janesville DeKalb and other points advised.
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Chicago
Freeport
Est
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madieon
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Rail schedule snippet with limited passenger routes
Schedule shows Rock Island departures and arrivals, passenger and freight services to Racine Freeport Chicago Milwaukee Janesville Madison and connections to Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids North and South Dakota. Agent J B Aweatt notes times and service constraints including no freights carrying passengers west.
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Rock Island
Freert
Racine
Reight
Mt Carroll
Freeport
Rock Island and
Davenssenger
Wee
Salita Chicago
Milwaukee
Sreet
Aim
Janesville
Madison
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J. B. Aweatt
Chicago Great Western Train Schedule Summary
Chicago Great Western schedules show Meple Leaf Houta trains from South Freeport with daily and Sunday departures. Express routes connect Chicago to Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha and Kansas City with multiple stops including Pearl City and Des Moines. Baggage checked through to destination. interurban connections available with east and west stage transfers. WM. Neebe agent and J P Fmer G P A at St Paul Minnesota.
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Stockton
Dubuque
St. Paul
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Pearl Oity
Chicago
Sycamore
Craing East
Qraing West
WM. Neebe
J.P. Fmer
Paul Minn
Portoson to Porreston Daily Train Schedule
Passenger timetable fragment shows departures from Portoson at 10:00 am with daily service to Porreston and arrivals around 1:30 pm. A separate late evening leg runs 10:30 pm with daily except Sunday, unclear weekday pattern and potential DI notation.
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Portoson
Porreston
Unday
Rockford to Freeport Rail Schedule Fragments
Partial timetable shows cars from Rockford to Freeport on weekdays starting 6 3 am every 80 minutes until 9 35 pm and last at 11 pm. Return trains depart Freeport at 6 0 am on even hours to 11 pm. Weekday intervals depend on hour and minute. Sunday timing unclear.
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Freeport
Hicego. WM
Cruisers to Act as Taft Escort in Panama Trip
President elect Taft arrived in Augusta amid a hush of business suspension. Taft and family toured in automobiles escorted by the Richmond Hussars and state infantry, while the chamber of commerce greeted them. Roosevelt arranged the White House visit to discuss Taft's Panama plans with two navy cruisers proposed for the journey from Charleston on January 2. Senator Tillman joined Taft on the train, sharing a pleasant talk during the trip from Washington.
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Alfred Nobel
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Boston
Tilman
Washington
Shot role in steamer Kalama blaze off Singapore
Singapore Dec 1 The attempt to salvage the British steamer Alamo was successful. The Kalama arrived from New York with fire in her cargo of case oil. The engine room and reserve hold flooded, No 2 hold pierced by a cannon shot to flood it. Oil burns furiously. approaching Kalama is too dangerous due to risk of explosions.
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Singapore
New York
Losses From Short Weights In New York State
Delegates at the national conference of weights and measures inspectors urge uniform state laws. New York’s state superintendent notes that losses to the public from short weights amount to less than 20 million dollars annually.
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New York State
Washington
United States
New York
Marooned Japanese Sailors Rescued Near Hermes Reef
Honolulu December 18. The schooner Florence Ward found three Japanese sailors picked up from Hermes reef. They claim they were marooned by the Japanese steamer Kehoo Maru after being put ashore last Judy. They survived months on fish and bird’s eyes until rescue.
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Honolulu
Flaurence Ward
Hermes Reef
Judy
Prohibitionist Slain Suspect Arrested in Grafton Case
In Charlestown West Virginia Mrs KE OV Smith is under arrest charged with the killing of Prohibition leader Grafton Starbuck. Otto Persinger was arrested for the alleged remark. Smith admits saying she killed Starbuck but says it was a joke.
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Charlestown
W. VI. Dee. i
KE. OV. Smith
Olga Stein on Trial for Embezzlement and Forgery
Olga Stein on trial in St Petersburg for forgery and embezzlement. Victims allegedly lost over $150,000 as a large, fashionable audience attended the opening proceedings after her transfer from New York.
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St. Petersburg
Olga Stein
New York
Russia
Will of Patrick Monahan Found Nailed to Washtub
In Boston on December 18 a will valued at 250000 dollars was discovered nailed to the bottom of a washtub. The document is attributed to the late Patrick Monahan and concerns property of substantial value.
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Boston
Patrick Monahan
City Ato Thi Er An Acknowledgment Notice
A local notice lists partial details about an urban area identified as Ato Thi Er An in a municipal document. The fragmentary text hints at a civic action or eligibility requirement but lacks complete dates or instructions.
Taft Would Receive $100000 President Salary Bill
In Washington the Senate introduces a bill by Senator Bourne to raise the president’s salary from 50000 to 100000 and the vice president’s pay from 12900 to 25000, aiming to take effect with the next administration.
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Senate
Washington
Bourne
Knox in Taft Cabinet as Secretary of State
Washington Dec 18 Philander C Knox, now a United States senator from Pennsylvania, has consented to serve as secretary of state in Tafts cabinet. He accepted with reluctance, preferring to use his abilities in the national legislature rather than the executive branch.
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Washington
Philander (. Knox
United States
Pennaylvania
Watt
Taft
Knox
Woman in Prison Six Deaths in Family in Somerville
Somerville Mass Dec 18 pending sanity test for Mrs Mary Keller district attorney Higgins orders inquiry into six family deaths over three years. The arson charge against Mrs Kelleher is linked to reports of deaths and life insurance payouts to the defendant. The deceased include her husband son two daughters and two sisters in law.
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Somerville
Mass
Mary Keller
Higgins
Kelleher
Beauty as Duty Says Pastor Allows Use of Cosmetics
The Rev. Philip C. Fletcher of First Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Louis, declared that young women may use cosmetics. He urged striving to look their best mentally, physically and morally and consented to powder puff, brow pencil and brush as tools to become more winsome.
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St. Louis
Philip C. Fletcher
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Copper Trust in Incubation Ready for International Association
Representatives of major copper interests in the United States and Europe met in New York on December 18 to discuss forming an international association of copper producers refiners and manufacturers. The group claims about 63 percent of global output. while price regulation is denied, an output agreement may be considered.
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New York
Europe
Woman held as gem thief in Pittsburg case
Pittsburg police charge Mrs. Louise McDowell with stealing diamonds worth about 10 000 from a Pittsburg society woman during a reception. She allegedly entered the home, took a jewel box, and fled as a wanted person.
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Pittsburg
Chicago
Uuis
Louise McDowell
Judge Gary to testify before house tariffs committee
Washington December current report states Judge Gary of United States Steel Corporation will appear today before the House Tariff Committee to discuss tariff policies and corporate impact.
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Gary
Washington
Dec
United States Steel Corporation
WHH
Salvation Army General Booth Undergoes Cataract Operation
General William Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, was operated on for cataract in London on December 17. The health update says the procedure was successful and he is resting.
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Booth
London
William Booth
Salvation Army
Sentinel Halt and Counter Sign Incident
A guard orders an approaching figure to advance and present the countersign at a guard post. The exchange features a character identified as the Colonel-Fool and a sentinel demanding the pass in a tense checkpoint scene.
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Philadelphia Luouuirer
Collision on Big Four Road Ends in Fatal Engineer Scalding
Peoria Ill Dec 18 Officials of the Big Four railroad report a head on collision last night between passenger trains on a straight track between Lit ley and Woodruff. Engineer Stacker fatally scorched and both engines demolished. Fog and misread train orders cited as causes as headlights failed to warn crews.
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Lilley
Woodruff
Peoria
Til
Litley
Stacker
Cocaine Law Upheld by Illinois Supreme Court
Springfield, Ill., Dec. 18 The new cocaine law was declared valid by the state supreme court in the first case since the act was passed. Frank and Paul Zito, Chicago druggists, were fined $500 for selling a catarrh powder containing cocaine. The court held the owners responsible though a clerk sold the product.
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State Supreme Court
Frank
Paul Zito
Zitos
Supreme Court
Muldoon Receives Largest Illinois Deed Transfer
The Rockford record shows a deed from the Catholic bishop of Chicago to Peter J Muldoon as Catholic bishop of Rockford transferring church properties within the Rockford diocese worth 2,500,000 and comprising 110 parcels.
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Rockford
Ilinois
Circuit Court of the
Seventeenth Judicial District
Chicago
Peter J. Muldoon
Illinois Coal Output Reaches New High After Year Increase
Illinois coal production totaled 45,272,152 tons in the last fiscal year, with a rise of 1,473,838 tons over the prior year. Springfield reports the state bureau of labor statistics notes the year’s output as the greatest in state history.
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Springfield
Hiinois
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cash for Knox College Will Involves 100000 Bequest
The will of WLOTl Beowaite probated in Galesburg allocates 100000 to Knox College in addition to other benevolence and religious bequests. The bequest is restricted by the life interest of Arr Browning's wife and daughter. At Chicago Englewood detectives hunt firebugs who damaged the Theburn Methodist and Drexel Park Presbyterian churches. Highbinders from San Francisco are active among San Francisco’s Chinese. Chu hin Ching was found dead at 295 Clark street, strangled by his own queue.
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Wloti
Beowaite
Locus Benevolence
Know College
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Browning
Chicago
Englewood
Theburn Methodist Chuccu
Drexel Park Presbyterian Church
Doe.ts
San Francisco
Chu Hin Ching
Clark Street
Cholly’s Mind Questioned In Boston Courier Sayings
The Boston Courier quotes a public remark about Cholly, noting that some say he has lost his mind. The piece poses questions about self-awareness and public perception of Cholly’s conduct.
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Cholly
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