Train schedule notes and connections for Freeport region
Details on east and west bound rail services from Freeport to Chicago and Rock Island. Includes parlor car service, coach limits, Sundays only trains, and connections at Rockford Belvidere Belvidere for Beloit Sycamore DeKalb Madison and points north east and west. Station agent J B Sweatt signs off with connections to Milwaukee Janesville Madison and western routes.
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Freeport
Chicago
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Pointe
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Innesville
Harvard
Spring Valley
Prestie
John F. Daly
Wenger
Warn
Hock Inland
Pia
Aceass
Sengers Mt. Carroll
Rook Inland
Davenport Nahan ' Bh Paasenger
Mt Osarroll
Rock Island
Kansas Cty
Omaha
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweatt
Great Western
K. R
Dubuque
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Fort Dodge
Council Blatts
Bouth Freeport
K. OC
Brewster House
Lighting proposals sought by Freeport city clerk 1906
Sealed bids for city lighting for five years from April 6 1906 to April 6 1911 are requested by Freeport Illinois. Proposals must state lamp types 2000 candle power and 60 candle power options with price per light by ranges. Bid security 1000 dollars and performance bond 5000 dollars required. Bids due 8 pm January 2 1906 with city council reserve to reject any or all bids.
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City of Freeport
Tiinois
City of
Freeport
Aaid City
WM. Watersthadt
Gley Clerk
Personally Conducted Tour to California Excludes February
Exclusive first class tour from Chicago under Tourist Department Union Pacific and North Western Line. Leaves Chicago Wednesday February 7 spending February and March in sunshine. Cost 850 dollars includes railway fare sleeping cars meals in dining car and hotel. Pamphlet and full particulars from agent in Chicago.
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California
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western
Sunshine End
X. Barvice
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem at the Nativity Grotto
A Bethlehem Christmas Eve service describes the Greek and Latin rites at the Nativity grotto. The midnight high mass features a procession to the grotto with a silver star set in the pavement marking the birth site.
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Htalehem
Holy Land
Mohammedaniam
Christ Bing
Basilica of
St. Helena
Christ
Patriarch of
Jeru
Bethlenem
Salem
Jesus
London Sphere
Animals at Christmas I and the gifts they want
The animals at Christmas share wishes for gifts from Santa Claus. Each creature names a desired present, from matches to a fountain pen and clothing items. The poem ends with gratitude and cheer as creatures express happiness with their gifts.
Mistletoe Traditions for Christmas Courtships
A Balf Culture Magazine excerpt notes English girls require a kiss under mistletoe within a year to wed, with each kiss tied to a berry plucked from the plant. If no berries remain, kisses are not allowed, and mistletoe was once thought to ward witches and exert irresistible influence over those who pass beneath it.
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Balf Culture Magazine
Christmas Uquity Caramel Recipe From Odd Text
A garbled 19th century recipe describes dissolving chocolate and sugar over heat with butter and an egg. It mentions quantities like one cupful of iolisses two ten cupfuls of sugar and a quarter pound of grated chocolate and a piece of butter. The instructions are muddled with misspellings and.Replace with clearer steps: boll, pour, set in a shallow depth, and cut into squares.
Eels Scarce Food Note in Scotland and Cornwall Traditions
In Cornwall and Scotland, holiday customs and meals differ as eels, though abundant in Seatea waters, are not eaten by natives. The eel’s forbidden status is linked to superstition and beliefs about its diet. Despite many eels being caught for markets, locals avoid consuming them due to cultural and practical factors.
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Cornwall
Christmas Sermon From A Rural Parish Inspires A Clergyman
An English clergyman recalls the best Christmas sermon he heard told by a woman in a Sussex village. The tale unfolds in three words about hospitality and contentment as a weary traveller finds kindness in poverty. The story resonates as a memorable Christmas moral from Youth's Companion.
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Sussex Downs
Aly
Fave Yard
Thoughtful Hoabhand at Christmas
A humorous exchange shows Uncle Ebony seeking help to surprise his wife by earning money for a new dress. He asks Mr. Featherstone if he could get the old lady a washing job, highlighting a gentle holiday moment of care and practicality.
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Uncle Ebony
Mr. Featherstone
Christmas Presenta. Origins of Christmas giving and antics
A brief survey traces Christmas gift giving to biblical peace on earth and notes it spread from lords to all, with playful scenes of children and a grandmother discussing Christmas dinner. It mentions a Parisian dentist duped by a pearl fraud and reports the King’s Oak in Hag land near Tilford as the largest southern tree.
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Hagland
Tilford
Mexico Posadas and Nine Nights of Bethlehem Tradition
A long reader column describes Mexican Christmas posadas celebrated nine evenings, detailing how families decorate churches and homes, stage the journey of peregrinos, and enact the nativity scene with penatas. It notes the religious focus, processions, and festive customs, including games and gifts, across social classes. An unrelated anecdote about a British sailor and a claim about Bank of England note strength are also mentioned.
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Joseph
Mary
Bethlehem
Nino Sinto
Posada
Beekman Street
New York
Bank of England
People of the Day Arivy’a Chief of Staff and Major General Bates
The article notes the Arivy’a Chief of Staff departing Washington for a California tour, with Major General John C Bates to act during absence and retirement plans for Chaffee and Bates. It profiles Bates’s long Civil War service, rise to major general, and upcoming retirement timing under age limits. It also highlights William Peters Hepburn, veteran congressman, as a leading figure in the Ninety-ninth Congress, detailing his career, roles, and partisan reputation.
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Hia
Waatington
California
Chaffee
Army
John C. Bates
Ita
Alxty
Joan G. Bater
Corbin
Bates
Philippines
Jobn C. Bates
Missouri
Eleventh
United States Infantry
Meade
William Peters Tepburn
Pete
Og Be
House Committee of Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Hepburn
Congress
House
Bourke
Tete
Lowa
William P Hepburn
Second
Iowa Cavalry
Ohio
Tawa
Pete Early
Abraham Lincoln
United States Treasury
Harrison
Iowa
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Ca&n
C. M
Mms Cae
Ou B. & QR
Forreston
Aide Central RH
Abe Mibaarte
Haan
Paul Lan
Gman
Heenty
Hixpress
WAL Rises
Dodgeville
Pasaonege
Aldepera
Roy Oh
West
Wil Kearey
O Cher TY
H.W. Rowley Yagrent
Santa Claes
Horne
Carolyn Wella
Reader
Christmas Bay
Rosalie
Russia
Menagenvle
Tommy
Johnny Jones
Thomas
Bell
Mexico
United States
Caesar Augusts
Augustus
Freeport Gaslight & Coke Co
F. A. Schulz
Grand Opera
Tanguay
the Sambo Girl
Henry B. Smith
Gustave Kerker
Jos. M. Gaibes
C. P. Guenther’s
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
St Paul Road
F. A. Miller
Chigago
BEHR
DeVore Piano Co
Heep
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