Train schedule notes for Rock Island to Chicago route
East and West bound trains with parlor and cafe car service listed. Connections at Rockford Belvidere Beloit Janesville Sycamore DeKalb Madison Milwaukee Rock Island Freeport Milwaukee to Kansas City Omaha Cedar Rapids and Pacific coast. Agents Daly Aweaut advertise Maple Leaf Route departures and connections.
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East Bound
Suna
West Bound
Rockford
Beloit
Janesvillie
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Rockfore
Janesville
Barvard
Belviere
Spring Valley
Permta
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Rock
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J. B. Aweaut
Partners to the End
Colonel Day, a destitute top story room resident, learns a young consumptive woman shares his fate of poverty. They form a bond over hunger and hope, sharing meals and shelter as illness deepens. After two years, she lies dying and they choose to die together, ending as companions in death.
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T. C. McClure
Colonel Day
Wilkins
Key
Swas
Fo O
Lambady
M. Quad
Local City Records Hit by Data Error
A fragment from city records shows garbled text pointing to a data error affecting local listings. Officials urge verification of details and caution readers about misread entries amid ongoing corrections.
Land Poisoning and Soil Fertility Theories
The piece discusses soil exhaustion from constant cultivation, citing Virginia tobacco lands and abandoned New England farms. It covers the poisoning theory of root poisons, Rothamsted investigations, and the potential shift from manures to destroying plant excreted poisons, noting experimental evidence is not yet conclusive.
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Virginia
New England
Maggie
Oliver Lodge
Rothamsted
Missouri Silo Design and Efficiency Guide
An illustrated discussion describes a cement silo 18 by 40 feet with eight feet ground clearance, noting reinforcement with barb wire in mortar joints. It presents capacity estimates for various heights and diameters, linking dimensions to tons of silage, cattle fed, and corn area needed, advising height and diameter ranges for practical use.
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Missouri
Early Hog Slump Driven by Early Maturing Cord and Corn Saving
The article notes an earlier than usual hog slump as cord matures early and producers finish pigs with little cord. It warns of false economy in rushing to market to save corn, arguing that delaying shipments could yield better profits by marketing both pigs and corn later. It urges checks on corn overproduction to avoid depressing prices.
Marathon Runner Delivers Victory News and Dies in Athens
The first Marathon runner carried the news of victory in battle to the senators at Athens and fell dead. This historic feat established the origin of the marathon distance and its ceremonial endurance in ancient Greece.
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Queles
Athens
Remedy for soft corns from daily folded newspaper
The piece of newspaper placed between the toes each morning and night prevents fire and chafing and relieves corn pressure. Change it daily for four or five days. Castile soap between the toes is also advised as a natural preventive.
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Castile
Soothing oatmeal bath for baby skin irritation
A child rash is common. a simple home remedy uses an oatmeal bath. Boil one cup of oats in half a gallon of water for thirty minutes, strain, and add the liquid to the daily bath. Do not use soap. This soothing rinse refreshing irritated skin.
Cleaning tips for pan oil and leather and finishes
A row of practical tips advises sprinkling flour in pans to curb sputtering fat. Mud stains on tan leather can be removed with raw potato starch, then dry polish. Finger marks on paint are wiped with a white cloth dampened with kerosene, then the wood wiped dry.
Homemade Hair Shampoo Paste Recipe
Boil a pint of water and melt a third of a cake of pure white soap in it. Pour into a jar while warm and let cool. For use, dissolve a couple of tablespoons in warm water, apply to hair and scalp, rub, then rinse with clear warm water.
Mushroom Sauce For Steak With Lemon Zest
Peel and chop a half pound of mushrooms. Simmer in two cups of brown gravy with the yellow zest of a half lemon and salt and pepper. Cook thirty minutes, strain, stir in juice of a half lemon and pour over steak. Garnish with button mushrooms fried in butter.
The Diligent Cook and the Cost of Scorched Food
The careful cook may falter while preparing various viands and suffer a momentary lapse in vigilance as a flame touches a dish on the stove, resulting in scorched food which is deemed an inexcusable offense in kitchen discipline.
Device prevents scorching of food in kettle
A simple metal apparatus resembling an inverted pie plate with many small holes rests on the kettle bottom to keep contents from direct contact with overheated surfaces, thereby preventing scorching.
Ham and Mustard Jam Bake
Spread eight to ten slices of cold boiled ham with mustard and a pinch of cayenne. In a baking dish melt butter with currant jelly, then coat ham slices, arrange jam, bake until browned, and serve immediately.
Orange Straws Recipe Steps From Vintage Crave Skin Prep
Instructions describe preparing crave skins by removing white membranes, slicing into narrow strips, soaking in cold water two hours, drying, boiling two cups of sugar with one cup water to a thread syrup, dipping the straws, and drying in a warming oven on oiled paper. The passage reads like a practical kitchen method possibly from an older cookbook or domestic guide.
How To Prepare Liver and Suet Patties Frying Mix
A recipe describes combining one pound of liver, a half pound of suet, one onion, chopped ice, a quart of stale bread crumbs, a teaspoon of poultry dressing, salt and pepper, and an egg or a little milk. Mold the mixture with flour into cakes or balls and fry in deep fat.
Carrot Marmalade Makes Orange Marmalade Parallels
Recipe directs steam soft carrots with four pounds of sugar grated lemon rind and juice, and ten cents worth of shelled almonds. Chop finely and cook thirty to forty minutes to yield a delicious preserve rivaling orange marmalade.
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Iwca
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W. H. Wison
Traly
C. W. Harden
Stephenson St
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East Mail
Dodge
Dabeate
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Paul Lim
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Eames
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Minneapolis
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F. A. Schulz
Business Directory
BANKS
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Henry Bater
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State Bank
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J. H. Atealy
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Stephenson
Chas. H. Rosenstiel
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Freeport, Il
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Ilinois
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Reuben Siegfried
J. Ll. Meyera
J. H. Graham
Douglas Pattison
Stephenson Street
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N. Gaiena’ Ave
Freeport, I?hnois
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Douglas .Ave
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Blackhawk St
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Float St
RE. A. Hoefer
Empire St
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Galena
Poland
China
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Florence Township
Chili
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Mn High School
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Lark Ave
Union and Empire
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Lalble'’s
M. R. HH
Wilbur
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Marshall Fiela & Co
Galena Ave
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Union
Galeng Ave
Elk
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Ham
London
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Boston
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Driggists
Ele Teathers
Warren Street
New You
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Brown’s & Co Imeyer
Journal
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Galena St
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Hermsmeier
Havemeyer & Elder
California
Santa Clara
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Hackney
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