Train Schedule Notices at Rock Island Station
Daily service details list multiple train numbers with parlor, buffet, and cafe cars, some Sunday only. Connections described at Rockford Belvidere and other stations to Beloit, Janesville, Madison, Harvard, Sycamore, DeKalb, and western points. Agents Daly and Sweatt note arrival and departure times and freight passenger policies.
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Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Points Sorth
Northwest
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Belviere
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Rock Island
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J.B. Sweatt
Maple Leaf Route Trains Leave South Freeport East Bound
Train movement from Freeport to the east reported on the Maple Leaf route operated by Chicago Great Western. The notice notes departures toward the east with details obscured in OCR.
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Traina
South Freeport
Train Schedule Fragments for Forreston Route Noted
Train times show departures toward East and Forreston with arrival and return windows. The fragment mentions a 10:00 am departure and 1:20 pm arrival for one leg and another 4:40 pm to 10:10 pm leg daily except Sunday.
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Forreston
Porreston
C.eeseees
Saving a Fortune in Cinnamon by a Daring Escape
A tale set in Cinnamon where George Jones builds a store fortune by credit schemes and a planned robbery. Mrs. Jones hosts a farewell party as notes come due, Jones flees with $80,000 in gold aboard a wagon, pursued by few, while the narrator drives their escape toward Frisco with an invitation to partner later.
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Cinnamon
George Jones
Jones
Mrs. Jones
Cutthroats
Aid
Conti Dene
Orlock
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide for 16 Cents a Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide delivery at a rate of 16 cents per week. The notice highlights convenient service to all neighborhoods and invites readers to subscribe for steady home delivery.
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the Daily Journal
Munor at Funerals and a Hamlet Recall
William Winter recalls pallbearers including Joseph Jefferson at McCullough and John Brougham funerals. He notes Booth and he watched gravediggers joke after lowering a coffin and Hamlet’s smile as the last recall echoed in a melancholy scene.
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Edwin Booth
Booth
Hamlet
Horatio
Hamidt
Trouble making and the long view of industry
The passage contrasts imaginary borrowed and real trouble and traces the idea back to biblical and mythic figures before industrial unions. It then critiques sensational headlines and life stresses, urging endurance and self-help guides as the real remedy.
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Cain
Tubal Cain
Eve
Adam
Boilermakers' Union
De Pachmann Sails Home From Buckingham Palace Ordeal
The famous pianist De Pachmann faced arrest as he refused to appear before Queen Alexandra at Buckingham Palace and wandered London all night. His friends urged him to avoid an act that could anger the English public. A cab finally delivered him home, but he could not recall his address, only that it lay in a square containing a church, prompting a sleepless night of roaming London squares.
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de Pachmann
Queen Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Palace
London
Youth Challenged Checker Champion Gets Humble Measure
In Glasgow after a day of exhibition play James Moir recalls a youth who boasted equality with Wille. Wylie, the champion, asked him to remove his hat and wore a large top hat over the youth's nose, declaring that was his measure. The crowd laughed as the youth hurried away.
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James Moir
Wylie
Glasgow
John Barleycorn
Wille
The Servant and the Factory Women
Excerpt contrasts factory work and kitchen servitude, noting women meet others in factories while sculleries confine them to limited tether and bare lives. The passage critiques gendered labor, citing the London Woman Worker perspective on social conditions.
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London
Cost of Big Game Shooting in German Africa Possessions
The text lists permit costs and limits for big game in German Africa possessions. A general permit costs $200, with special permission needed to kill more than two giraffes four rhinoceroses and six zebras. Elephant shooting requires authorities to be given one task per annual kill, hunters receive small payments for killing a man panther wild boar or hyena, while gazelles antelopes and monkeys permits cost $10.
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Africa
Dolly and Molly Stir Trouble in Naughty Talk
In a Cleveland Leader snippet Dolly refuses to go with Molly, blaming her for sharing unkind remarks about Dolly. Polly recalls Dolly once being buddy with Molly. The exchange hints at personal grudges and gossip between the women.
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Dolly
Molly
Polly
Darling
Cleveland
Higher Power and the Czarina Proverb Insight
A Richmond Dispatch quotation suggests that strong rulers come with notable counterparts as power dynamics shape leadership. The remark uses a pun on czar and czarina to illustrate authority and influence in governance.
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Richmond Temes Dispatch
Phrenology Study Examines Forehead and Skull Shape
The Chinese study analyzes judging a man by forehead development and a woman by the fur and size of the back of her cranium, detailing how cranial features allegedly reflect character.
Marriage wagers in a witty exchange at Garstin Vents
On day three of their honeymoon a couple debates past proposals and choices. The wife recalls Sartles and Sir Herbert as options, while the husband notes their match turned out well. They tease each other about looks, wealth, and motives as they acknowledge their unlikely union.
Man Seeks Marriage License Without Bride Elect Yet
Roman applied at the marriage bureau for a license. He was alone and could not obtain the license because the bride must come and sign. He said he had not chosen which woman it would be and left crestfallen.
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Roman
New York Post
Suitlurt: Acid Cure for Heated Bearing Supposed Remedy
A fragment suggests a remedy involving acid exposure and heat to treat a bearing issue. The note claims relief after dripping acid and applying etl, described as a pertinent cure. No clear sources or dates are given.
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