Train Schedules and Car Services for Freeport and Chicago
Freeport to Chicago schedules note East bound No. 200 with buffet parlor car. Several trains list coach and parlor car services including No. 304 No. 906 No. 31 No. 901 No. 908 No. 5 No. 97 and No. 211 with varying buffet or parlor services. Connections at Rockford Belvidere Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb Harvard Madison and other points. JOHN F. DALY, Agent. Passenger service details and freight notes included.
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Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Northwest
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Rockfeed
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Comiskey to seek new manager as Jones retires from baseball
Charley Comiskey, owner of the Chicago Americans, must find a new manager. Welder Jones plans to retire from the game and move into lumber, now in Portland, Oregon, stating he meant it when he said in 1907 he was through with baseball. He adds he played last season only because Comiskey kept him in.
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Charley Comiskey
Chicago Americans
Jones
Portland
Ore
Union Station
Chicago
Camiskey
FIELDER JONES RETIRES FROM BASEBALL AFTER LONG CAREER
Fielder Jones announces retirement saying he will not seek others to fill his role and that seven months a year in baseball is too demanding. He cites having other interests and thanks the game for opportunities, while noting Rowan can choose his successor.
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Commy
Rowan
Astie
Blind Boy an Athletic Marvel in Boston
Tommy Stringer, a blind pupil at the Perkins Institution, trains in Boston under teacher George Pluto. He performs trapeze stunts and mile runs each afternoon, masters the parallel bars by feeling movements, and displays fearlessness and pride in his abilities, marking a new world opening for him.
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Boston
Tommy Stringer
Perkins Institution For
George Pluto
Tommy
Atlantic combine forms in Philadelphia for eastern pigeon races
The Atlantic combine, a new pigeon flying group in Philadelphia, unites eastern fanciers to hold English style concourse races across major cities including Boston New York and Philadelphia. The first race is set for the third Saturday in June from Midland Ontario about 400 miles away with a 15 cent entry per third and a large pool sweepstakes. Prizes go to the top three in each division in cash or equivalent.
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Atlantic Combine
Philadelphia
England
Boston
New York
New Jersey
Baltimore
Washington
Midland
Ont
Harvard May Meet Enolish Crew
Harvard management arranged a race with the Oxford Cambridge winner in England next fall. Yale-Harvard date unsettled. Harvard to stagger a week earlier than usual. The crew will travel to London for two months training on the Thames before racing the English champions.
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Harvard
England
London
Thames
German Oak Siegfried to challenge Gotch for world title
Ernest Siegfried, the German Oak, arrives in America and challenges Frank Gotch for the world championship. Under Ernest Roeber, Siegfried will meet Joe Rogers and Atlas at Madison Square Garden on January 28, each bout to be thrown within a half hour or a $250 forfeit.
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Ernest Siegfried
Germany
Frank Gotch
Chicago Americans Sign New Infielder Barney Peitly
Barney Peitly has signed with the Chicago Americans after varying reports that he was Yale’s freshman football captain or a noted Yale varsity player. He actually played in Yale’s freshman nine infield, then pursued professional baseball making him ineligible at Yale.
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Chicago Americans
Barney Peitly
Yale
Rellly
Daily etc. wig ered to any part of the city for 10s a week
A fragmentary notice mentions a service delivering daily items across the city for ten shillings weekly. The readable text is incomplete, but implies affordable delivery coverage throughout the area. The item lacks clear dates, names, or organizations.
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The
Daily Journal
Widower John Hammersmith woos bachelor teacher
A New York widower with two children seeks a wife to form a home. He writes Mary Maurice and then charms her with earnest pleas. She replies with witty refusals and a sharp sisterly letter, while his persistent wooing shifts to charm and compromise.
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John Hammersmith
New York
Chicago
Maurice—Il
Miss Maurice
Mr. Hammersmith
Hammersmith
Japan
City
John Bartlett
Ike
Mr. HH
John
Mary Maurice
Venice Wedding Dream Traced In Elderly Spinster Tale
A returned traveler recalls an elderly spinster in Venice who tells her niece that reaching Venice fulfills half of the dream of youth. The aunt explains she planned to visit on her wedding journey, a detail the young woman questions, revealing the hopeful tone of the exchange.
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Venice
In His Line. A Brief Portrait of a Photographer's Life
In a compact vignette a woman recalls marrying a photographer and questions his character. The exchange hints at complexities and moral flaws, presenting a nuanced portrait of a difficult union within a reflective, period voice.
Love at first sight becomes second sight tale
A witty Boston Transcript quip hints at a romance where the hero misreads the heroine as heiress on first glance, only to learn later she is not. The remark frames a light social clash of class perception and attraction.
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Boston Transcript
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE Hints on Frying
Tips on frying from a household guide warn that fat must not be too cool nor too hot. Foods should be properly dried before immersion and fried when fat reaches proper heat to avoid soggy or greasy results. Overheating fat can produce unhealthy chemical changes, especially for delicate digestion.
Cleaning Tips From Frugal Housekeeping Notes
Blanch nitto by boiling then rinsing. Discolored china dishes come clean with whiting. Use melted beef drippings or tallow over jelly instead of paraffin. Seal edges when cold to prevent shrinking away from glass. Soften water with spirits of ammonia and wash white woodwork with hard soap. it won’t harm paint and saves time.
Simple Tomato Cream Soup with Croutons
In a porcelain kettle simmer a quart of canned tomatoes with salt, bay leaf, and white pepper for thirty minutes then strain. In a small saucepan cook butter and minced onion until soft, blend in cornstarch or flour, then whisk in hot milk. If tomatoes are very acid add a pinch of soda before milk. Season, adjust salt and pepper, a touch of sugar, and serve at once with croutons.
New Jersey Invented Sewing Work Holder For Taut Fabric
The invention shows a spring metal work holder clamped around the knee of the operator to hold one end of fabric taut while sewing. Projecting from the clamp is a holder with a clasping device to grip and release material, freeing both hands for sewing and eliminating the need for pins.
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New Jersey
Sav. old kid gloves for ironing day
Sav. old kid gloves for ironing day. Seven pid made from the left glove on to the palm of the right one and you will find your hand is saved from becoming blistered. A stule pipe clay dissolved in the water used for washing clothes improves the color of the linen and saves time, soap and labor. It is particularly useful for kitchen cloths and coarse articles, but does no harm to fine fabrics.
Correcting a Broken China with Lime and Egg White
A home remedy describes mixing lime with egg white to make a cement for broken china. Edges should be pasted lightly and pressed firmly, held in place with tape or straps, to ensure a tight bond. The key is using minimal adhesive and strong edge contact for any fracture.
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China
Century old boneset cough cure recipe
An old remedy for whooping cough mixes one ounce boneset and one ounce flaxseed boiled in one quart water. After straining, add half a pound lof sugar and one pint Orleans molasses. The preparation is ready for use with a dose of one teaspoon every hour according to the cough.
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Orleans
Circassians Maintain Long Eyelashes Through Weekly Trims
In childhood Circassians are regularly trimmed once a week to sustain the length and beauty of their eyelashes, a cultural practice noted for its consistency and social significance.
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Freeport, Illinois
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Court House Freeport
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Hillnois
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W. N. Cronkrits
Stephenson &J
Freeport, US
A. Law
Wagner Bindery, Inders
Magasine Binding E Specialty
Anseiger
Spring Stream
Stephenson Treet
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Port
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Gotch
Twammersmith
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Feiel
Minil
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Ely Brothers
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Phone of. S Bdawly
J. J. Burdett
Vane Tuner
Orden
Brown's
Oilmeyer
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John Wigner
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