Passenger timetable notes connections and routes
Train schedule from Rock Island details passenger services to Freeport Racine Madison and Kansas City with connections to Omaha Cedar Rapids and North and South Dakota. J B Brearty is listed as agent.
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Tlenyes
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Danesville
Madison
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Puints
North
South Dakota
J. B. Bweaty
Chicago Special and Dubuque Express Passenger Service Notice
Interurban rail schedule details list trains to Chicago and Dubuque with multiple stops including St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha and Kansas City Express and a Dubuque passenger run. Baggage checked through to destination. Agent signatures NEESE and G. P. A. St Paul Minn. 2:27 am.
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Dubuque
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
Neese
P.B
Mer
Forreston Scene Seers Schedule and Fare Details
The notice shows a daily schedule with a departure at 22:00 and arrival at 13:20 with a fare of 240 currency units. It notes services run daily except Sundays and references Forreston.
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Forreston
Oars Train Schedule from Freeport to Rockford and Connections
Weekday service from Freeport departs 6:55 am then every 86 minutes to 9:35 pm with final car 11:00 pm Oars from Rockford runs on weekday hours starting near 2 00 pm and matching Freeport timing Aone hour twenty minute travel between Freeport and Rockford Sunday service mirrors weekday times with first Freeport departure 6 54 am and Rockford 7 04 am Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago connections via WM NEESE, agent.
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Chicago Ar
Freeport
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Oars
Elgin
Aurora Chicago
WM. Neese
Front Porch as a National Institution in American Life
The front porch becomes a family forum in summer serving as sitting room, nursery, library, and hearth outside. The porch fosters gossip, wisdom, laughter, and discussion shaping national strength through everyday family life. It equates to the fireside in winter, forming a portable republic of onlookers and judges.
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America
Front Porch Ideal Recalled In Historic Rhetoric
The passage extols the farmers heritage and compares it to a potent town meeting of its era. It frames the front porch as an American symbol offering relaxation amid strenuous times, urging people to step onto their porch and unwind.
Regular habits and early retirement cited for health
The interviewee credits good health to regular habits and early retirement. He adds that his ability to follow these rules stems from twenty three years spent in the Illinois penitentiary, a remark noted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Ing
Ilinois Penitentiary
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Splendid Woman Refuses to Marry Until Fortune Changes
A speaker recalls a generous wife who declined to marry when poor to avoid burdening him, then agreed once his fortune rose. The exchange highlights her steadfast kindness and selflessness.
Percy Seeks Hardship and Adventure
A character declares fatigue with ease and desires a life of toil danger and adventure. He remarks that bold action comes from asking for parental approval and contrasts those who creep with those who risk falling.
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Percy
Papa
Capital purpose and profits from bank notice
The text appears to be a bank notice listing officers such as B Bidner as president and Wm. O. Wri a vice, with A. Binnet and J. oak as cashiers. Directors include Burrell Jozepa Bim and H. Little along with others. It notes interest paid on time certificates and deposits.
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German Bank
Freeport
Ill
C. O. Collmann
J. §. Collman
L. R. Jungkunz
A. F. Schulte
Ass’t. Cashier
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. J. Rawleigh
W N. Cronkrite
John 8. Coliman
Indiana's John Kern Seen as Bryan Running Mate
George H. Picard profiles John W. Kern of Indiana, highlighting his popularity in the state, long political career from Kokomo lawyer to state senator, and his close ties with William Jennings Bryan. It notes his early anti silver stance, later shift to free silver, and his loyalty to Indiana party leaders like Tom Taggart.
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George H. Picard
Omn Wortt Kern
Denver
Wiliam J. Bryan
Huoosier
Indiana
Kern
United States
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Stfoward
Bryan
Allon B. Parker
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Kern
Howard County
Kokomo
Virginia
John
Iowa
Kerns
State Normal School
Toward
University of Miehleau
Nsut
Law and Order
Horromo
Lsst
Supreme Court
Democratic Teket
Indianapolis
State Senate
Tudianapolis
Tom Taggart
Flo
Hendricks
Voorhees
Kern Ts
Indianspolis
Taggart
St. Louis
New York
Judge Parker
Gold Movement
Daily Journal Delivery Price Copy
The Daily Journal offers citywide home delivery for 10 cents per week.
Five Sons-In-Law Marry Into One Brown Family
A quip from Fliegende Blatter notes humorously that Mr. Brown has five daughters all married. The reply states no daughters are left unmarried, but five sons-in-law have joined the family.
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Brown
Fliegende Blatter
Weather Study Method At Beckleford School
John Reid headmaster at Beckleford Council School Yeo Vil behind devises a nature study method. Boys visit the gas works to copy barometer and rainfall records while others note wind direction and temperatures from thermometers mounted outside. Each Friday the pupils write a brief weekly summary of their observations.
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John Reid
Beckleford Council
Yeovil
Gotham Statesman On Transit Woes and Open Windows
Gotham asks if Eve tried to open car windows amid transit delays as Yonkers records discuss rail road concerns. The exchange notes a radiroad company reference and hints at ongoing public interest in local transportation issues.
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Chuareh
Radiroad Corparay
Gotham
Yonkers
Flys Chai Balm for hay fever and colds in head
Note recommends Flys Chai Balm for saat ratarrh hay fever and head cold. It purifies and soothes sensitive air passages to counter disease and not just provide false relief. Warns against substitutes and lists price 60c with mail order from Billy Broa Warren Street New York.
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Billy Broa
Warren Street
New York
Notice in Regard to Ordinances Governing Parks
Public notice from Freeport stresses park rules including no cutting or defacing plants and no disorderly conduct. Violations carry penalties from three to one hundred dollars per offense. ordinance to be strictly enforced by Police Chief J. H. Stik.
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Freeport
J. H. Stik
Ealve
Automobile Repair and Lawn Equipment Service Ad
An advertisement for auto repairs and lawnmower sharpening by W. R. MansFrevo at 60 Galene next to Freeport Laundry. Contains a garbled line likely listing services and location.
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W.R. MansFrevo
Freeport Laundry
STOVENK Stove Coating Advert gives 30 day heat protection
One coat of STOVENK lets a stove stay black and in fine condition on a red hot surface for 30 to 10 days. Safe for daily use on stoves, no shining needed. Guaranteed bottle. Only 25c. Sold by Freeport Hardware Company.
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Stovink
Freeport Hardware Company
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Rice Building
Illinois Central
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Dodgeville
H. W. Rowley
No. Ly
Freeport Av
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Freeort
Racine
Reight
Mt Carroll
Rock Island and Daven- Passenwer
Pny
Chicago Great Western
Maple Leaf
South Freeport
Chicago Express
C.e
Rockford & Interjaban RY
the Daily Journal
Beecham
Business Directory
BANKS
Fred Dorman
H.H. Antrim
Onash
Henry Baler
State Bank
Fell
A. A. Held
J. Fred Smith
Fred W. Hoefer
H. H. Antrim
J. H. Stealy
W. H. Wagner
Henry Baier
Homer F. Aspinwall
Alao Savings Department
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First National Bank
M. V. B. Elson
L. Z. Farwell
V. Pres
D. F. Graham
Second National Bank
Illinois
M. W. B. Elson
J. F. Fair
Reuben Siegfried
J. L. Meyers
J. H. Graham
A. Ruther
Douglas Ave
J. M
WH. H. Hineline
van Bure &J
Freeport, Illinois
Wagner Bindery, Brookbinders
J. Sheldon Clark
Hettinger
Stephenson St
Chas. H. Rosenstiel
Jackson and
Mechanic Sts
W. J. Rideout, M
Stephenson Street
R. P. Eckert
Ilino.s
L. H. Burrell
Court House
Freeport, Il
W. N. Cronkrite
Stephenson
Freeport, MI
Douglas Pattison
Iinois
Robert B. Mitchele
Anseiger
Chicago and
Spring Streeta
N. Galena Ave
Deliv
People’s Column
Stephennson County
United Land Co
Monadnock Bldg
Ted
Carvass
N. Bull Remedy Co
Galena Ave
West St. F. A. Read
Freeport Shoe Mfg. Co
W. Eb, Mackay
Wyandotte St. Enquire
Rosenstiel
Prospect Terrace
New Blue
T-lidlw
W. E. Mackay
Adams Street
Facquire
Carroll Street
T-pol In
Union St
Elk St
Win
Walton Nephews
Clifton Cottage
J. B Schofield
Shatter Ave
Shawnee St
H. A. Huenkgemeier
Tel
State St
Lla State St. C.B. Kling
Leenibuls Clear
Monument
McNaiira’s
Empire
Tisdin
Dovestor, Stearns & Zips
Derman Bank
South Carroll St
G. Schoeffel
Galena St
Brent Nive
Jefferson and
Union Streets
John W. Kern
Runnisa
Democracy
Man
Nerve
Redhot
Lold
Mooge
WM. F. Jungrung
Automobiles Machin
Hermsmeier
Lennox Goop
Heinz
Facy
California Prunes
ECO
Northwest Soap
Hackney
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