Passenger Train Schedules East and West Bound Details
Historic timetable notes passenger and freight movements for Rock Island and Freeport routes. It lists train numbers, connections at Rockford Belvidere and Belvidere Beloit Janesville Madison Harvard Sycamore DeKalb and routes to Milwaukee Chicago and destinations west. Includes parlor car service buffet cars coach trains stage connections and baggage handling.
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Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
Hnf
Daly
East Arrives Forreston Service Schedule Update
In Forreston timetable notes a daily weekday Express service from Freeport at 5:35 am every 8 minutes until 9:35 pm with last car at 11:00 pm. Hovkford service begins 6:00 am on weekdays on the even hour. Sunday schedule shifts with a 6:35 pm Freeport departure and 7:00 pm Rockford. Direct connections in Rockford link to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora and Chicago. WM. NE ESE, Agent.
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Freeport
Janesville
Belvidere
Elgin
Aurora Chicago
Party Wire Telephony Sparks A Gossip Web
A village party wire entangles the Alstons Hammonds Winstons and Chapins in a tangle of rumors miscommunications and eavesdropping. A spate of fabrications about engagements reveals vanity envy and the social friction of intimate telephony. Constance Wild reports.
Lace Bark Trees and Their Remarkable Paper Lace
Lace bark trees are rare with only a half dozen globally and four carrying practical value. The inner bark yields ready made lace like fabric used for mantillas collars and curtains, with a delicate cream color that bleaches to white. The material is light strong and often made by joining two sheets for shawls veils and similar items.
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Hawaii
Samoa
West Indies
New York World
Daily Journal Delivery Offer For Citywide Service
The Daily Journal announces delivery to any part of the city for 100 a week. The notice emphasizes wide coverage and regular weekly pricing for home delivery.
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The
Daily Journal
Uncongenial Flowers and Floral Pairings
A florist explains why certain flower pairings fail in centerpieces. He cautions against mixing mignonette with roses, notes pansies and violets last longer alone, jonquils and daffodils gain life with green foliage, and carnations react poorly to roses. He adds that foliage type affects longevity, avoiding feathery leaves with lilies and thick leaves with carnations.
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New York Press
Robins and clinking coins in early spring lore
The piece describes using two copper pennies to imitate a robin’s song to trap male robins in England, with a dummy bird on a lime-coated twig. Cock robin would attack the rival, a practice now illegal in the United States for harming birds. The article notes the clinking coins as a social lure rather than a trap.
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England
Cock Robin
United States
The Lost Chord: A Composer's Royalty Fortune Revealed
The article notes song writing as lucrative for those who fit popular taste. It cites The Lost Chord as a lasting success with Sir Arthur Sullivan as composer and Malcelm Antoinette Sterling as dedicatee, earning 12 cents per copy sold, a boon to publishers as well.
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Arthur Sullivan
Malcelm Antoinette Sterling
Onion Soup Club Elected to French Academy Honor
During the French Restoration a club named Diner de la Soupe a Vonion formed with twenty members. It met quarterly with onion soup to start each dinner. The group aimed to last until all associates were elected to the academy and achieved this in 1845 with the final banquet.
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French Academy
France
Academy
Pat’s Fate Highlighted by Prison Break
An Tvishmian questions old acquaintances as Pat Murphy is condemned to hang but dies in prison, saving his life. A society reporter asks to interview the wife, who quips she will talk when the twenty second edition hits.
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Tatrick Murphy
Arrah
Desir Honey
Pat
DoDe
A Vacancy Filled in New York Press Snippet
A brief New York Press line notes a vacancy filled with a humorous exchange about a cold head and a remark on remedy. Gerald and Geraldine are mentioned in a playful, everyday dialogue regarding illness and comfort.
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Gerald
Geraldine
Cothine
New York Press
Guingamp Noted For Historic Textile Heritage
Travelers by rail in Brittany often slide past Guingamp without remembering that it was there that a useful fabric named guig ham was produced.
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Brittany
Guingamup
Buried Alive Woman Returns to Reveal Diamond Ring Crime
Eleanor Brownlee rises from her coffin after a grave robbery attempt by Paul Anderson, the cemetery sexton. He had planned to steal her diamond ring to feed his hungry children, but she awakens, exposure and confession follow, and the ring is returned to fund the family. The tale ends with her recovery and forgiveness.
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Poriringh
Eleanor Brownlee
Paul Anderson
Sexton
Pauls
Totty
Paul
Brownlee
Ele
Anderson
John Brownlee
Jobin
Miennor
Hye
Aris
Vleanor Brownlee
Paula Anderson
Elbert G. Bentley
Inexpensive Home Filters For Purifying Cistern Water
Farm and arden discusses simple home built cistern filters to purify rainwater. It describes a brick or concrete partition filter, a charcoal sand gravel system, and maintenance needs while stressing water safety.
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Cesspool
Avery Man Clings to Strong Will Amidst Troubles
A brief item notes Avery man believes his strong will keeps him from going mad as troubles mount. The snippet references Atebe, son, and Globe, signaling a domestic or personal belief reflected in a local or syndicated column.
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Avery Man
Aluke
Biga
Atebe Son
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