Transport timetable fragment shows east and west bound lines
A fragmented timetable lists east bound service to Pan of East Bound Freeport and west bound to Chicago via channels 4 00 pm. It notes departures around 31500 and 3290 BM with nonsensical text but indicates a Sunday exception.
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Omaha Limited
Dubuque Express
Sioux City-Omahakx
Westment
Fast Mail
Fort
Dodge Express
Dubuque
Omaha
Paul Lim
Omaha-St P
Southern Express
Decatur Basdnons
Bond Decatur
Madison District
Reece
Poserenee
Dodgeville
Peceneeerervedee Dil
Rowley
Sagent
Freeport
Chigage
Ota
Teveveres
East Bound
West Bound
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Paskon Tel
Honbet
Rock Island
Carrica Panacea
Era
Mt Carroll
Chicago
O.9
Kansas City Omaha
Cedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J. B. Aweart
The Grass Beneath Brick Walls A Missionary Romance
Mary a pretty fasting brown eyed girl works at a cereal factory. Joe Temple a sober teamster falls in love, battles drinking urges, and redeems himself after a dramatic toast to resilience in a winter tale of devotion and grit. Joe learns a lesson from a lone blade of grass growing from brick and vows lifelong sobriety. A marriage proposal follows via a messenger and a candlelit street scene.
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Mary Anderson
Joe Temple
Mary
Sud den
Joe
Jean
Temple
Joe Bed
Dollar Temple
Barometric Pressure and Atmospheric Weight Explained
The article explains how air pressure balances a mercury column, with sea level about thirty inches. It notes thirty cubic inches of mercury weigh about fifteen pounds, giving about fifteen pounds per square inch of pressure, and estimates the total atmospheric weight around the world.
Fingernail Growth Rates and Historical Lengths
In healthy adults fingernails grow about one thirty second of an inch per week. Growth is faster when healthy, in summer, on the right hand, and fastest on the middle finger while slowest on the thumb and little finger. Nail renewal occurs in 120 to 140 days. Toenails grow four times faster than fingernails. Historical accounts note Asiatic practices of excessively long nails bending under fingers, with travelers reporting lengths of up to three inches. authorities cite about two inches as the extreme, with corrugation and breakage.
Forbidden Confessions Transform a Love Between Legionaries
In the Foreign Legion two officers Barzikoff, a Russian, and Travitez, a Spaniard, share a deep friendship. Barzikoff confesses to involvement in an assassination plot. Travitez hides a guilt he fears will ruin both. After combat, Barzikoff saves Travitez, but clues reveal a secret about a princess. The pair consider leaving service to seek a new life in America.
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French Foreign Legion
Barzikoff
Travitez
Travites
Russia
Traviter
Foreign Legion
Barazikoff
Brzikofft
Mercedes
America
Dakota
Arizona
Mark Anderson
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar Informs Relief for Colds
An old advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a pleasant cathartic for cold symptoms. It claims to evacuate bowels, clear the head, remove phlegm, strengthen bronchial tubes, and relieve coughs including croup and whooping cough. Sold by all druggists.
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Kennedy
Money to Loan on Improved Real Estate in Freeport
Taylor and Frick advertise money to loan on improved real estate in Freeport. Amounts of 500 dollars or more acceptable at current rates.
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Freeport
Taylor & Frick
A Shark Tale from a Shipboard Near-Death Sea Encounter
A belabored crew recalls a sun scorched voyage where a man named Bill falls prey to a shark. They salvage his captain, bury him at sea, and later face a bigger shark whose belly yields Bill and his father alive. The pair escape as the creature's jaws open to light and the ship is saved.
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Young Hill
Bill
Gaywood-Ah Count In Marriage Banter In Chicago News
An old Chicago News fragment jokes about a Count and a Kimmel marriage, urging right action in a light tone. It also advertises Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh, warning against cocaine-containing powders and claiming real cure benefits. Promotional note lists retailers and 56 Warren Street address.
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Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
New York
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St.Paul
Des Moines
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Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
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Tina
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Chicago News
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H. Hettinger
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Queen & Crescent
Jacksonville
Geo. B. Allen
Pama
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McCullough
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Dearborn
H. Hardwick
Megpete Toe Secon Fame
Tayloe
Gene
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