Eastbound and Westbound Rail Schedules Sealed
A dated timetable lists arrivals and departures for East Bound and West Bound routes, detailing trains such as No. 200 and No. 901 with car services including parlor, cafe, and buffet options. Connections are noted at Beloit, Janesville, Milwaukee, and Rock stations, with notes on Sunday service and equipment.
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Freeport
Chicago
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Rock
Beloit
Janesville
Harvard
Ison
Belvi
Spring Valley
Rosk Island
Davenasta Rice
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Madison
Kansas City
Omaha
Cedar Rapide
North
South Dakota
J. B. Sweaty
Kidnaper Held As Police Pursue Whitla Abduction
In Cleveland police arrest a man matching kidnapper descriptions as William Whitla the eight year old son of attorney James P Whitla is held for ransom. Uncle F B Buhl vows to pay ten thousand dollars and insists the lad be returned swiftly while withholding the letter from abductors which reportedly threatened death if revealed.
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Lad
Cleveland, O
Willie Whitla
James R. ,Whitla
Sharon
Cleveland
F. B. Buhl
Frank H., Buhl
William Whitla
James P. Whitla
Whiula
Warren
Appetite for alcohol cured by vegetable diet claim
Washington report on Dr. D H Kress linking dyspepsia to inebriety urges a six month vegetable diet as a cure. He warns all alcohol forms worsen stomach disorders and exhaust the body. Dr T A McNicholl cites beer and spirits as major causes of school deficiencies and conferring feeble mindedness to children.
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Washington
D. H. Kress
American Society For the Study of Narcotics
T. A. McNicholl
New York City
Red Cross Hospital
Cashier returns six thousand after drunken departure
Comanche Oklahoma March 20 John Campbell cashier of the First National Bank left with more than six thousand dollars of the bank's money and later returned six thousand in a Denver written letter stating he was intoxicated and had no intent to steal.
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Comanche
Okla
John Campbell
First National Bank
Denver
Daily Jouranadele reports city news for Gc week
Fragmentary OCR reads as a city brief about events or notices over the week. Readable items mention local people and places but lack full details. The note resembles a schedule or roundup of civic items and activities from the city.
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Ae Daily
Jouranadele Er
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Dun's Review of Trade Signals Cautious Hope
R G Dun weekly review reports generally hopeful city figures but notes a lack of buoyancy and commitment ahead amid unsettled uncertainties. A tariff bill cuts iron and steel duties, coal faces a labor crisis, and iron trades adjust prices while building activity shows slow revival in structural lines.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Congress
Taft
Plant to Close as Steel Plant to Suspend Operations
Report says United States Steel will suspend the Tennessee Coal and Iron plant in Ensley Alabama next week for an indefinite period due to stagnation in the iron and steel trade. Officials refused to discuss the report.
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Steel Corporation
Alabama
Ensley
Ala
Tennessee Coal and Iron
United States Steel Corporation
Navy Greyhounds Ready for Engine Trial Run
Newport R I March 20 The scout cruisers Birmingham Chester and Salem now in dry dock prepare for a trial run to compare engine efficiency English and American pattern The 2000 mile voyage will go south to a point below Cape Hatteras then eastward at twenty knots.
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Newport
R. I
Birmingham
Chester
Salem
Cape Hatteras
State Will Retaliate Against Railroads
Jefferson City March 20 Governor Hadley declared that if railroads insist on restoring the 3 cent passenger fare rate the entire machinery of the state government will be used to retaliate against the railroads. He would not specify actions, but said Missouri would not be an exception to other states in rail rate policy.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Missouri
Jones Names $20,000 Price For Baseball Work
Portland March 20 Fielder Jones former Chicago American League manager said I named $20 000 as my price for another season s work but I never gave it directly to Charles Comiskey and have no intimation I am to receive such an offer from him He stated he named a price so high Comiskey would never come up to it It is reported the club president is willing to pay $20 000
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Comiskey
Fielder Jones
Portland
Ore
Chicago
Charles Comiskey
Jones
Comisky
Railroads vow legal challenge to 2 cent rate
Missouri representatives from railroads announce immediate legal action against the 2 cent passenger fare laws of Hinvis and Iowa. At a Chicago conference they agreed to restore a 3 cent per mile rate in Missouri and to fight 2 cent rate cases in other states.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Hiinvis
Towa
Chicago
Real Lead Hits Villain In School Play Incident
Mount Vernon Indiana March 20 John Moake the villain in an amateur school pupil performance was shot and badly wounded by the hero Roy Slater. Moake prepared the cartridge cutting the bullet off near the shell rim. He claimed there was not enough bullet left to hurt after being shot. The lead lodged in his nasal bone.
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Mount Vernon
John Moake
Roy Slater
Moake
Reward Offered for Cowboy Gordon Arrest in Pueblo
Pueblo Colo March 20 Ray Gordon the cowboy living with Peter Dieter a Chicago rancher is charged with murder near here A reward of 500 dollars has been offered for Gordon s arrest
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Pueblo
Colo
Ray” Gordon
Peter Dieter
Chicago
Gordon
Flynn Defeats Papke In Leu Round Fight
In Los Angeles on March 20 Jim Flynn was awarded the decision over Bill Papke in a leu round fight.
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Flynn
Papke
Los Angeles
Jim Flynn
Bill Papke
Queen Anne era consolidates English postal system
Under Queen Anne the several postal communications of England were consolidated and a general post office established in London.
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England
London
Bills for mine safety and state governance in Illinois
Springfield march 20 five bills were introduced in the house led by lyon proposing a commission form of government for cities town and villages in Illinois. other measures include mine ventilation insulation of wires and tax law revisions plus a public relief and veterans burial fund upgrade. Browne moved to refer indeterminate sentence bill back to judiciary. motion postponed. legislature adjourned with a split senate house vote for US senator selection. Hopkins leading Foss in votes.
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Springfield
House
Lyon
Commission
Hiinolsas
Senate
Des Moines
Lawrence
Gorman
Morris
Minois
Lake Michigan
Juul
Cook County
Shanahan
Lee O'Neil Browne
Committee On Judiciary
Browne
United States
Hopkins
Hay
Burgett
Perkins
Naylor
Smejkal
Beck
Shurtleff
Foss
Stringer
Convent Flight Ends in Elopement With Mayor’s Kin
En ma Lee, seventeen, sister in law to Chicago mayor Busse, elopes from Rock Island to Gary with George Miller. They fled after sealing convent walls with a rope ladder. Mayor and family reportedly opposed the match but later forgave the couple.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Gary
Enma Lee
Busse
George Miller
Mias Lee
Dream Tomorrow Deemed Ordinary Upon Arrival
A quotation noting that the tomorrow we envision never arrives and the real tomorrow feels routine once it arrives, reflecting on perspective and time.
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New York Tribune
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