Eastbound Chicago to Freeport train schedule details
John F Daly, Agent, outlines Eastbound and Westbound train services with numbered trains, parlor and cafe car options, and daily and Sunday patterns. Connections include Rockford Beloit Janesville Milwaukee Madison Belvidere Sycamore DeKalb and western routes toward the Pacific coast.
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Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Belviere
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Rail timetable fragment shows Rock Island to Racine routes
Fragmentary schedule notes a 10am passenger service and a 7 3 pm freight from Rock Island, a free return to Racine, and an east bound Mt Car to Freeport with a 6 45 pm departure and 4 00 am arrival.
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Rock Island
Racine
Carrie
Mt Car
Freeport
Kidnapers Named In Whitla Case Identify Suspects
Willie Whitla named the man James H. Boyle and the woman believed to be Boyle’s wife as his captors after a ransom paid by his father, Attorney James P. Whitla. A woman identified as Mary Diener, possibly linked to the plot, fatally poisoned herself. Police locate the Granger apartment where Willie was held in Cleveland.
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Cleveland,c
Willie Whitla
Cleveland
James P. Whitla
Willie
James H. Boyle
Sharon
Boyle
Mary Dierter
Mary Diener
East End
Whitla
Kohler
Ashtabula
Court blocks reporters from testim ony in Blount murder trial
Amite Louisiana court orders newspaper men not to publish any testimony from the trial of Avery Blount for the murders of Benjamin Breeland his wife and step daughter. Nine further trials may be affected by the hearing. Des Moines Iowa reports Ida B Wise says national purity congress to meet in Burlington during the first week of October.
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Amite
Ellis
Avery Blount
Benjamin Breeland
Des Moines
Ida B. Wise
National Purity Congress
Burlington
Daily Journal Delivery Price Across City
The Daily Journal states delivery to any city area costs 10 cents per week.
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the Daily Journal
Robertson Breaks Gasoline Car Five Mile World Record
George Robertson set a new world record for gasoline cars by running five miles in 2 minutes 45.1 seconds in Daytona Florida on March 25 surpassing the previous 2:54.03 mark by Lancia in 1906. Marriott in a Stanley steamer completed the distance in 2:45.6 in 1906 but Robertson’s time stands as the record.
Taft Attends Tea and Receives Women Guests
President Taft forgoes his usual horseback ride to attend a White House tea hosted by Mrs. P C G Knox. Guests included wives and daughters of senators and representatives. receiving line featured Mrs. Knox, Mrs. Wickersham, and Mrs. Meyer. Mrs. Herbert Parsons of New York poured, Mrs. Francis G. Newlands of Nevada served ices. Marine Band Orchestra provided music.
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Knox
Wickersham
Meyer
Herbert Parsons
New York
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
Marine Band Orchestra
Bryan in Taft's Club Nebraskan to Be Member of Missouri Organization
Washington March 25 Senator Bill Warner of Missouri announced a polished certificate of membership in Bill Club No. 1 of the World. Bill Bryan will also join the chartered body headquartered at Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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Missouri
Organization of Bills
Washington
Bill Warner
Bill Club No. 1
Excelsior Springs
Bill Bryan
Miners vote to stay at work in anthracite fields
Scranton March 25 The policy committee of the anthracite mine workers reaffirms demands from the Oct 12 1908 special convention and empowers executive boards of districts 1 7 and 9 to negotiate with operators. The United Mine Workers and miners are authorized to remain at work from April 1 1909 under the 1906 agreement until officially notified otherwise by district representatives.
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Scranton
United Mine Workers
Split Switch Disaster Near Green River Traps Train
Ogden Utah March 25 Engine Laying and Brakeman Pearson are dead Fireman Rassmussen seriously injured as engine buried to smoke stack and five freight cars splintered after a split switch on the Oregon Short Line near Green River Wyoming.
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Ogden
Utah
Laying
Pearson
Rassmussen
Green River
Wyoming
Mud Baths for Harriman
Magnate E H Harriman arrived at Paso Robles on a special train for mud baths following a slight rheumatism attack. He planned to depart for the north tonight but will instead stay a few days as Dr Dixon stated it is a spa treatment, not a serious ailment.
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Magnate
Paso Robles
Cal
E. H. Harriman
North
Dixon
Harriman
Morning Breakfast and Bird Chat
A brief exchange featuring an egg breakfast remark, a quirky reply, and a playful claim of being a bird. The dialogue appears lighthearted with a whimsical back and forth.
Shippy Tightens Guards After Kidnaping Fears in Chicago
Chief of police Shippy orders captains and lieutenants to keep schools and child gathering places under constant guard amid fears of a kidnapping epidemic following the Whitla case. Wealthy families increasingly hire private detectives to shield children since the Eddie Cudahy ransom incident.
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Mave
Eddie Cudahy
Chicago
Shippy
Amish Church Case Begins at Peoria Amish Church Case Begins at Peoria
Rudolph Isch sues Rudolph Vitzig et al for 50000 damages alleging conspiracy and persecution after banishment over an Amish election ballot. More than 300 witnesses subpoenaed from central Illinois as trials hinge on Amish oath rules and witness conduct across Tazewell Woodford and McLean counties.
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Peoria
Ilinois
Rudolph Isch
Rudolph Vitzig
Isch
Tazewell
Woodford
Mclean Counties
Firemen narrowly escape when roof collapses on Wabash building
In Chicago on March 23, twenty-five firemen faced a near fatal collapse at the Delaney & Murphy wholesale liquor store on 10-12 Wabash avenue. Battalion Chief Edward Buckley warned crews as the fire started on the top floor. they evacuated down the fire escape minutes before the roof gave way.
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Chicago
Delaney & Murphy
Wabash Avenue
Edward Buckley
Body Found in Marsh Near Kankakee
Chicago march 25 police began examining missing man records to identify a body found in a marsh near Kankakee. Clothes suggest a wealthy hunter with alligator hunting boots a solid gold watch a Woodman’s pin and a compass watch charm as the only clues to identity.
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Chicago
Kankakee
Woman dies after kerosene stove accident in Peoria
Mrs Annie Frye tried to light a fire with a kerosene can while holding a match. An explosion burned her severely and she died hours later. Her two sons were burned during the attempt to help.
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Peoria
Annie Frye
Barber Offers Bold Solution For Baldness Business
A barber touts a preparation as a splendid aid for business, while a customer quips that he already has enough baldness to worry about. The exchange hinges on a bold product pitch and humorous banter about hair loss.
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