Train schedule details and connections from Rock Island
East bound No 200 to 211 serve buffet and parlor cars with various service days. Westbound No 68 and No 10 provide connections to Rock Island Davenport and Milwaukee with links to Janesville Madison and Kansas City Omaha. Agent J B Swear notes schedules and connections at Rock Island.
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Enron
Bronx City
Paul Tan
Omnaha
At_P
Southern Express
Ohearabe
Decatur
PIR Press
Cisco
Madison
Ull
MARCM
Cece Ereinenees
Cccvenes Favenee
Scs
Dodgeville
Breig
Ccviccessseserssseee
Passenmel
Sciisieestevrseart
PRA Paaboe
Ber
Asa
Wtenebaan
Aadeeter
Eecept Sunda No.1 West
LEY, AG NT
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Ford
Harve
Parhenel
Cockiabistherects
Rock Island
Freeport
Euro Desseressees
Mt. Carroll
Davenport
Penanse Sey
Chicago
Rock
Kansas
Chicago Great Western K. R
Dubnan
Minneapolis
J. Paul
Des Moines
St. Jose
Kanaas City
Fort Dodge
Conncil Bluffs
Omaha
South Freeport
K. O
Aserce Seeres
Eeerree
Brewster House
J. F. Lacy
J. P. Elmer
Gen. Pass. Agt
Science claims baldness cure with Herpicide trial
An advertisement touts Herpicide as a scalp antiseptic that kills the germ causing hair loss and dandruff. It cites a Butte Montana man who went from total baldness to a thick inch long head of hair in six weeks and urges readers to order a sample from The Herpleide Co. in Detroit.
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Netybro
Mannett
Maryland
Butte
Mont
Nature
Send Inc
Herpleide Co
Detroit
Mich
Joseph Hmmert
The Pretender and the Heir to Parmeter Estate
In a New England country house a young man Gus Parmeter meets his supposed heir cousin Elton Parmeter. A hidden truth unfolds as Augustus discovers a family deception and a secret daughter Augusta Hoye. Elton ultimately forgoes legal action and proceeds to marriage to a woman revealed as Augusta, the real heir.
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New England
Elton
Elton Parmetér
Gus
Augustus Parmeter
Ralph Parmeter
Martha Redmond
Ralph
Augustus
Caroline
Aunt Caroline
Hin
Tin
Ebon
William Hoye
Augusta Hoye
Elton Parmeter
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed for Burns and Piles
Advertising copy touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as effective for painful burns sunburns cuts and bruises with particular emphasis on piles. It warns against imitations and notes the B Co DeWitt & Co Chicago on every box and that it is sold by all druggists.
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DeWitt
DeWitt’s
B. Co. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Carter Bros Hardware Opens New Steet Address
Readable lines indicate Carter Bros hardware at 55 Stephenson Street preparing to serve customers with reasonable prices and a focus on value. The fragment suggests a storefront opening or availability of goods and staves for customers.
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Carter Bros’ Hardware
Stephenson
Pinkham offers free advice to women in need
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham and her agents in Lynn Massachusetts offering free guidance to women with female illnesses. It stresses privacy with women answering letters and calls the Vegetable Compound a proven aid, urging readers to seek help regardless of wealth and to write for advice.
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Lydia IB. Pinkham
The Banana Plant Structure and Growth
The banana plant is not a tree but a large fleshy plant with tall leaves and green stalks. It grows ten to fourteen feet or more, produces one fruit bunch per main stem, and sends up eight to nine suckers that each bear a bunch. Planting is possible any season and fruit ripens year round with weed control and thinning of suckers.
Dorset’s Curious Wooden Watch From Bristol Tennessee
The article recounts Victor Doriot of Bristol Tennessee crafting a wooden watch in the last century. Built with brier root case and boxwood rule parts, its metal interiors include three main wheels and springs. The face came from a cow shoulder blade and was polished to ivory-like shine. An open faced design with a glass crystal, it was praised by east Tennessee watchmakers.
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Victor Doriot
Bristol
Tenn
Dorset
East
Tennessee
Ragged Richard and Tattered Thomas in Chicago News
Insult flares between Ragged Richard and Tattered Thomas in a ragged street exchange. Richard faces a woman at a house, she questions if he writes poetry, and Thomas replies with a cutting joke about getting a haircut.
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Eoor Sale
Minma Street
Galenan Avenue
Richard
Thomas
Chicago News
Duel That Taught a Northern Man About Honor
Bruce Parker recalls a duel in Kentucky with Colonel Plummer and Chester Gay set after Lincoln's election. Parker loads Derringers at forty paces, both miss, and Plummer vows to quit dueling after a near miss, driven by Gay's sly warning about blanks.
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Dawes
Lever
South
Tam
Ohio
Lave
Kentucky
Chester Gay
Ohio River
Blue Grass
Shiloh
Abraham Lincoln
Guy
Plummer
Mr. Gay
Gay
Kentucky River
Plimmer
George
Bruce Parker
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Better Complexions
An advertisement claims good skin follows a healthy digestion. It asserts that Kodol for Dyspepsia digests food and restores stomach function, relieving palpitations, flatulence, sour stomach and heartburn, and is sold by all druggists.
Railroads urged to own wooden leg factories
A Cincinnati Enquirer remark notes railroads are the largest buyers of wooden legs and medical surplus injuries. The surgeon argues railroads could cut costs by producing their own prosthetics, likening to Standard Oil owning barrel works.
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Standard Oil Company
Cincinnati
Enquirer
Kodol for Dyspepsia Promises Digestive Relief
Advertisement claims Kodol for Dyspepsia relieves chronic indigestion by aiding digestion and restoring digestive organ function. It states the stomach acts as a boiler for vitality, that Kodol digests what you eat, and that it helps you feel your best. Sold by all druggists.
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Y Rock.rd
P. ER. R
East Bound
Freeort Ar
Chicare
B&q
Forreston
Con
Arigtre
Queen & Crescent
Southern Railway
W. A. Beckler
Monroe St
Chicago, IL
W A. Garrett
W. D. Rinearson
Cincinnati, O
Homeseeker
Kaeta
People's Column
Stephenson Street
Gedar Lake Inn
Mikana
Wis
H. B. Smith
Stepnerson
F. A. Hosmer
Williams Art Oges
the Bible House
Dente Born Street
Clark Avenue
M. V
Elson
Rigen Reas Bt
Belvidere & Elgin Electric
Ryan & McManus
U. S. Army
Stephenson St
Main St
Bimestruction OF
San Francisco
Globe Company
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
State St
C.B. Kling
Salhe
Upright Schiller
Alice Colson
C. A. Ruthe
Douglas Avenue
Bookman
Union Street
F. Ruthe
Broadway
W.E. Fonken
Mitchell
W. J. Laible
City
American St
Henry Huisinger
Grocker Bt
Stearns & Zipf
Wise
Stephenson P Brags
North 3Rd &T
Court House
Douglas Ave
Lingala Ave
Grovestreet
Oak St
Exchange St
Wim
F. A. Dietrich
Siuire
Adams Bt
Jl, McGovern
S-ldlw
Hardin Atreat
van Buren St
Jackson St
Sunday Tabernacle
A.O. Best's Grocery
Peon Ang Eee
O. S
Y.M.C. A
Los Angeles
Imperial Council
Nobles of
Mystic Shrine
California
China & Japan
Chicago & North-Western Ra Y
Warby Harker
Mrs. Pinkham
Chamberlain
F. J. Burdett
Piano Super
Browse
Dollneyere
S.S.S
C. A
SWIFT
Atlanta
Ava
Business Directory
Illinois
D. O. Stover
H. ‘Antrim
G. Shamway
Henry Bater
State Bank of Freeport
Ill
R. G. Shamway
Held
W H. Foote
A Peay Hoofer
H.H. Antrim
J. H. Stealy
D. C. Stover
Fred Dorman
W.H
Henry Baier
Homer F. Aspinwall
Savings Department
First National Bank OF
O. B. Bidwell
A. Bidwell
Second National Bank OF
A.c. Burchard
L. H. Burrell
Burchard & Burrell
Attorneys AT Law
W. N. Cronerite
Attorney AT Law
I-Ldwly
Freeport, I
A. L. Babcock
North Galens Avenue
Wagner
Anzeiger
Spring Streets
Frisbie & Haney
Andibuilders General Contracting
Plang
Exchange St. New
Ruthe Carpenter
Ud Beised Jaime
Douglas Tew
Waterman Ideal
Galena St
Johnsons & Sons Wholesale & Detail
Dealoyn
St. Paul
Mingiss Alley
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