Omaha to Chicago and Midwest Rail Schedules
Train timetables show routes from Freeport and Rock Island to Chicago and Milwaukee with connections to Beloit Janesville Madison and Madison. Service notes list buffet parlor car and cafe parlor car options on several numbered trains and indicate daily except Sunday operations with some Sunday service.
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Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Rockrd
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Weple Leaf Route Trains to Freeport and Des Moines Express
Weple Leaf schedule shows eastbound Chicago express daily except Sunday with stops for Chicago and Sycamore passengers. Westbound service departs Interurban station at 2:30 and 6:10 pm. westbound trains at 3:30 am and 10. Baggage checked through to destination. WM. Neebe, P.A.
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Vabuque
Paul
Winneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Chicago
Sycamore Engers
WM. Neebe
JP .G. P.A
Train Car Schedules From Freeport to Rockford and Connections
On weekdays Freeport departures start 6 3 am and run every 35 minutes to 9 35 pm with final car at 11 00 pm. Rockford starts 6 00 am on even hours to 11 00 pm. Travel time Freeport to Rockford is DP hour and 3 minutes. Connections in Rockford link to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora and Chicago. WM NE EGE, Agent.
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Rockford
Unday Cara
Aid
Belvidere
Elgin
Aurora Chicago
NE Ege
Official Taft Campaign Contributions Revealed
Albany November 24 Official figures of Republican national campaign fund contributions show Taft's total at 1 655 518 27 from 12 330 contributors. Major donors include Charles Taft and Larz Anderson while Carnegie Morgan and Reid gave far less than rumored. net receipts at New York and Chicago headquarters reached 1 085 268 27 with 620 100 turned to state committees for local use.
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P. Taft
Larz Anderson
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Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
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National Committee
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Fate of Speaker Cannon in Sixty-First Congress
Winshinetug Nov 24 The arrival of Speaker Cannon in the capital is awaited by friends who expect his presence to end reports that President-elect Taft will oppose his re election. As new members arrive the speaker's position over tariff policy dominates discussion and may shape talks with Taft on tariff revision.
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Taft
Cannon
Hot Springs
Payne
Tariff Revision Debate Delays Congress Session
The committee on Ways and Means debates a new tariff law to be framed in the next session while others warn against rapid, sweeping changes. Some oppose executive or president elect interference in House organization as the tariff schedule is scrutinized.
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Seine
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Carnegie 18 Called On By House Tariff Committee
Washington reports Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means Committee sent a telegram to Andrew Carnegie in New York urging his appearance to discuss iron and steel industry and tariff schedules. The committee held a long night session on tariffs for lime cement and related articles with H M Sheppard and Orin F Perry of the Rockland Rockport Lime Co grilled over duties. Perry argued near Canadian competition and US-made quality justify duties as Payne boasted of New York sales. attendance for questions deferred. Representative Clark later calculated the Lime Co's profit at about 24 percent.
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Payne
House Committee On Ways and Means
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
H. AL. Sheppard
Orin EF. Perry
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Maine
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Perry
United States
New York
Clark
Commission foresees banking reforms but no full financial overhaul
Washington on November 24. The national monetary commission expects no general revision of the financial system in the upcoming Congress. They do anticipate a law to correct some evils in administrative banking features after their first preparatory meeting for the forthcoming report.
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Washington
Congress
Commission
Taft Returns After Golf and Talk with Guilbert
President elect Taft spent hours in conversation with W B Guilbert auditor of Ohio after an extended golf game with his brother Henry and General Edwards. A lengthy saddle session and the ride home left the group with a healthy tired feeling.
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Hot ‘Springs
Ohio
Taft
W. B. Guilbert
Henry
Edwards
Wind's Awful Work: Tornado Rips Northwest Arkansas Towns
A tornado sweeping northwest Arkansas killed over thirty people and injured many others. It wrecked towns including London Waterville Petrire Lads Lewisville Paterson Berryville and damaged Piney Mulberry and surrounding areas. At Piney twelve dead and others injured. Lenadon ten dead. Waltonville Jethro destroyed with several fatalities. Mrs J Q Liestias injured.
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London
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Paterson
Berryville
Mulberry
Lenudon
Wailer Ville
Jethro
Ee! Place
Muoherrey
Tegenyy Ville
J. QO Liestias
Novell Tresidentreeleee PatI to dinner in Hot Springs
Hot Springs Virginia reports that Novell Tresi dentreeleee Pati will attend a dinner with M. BE Inealls, dinner president of the Chesapeake and Que rafiv. Mrs Taft will travel to New York to be ruined to her three children Robert Helen and Charles as guests of Henry Wyart and his two sons.
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Pati
M. BE. Inealls
F Rinner
Chesapeake and Querafiv
Taft
New York
Rrobert
Helen
Charles
Henry Wyart
Daily Journal Delivery In City At Ten Cents A Week
The Daily Journal announces citywide home delivery for ten cents per week. It emphasizes convenient access for readers and urges subscriptions from residents across the area.
Indiana Presidential Vote Totals Reported With Names Compiled
Nov 24 report shows Indiana popular vote totals with candidates including Bryan and others. The fragmented OCR lists party-affiliated figures and vote counts, noting a plurality for the leading candidate over his rival.
Force and load movement on road rail and canal
A saying compares traction needed for a tup on a good road with eight tons on rail and thirty two tons on a canal, highlighting how transport conditions change with modality. The note emphasizes force requirements rise with speed resistance and friction across different transport routes.
Rockefeller names two men as chief architects of Standard Oil
In New York on November 24 Jos é D Rockefeller testified in the government case to dissolve Standard Oil that Henry M Flagler and Samuel Todd were the master planners of the oil combine and he was not the originator. He described a long day of cross examination by Frank Kellogg and promised to aid in locating missing stock transfer books. Rockefeller reviewed early Standard Oil leadership, noting railroad executives held stock briefly and identifying fifteen small companies bought by Standard while many Cleveland plants were acquired and some later shut down.
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Standard OS Trust
Standard OS Company of New Jersey
Josén D. Rockefeller
Standard
Henry M. Flagler
Samuel
T.) Todd
Rockefeller
Frank BR. Kellogg
Kelloge
Standard Oil Trust
Kellogg
W. H. Vanderbilt
Cleveland
Who Ran the Companies After Standard Rockefeller Purchases
Testimony shows uncertainty over who managed companies post purchase with De Voe and Pitcairn named among managers. Rockefeller argued the basis of value was fair and that trusts held stock for individuals. He noted independent management for each company and credited Ais Flugier and Mr Dodd for guidance.
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de Voe
Carley
Chess-Carley
Pitcairn and
Vandergrift
Imperial
Warden, Frew and Lockhart
The
Atlantic
Acme
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IST
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Dodd
Repty
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Standard OH Company
Tidewater
Lombard
United States
Falling Out Rumor Between Jack and Grace
Rumor circulates that Jack and Grace have a rift amid gossip about their personal relationship. No verified source confirms the dispute or its cause.
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Jack
Grace
Jaax
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