Train Schedule Abstract from Rock Island and Milwaukee Lines
East and west bound trains list arrival and departure times, car services, and connections. Notes include No. 200, 202, 204, 206 and others with buffet or parlor car service, Sunday schedules, and connections at Rockford Belvidere Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb Janesville Madison Harvard and Milwaukee. J B Sweatt and John F Daly are listed as agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puduby Ully
Went Bound
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Milwaukee
Madison
Belvidere
Sycamore
DeKalb
Harvard
Spring Valley
Pacific Coast
John F. Daly
Rock Island
Davenport
Deevens
Piakes
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Ccedar Rapids
North
South Dakota
J.B. Sweatt
Chicago Great Western Train Schedule Notice
Interurban station stage times list trains to Chicago and westbound services. Chicago Express No 4 departs Sunday eastbound and westbound No 8 serves Stockton and Des Moines routes. Passenger baggage checked through to destination. WM. Nerse agent. J.P. Emer general agent.
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Stockton
Dubuque
Paul Omahu
St Paul
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Omaha
Kansas City
Pearl City
Chicago
Sycamore
WM. Nerse
J.p.emer
G. P.A
St Pan Minn
B and Q Rail Service Forreston Schedule Fragment
Train times show Forreston connection with Freeport Rockford routes. Weekday departures from Freeport start 5:35 am with service every 85 minutes to 9:35 pm then 11:00 pm last. Rockford runs on weekdays on the hour until 11:00 pm. Sunday times slightly adjusted with a 6:85 am start. Direct Rockford link to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Rockford
Beloit
Janesville
Belvidere
Elgin
Aurora Chicago
Ese
Daily Journal Delivers Citywide Newspaper Service
The Daily Journal offers citywide delivery for a weekly fee. Subscribers in all areas receive the paper through regular home or street delivery, with options for individual or family plans.
Sammy Temple Detective Dreams and hidden romance
Sammy Temple grows from a reader of dime novels to a budding sleuth as he shadows Dave Ryder, follows a creekside rendezvous with Lucy, and faces his father Josiah’s stern approval while pondering a future on rails and a ministerial arranged marriage.
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Dave Ryder
Cassell's
Samuel
Ryder
Hind
Saummy
Sammy
Billy
Tere Pomero
Lacey
Lacey Miny
Josiah Temple
Lucey
Lucy
Father
Ryder Setishy
Josephus
George Washington
Dave
Mrs. Temple
Josiah
Temple
Butter Gift Sparks Whittier Poem at Friends Meeting
In a midweek service at the Friends meeting house Mr. Whittier sought fresh butter. Ruth Challis sent a pot of Pond Hills butter the next day, prompting a spontaneous poem tied to the butter gift and a granddaughter’s keepsake.
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Friends’ Meeting
Beaten Temper Sparks Morning Altercation at Station
A porter named Sandy lost his temper during a rush hour incident at a small country station where he worked. He told a nearby woman to go somewhere not listed on the timetable, prompting a complaint to the station minister. The minister summoned Sandy to apologise to the ladies in the waiting room, and he questioned several women to identify his intended recipient. The last woman confirmed, and Sandy remarked that she need not be told.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Lippincott’s
Stagecoach Era Recalled In Bath Dover York Routes
London Standard recalls the age of stagecoaches and mail coaches along the Bath Dover and York roads. It notes the color and bustle from coachmen guards and horses and the impact on writers like Dickens. It contrasts past fatigue and cold with modern rail travel.
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Bath Road
Dover Road
York Road
Charles Dickens
High Street
Borough
Pickwick
London Standard
The Private Bradlaugh Wins Respect in Army Room
Private Bradlaugh refused to obey an abusive order from a visiting officer and challenged him, prompting a confrontation. The colonel then declared there must be a mistake and allowed Bradlaugh to remain, showcasing the soldier’s composure and integrity.
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Charles Bradlagh
Bradlaugh
Auchtermuchty Promised as Summer Resort Despite Name
The town touts its appeal as a garden city with a lovers pool attracting visitors. It recalls a bankruptcy in the early eighteenth century when most property was lost leaving only the jail and a few essentials. Now it is described as rich, peaceful, and radical.
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Auchtermuchty
Auchtormachty
Missionary's China appearance praised by native orator
The article recalls a historic moment in China when a native host introduced a Western missionary by urging listeners to see him as a real human being. The orator emphasized common humanity, noting the missionary's two arms two legs two ears two eyes a mouth and bone teeth to reassure audiences.
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China
West
Bread Dough Woes Mentioned in Ledger Dialog
In a Philadelphia Ledger snippet Mrs Nuwed speaks of starting bread and burying frustration over insufficient baking. Mr Nuwed questions the lack of baking, while Mrs Nuwed insists she added ample baking powder, but the loaf remains underbaked.
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Mrs. Nuwed
A Question of Cuts in a Philly Record Page
A playful exchange in the Philadelphia Record features a witty line about fame and a joke about an upper cut as a simple mug looks up from the sporting page.
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Philadelphia Record
Fragmentary City Humour Reflects Time Woes
Readable lines show a quip about hours dragging and a plea to hasten time. The fragment hints at urging the moments to hurry, using old fashioned phrasing. No clear names or dates are present.
What is the difference between a farmer and a dressmaker
A riddle answers itself with wordplay. The farmer sows seeds to grow crops while the dressmaker threads and sews to create garments from what is gathered.
Prisoner Pleads For Honorable Fight At PA Court
In a terse courtroom exchange the prisoner asks to honor the challenge and opts to fight the fellow near the end, with the judge weighing the request in Pennsylvania proceedings.
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H. H. Antrim
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W. H. Wegner
Henry Bater
Homer F. Aspinwall
W. D. Mack
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A. F. Schulte
Ass’t. Cashier
D. B. Schulte
Wm. Trembor
August Bergman
W. T. Rawleigh
W. N. Cronkrite
John 8. Collman
J. Sheldon Clark
Hettinger
Stephenson St
Chas. H. Rosenstinl
Jackson and Mechanic Sta., Freeport
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First National Bank
Fredport
C. B. B. Bidwell
Eretigent
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C. H. Little
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Freeport, Il
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J. F. Fair
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J. L. Meyers
J. H. Graham
OC. A. Ruthe
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Freeport, Illinois
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N. Galena Ave
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Douglas Ave
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J. M
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R. P. Eckert
van Bure
Illinos
W. N. Cronkrith
Wagner Bindery
Anseiger
Spring Streets
Stephenson &J
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the Daily Journal
People’s Column
W. EB. M
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Rosa Robinson
Pleasant St
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Evil Schofield
Demeter & Belts
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Green St
Union
Galena Ave
Oak St
Wm. Walton
Linola St
Aix
Fue Gate & Co
Frye
Lower
John F. Franz
Stephenson County
M. W. Vowley
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Monroe, Wis
Cure Journal
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Yudin
Furnac, Gas and Bath
Otice
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New Orleans
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Sammy Temple
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Cyrus Blake
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