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Newspaper
Freeport Daily Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
8
Partial timetable shows arrival and departure times for several trains including Fort Dodge Omaha and St Paul lines. Reads like a fragmented rail schedule with entries for passenger and freight services and mixed times across days.
Details of east and west bound passenger and freight services including No 200 202 204 306 211 trains with parlor and cafe cars, daily and Sunday runs, connections at Rockford Belvidere Belvidere for Sycamore DeKalb and other points, origin Freeport Chicago and Milwaukee routes, agent contact John F Daly and J B Sweatt noting arrival and departure times and freight limits.
Train schedule snapshot lists No.4 Chicago Express at 7:15 pm with 6 specials and No.8 Stockton Dubuque St Paul OMADA. No.6 Dubuque St Paul Minneapolis Waterloo Marshalltown Des Moines Omaha Kansas City Express. No.13 Pearl City Dubuque passenger daily except Sunday at 10:38 am. No.4 serves Chicago and Sycamore passengers. baggage checked through to destination. WM. Neese, Agent.
The schedule shows departures at 10:00 am and 10:10 pm with a 1:2 wait, arriving Forreston. Service operates daily except Sunday.
Weekday service runs from Freeport starting 5 35 am and every 85 minutes until 9 85 pm last car at 11 00 pm. Freeport to Rockford interval is one hour eight minutes. Rockford runs weekdays from 6 00 am every 41 minutes on even hours to 11 00 pm. A Sunday schedule keeps same times but first train 6 51 am and Rockford 7 04 am. Direct connections exist to Beloit Janesville Belvidere Elgin Aurora and Chicago. WM NE ESE Agent.
A sentinel at Paria’s menagerie forbids feeding of animals. An elephant splashes his head with water after a bystander offers a cake, and later twists the sentinel’s musket into a corkscrew before releasing it. The elephant’s display ends with a snort and a rebuke to mind his own business.
The piece discusses varied definitions of cockney from Camden and Wedgwood. It recalls a legend of a Londoner who slept away from Bow Bells and mistook country sounds. the awakening crow leads to the idea that cockneys are born to or weighed by the city life.
A Medical Journal note challenges the myth of violent pythons. It describes pythons living near homes feeding on poultry and stray animals, and recounts a floating-house attack where a snake tried to swallow a woman, injuring her foot. It notes Chinese use of python liver as medicine and dried skin in Siam drug shops.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt argues that women are tougher than men in weather and hardship due to clothing use and bodily resilience. It claims men would quickly perish exposed on a bare island while women would suffer less, asserting women are stronger in vitality and character beyond muscle.
An Englishman of Lymington quarreled with his wife who swore to dance on his grave if she outlived him. He ordered, by will, that his body be buried at sea near his home without ceremony, and the injunction was carried out.
In an exchange, Pye says he will not heed friendly advice. The reply questions the cost of advice and Pye discovers that taking such counsel can strain or lose friendships.
A riddle notes that two whole portions prove not married while one portion for two indicates a union. The scene involves an hotel keeper relaying the test to discern if a pair are married or betrothed.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a group called Shoeblacks and a Seedy Masher with garbled descriptors. The text hints at ridicule and a noise of confrontation but no clear event, date, or participants beyond the odd names. The readable bits are too fragmented to establish who acted or what occurred.
The Daily Journal offers citywide home delivery for one week at a set rate. Service promotes convenience for readers seeking newspaper access across the city.
The article surveys breach of promise laws in England France Germany Italy and Italy’s unique stiletto method while recounting two high profile cases. It notes Miss Jenny Mighell’s suit against the sultan of Johore and a later case involving an actress and an earl’s son, each yielding significant verdicts.
Frederick the Great praised a visiting flutist then returned with his own flute to perform the same piece. He explained that it was only fair the musician hear him after the gift of listening to the king. The king gave generous gifts to all musicians except flute players.
A New York Sun item recounts a woman planning to marry tomorrow who asked to discontinue her telephone service. The polite clerk asks what is wrong. she replies she seeks “single blessedness,” and he concludes she is beyond their aid with a courteous farewell.
A professor and a Voting official discuss economic causation in a Kansas City Independent excerpt. The dialogue debates whether hard times cause people to go broke or if widespread insolvency causes hard times.
Cartoons show Willie asking about a dilemma while Johnny answers about inability to sit or stand due to a fatherly lick and a crab bite. A humorous caption notes the average man uses 3800 words, yet she often exceeds that.
A compact, era-styled meditation questions what lies within the heart and chest. The verse contemplates emotional weight and the restless motions of the soul as it bears sadness.
A circus keeper describes monkey behavior noting red haired individuals as leaders and fights erupting when larger primates clash. Monkeys form rank and riot when confined together, but parents intervene to restore order, using punishment and isolation to curb outbreaks.
A couple misplaces varnish and cans creating a kitchen to bath calamity. They apply varnish to the tub as ordered and later discover the tub and dinner were contaminated by a pungent odor. The punch line reveals the varnish was accidentally used on the soup pot.
A writer recalls a Dublin hotel where a meticulous resident servant, praised as a model among boots, quietly removed a lace snag from a boot door and later returned and re laced the boot, unnoticed by the narrator. The incident highlights surprising attentiveness by hotel staff.
Law Times notes from the Black Books of Lincoln's Inn record Easter term 1502 actions against cheese handling. Offenders who cut cheese at meals or give it to servants face four pence fines per offense and weekly reporting by butlers under expulsion threat.
In a sharp exchange, a conservative chaperon warns to test a young man’s love while a witty girl boasts a test of engagement. She reveals a tiny bottle that she claims contains acid to test the ring, provoking alarm and intrigue.
A narrator recalls attempting entertainment with a young man reciting Hamlet. The woman responds with a reproachful look and declares the effort not funny. The exchange, captured in a London Telegraph tone, notes the speaker’s sorrowful delivery and the audience’s reaction.
In a Catholic Standard and Times exchange, one speaker says conscience guides prayers while another claims its voice condemns neighbors as sinners. The dialogue frames moral scrutiny within religious journalism.
A dialogue excerpt asks about ideal traits and includes the prompt What is the name of the book with a reference to St Louis Post-Dispatch. The fragment centers on a woman describing an ideal man and a man asking for clarification.
A fragmentary Chicago Tribune line imagines Mick gifting a striking solitaire to Nan and wonders about the dekle yerostina, reflecting casual, humorous chatter about an expensive present. The snippet captures playful newspaper-speak and character names without clear events.
The Detroit Free Press quotes the credit man admitting a poor move yesterday. He pledged his word as his bond, signaling a liability or risk from a failed financial claim or promise.
A fragmented quote mocks a supposed deduction by a thinker. The odd wording hints at a satirical or cryptic line about secrets and folly, authored by a voice calling themselves the philosopher of folly. The readable fragment suggests a witty, elusive remark.
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