Time Table for Illinois Central Railroads Galena Division 1904
The Illinois Central Rail Road timetable effective November 27 1904 lists west and north trains from Galena to St Paul Chicago Omaha and Dubuque with arrival and departure times. Connections offered at St Paul for the Southwest and at Nixon Mendota Normal and La Salle for westbound trains. Through service extends to Omaha Bronx City St Paul and western and pacific coast points. T L McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Galena
Bt. Paul Limited
Chicago
Omaha Limited
Pmohe Express
Cece Rete Cesee
Fast Mail
Sioux City
Decatur
Lines of the Hand and Their Denotations
A Brooklyn Eagle feature explains palmistry basics with eight major lines and multiple mounts. It details how line breaks signal weaknesses, finger shapes reveal temperament, and mounts on the palm indicate traits from Venus to Mercury and Luna, plus bracelets signaling health and longevity.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Luna
Brooklyn Eagle
Kaiser of Germany Exhausts Income on Vast Court and Landholdings
A London Express profile details the German Emperor whose private landholdings total 250000 acres across eighty three estates. It notes annual income of about four million dollars as King of Prussia, with large but insufficient sums to cover court, travel, and art patronage.
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London Express
Prussia
Russia
Austria
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Prince of
Pless
Duke of
Ujeest
Rathor
Frederic Karl
Imperial House
Imperial Household
Royal Household
Royal Opera House
Royal Theatre
Berlin
Royal Theater
Wiesbaden
Kaiser
Sunrise on Pike's Peak Captures Reverent Traveler
The Rev. Charles N. Pace of Lone Tree Iowa describes his Pike's Peak sunrise excursion with Epworth League from Colorado. He recalls the cold wind at the summit and the moment the sun rises over distant canyons, revealing rainbow colors and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike’s Peak
Charles N. Pace
Lone Tree
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Colorado
Epworth League
Manitou
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Watermelon Heist Suspect Snags Ride Request
A wagon load of watermelons on lower Walnut Street was nearly moved when a small boy described as an inky hued plekaninuys ran up asking to ride along and help fetch the fruit. He said he wanted to go down the road to collect the melons.
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Lower Walnut Street
Kansas City Star
Beer consumption in Munich reaches record warm-week totals
In a recent warm week in Munich about 50 000 gallons of beer were consumed, averaging two and a half gallons per person in the city.
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Munich
Americans in Europe Spendings Battle of Trade Balance
The Cleveland Leader argues that 150,000 Americans travel to Europe this year and spending near 400 million dollars is likely overstated. It notes many Americans are students or temp residents abroad and questions the New York paper’s high expenditure figure.
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Europe
New York
Cleveland
Attorney General Moody recounts juvenile case in Washington
Moody sketches a Washington police court scene where two ten year old colored boys are arraigned for disobedience. A colored attorney defends Willie Jones accused of stealing a bicycle, arguing the boy risks being sent to Virginia to an uncle's farm where he would be away from bicycles and cars. The judge questions whether the boy might steal an automobile, and the attorney concedes the point as he notes the boy will likely grow up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moody
Washington
Kimball
Willie Jones
Smith
Mr. Jones
Jones
Willie
Virginia
Reward That Was Deserved and Fiddler Tales From St Nicholas
A tale recalls a German general aiding a distressed cadet by finding a lost locket and buying him a watch with a lesson on honoring parents. Then St Nicholas describes fiddler crabs waking from winter dormancy, with the male using a single small claw to feed while females use both claws for quicker meals.
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Berlin
Fiddler
St. Nicholas
Alarm Clock Block Feeds Nerves as Boarder Declines
In a vivid scene a prospective boarder rejects a room due to the alarm clock neighborhood. The landlady explains late risers avoid clock calls and reveals the previous tenant left because of the clocks. Vanderbilt’s humorous clash with Poco over a polo pony follows in the tale.
The Book of Life in Pages and Leaves
A reflection on life as a book where pages are people and years are chapters. It speaks of heroines and heroes, laughter and tears, and suggests the back leaves may be less useful yet life remains enchanting as one turns the covers.
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Shleuga
Benuide
Desperate Japanese Night Attack at Mukden Works
Lieutenant Tokutaro Oshio recalls volunteers rushing the Russian fortifications at Mukden. Officers granted permission after a deputation. unwounded volunteers formed a square with water and wine to last them through the assault. Gen Tachimi bids farewell, urging utmost effort as a near-certain death mission unfolds. The assault fails. few survive and the works stay intact amid a counterattack.
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Tokutaro Oshio
Mukden
Tachimi
Ballad of Bubbly Creek miniature drama of boyhood days
The piece recalls a woodshed theater built by barefoot boys in Branaghan's Patch. Past actors and real names like Lily Langtry and Richard Mansfield appear as memory, with candlelight, makeshift seats, and a boom drum. The narrator recalls plays, songs, and the vanished group, ending with a note from the Chicago Post Registry Division and James E. Kinsella.
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Branaghan
Tiliian Russel
Lily Langtry
Vestal
Henry Irving
Julia Marlowe
Richard Mansfield
Kelly
Mary Desmond
Marmaduke Maloney
Jack
Buffalo Bill
Claricey
Bold Philly Burke
Albuquerque
Philly Hogan
Amy
Woodshed
Chicago
Post Ofice
James E
Kinsella
Curious Manx Laws and Wives Rights Highlight Isle of Man
Historical notes describe odd Manx statutes such as Scots forbidden to land under penalty and Irish women told to depart. The piece details clerical discipline, punishments on pulling horse tables, and judges sworn by a dramatic oath. It also notes that every woman on the island gains Manx House of Keys voting rights and rights to her husband’s estate, yet cannot own property independently.
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Isle of Man
House of Keys
England
Scotland
Manx
MacCulloch
High Court
Isle
Divine Storm Saves Japan From Invasion
A 13th century invasion by Kublai Khan's fleet was thwarted by a massive typhoon, or divine storm, near Kyushu in 1281. Japanese accounts by Okakura Yoshisabura describe how winds dispersed the Yuan ships, sparing Japan after massacres on Iki and Tsushima and a feared land assault.
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Japan
Asia
England
Okakura Yoshisahbtra
Kublai
Genghiz Khan
Europe
China
Iki
Tsushima
Korea
Bay
Genkin
Kyushu
Genkal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Galena Tribune
H Century Printing CO
Edwards M. KE. Daniels
Emtar
G. W. Everet, M.D
Logan House
Barna
Ofice
Blum’s
Galena Studio
Tile Henning Studio
Illinois
Boutid
Crain
St. Louis
St Louis
Gale
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St Paul
Min
St. Bau
Dubuque
Jabuque
Toa
P. Uy
Seeeses
Rpolis
Seers
Secee
Mm Polis
Louisa
A. Od
Aida
M.J. Burns
Yeecens
Louis
C.&n
Madison Division
Madison
Eau Claire
Milwaukee
South Madison
Calmistry
Henry
Frederic Leopold
Albrecht
Pru
Pike's Peak
Awyer
Vanderbilt
Poco
Harold Vanderbilt
Harvard
Honda
War Fund Office
Oka
Bubbly Creek
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