Galena Time Table For Rail Service To St Louis and Chicago
Rail schedule from Galena lists daily departures and arrivals for Chicago, St Louis, St Paul and Minneapolis with specific times. It notes through tickets to U S and Canada, reclining chair cars on all pass trains, and dining cars on through trains. Agent M J Burns handles tickets sleeping car reservations and timetable details.
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Galena
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Cseseees
St Paul
Minneapolia
Leveveteesese
St. Pau
Dubuque
Ail
United States
Canada
Chicago St. Paul
M.J. Burns. Ag
Illinois Central and C N W timetables show Madison connections
Digest of the Nov 27 1904 timetables for Galena Madison and Milwaukee routes. Notes multiple daily departures including north south east west options with connections at St Paul Chicago and Omaha. Highlights include through services to St Paul Minneapolis Chicago Omaha and St Louis and through connections to Mendota Normal La Salle and Sioux City.
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Madison
Eau Claire
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Galena
Milwaukee
South I Madison
Illinois. Central Railroad
Bt.Paul Limited
Chicago
Omaha Limited
Omaha
Ccceecteeesctsee
Mail
Sioux City
Ibuque
O i . Jubuque
Cago
St.Louis D'Ly
Galena Pat Erates
Decatur
Waat Express
St. L
Cairo
Voli i
St. Louis
Bloomington
Aixon
Mendota
Normal
la Salle
St Paul
Isontana
Oregon
Washington Territory
Coorado
Pacific Coast
Paul One
Knowledge of Sympathy in Animals and Humans
A town correspondent asks if animals feel sympathy. The writer argues sympathy is beyond lower animals, requires imagination and altruism, and notes dogs show the closest tie to human emotion. Animals display comradeship and distress responses but often lack genuine sympathy.
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John Burrough
Joan
Qvith
Sheriff Receives Questionable Advice Letter From Arizona Reader
The Arizona Republican reports a Santa Cruz County letter from Tom Parker asking how to handle a stepfather who threatens and chases his mother. Parker says he may shoot if necessary, asserting he would be in the right, and asks the sheriff for guidance on what to do.
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Santa Cruz County
Ariz
Charles Fowler
Tom Parker
Arizona Republican
Remedy for Heart Trouble and Other Readings
A collage of curiosities from old newspapers includes a prison anecdote from The Optimist about a rope escape ending in a fatal heart trouble cure, a comic mispronunciation tale from The Tattler on English versus French, and a reflective poem The Coming of the King by May Andrin Low, noting the burden of duty beyond personal kingship.
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Nolens Volens
Jackson
Detroit Tribune
Captain George W. Baird Retired War Hero and Inventor
Captain George W. Baird, U.S. Army, recently retired, is presented as a distinguished figure noted for a strong war record along with accomplishments as a scientist, writer, and inventor of notable pretensions.
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George W. Baird
U.S. A
Villa Presented by German Millionaire to Saxon Queen's Ex Wife
Herr Mankiewicz, a German millionaire, gives a villa at Meran to the divorced wife of the King of Saxony. The gesture signals high society intrigue amid royal divorce proceedings and exiled royalty.
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Herr Mankiewics
Meran
Saxony
Paris fashions mix light voiles and summer suits
A Paris fashion roundup highlights light blue and white checked voiles for morning dresses with shirtwaist or bolero and plaited skirts, plus a sheer lingerie blouse and belt. It reviews a new box-jacket suit with a Cavalier cuff and lace, summer evening dresses, and updated millinery including lily green hats with plumage. It also notes Mohair suit designs, and a Parisienne potato dish with butter and parsley.
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Paris
New York
Young Housekeeper’s Frugal Icebox Innovation
A novice homemaker uses white tissue paper to cover foods in the refrigerator to prevent odor transfer and contamination. She keeps butter dressing and other items wrapped with tissue held by a rubber band as a cost saving and hygiene measure. The article also drafts a Virginia style fried chicken recipe and begins Almond Candy with brown sugar and butter.
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Virginia
Fashion notes on ribbons and light fabrics this season
The article surveys summer fashion trends with fluffy net robes under ten dollars, knotting flowers on sashes, red linen cuffs, tan or gray shoes, and neat cloth spats. It highlights Parisian shifts away from weils, bright fabric trimming with black velvet ribbons, polo hats, and an influx of white pongee and India silks. Ribbon usage dominates garments from gowns to belts and trims, with wide edged ribbons creating skirt ruffles and puffed skirts. Heirloom laces and chiffons pair with ribbons and satin cords for future wear.
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Weils
Pineapple's Crown Care Hint Ends Abruptly
A fragment offers tips to remove finger stains with salt and lemon and to clean lacquered silver using hot water and washing powder. The snippet ends mid sentence about the pineapple's crown. This brief clippings reads like a domestic guidance note from a periodical.
Recipe for Achieving Old Look in Lace Dye
To get a soft old lace effect, steep green tea as an infusion using about a tablespoon per quart of water. Soak lace, then boil briefly in water with a pinch of baking soda to fade to the desired shade. Avoid coffee as it makes the lace too yellow.
Vintage fashion descriptions of hats and garments
Mauve chiffon cloth with tucked chiffon and Irish point quimpe and fancy appliques. White hat trimmed with Parma violets and dotted veil. Piaid galle Inight and dark brown trimmed with soutache braid. Tan hat with daisies. Pale blue Rajab silk coat and skirt with braid embroidery. Unders blouse Irish crochet gauze. White bat with shaded blue plumes.
Coins that vanished from circulation in American history
A look through Treasury records recalls old coinage retirements from 1857 to 1880. Bronze two cent pieces ended in 1878, silver three cent pieces ceased in 1873, and the two cent and larger coinages retired as relics. About 40 million in minor coins were minted, with millions remaining in hoards and collections.
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Act of Congress
Treasury Department
Congress
Washington Star
Northwest Passage Explored Through Bold Historic Voyages
Dispatches from San Francisco credit Captain Ronald Amsltindsen with finding the northwest passage, a milestone in polar exploration tracing back to John Davis and the Franklin era. The piece surveys commercial drives behind Arctic search, whaling wealth, and the long, costly quest ending with Nordenskjold reaching Yokohama via the northeast route in 1879.
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San Francisco
Ronald Amsltindsen
Northwest Passage
Europe
Orient
Sir John Franklin
John Davis
Godthaab
Greenland
Franklin
McClintock
Fish River
Franklin Wasade
F. Schwalla
H. Gilder
King William's Land
Northeast Passage
America
Willoughby
Chancellor
Archangel Bay
Adolf Erik Nordenskjold
Asia
Yokohama
Vega
Russia
Tiniest Athlete Sing Hpoo Brings Dwarf Wonder To London
A 24 inch tall Burmese gymnast Sing Hpoo, age 22, with a 22 inch chest and 22 inch hips, charms London crowds under the guidance of Capt. Weltzien. He demonstrates a long arm balance and somersaults using his partner’s hands as rings, speaks multiple languages, and enjoys an unusual appetite. He wears a 1905 style alk hat and a large gold bracelet given by Miss Lole Fuller.
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Smatun Sing Hoop
India
London
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sing Hpoo
Capt
Weltzien
Lole Fuller
The Men of Old and Modern Hearts in Verse and Prose
Poem fragments reflect on aging, contentment, and virtue. A later prose aside quotes Frank W. Gunsaulus on buoyancy. A humorous exchange about marriage offers closes the page with Cordellia bragging of six proposals and Elvird praising tenacity.
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Frank W. Gunsaulus
Armour Institute
Chicago
Dr. Lorenz
Dr. Cunsaulus
Cordellia
Elvird
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G. W. Everet
Logan House
Locan House
Galens
Blum’s
Eure Maudard
Galena Studio
Henning Studio
Illinois
Sas
Madison Division
Zen
Anuzzer
Alony
Andrin
Pittsburg
Eton
Ptchen
the Men of
Kiown
Anil
Iichard Stoneton Milnes
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