Illinois Central Train Time Table Nov 27 1904 Madison Galena
Time table excerpt shows train connections and schedules for Galena Madison Milwaukee and Chicago routes. Includes north west and east bound trains, connection times at Madison St Paul Chicago Omaha and St Louis, and notes on through services and freight passenger carries. Agent T J McDermorr signs off with listed station times.
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Galena
Crain
Chicago
St. Louis
Peseees
St Louis
Galena G North
St Paul
Minneapolis
St. Loly
Canada
Ay Arena
Chicago St. Paul
M. J. Burns
Cloce
Madison
Eau Claire
St. Paul
Milwaukee
South Madison
Illinois Central Railroad
Bt. Paul Limited
Eeese Creeve
Larrive
Omaha Limited
Omaha Express
Galeny
Phe Mail
Chica
Sioux City
Abuque
St. Paul-Chicago
Lim
Chicago Limited
Express
Mrrives
St.Louis
Decatur
Ccc Eeeerasesese
Trive
Quiro
Bloomington
Nixon
Mendota
Normal
la Balle
Omaha
St. Nul
Fontana
Oregon
Washington
Terriory
Coorado
Pacific Coast
T. J. McDrrmorr
Dainties on Chinese Menu Featured in Traveler’s Notes
A traveler describes Chinese culinary favorites including sundried cuttlefish fins of sharks and edible birds nests. He notes gelatinous and cartilaginous ingredients dominate daily fare with fins resembling northern skate and dogfish fins and cuttlefish varieties ranging to the octopus. Birds nests are costly and mostly affordable to the wealthy.
Capturing the Wild Broncho by Relentless Pursuit
Country Life In America describes how horses are broken by exhausting the herd through relentless chases. Indians used a similar method walking wild ponies through days and nights of dash and thirst until exhaustion. White trappers employ two or more riders paralleled by camp setup and shared pursuit.
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America
Racing Ponies Shortened by Hoof Measurements
The London Pall Mall Gazette reports ponies in India, Egypt and beyond are measured ¾ to 1 inch shorter than natural. Hoof trimming has limits but ponies can be trained to stand with heels apart and heads restrained before grading. The usual allowance is two pounds per quarter inch in the age class scale.
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India
Egypt
London Pall Mall Gazette
Pussy Willow Poem Recalls Spring Yearning
A Minneapolis Tribune verse depicts melting brook and maple sap as signs of spring. The crow suns its wings on a elm while pussy willow buds push through mossy pillows and north winds fade. Children are invited to welcome the first green hints of the year.
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Toby
Pussy Willow
Minneapolis Tribune
Matrimony and Hygiene Wryly Linked by Health Certificate Idea
A witty remark ties marriage to a health certificate with a critic noting the humor in a proposal demanding a clean bill of health. The piece additionally muses on the burden carried by a medical officer who might need to inform a hopeful Romeo that his digestive arrangements fail the test.
Chicken Played Possum Playful Recovery
A correspondent recounts a cat dragging a nearly full grown chicken into a room. The chicken lay motionless as the cat dropped it, but the bird suddenly stirred, opened its eyes, and, sensing danger, rose and ran away.
Trap Set Bit by Wife Over Pantry Mouse
Browning asks if jealousy is involved. Smithkins explains the trap was set to catch a mouse in the pantry last week, and his wife simply wanted to trap the rodent.
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Smithkins
Browning
Not Quite Clear The Prisoner Complaint At Trial
A Cin cinnali Enquirer brief notes a prisoner alleging police assault after arrest. The judge asks for damages and the case proceeds to determine liability and compensation.
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Cincinnali Enquirer
Seizure of English iron beds sea deposits by new wall
After five years and 2.5 million dollars 170 acres of rich iron deposits off Cumberland coast are claimed from the sea using a semi circular sea barrier almost 7 000 feet long. An earlier wall left 5 million tons of ore but quicksand linked underground work to the sea, prompting a larger enclosing scheme. The outer bank uses rubble limestone with heavy blocks to break waves while the inner bank uses limestone with clay filling forming a submarine cutoff. An indicator device in rifles shows unexploded cartridges to prevent accidents.
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England
Cumberland
Wireless Tests on Trains Promising for Dispatch Orders
Purdue University researchers plan series of wireless telegraphy tests to place a receiver in locomotive cabins. If successful, engineers could receive dispatch orders without stopping the train. Kelsey has led experiments. Lafayette’s campus affords ideal testing, with lines of four railroads visible from the electrical engineering building. The X rays polarization achievement notes rays vibrating side to side, with more to learn about their foamy, scattered nature in various substances. Victoria Bridge at Victoria Falls, Africa, has been completed using a rope mesh and canvas cradle to catch workers and tools during high trestle construction.
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Purdue University
Kelsey
Purdue
University At
Lafayette
Ind
Victoria Bridge
Zambesi River
Victoria Falls
Africa
Building a Concrete Chimney and Cement Roof Advice
The guide explains cement roof impractical due to weight and presents alternatives such as shingles or metal. It details constructing a concrete chimney with molds, cores, and a shaft, including dimensions, placements, and assembly steps. It covers mixing ratios, reinforcement by bands, and finishing with cement wash.
Frame of a Small Stable Plan for 20 by 28 Foot Barn
The plan shows end bents for a 20 by 28 foot stable with 12 foot walls and a hip roof. Upper rafters end at seven feet while lower rafters reach eight feet. Center bents may omit perline girt and use braces to stabilize posts, enabling a hay fork in the barn, though this reduces roof stiffness compared with using perline posts and plates.
Proportions for a Concrete Cistern Wall and Arch
For a round cistern about 15 feet deep the wall should be six inches thick and the arch eight inches thick. Use six parts gravel to one part Portland cement for the main concrete and five parts gravel to one part cement for the arch. Plaster the inner walls with two parts clean sand to one part cement and finish with a water brushed surface. Ensure eighteen inches of soil above to prevent frost. If a square cistern is desired, walls should be one foot thick for a 15 foot depth.
Drum of Stump Puller Drum surface choice for rope winding
A stump puller drum should have a grooved surface to wind wire rope in smooth layers. Grooves prevent rope from climbing and crossing itself, avoiding tangles. A smooth drum tends to cause the rope to twist and ride over itself during winding.
Leading a Hapless Dog Through the Street
A fragment describes a dog dragged along by a person, with dialogue highlighting the animal's unhappy life and the observer’s concern over its treatment. The scene centers on street cruelty and a call for awareness.
Cat hunting expert Minnie the trained cat story
A California boy Lester Whilgariff of Sausalito trains his cat Minnie to assist in field hunts. Minnie, a half Maltese cat about 11 years old, works with Don Roderigo the dog to fetch birds for Lester. The pair learned together, and Minnie now carries birds to Lester before any feeding.
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Minnile
Don Roderigo
Boston's Rival in Boyertown Political Exchange
An open-air meeting in Boyertown features a candidate praising local citizens before declaring the town the center of the universe. An old resident challenges the claim, prompting a humorous exchange about the horizon and geography as the crowd laughs.
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Boston
Boyertown
Philadelphia Ledger
The Pestiferous Rat Caters to the Zoo
The article describes rats feeding on a sleeping man and a live pig, and even gnawing the nails on elephants feet at the London Zoo. Rat activity caused restlessness among elephants, with keepers finding flattened rats near the rhinoceros.
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London Zoological Gardens
Mercury use in canal body search at Brentford noted
The Pall Mall Gazette reports that mercury is employed to locate a drowned body in the Brentford canal this week. Its advantage lies in reaching lower levels and penetrating mud or sand beyond ordinary dragging tools.
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Brentford
Cheerful Woman Exhorts Against Petty Woes
An exhortation urges women to avoid petty vexations and small disappointments that sour mood and temper. A cheerful heart aids nimble hands and clear minds, while anger wastes vitality and harms others. Excharpe proclaims no misfortune is so great as a sours temper.
Flavoring Medicine and Fads in Aromatic Tonics
A doctor vents about patients and fashion in scenting medicines. He recounts a quarrel over flavoring a prescription with Swiss Lilac to suit a patient’s perfume. He notes seasonally changing tastes in drug extracts from sweet peas to peppermint to lavender and explains peppermint’s popularity and harmony with ingredients.
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New York Herald
Beardless Youth Aids Moonshiners In Winter Camp
Secretary of Agriculture appoints a young forest service employee from northern Tennessee. He shelters eight armed moonshiners, shares breakfast, and later receives back all consumed goods when they return, revealing the moonshine run from a government inspection.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Bureau of Forestry
Tennessee
Food and restraint among Japanese troops noted by foreign attaches
A foreign correspondent recalls Japanese officers sharing simple meals and avoiding luxuries in Antung. He contrasts their discipline with a culture of restraint, citing Gen Nogi’s cloak charity and the soldiers' sobriety, frugal diet, and minimal drink while smoking cheap cigarettes as their only luxury.
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Kuroki
Antung
Nogi
Love and Lovers Across Nations in Lectures by M Hugues le Roux
The speaker compares how love is expressed in Spain Italy Scandinavia America France and England. Spain flirts with fancy gestures while Italy values passion. In America love shows in financial acts and silence, France favors dialogue, and England prizes companionship over speech.
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M. Hugues le Roux
Spain
Italy
North
America
Thinkin Back by James Whitcomb Riley and Edison tale
A collage of reminiscence and antiquated verse opens with James Whitcomb Riley style nostalgia about growing older and memories of childhood. It segues into a disjointed excerpt about purity of blood and disease, concluding with a note about Edison’s birthplace in Milan.
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Crick Honkas
James Whitcomb Riley
Reader Magazine
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