Unscrambled Rail Times at Burlington Crossing
Eastbound departures at 1 66 am and 10 08 am with 2 18 pm listed. Westbound services show 2 17 am and 1 17 pm and 78 19 pm by Burlington Crossing.
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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
2
Eastbound departures at 1 66 am and 10 08 am with 2 18 pm listed. Westbound services show 2 17 am and 1 17 pm and 78 19 pm by Burlington Crossing.
A correspondent rails against anti imperialist sentiment, tracing Josiah Quincy and the Louisiana admission to warn that radical movements threaten the Union. The piece urges loyalty to government authority and condemns internal subversion.
The Kewanee News uses voter figures to argue Prince lost ground in an off year, noting 1896 Moore beat Prince 15 741 to 1 459 while 1898 Prince led Andrews 23 404 to 12 042. The piece points to Populist shifts and county gains, suggesting Prince drew more votes than Andrews in proportion but warns against overinterpretation.
The Sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry completed mustering out by 5:80 yesterday with all but a few officers discharged. Paymaster Major Thrift distributed over $120,000 to soldiers, each receiving more than $80 before they left the Dome building. Captains coordinated the process with assistants tallying sums and stamping discharge papers as troops departed in carriages and on buses supplied by Springfield merchants. Soldiers celebrated, the regiment received expressions of praise for discipline, and Colonel Foster was honored with a Second Army Corps badge and a gold watch and chain.
The article surveys Harper's Christmas number with a color frontispiece and eleven Howard Pyle illustrations for Old Captain by Miles Hemensway, plus pieces by Fenollosa and Remington. Scribner's Christmas issue showcases a silver gold cover, Maxfield Parrish art, Ruskin reproductions, and Chamberlain on Anglo American policy, with other features and stories.
Local notes report weather disrupting work across farms and businesses in Illinois. Mentions include Jack Mongerson engines being overhauled, McCurdy Bros counting 3 009 bust corn, and various residents visiting family and attending funerals. The column also notes declining waterfowl and a push to repurpose the west foundry into a button factory.
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