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Newspaper
Joliet Daily Sun
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1875
Page
3
Fragmented reminiscence of convalescence with a mother-in-law guarding secrets and a wife Susie tending health. The narrator recalls beef tea, fruit, and the two-days old baby. Letters from Susie comfort him as they plan a safe return to their country home while avoiding danger.
In a long legal dispute over a will, a man finally gains a home and reconciles with Susie and her grandmother Mrs. Gardiner. The case ends after three years, with Susie’s motherly presence uniting the family and earning deep affection from the narrator.
The Rock Island Pacific and Chicago schedules show western departures from Joliet and Chicago including Night Express and Mail Train times. After May 4 1875 trains pass Joliet on the C A R R with Night Express and Accommodations to Chicago and Descriptions of freights carrying passengers and notes on depots and agents.
Train timetable fragment notes Michigan entry toward Joliet with arrival in Joliet at 11 10 a m and 12 45 p m freight depot location at east end of Washington street mentions agent B McHugh and Chicago Mail service amid garbled OCR text with Lake Station timing uncertainties.
The Land Department offers over one million acres of farming, fruit and stock lands along the Read in the Great Neosho Valley on ten years credit. Special low transportation rates, maps and time cards available from General Passenger Department Sedalia Missouri. Trains from Hannibal and St Louis to Houston Texas offer through service with Pullman cars and connecting lines toward the Great Northwest.
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