Railroad Time Schedules and Train Routes 1900s Era
Rail schedule list shows No 8 11 25 a m from Dubuque via Savanna Moline to La Crosse and No 9 11 65 a m via Freeport Savanna Clinton Davenport. It notes Milwaukee via Davenport Clinton Savanna arrival 3 10 p m and Freeport arrivals for Dubuque division with car changes at Savanna. Multiple Peoria Bloomington Springfield Cincinnati St Louis routes listed with arrivals and departures through Rock Island East Moline Savanna Dubuque and other hubs. Connections at Barstow for Sterling and various daily or weekend services noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dupuque
Iowa
Milwaukee
Davenport
Clinton
Savanna
Freeport
Latosae
East Moline
Dubuque
Dubuque Division
Seavula
Peoria
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Springfield
St. Louis
South
Bloomington
United
Mercer County
Cable and Sher
Wa Ales Ooo
Aegs
Sherrard
Rock Island
St. Paul
Severia
Burlington and Quincy
Sterling
Beardstown
Quincy
Burlington
Lincoln
Denver
Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Baratow
Bunday
Dav- Empott Seccceccese Cocceeencee
Barstow
Train schedule details for Chicago Rock Island routes
Daily train timetable lists numbers and routes including No 1 to Des Moines No 8 to Council Bluffs and Denver No 6 from Council Bluffs to Denver No 19 to Minneapolis South Dakota and No 23 Chicago local No 26 Chicago to Omaha and Rocky Mountain Limited All trains run daily except Nos 23 and 24 with No 1 stopping at Rock Island on Sundays and Davenport to Chicago Monday and No 3 to Davenport on Sundays
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cable
Sherrard
Rock Island
Union Depot
Peoria
Des Moines
Oskaiooba
South Dakota
Chicago
Omaha
Rocky Mountain Limited
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
Kan City
Denver
Coors
Ft. Worth
Watertown
Sioux Falls
St. Paul
Davenport
Rock Island Co
Illinois City News Highlights Include Sawmill Accident and Assorted Local Happenings
Special correspondence reports Gideon Reed's head injury at Martin Bros saw mill and notes the nation’s president surviving a gunshot. The column lists visits, a LDS tent meeting, a Castle Grove Sunday school picnic with declamations, church meetings, school openings, staff appointments, and social visits across Illinois City in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Illinois City
Gideon Reed
Martin Bros
Castle's Grove
Hazel Dell
Eliza Cornet
Grace Hessman
Lulu Morehead
Mina Crabtree
Little Chet Roruff
High Caste Turkish Ladies Fear Contamination From Outsiders
A London Telegraph report describes a Turkish noble women’s caste fear of contamination from the outside world. It notes rituals like premeal hand washing into marble basins, refusal to touch doors or letters, and destruction of items touched by outsiders, while men reportedly do not practice the same precautions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London Telegraph
Animal Life Facts and Oddities From Various Regions
The notes describe Maryland sparrows raising up to six broods per year versus England where three is common, ostrich farms turning profit with birds valued at 100 dollars each, elephants living to 150 or 200 years, and a French anatomist linking chimpanzee and gorilla skeletons to human bone diseases. A brief exchange mocks a dentist and a misaddressed name, ending with a newspaper quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
England
Taylor Ridge News Briefs From IH Local Scene
Local notes from Taylor Ridge Illinois dated September include road work at a steam shovel site. Mr Ctappen drills a well for W Miller Chin week Mrs Helen Heath visits sister Mrs Jamey Miller. Frank Rousels hosts Ernest All 21st birthday party. Youthful humor and light society items conclude the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rousels
Ernest
Railroad Ticket Deals for Fairs and Conventions Listed
Rail lines offer reduced round trip fares to San Francisco and other destinations tied to events. Notable sales include G. A. R. Encampment in Cleveland, state fairs in Springfield and St Louis, W C T U in Fort Worth, and Cedar Rapids tours. Through first class and tourist sleepers, stops allowed in multiple states and British Columbia. Weekly trains to Chicago via the Rocket line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. I. & P Railway
San Francisco
Episcopal Church
Colorado
Wyoming
Texas
Montana
British Columbia
Moline
13Th Street
4Th Avenue
Chicago, Burington & Quincy R. R. Homeseekers
Utah
Black Hills
Minnesota
Cleveland
Ohio
Cal
Springfield
St Louis
Ith
Ft. Worth
Mit
Fristod
Popular Patent Remedies Sold in Local Drugstores
An advertising roundup lists Catarrh cures by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with a $100 reward for failures and instructions on dosage. Also promoted are Hall's Family Pills White's Cream Vermifuge Ballard's Horehound Syrup and Herbine tonic with prices and local sellers in Moline Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney & Company
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
F. J. Clendenin
Burgiee” Pharmacy
Moline
Ill
Ballard
Battles’ Pharmacy
Inl
Tll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicaxe
Rock Island and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Peterson’s Express
O. Peterson
Fifth Ave
Nelson 6
Rock Island & Pacific
Nervita
Nervita Medical Company
Clinton and
Jackson Streets
Chicago, Illinois
Muline, Illinois
Bronson
E.J. Bronson
Q Vasseazer Depot
Merchant's
Fourth Avenue
Moline, Ill
Ross Brothers
Eod
William Peppers
Furst
Albert Guyer
Andalusia
Isabelle France
Omaha, Neb
Amanda Reod
Harry McPherson
James Duffield
Sweetland
Maud Brisbine
Rosie Brayton
Edward Peppers
Ephriam Storms
Ethel Tyler
Edward Reeves
Samuel Fox
Taylor Ridge
Wm Reausch
Viola
Castle's
Mra Reaurech
Fra
Emma Howard
Ladies’ Home Aid Society
Mof Church
Mra M J Melvins
Mra Devien Robbins
Buffalo Prairie
Wm C. Tyler
Meo
J W Frizzelle
Agnes Shetler
Flllets Snell
Lily Waite
Grace Peptera
Charles Sedam
Greenbush
Bowman
TBR
Finickysturkakish
CADIS
Animal Life
Dr. Pullem
Pullem
Fuiladelphia Press
Ctappen
W Miller Chin
Helen Heath
Jamey Miller
John Hiakely
William Mack
Nannie Miller, Ruth Buffum and
Inesse Hinkeley
Rock Igland
Ethel Titterington
Washington, Ia
Dad
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo
Rome
Juliet
July
Ally Sloper
Rune
Tor
Cedar Rapine
Cedar Rapids
Towa
St. P
Co. E. Booker & Co
G, E, Booker & CO
Star Clothing House
Simon Hirsch
Third Avenue
Contrun
Thepatel
Skdmer
Sixtait
Stat Ke
Piomans Beraen
Totais
Busiriea
Fidelity Loan CO
Mitchell & Lynde Bl
Rosk Island
Eye Pa
Andreneen
Lisa
H. Lischer
Chan
T. A. Murphy
H. O. Seiffert
Otto Albrecht
H. H. Aniemus
Jena
Eran
Charles Ni
Jenry
Lischer
Bopos
Ita
Moline National Bank
Moldine, TN
Seersee Eensee
Ofywicere
Veo
Sve Candler
F. G. Allen, Co
P. Skinner
Wright
Porter Skinner
Geo
H. Edwards
H. A. Ainsworth
James G. Skinner
United States
Europe
Banking House
15Th Street
People’s Savings Bank
Moline State Savings Bank
Apital
Inteoresd
John H. Mueller
Second Ave
J. Mulholland
W. Parsons
McKinnie Block
Emory
Bth
Ave
Fifteenth Street
Rock Island ‘County
Cortnér Tot
12Th Street
18Th Avenue
4Th Ave
11Th
11Th Streets
E. E. Mangold
Giddrest
Davenport Typewriter
Ea Nat
Gore
Daniel
McManus Building
Owen Murphy
THE
Bluff Drug Store
11Th Street
16Th
J.B. Oakleaf
U. S
McKinale Bil
Mae
Eyer
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