Railroad Time Tables for Co B Q Railroad Westward Trains
Historic timetable listing westward and eastward trains with stations from Chicago to Burlington and key stops like Galesburg Cameron Monmouth Kirkwood Sagetown Biggsville and Ar Burlington Freight and accommodation trains No 39 41 48 and No 86 88 40 with times and station stops. J D Arms and D W Hrroucock noted as station and general passenger agents.
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Sagetown
Burlington
LyChicago
Galesburg
Cameron
Monmouth
Kirkwood
Biggsville
Atlantic
Peps
ArChicago
Newmouth
Chicago
J. D. Arms
D. W. Hrroucock
Trains Northward and Southward Through Monmouth 1874 Schedule
A 1874 railroad timetable lists RRI St L trains north and south from Monmouth Illinois with stations including Bushnell Youngstown Creek Roseville Monmouth Grove Alexandria N Hendr'n and Rock Island. It notes Chicago stock freight north at noon and south at 10 pm. J H Williams station agent and George Snyder attorney at law provide local services.
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Teains
Mail. Express
Lyst
Cb&q C
Monmouth
Grove
Alexandria
N. Hendr
Cb&q C'ng
Lenox
Roseville
Creek
Youngston
Bushnell
St. Louis
Chicago Stock
J. H. Williams
Bible Gift to Monmouth Firemen Library
The Temperance Society presents a Bible to the Monmouth Firemen thanking them for their service and asking God to bless their welfare. Firemen acknowledge and praise the donation, noting their library relies on donors and appeals for continued support despite rough images of firefighters in the community. The exchange seals mutual gratitude.
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Monmouth
Firemen of
The
Temerance Society
Ible
Jesus
H. Reed
J. W. Berry
E. J. Gowdy
Draper Babcock
Ladies’ Temperance Society of
Monmouth Firemens Library Association
J. A. Boynton
Protracted Methodist Meeting Amid Country Temptations
In Monmouth area with few entertainments a long winter seeks relief in a protracted meeting under the Methodist church. Readers note a moral balance, yet describe bacchanalian revelries near the Corners where youths tempt peers with diluted alcohol, cheap and potent. The Corners earns an infamous local notoriety for degistry and low misdeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Methodist Church
City Council Proceedings Monmouth December 7 1874
City Council of Monmouth meets at nine in the morning with Mayor S Holt and Aldermen present. They approve minutes from November and handle claims against the city, including repairing sidewalks and cemetery lots, and authorize various bills and expenses. The meeting adjourns after reconsidering city financial matters and conflicts in the Fowler case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmovry
S Holt
Graham
Merridith
Gambell
Gilbert
Spriggs
Stevens
Peyton Roberta
Thomas Layman
City of Monmouth
Ald. Merridith
C. Coates
Frank
John Fowler
O. D. Wilcox
Jesse Rulon
Jacob H. Holt
J. R. Benny
Letter from Suez describes early settlement in Mercer county
A long reminiscence from a reader about Suez township near Rock Island Monmouth and Peoria Muscatine. It profiles founder families Bridger Mauck Ransom and Decker, notes the first post office and school, 1839 1845 land sales and trade development, and hopes for future growth including railroad links and commercial significance.
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Suez
Tax Review
Moses Decker
Zanesville
Ohio
Pope Creek
Suez Township
Mr. Decker
Galena
Henry Bridger
John Mauck
Henry Fleharty
Asa Ransom
Bridger
Leah Cline
Rock Island
Mauck
Stephen Fleharty
William Fleharty
Family Reading by Orpheus Kerr
A father asks his children what they have learned from a missionary book they heard. The kids recall humorous and grim passages, from forged checks to train robberies, while the father imagines teaching them to read the Herald Personals. The scene ends with the children’s distressed cries as the father bends to kiss them.
The Hornet An Odd Portrait From A Curious Writer
A humorous, rambling essay portrays hornets as dangerous, quarrelsome creatures with fiery tempers and strange habits. The author blends mock seriousness with odd observations on nests, behavior, and human parallels, finishing with a sly moral about wisdom and restraint.
Blunders of Men and Hornets in Jestful Tale
The piece muses on men bungling with javelins and lures of hornets. It notes hornets clever in bragging about wealth and attire, while people mock such behavior. Concluding, if hornets were more thoughtful they might show less presumption and more charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo
Bekauze Sum Bank
Western Patents Weekly List End Nov 3 1874
Western and Iowa Missouri patent notices list 1874 week ending dates for several inventors across Illinois Iowa and Missouri. Notable items include seed sowers bucket elevators link guides car couplings washing machines pruning implements and lathing devices. Names include Ezra Emmet W M Reeder J M Spahn H Hawkins P J Frantze W 8 Gregg J McNeill T W Page C K Myers and D D Hardy among others.
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Ezra Emmet
Franklyn Grove
N Hawkins
Chicago
W M Reeder
Dalton City
J M Spahn
R Little
Freeport
Peabody
Champaign
S J Vance
Palmyra
Masonic Gift Concert prizes urged for December drawing
A Norfolk journeyman bought a ticket to the Grand Gift Concert of the Masonic Relief Association. The second and last Gift Concert will be held on Tuesday December 29. Tickets may be obtained from Henry V Moore in Norfolk or an authorized agent. The article also notes curious animal anecdotes and reports a Pittsburgh strike where puddlers and iron manufacturers have a deadlock, leaving over 100000 workers unemployed.
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Missour’ River
Boonville
Northeast
Great Southwest
Hannibal
Points
Great Neosho Valley
St. Louis
Kansas
Texas
Chicago
Quincy
Galveston
Missouri
Thos. Dorwin
Masonic Relief Association of
Norfolk
Masons
Henry V. Moore
Scey
Association
Catlin
Rarey
Europe
Russia
Boston Journal
Senatorial boxing jests shape a Washington battle tale
Crawford reports from Washington on the Chandler Conkling boxing bust up and a later dinner prank involving Mr. Howard of Detroit who turned out to be Jem Mace, exposing rival pugilists and political tempers. The piece blends gossip about Chandler and Conkling with curious notes on science and home remedies.
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Conkling
Chandler
Crawford
Washington
Pittsburgh
Don Pott
Pratt
Geor Townsend
Rosco Conkling
Michigan
Howard
Detroit
United States
O Gymnasium
Mr. Howard
J. Howard
New York
Pugilist
Jem Mace
Corn and Hogs aheet on pork costs and corn prices
The article explains the estimated conversion of corn to pork, giving price per bushel and per pound across several corn and pork price points. It also describes a windlass tether device, postal satire, a boy seeking ipecac, and local notices including deaths, lawsuits, and railroad actions.
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Segars
Indian Sign
East Street
Manor
Mess N.S. Woodward
Orrick
Wallace
Public Square
Illinois
W. P. Smith
Side Square
Natlon
Broadway
G. W. Kennedy
West Side of Square
Monmouth, Ill
Saltzmann & Endriss
Anda
WM. M. Gregg
C. W. Mallam
TIN T. W. Wal
Bid Commission Merchants
la Salle Street
Chicagon
Utes
Taos
Missouri, Kansas
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
J. M. Merrill
Cotes & Norpots
Spriggs & Bro’s
Pref. Price
RRI
St L Railroad
George Snyder
Monmouth National Bank
Ill
James G. Madden
Monrmovuru
Vlinois
Madden
William Marbitall
James D. Seerett
Marshall & Sterett
LAW
Solicitors
Chancery
Wm. I. Smith
W. 8. Holliday
Fdireetedny
Roaney
Postoffice
Depot Stores
J. J. Glenn
John. W. Matthews
Glenn & Matthews, Ae
George Babcock
Almon Kidder
Hardin's Block
WM. C. Norcross
Westside Public Square
B. Stewart
Phelps
E. Stewart Stewart
Phelps & Stewart
Law and BoliciTors
Wallace's Block
H. Marshall
Monmouth and
John Porter
Tra G. Mosher Porter
John T. Morgan
Warren County
H. Curmmax
St. Augustine
Knox Co
South Ward
Greenbush
Berwick Street
McClanahan
Finance Committee
Win
Scott
Domgeesteeb Ree Sirisstseeseeew
D. W. Scott
Smith Work
D. D. Earp
Jacob Barner
Barney Murray
Engink
A. H. Swain
Denzell Williams
Eckles
O Q. D. Wilcox
Marshal Service
D Wilcox
R Peterson
FK Smith
William Miller
H Witt
Y Et Monmouth Mining and Manufactur Ste CO
Cincasescieszesses O Son
M_C Churchill
Eilenberger
Leader Printing Co
B Boyd
W Williams
C Coates
Marshall
Marshall & Sterret
Ransom Doney
William Flack
Wetmore
Daggett
Carlos Gambell
L F Jefferson
James Flack
Barney Murry
John Galloway
Thomas Clark
Henry Wise
George Claycomb
A. Kidder
Ald. Gilbert
N.Y
Strz
Mercer Country
Coas
Orpheus
Kerr
Minnie
Lonso
Small
Papa
the Hornet
Jon Billings
Enny
Orneta
Enny Kritter
United States Patent Office
W. B. Rion- Arps
J Hall
Shell Rock
A Wells
Oskaloosa
W J Berry
Marshalltown
Eee Soldering Machine
O VY Allen
T Barton
Shelbina
Chase Ellison
Clinton
Henry Climer
Muscatine
Nichols
Osage
P Hansum
Decatur
K Myers
G Rush
J Beall
Watercocks
D Davis
D Furlong
Owl
D Hardy
J Markee
Aledo
Mosely
Tlanter
Elgin
Taz Newsraver
Akron
Peoria
Prairie City
McLean County
Bloomington
Indiana
Jasper D. Ward
Congress
Carter H. Harrison
I. B. & W. Railroad Company
Penitentiary
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Minnesota
Boston
Justice Swarms
United States Supreme Court
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