Train Timetable Fragments for Muscatine Area Lines
Passenger and freight schedules for B O N Montezuma route and U R L P R railroad east and southwest routes. Details list departure and arrival times at Muscatine Wilton and other small towns, with notes on daily and Sunday exceptions andVestibule trains between Chicago and Denver via Kansas City.
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Chicago
Denver
Kansity
St. Joseph
Ago
Kansas City
Evans Astead
Washington
Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Timetable Summary
The Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Co announces a short line service linking Tri Cities, Clinton, Chicago, and points via the C and NW. Details show daily and Sunday passenger schedules with arrivals and departures to Davenport Iowa and connecting routes to Sterling Dixon and Madison. General Passenger Agent L. F. Berry signs the notice.
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Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern Railway Co
Tri-Cities
Chica Clinton
Davenport
Iowa
Ryggomen Sterling
Dixon SeAgo
BOA
Clinton
Omaha
Neb
Neb., bDeuver, Coo., Chicago 12:66 P. M. No. 4, B Lscivide €,Tockford
Janesville
Manion
Wis
Sterling, Dixon
Chicago
Rhoe
Sioux City
Clinton Ir
Denver
Colo
Chicapolis
Madison
Muscatine North & South Railroad Time Table
Schedule shows south and north trains for Muscatine with second class stations and daily service except Sunday. It lists train numbers 1 2 3 4, arrival and departure times at stations like Round House Fruitland Grandview and Elrick Junction, and notes connections with B C R N and Iowa Central to reach Burlington and eastern western northern points.
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Ly. Ly
P.M
A.M. P
Round House
Fruitland
Grandview
Warello i
Elrick Junction
Burlington
Couth
Muscatine
Iowa Central
Summer Schedule of Street Car Services Unclear Times
The document lists a summer timetable for street car operations with multiple routes. It covers departures from the company's office at 5:50 to 11:00 p m at 20 minute intervals, line stops at South Muscatine Park Place Fair Grounds Cemetery and others, includes a note that no passenger deliveries occur after 11:10 p m and irregular final services ending around 10:16 p m from an end point.
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South Muscatine
Park Place
Fair Grounds
Weave Company
Mercier urges invasion of England in Paris Senate debate
General Mercier in Paris declares France must prepare army and navy mobilization to invade England if war with Great Britain occurs. He cites steam, rail, and telegraph as enabling rapid embarkation. Stowe notes U.S. consul comments on Grahams, Milner’s future role, and Davies’s pro British stance amid Boer tensions.
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Paris
Mercier
Senate
England
Fleyland
Transvaal
France
Hich
M. Fallieres
M. DeLenessan
Stowe Pierced Coat Stirs South Africa War Reflections
James G. Stowe United States consul general at Cape Town arrived at Southampton on the same coat with a bullet hole from a Boer attack en route to Pretoria. He predicted the South Africa war would end within four months and noted Boer prisoners abroad urging peace while dismissing farm burnings as war tactics.
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London
James G. Stowe
United States
Cape Town
Southampton
Pretoria
Stowe
South Africa
Christian Botha
Louis Botha
Buncombe
Shipping report on the canal favors the Nicaraguan route
Washington December 5 the senate opened debate on the ship subsidy bill as unfinished business. Frye of Maine argued the United States must restore its merchant fleet, citing British and German advantage and higher costs of American ships. He explained subsidy details and questioned vessel speeds and agricultural freight benefits.
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Washington
Senate
Frye
Maine
Committee On Commerce
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Clyde
Clyde Steamship Company
Commerce Committee
United States Shipping
Dolliver
Gage
Congress
Four Men Arrested After Post Office Burglary Attempt
Portage Wisconsin December 5 four men arrested at Necedah brought to Columbia county jail by Sheriff Hunt of Adams county. They gave names Thomas Ellis Richard Eagan Charles Johnson and Frank Strong believed fictitious. Officers found giant powder fuses skeleton keys and burglars tools. The post office and store building was entered. safe attempt failed. They await trial in Adams county as it has no jail.
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Adams County
Wisconsin seeks 150000 for university agriculture building
Madison reports plans for a new substantial building for the university school of agriculture to be funded by a $150,000 appropriation next legislature. Architect Jennings drawing the plans for a handsome student farmers facility. Lansing notes railroads expect record earnings in Michigan with gross to Nov 1 at $32,641,215 versus $29,650,020 last year.
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Madison, Wis
School of Agriculture
University
Jennings
Lansing
Mich
Chase & Osborn
Michigan
How to Get to California Cheaply
Advice on inexpensive travel to California provided by Jno G Farmer of Cedar Rapids Iowa. The guide cites contacts at A G P T A B C R N Ry and suggests seeking full information through these channels for affordable routes options and arrangements.
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California
Jno
G. Farmer
C. R
N. Ry
Cedar Rapids
Nicaragua Canal Report Favors It Over Panama
The Nicaragua canal commission released its report stating Nicaragua would cost about 58 million dollars more to finish than Panama when excluding land costs. It notes the New Panama Canal Company shows no willingness to sell, and even if it did the price likely would not reduce total U S cost below Nicaragua.
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Washington
Nicaragua Canal Commission
Nicaragua Canal
Panama Canal
New
Panama Canal Company
United States
Nicaragua Route Favored for Isthmian Canal
A commission backs the Nicaragua route as most feasible for a U S built canal under U S control and ownership. Estimated cost for a 35 foot depth is $200 540 000. Washington reports note Congress brief session with shipping subsidies debate and other routine business.
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Nicaragua Canal
New York
Liverpool
San Francisco
Nicaragua
Panama Canal
Colombia
United States
Panama Canal Company
Costa Rica
Othr
Commission
Cnime
Washington
Tharnimors
Sulzer
Blell
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Cincinnati
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Ruby Jerome
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Minnesota
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Georgia
Wisconsin University
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