Rock Island and Peoria Railway Depot Schedule
Train times and routes for the Rock Island and Peoria lines with departures from First Avenue and Twentieth Street. Listed are Denver Limited Omnibus to Worth and KC, Lincoln to Omaha, and Brooklyn connections. Notes include daily operation, Sunday exceptions, and depot agent remarks.
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Nem Rockisland & Jc Railway
Sonee Fifth Avenue
Orst Street
Frank H Plummer
Denver Limited
Omshs
Fu Worth
Denver
KC T
Berl
Civer
Lincoln
Omabe
Omaha
Hock Island
Chicago
Davenport
Rock Island & Peoria Railway
First Avenue
Twentieth Street
M A. Patterson
E L Goff
Peoria Express
Peoria
Spriggfield
Batl
Cable & Sherrard
WiLwac
St Paul
Chicasco, Milwaukee& ST. Paul Railway
Racine & Southwestern —Depot
Twentieth Vision Street
First
Se Avenues
Boslington
B. & Q Railway
Sixteenth Street
M J. Young
Rock Island & Northwestern Railway
Tri-City
Rock Island & Peoria
LF. Berry
Lows
1St Second Avenue
Geo. W. Wood
Rock Island
Sioux City
Nansens New Work On Ocean Depths Northern Waters
Dr Nansen plans a voyage between Norway Iceland Jan Mayen and Spitzbergen to study sea depths with new instruments measuring temperature and specific gravity at all depths. Dr J Hjort leads the expedition aboard the steamship Michael Sues as part of Sweden's international marine research effort. The work aims to clarify Fram expedition findings and enhance oceanography. Ladysmith Fame note: Canadian postal office opens in North Victoria County Ontario as Buller and Upper Thorne Center near Colougne renamed Ladysmith with further Ladysmith sites planned in western Ontario and British Columbia.
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Nansen
Petermann
Mitteilungen
Norway
Iceland
Jan Mayen
Spitzbergen
J. Hjort
Michael Sues
Sweden
Stockholm
Hjort
Fram
Ladysmith
Victoria County
Ont
Buller
Upper Thorne Center
Colougne
South Africa
Philadelphia Record
Ontario
British Columbia
Two Panthers Battle Sea Lion in Fatal Reef Clash
Two panthers swam from the mainland to attack a sea lion on a Californian reef. After a 30 minute brutal fight with the sea lion losing a flipper and bleeding, the panther finally killed the bull sea lion, while its mate and the surviving panther swam to the mainland. Blood stained the shore as observers noted a deep muddy hole.
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San Francisco
Forget Business At Night And The City Mist
Edward Bok in The Ladies Home Journal argues that night in the city harms health and work quality. He says daylight landscape views and quiet, unpolluted air foster better thinking, while city noises and lights hinder recovery and family well being.
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Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Genius Rewarded After Death Bold Vending of Fame
A cartoonish tale warns artists that genius is rewarded only posthumously. An eager painter laments lack of prices while a businessman explains the shortcut via temporary death. The scheme hinges on executor control, publicity, and the public’s morbid curiosity driving posthumous fame.
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Chicago Post
The Yellow Peril Allegory of European Unity
A description of an imperial allegorical drawing commissioned by Emperor William II captioned Nations of Europe defend your most sacred privileges. The image shows Germania with sword guarded by Russia, Austria and Italia urging Britannia, with Gallia wary, Archangel Michael signaling danger, and Asiatic hordes led by Buddha and a Chinese dragon advancing toward Europe across a burning landscape and protective river.
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Asia
China
William II
Orient
Hermann Knackfuss
Europe
Russia
Austria
Italia
Britannia
Gallia
Michael
Hohenzollern
Buddha
Evanston's Bicycle Bug Terrifies Rubber Tires
Evanston reports a curious insect dubbed the bicycle bug that attacks bicycle tires by drilling into rubber with long tentacles. The creature, likened to a hornet and described as an ichneumon by Professor William A. Lacy, is rare in the United States and may mistake rubber for tree pulp.
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Evanston
New Jersey
Chicago
Peter Arndt
Witt Bros
William A. Lacy
Northwestern University Biological Laboratories
Lacy
The Last Sortie at Ladysmith Laager
A 700 strong British force attacked a Boer laager near Ladysmith at dawn on December 10. Four Boers held the post and all were killed, leaving 17 British soldiers dead in the scene described by E. E. Easton in Harper's Magazine.
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Pretoria
Ladysmith
E. E. Easton
Harper's Magazine
Red Ant
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Teave
Minneapolis
L. Springfeld
Pea
Quin
Monmouth
Sterning,Clinton& Bn
Seeas
Beardxtown
Burton
West
Bt. Paul
Tee & Area
Galesburg
Dally
Sunda
Clinton
Rockford
Janesvile
Madison
Chiesto
Davenport, Rock Island & Northwestern Railway
Tri City
Tri-Cities
Chi Clinton
All Points
C., & N. W. Railway
Rock Inland
Sterling
Dixon
Nad
Omaha, Neb
Col
Chigidere
Utah
Pacific Coast
Newrkredseion
Dodd
Bright
Pill
Box
Watie
Dodd’s
Insurance
Chase, Hodgson
Fire Insurance Agency
American Ins. Co
Traders Ins. Co
Union Ins. Co
Rockford Ins. Co.Security Ins. Co
N Ins. Co
State of IS
Newark
N. J
Philadelphia
Rockford, Illew Haven
Conn
Rockford, Ilwa
J. M. Buford
Geo. Wagner, Jr
Glasgow
London Telegraph
Harlem
the Argus
Stearns
Spencer
J. Leveen
Commercial House
Market Square
Sulta
Moline Works
Moline, Ill
Germany
Hoffmann
Rock Island Drop and Press Co
Nineteenth St
Lewis
24Th St
Rock Island, Ill
Thomas van Tuyl
Argus
Mississippi Bicycles
S.A. Mager Mfg. CO
West Seventeenth Street
George Bick
Chas, Allembyrr
Pharmacist
Seventeenth St. Rock Island, II
Globe
Thine Eighth Street
Rockland, DL
A. Leithner
Academy OF the Visitation
Sisters of the Visitation
Fifth Avenue
Acad
New Academy
Oecey
Seper& Superior
L. A. Book Concern
Thirty-eighth Street
Seventh Avenue
H. 5
Bachman
West Virginia
Cash Grocery
F. J. Steele
Buford Block
Osteopathic
E. F. Stroehle
Boggess
Davenport, Ia
Central News Stand
Seventeenth Street
Chicsgo
Mitchell & Lynde Building
M. Sosna
Tie Desler
St. Ambrose College
Bridge Avenue
Avenport
Prof. W. Jacobs
Nelson's
Bay Grain
Magill
Ofavo
Eighteenth Street
OK Islando
Etwoop
Lucian Philbrook
Evvate Studio
D. D. Doran
East Third Street
Fifth Ave
Hoppe
Tallor
Twenteth St
Fourth Ave
Rock Island Savings Bank
Cru
P. Greenawalt
Miscar Building
B.P
Gus Englin’s
Gus Englin
Jone M. Paridon
Bewey A. Paridon
Paridon & Son
Tom A. Marshall Telephone Co
Ari
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