Chicago Rock Island & Peoria Railway Timetable Highlights
Train connections listed for Denver Omaha Minneapolis Des Moines and Chicago routes. Departure times vary with daily and Saturday differences. station at First Avenue and Twentieth Street. Frank H Plummer agent. general passenger information and note on trains departing earlier than listed.
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Chicago
Rockisland & Pamne Railway
L& P Twrenierk
Hf & Pgepot
Fitts Avenue
Thirty-fist Street
Frank H Plummer
Denver
K.C
Minneapolis
Omana
Deg Moines
pOmeba
Ounabs & Loncoln
Lincols
Omahu
Beaver Cincon & Omshi
Lew Moines
Hook Island & Bureau Acom
St. Paul & Minneapolia
Rock Island & Peoria Railway
First Avenue
Twentieth Street
M. A. Patterson General Pasen
Avecat
Rt &P
Davenport
Rock Islait & Northwestern Railway
Deper
la Ten
Wood City
Cheon
Milwaukees
ST. Paul Runwas
Tacine & Southwestern Division
First
Second Avenues
Breckinridge
Ankive Malland Express
Po St Paul Express
Daly
Uying
Unfinished Tales and the Difficulty of Finishing
A discussion of authors who cannot complete works, recalling Dickens and a New York Ledger episode where an exciting serial halted after four weeks due to the creator's loss of inspiration. Bonner attempted to help the impecunious writer, including drives and bribed encouragements, but the tale remained unfinished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Edwin Drood
Bonner
New York Ledger
Ledger Mead
Lke
Tate
New York Commercial Advertiser
Fractured Trust Office Scene Ends With Identity Confusion
In a tense bank scene a dignified woman refuses to identify another, a second woman disputes the claim, and a bank official forces a reluctant identification over a key. The confrontation reveals social tensions and a wary neighborhood dynamic in New York.
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Pihdladet
Birk
Dex
Sun
Thought They Were Dore in Dawson City Tales
An observed narrator recalls summer and winter in Dawson City with awe in a New York Independent style vignette. The piece highlights guides, travelers, and stray animals encountered on the trail and the joy of close, harmless wildlife interaction.
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Dore
Dawson City
Lee
White Pass
Wollen
Mien
New York Independent
Hartford Courant Correspondence on Barnum Letters
A Hartford Courant correspondence recounts a shipping bureau letter sent to Jobo Busan regarding a work by The Life of Mr. Bainmas. It notes posthumous Barnum influence, tickets sent to clergy, and a joke about Dr Joel Hawes and Barnum both being dead. A Chicago Record quip about an apprentice electrician closes the item.
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Hartford Courant Telly
Jobo Busan
Bainmas
Bunran
P. T. Baru
Hartford
Joel Hawes
George L. Walker
First Church
Dr. Hawes
The Coquelache Influenza Through French History
An excerpt traces the influenza history from Russia through era names like coquelache and mentions its Paris outbreak in 1580. It recounts symptoms described as rheum head and body weariness, noting the era’s crude remedies such as abstaining from wine, bleeding, rhubarb, and limited food and drink. It cites Pierre de L Es toil’s diary noting 10,000 deaths in Paris within three months.
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Uriv
Russia
Coquelache
Pierre de L'Estoile
Henry III
France
Paris
Cassia
Gargling Techniques and Notable Historical Mentions
The piece discusses gargling methods to reach the pharynx, comparing usual and nose-held head-back techniques with practical tests. It then drifts to hotel lore and anecdotes, mentioning the Phevix Hotel as a historic site in Lexington and various social anecdotes from newspapers, including Jack Peters and a professor’s quip about standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Asten Burr
Sis
New Empire
Herman Blenrhassert
Jefferson
Lafayette
Santa Ana
Lexington
Bragnith
Grant
Arthur
Lexington Eye Observer
Interview With Seward A Sun Reporter Obtains Revelatory Meeting
Amos Cummings, Washington correspondent for The Sun, demanded an interview with Secretary of State William H. Seward. Seward initially resisted, but Cummings asserted three parties to the meeting and pressed for information. Seward relented and granted a decisive interview that The Sun used as a top news story.
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Amos
Seward
Amos Cummings
Washington
New York Sea
Lincoln
Cummings
The
Sun
New York Law
the Sun
Saturday Evening Post
Simplicity of Fan Generates Laughter in Albany Lecture
Chauncey M. Depew recalls Artemus Ward delivering a Mor mons lecture at Albany that started dull and ended in a burst of laughter. Ward faced a fashionably proper audience until a strong avalanche of humor sparked a hysterical finale. Ward’s method illustrated how association and sentiment trigger panics when no economic troubles exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey M. Depew
Artemus Ward
Albany
Ward
Sherman near to John Sherman in Philadelphia campaign
A near-Sherman ally recalls the night’s Kodak portrait of the politician drawn by newspaper artists. The senator’s reaction to the lifelike caricature sparked reflection on public perception and critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherman
Tsu2
Sherman
Academy of Mirsie
Philadelphia
Lam
Liam
Sacueday Evening Post
Paper Rugs and Fortifications in Divers Topics
A collage of brief notes covers paper rugs heirloom in households, wall textures, then switches to military fortifications using earth and sand bags, followed by light quips about writing and a shoe shine barter anecdote from city life.
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Korea
Back Arches and Fear in Animal Postures
The article discusses how cats arch their backs not from anger alone but in fear mixed with anger when meeting a doe, comparing to similar animal postures in Darwin's notes and contrasting defensive stances in different species. It then shifts to a Washington Post anecdote about a young married woman in Columbia Heights and a discussion about mice and food storage, highlighting a clever criminal-appearing idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Heights
Ayem
Nothi
Washington Post
Nicknames of British Regiment Nicknames of Grenadier Guards and others
The Grenadier Guards were nicknamed The Coslheave because they once wore plain clothes for private work. The Twenty-eighth were The Fore and Arts. The Cheshire regiment The Lightning Conductors. The Gallant Fifth known as The Blind Half Hundred and The Dirty Half Hundred. Other lines note regimental nicknames and a study of animal behavior in wildlife contexts.
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Grenadier Guards
Lans Deen
Stirh
Alexandria
Cheshire
Becans
Lichtning
Lonmlon
Notice of Publication in Rock Island Court
Sweeney and Walker representing Jacob Augepurger sue unknown owners and heirs in Rock Island County Illinois to quiet title in multiple tracts across sections 26 27 and 28 in townships 20 north range 2 east. The case names Edwin A French Elliott Hurroun Ralph Sage and Mary J Holsapple as relevant parties with hearings set for May term in Rock Island. Clerk George W Gamble notes publication and summons issued for nonresident defendants to answer.
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Weeney & Walker
Attororys
State of
Milnois
Rock Island County
Circuit Court
Jacob A. Augepurger
Rock Island
Uliaols
Porih Rast
Stheast
Couny
Durcis
Edwin A. French
Edowin A. French
Eiliote Narvoun
Secu
Township Sun
Tange
Tharch
Wwe
Meredosia Slough
Towenship
Meredosia
Stoex Island
Talles
Tate
Ulinais
Station Twenty-Seven
Illinois
Féwin
Elliot Hurroun
County
Linois
Ralph Sage
Della Sage
Ilinois
Illneis
George W. Gamble
Stace
TIONS
MV. Holsapple
Mary J. Holsapple
oBlee
Sid Circuit
Konk Island
Fort Id County
Fane
Wil Grokor W_ GAMBLE
Reel Island
McCaskiln & McCaskill
Estate sale hearing for guardianship minors in Rock Island
Martha With guardian of Josephine King Mary Martha Wirle Erol Wirle and Nicholaus Wirle minors will seek a court order in Rock Island county Illinois at the May term to authorize sale of an undivided one fourth interest in Thompson and Well addition described land in Rock Island for the minors support education or investment through the guardianship in the Thirtieth year of the 1900s era.
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Kent
Anderskmned
Martha With
Cuardian
Josephine I
Mary Martha Wirle
Erol Wirle
Nicholaus Wirle
Reek
Islind
Louse
Rock Island
Guarlian
Delonwine
Illinois
Uinols
Thompson & Well
Bald Addition
Mantua Wren
Xaid
Ladolph & Rev Solos
Notice of Publication Chancery Rock Island Court
In the circuit court Rock Island county May term 1900 Elle Boltz complainant v Charles Bargboltz defendant chancery. Affidavit of nonresidence filed in Rock Island clerk’s office. Nonresident defendant warned to answer by May term, otherwise default. Court to meet May 7 1900 in Rock Island city.
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Rock
Elle B.joltz
Charles Hing
Fendant
Januay
A.D. Mao
Charles Dargholtz
Rock Wand
Inesid
Eaid Court
Rock Island
Bolidtore Maret
Veterinary and dental services advertise in 19th century directory
A mixed listing shows veterinary services for horses and cattle with surgeries, residence at 26 Fifth Avenue, and night calls. Also includes Dr M A Hollingsworth, specialist in nervous and chronic diseases, with hours and locations. Dr C W Grafton dentist appears with office hours and street address at 210 Fifteenth Street nearby.
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Fifth Avenue
Omoa Sad Jimilimary
Fourth Avenue
Maucker
Arrison
Second Streets
Apposite Pew Boston
M. A. Hollingsworth
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Burlington
7 & Q Railway
Slateenth
M J Young
Trave |Armivs
Peona Stur
Quin
Monmouth
Mhienen
Sterling Clinton
Deitraesie
Dencia Heardstown
Inarton
Denver and
West
St Paul & Minneapolis
Dutaque
St L. Kens
Beches
Galeeture
Dally
Sprgeld
Cincinnati
Peonie
Rpriieweld
Peoria
Halle
Caistle & Sherrard
Alle & Sue
Accu
Cable & Herrard
Insurance
Chas. E. Hodgson
Fire Insurance Agency
American Ins. Co
Newark
N. J
Traders Ins. Co
Chicago, Il
Union Ins. Co
Hiladelphia
Rockford
J. M. Buford
Ota
Wtura
Geo. Wagner, Jr
Har
Geran
Second Avenue
SMITH
Harper House
Second Ave
Jack
Salt Lake City
Boxelder
Utah
Jack Peters
Search
John Peters
Lize Waters
Eliza Waters
Lize
Asker
Wade
Washington Star
Simon J. Brown
Naval Observatory
Professor Brown
Orter
Ladies’ Home Journal
Naggus
Borns
Philadelphia Press
Ivery Place
Cork
Larry
Chicago News
Darwin
Stark
Birds of
South Africa
Kansas City
Jamaica
Asia Minor
LEGAL
Sweeney & Walker
Solicitors
Notices of Publication—Chancery
Mocaskrin
Anorpess At Law
Milan
Rock Istana
Krel & Math
Gain Street
C. Comwally
Attorneys At Law
Thomas
Seventeenth Street
Rock Island Nations
Seok Tulla
al Lepones
Reynoles, Loudolph & Reynolds
Newry Dublin
Harora
Swany, Ou Witean, Sweeney & Walker
Omce
Bengston Block
Searle
Searle & Marshall
McEniry & McEniry
Avtorreys
Rake
Referenos
Mitchell & Lynde
Imee
John K. Scott
City Attorney of
Wichell & Lynde Building
F. H. First, M. D
Omoes
Omice
Cora Emery Reed
Sixteenth Street
Rock i
Burkhart
Omee Tremann Vlock
Fe Muland
Cc. T. Foster, M
Sentient Street
Todp
Caile Fron
Fice
5. H. Millee
DR. H. Emmet Steen
Davenport, Jows
Ofice
Harper House Pharmacy
C. W. Grafton
Fooms
Poe
J. T. Taylor
Fiebteenth Street
Halon
Architects
wLoRia T. Henry Gaetje, Prop
Chippiancock Nursery
City Store
John Volk & Co
Imle
Polen Plata
Art Gissafie
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