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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
7
The Illinois Central will offer round trip tickets on Saturdays and Sundays at one fare for tickets valid for return before noon the following Monday. This limited winter promotion applies to trips leaving any destination, encouraging quick returns.
A dated rail timetable shows Illinois Central East Bound trains with times for passenger service between Waterloo, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Omaha, Sioux City, and Chicago. It lists express, freight, and manifest trains, arrivals from Chicago, and a note that all trains run daily except those annulled on Sundays.
A fragmented railway timetable lists trains including C R LOP and Twin City Limited with daily or Sunday stops at key points. It mentions 46 Chicago and Burlington passenger, 8 03 am and 4 40 pm departures, 72 Way Freight and 19 Twin City Limited times, plus various express and fast freight services with limited stops between major stations.
The clumsy OCR note lists several rail services with carriage names and times. It mentions northbound trains from Chicago and St Louis, Kansas City and Twin City routes, with east and west side statuses and various departure times such as 12:26 am, 2:10 pm, 6:65 am, and 9:06 am, plus express and mail services.
Waterlo o Cedar Falls North ern Railway schedule notes No. 41 passes Denver Junction to Omaha via C. G. W. Ry. No. 45 links Waverly with C. G. WV. to Omaha. No. 43 connects at Denver Jct with C. G. W. Ry. to points east to Oelwein. Nos. 43 and 44 connect at Waverly with C. G. W. Ry. to Omaha.
The readable text mentions a private pact or treaty under unclear terms, with references to weights and a wartime or political context. It hints at a medic or ointment preparation and a timeline or date. Names and places are garbled, but the fragment implies a restrained agreement or instruction in a legal or governmental setting.
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