Train timetable notes St Louis to Springfield and beyond
Local schedules show trains to St Louis and north of Springfield with parlor cars. Several departures to North and South, including runs to Staunton, Springfield, Litchfield, and Hillsboro. Agents Sommerlad Jr and Quackenbush announce departures and service details for routes in Illinois.
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St. Louis
Springfield
Peoria
Staunton
Litchfield
Hillsboro
P. R. Sommerlad, JR
Time Card for E St Louis and Suburban By Line
Schedule details list departures from East St Louis Collinsville Edwardsville Collinsville Maryville Matthews Crossing and Maryville paths. Timings span early morning to after midnight with multiple hourly departures and connections to Caseyville Edgemont O Fallon and Lebanon divisions. Generals THOMAS and HEWITT sign as Supt Pass Traffic and Gen'l Supt.
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St. Louis
Collinsville
Edwardsville
Maryville
East St. Louis
3Rd
Broadway
Caseyville
Edgemont
O'Fallon
Lebanon
Packers Methods Revealed to Jury in Beef Case
Chicago February 10. Swift and Co. methods for pricing and distributing dressed beef are outlined by Joe M. Lester, assistant manager of the fresh meat dept. He describes calculating test costs, setting an average request price, and telegraphing figures to branch houses. Lester admits frequent talks with Francis A. Fowler about test costs margins and shipments and says shipments to struggling branch houses would usually be cut. The government cites coded telegrams from Chicago to Eastern reps to show price fixing, many signed by Fowler.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Joe M. Lester
Lester
Francis A. Fowler
Mr. Fowler
Poet and Soul-Mate Quit
New York, Feb. 18. Meta Sin clair, wife of Upton Sinclair, and Kansas poet Harry Kemp have parted ways. Mrs Sinclair is at her brother’s home on West Eighty-seventh Street and separated from Kemp for several days. Parents told her she might return home, but they would not have the poet around. Kemp’s exact whereabouts are unclear.
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New York
Meta Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
Harry Kemp
Kansas
Sinclair
William M. Fuller
Eighty-seventh Street
Taft visit sparks bomb plot arrest in Newark
William F. Meyers, believed demented, was seized in the Newark courthouse crowd after President Taft arrived. He boasted of dynamite in two boxes to blow up the building. two cell batteries and hundreds of envelopes were found when opened at the police station. Meyers to be examined on the threat. Fire devastates a block of buildings on West Street in New York, with losses around 290000.
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Newark
N. J
William F. Meyers
Court House
Taft
Meyers
Crand
Miners Rescued After 24 Hours in Fairmount Mine
Fifty miners entombed at Fairmount Coal mine in Danville HY were rescued after rescuers cleared ice and debris from the air shaft. One by one they were hoisted to the surface as wives and children watched and aided with picks and shovels. The cage broke, trapping the men in a 200-foot shaft amid cold, exhaustion, and hunger. Food was lowered to sustain them during the long vigil.
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Danville
Fairmount Coal Company
Mineraat
Roosevelt Delays 800M Move Amid Campaign Hints
New York Feb 10 Roosevelt campaign details show allies urging patience as two months may pass before clear proof of public support. California Governor Johnson plans formal backing, Bass of New Hampshire to visit Bagamore Hull for talks, A P Moore editor hints Roosevelt will work with progressives.
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New York
Roosevelt
Johnson
California
Bass
New, Hampshire
Bagamore
Hull
Prisoner Green Flees During Forgery Trial in Springfield
Illinois brief reports a prisoner fled during a jury trial in the circuit court as attorneys argued a forgery case against J. M. Green. Sherman deputies and city police searched unsuccessfully for Green after the escape amid courtroom chaos.
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Wrangie
Springfield
J. M. Green
Green
Cold Weather Delays Oil Search In Perry County
Severe cold retards prospectors in Perry county and halts work at the Midvalley well at Denny where salt water has been pumped dry. Workmen face weeks of delay and plan to shoot the well when temperatures rise.
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Duquoin
Afl
Perry County
Denny
Mice Break Up Recital at Mount Vernon
A Shakespeare recital at Mount Vernon was disrupted by mice seen throughout the house. The disturbance frightened women who screamed and climbed onto chairs. The incident is attributed to no one in particular. Mad dog Attack on Cattle at Mount Vernon. A dog bit nine cattle belonging to Ferguson, causing losses over 1009. The herd was registered and the dog’s head examined showed hydrophobia symptoms.
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Mount
Vernon
Noboy
M. ‘Ferguson
Miners Rescued From Entombed Danville Mine
Rescue teams freed fifty miners from a Danville area mine entombment after a collapse at Pauimonyt Coed Company. Officials reported all workers alive and stable, with investigations ongoing into the cause of the incident.
Mac Keene the Philosopher and the Smoking Quest
A New York Evening Post item recounts Mac Keene, described as poor yet a philosopher, sharing winter evenings with a landlady who calls him studious. He devised clever tricks to quit smoking, including buying expensive cigarettes to curb consumption, a plan that failed and left him poorer and less temperate.
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Mac. Keene
Mra. Meyer
Mac Keene
MacKeene
Mac’ Keene
New York Evening Post
Local view postcard varieties at The Call office
Twenty three varieties of local view photo post cards are offered at The Call office. The listing highlights scenes from around town and promotes collecting cards featuring city landmarks and everyday life.
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Ean
Edwardsville Station
G. W. Quackenbush
Ill
South
E. ST. Louis & Suburban
Tos
A.R. Snodgrass Ariety Store
Packers
Swift
Fowler
Éast
Godman
Jersey Booster
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Madison
Lake Mendota
Algo
Madgen
Capitol
Wincorsin
Danville, Ill
T. R
Pittsburg, Leader
Illinois News
Cass
de Kalb
Joint Legislative Commission On Good
Tlinois
Pinckneyville
Herrin
Carterville
Johnston City
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Paxton
Paxton City Council
Consumers’ Electric, Light, Heat, and Power Company
Paxton Electric Company
Carlyle
Benjamin Schowalter
Surpass Oil and Gas Company
Pittsburg
Fee Pauimiondt Coed ‘Company’s
Brown
Bualness, Publishing Co
Pine Sts
t.Louis
Kingston
Troy
Riebold’s
Henry
Cy,kueker
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