Great Rock Island Route expands Midwest to the West
Advertises the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line with branches to Joliet Ottumwa Des Moines and Kansas City extending through Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Kansas and Colorado. Promotes daily express trains serving Chicago St Paul La Crosse Leavenworth and Sioux Falls with tourist line access to resorts hunting and fishing grounds. Includes ticket and folder information and asks readers to contact agents.
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Chicago
Rockleland & Pacific
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska
Joliet
Ottiausa
Peorie
la Selle
Moline
Rock Ieland
Tulinois
Davienport
Buscatins
Octumer
Oskeloosa
West Liberty
Iowa City
Des Moines
Knoxville
Atlantic
Audubon
Harlan Guthrie Centre
Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
St.’Paul
Minnesota
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Dakota
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Missouri
Leatrice
Fairbury
Nelson
Nebraska
Horton
Topeka
Hutchinson
Wichita
Belleville
Norton
Abilena
Celdwell
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Indian Territory
Texas
Arizona
Idahee
California
Ific
Fic
Rock
St. Gasenn
Leavenworth
Kanon
Paul
Northwest
Lafaye Boone
Joseph
Atchison, Leavenworth
Kanpate Ot
And
St. Paul
Indiana News Summary Highlights Oil Search and Local Events
Xenia explores for oil while towns report sleighing, ice harvests, measles, and revivals. Notable items include a gas well failure at Marion, a shift in political contests, a clampdown on trusts, and a pension office expansion. Authorities report 2 045 Indiana militia and 468 985 available men for duty. Local incidents feature a fatal beating near Troy and a boy born weighing two and a half pounds in Martinsville.
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Xenia
Laporte
Brookville
Goshen
Logansport
Seymour
South Bend
Bruton
Ligonier
Bartholomew
Hartford City
Lagrange
Morgan County
Carbon
Clay County
Posey
Hovey
Marion
Winchester
Big Lick
Blanchard
Marion Townships
Hancock County
Ohio
Democratic Central
Decatur
Shelby Counties
Cortes Ewing
Greensoute
Scott Ray
Carpenter
W.F. A. Bernhamer
Warnaw
Mt. Vernon
Vuigut
Gertrude Burtia
Wm. F. Burtia
Pension Department of
Indianapolis
United States
Frank B. Posey
Parrett
Congress
Warrick County
Vanderburg
Gibson
Pike
Perry
Spencer
Martinsvile
George Preston
Corda Thacker
Major Reynolds
Troy
White
Manual Labor Institute
Wabash
Chastitie
Jonathan Beeson
J. H. Hirschfelt
Seline City
Rudolph W. Donmeyer
Brenson Doud
Peru
Horace L. Hewitt
Jessie F. Fesler
Terre Haute
John P. Lancaster
Ott J. Meisel
George J. Zimmerman
Adjutant-general of the
Indiana
Generals of the Star
J. O. Henderson
Kokomo Dispatch
B. F. Loutham
Logansport Pharos
M. C. Benham
Richmond Democrat
F. A. Arnold
Greencastle Star Press
Luther Short
Franklin Democrat
W. K. Shaffer
Angola Herald
J. B. Stoll
South Bend Times
Royal E Purcell
Vincennes Sun
E. Morss
Indianapolis Sentinel
W. H. D. Hunter
Lawrenceburg Register
W. H. Beane
Goshen Democrat
Barrett
Senate
Odd Happenings from Around the World and Nearby
A Sydney organ for London, a world’s largest, costs 75000 dollars. Twenty three unclaimed Pacific islands noted by a London paper. Charleston’s look improved after rebuilding from an earthquake. Tennessee checkers club adopts The Seacoast Fishing and Shooting Club name. Tuccumbia Missouri lacks church for forty years, missionaries seen. Ulysses Nebraska man builds 400 by 42 by 12 foot corn crib for 23000 bushels. Philippine flowers reach nearly a yard across with five creamy white petals. A Georgia farmer’s mare aged twenty eight works with five colts. New harbor defense uses perforated pipes to spray petroleum on ships. French banker loses banknotes to a goat after drying them in sun. Bank of France reimburses the loss.
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Sydney
Australia
London
Pacific Ocean
Charleston
Tennessee
Seacoast Fishing and Shooting Club
Tuccumbia
Miller County
Ulysses
Phillippine Islands
Athens
Lille
France
Bank of France
Tobecco Chewing Husband Remark Goes Unfinished
The fragment shows a comic line after ascending stairs with a speaker claiming to be out of something, indicating a truncated joke or caption in a New York weekly page.
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N.Y
Indiana Senate and House Busy with Bills and Probes
The Indiana Senate debated and passed several measures including anti militia imports, a state mine inspector, and school openings while the House advanced child adoption, a minor loitering ban, and gas company regulations. Resolutions sought ex soldier staffing audits and temperance scrutiny, with clashes over alleged improper appointments and party politics shaping debate.
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Senate
Mth
Redkey
Sheridan
Indiana
J. D. Gatch
Dearborn Coniary
Lawrenceburg
Brown
Supreme Court Commissioners
Willard
Barnett
Thomas Chisholm
Pike County
Committee of
Thompson
House
Field
Inny
Indianapolis Gas Trust Company
Johnson
Mullinix
Logsdon
Greene
Mount
General Assembly
Kennedy
DeMotte
Indiana Legion
Mmonapolis
State House
Col. Robertson
Supreme Court Commission
Curtis
Wiard
Linck
Fields
Oppenheim
Callen
Barrett
Alls
Shockney
Gorgath
Dearborn
Bee Lake
United States
Grant County
Hale
Russiaville
Indiana legislative actions span relief for Gatch to state health bills
The Indiana Senate and House debate relief for James D. Gatch, a bill to forgive 2500 in county losses, and propose broad election law and registration reforms. Measures on prison funding, health department costs, and a live stock and veterinary board advance, with hundreds of pages of names and figures reflected in committee reports.
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Stull
Hughes
Stephenson
Zoastecher
Congress
England
United States
Canada
Jonesville
Bartholomew County
Curtis
Senate
John E. Sullivan
Marion County
Committee On
Michigan City
Lake Michigan
Hayden
Traylor
State Department of Geology and Natural Resources
General Assembly
Grose
Jackson
Johnson
Mount
House
Temperance
Union County
Supreme Court Commission
Barrett
Theill
State Board of Agriculture
F. G. Hubbard
Richmond
Indianapolis
Mr. Claypool
Fields
Adams
Committee On Judiciary
James D. Gatch
Dearborn
Gatch
Thompson
Jasper
Committee On Elections
Indianapolis News
Indiana
North Carolina
Michigan
West Virginia
Ireland
France
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Jack Howard
Howard
Edwin May
Sta
Dryer
State Board of Health
J. L. Campbell
Kankakee
Momence
Chicago
Campbell
House Committee On
Bigham
Bull's Baby Syrup Regulates Bowels Sold at Drug Stores
Readable fragments show an old advertisement for a product called Bull's Baby Syrup claiming to regulate bowels. The line hints at sale through druggists and emphasizes digestive relief.
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Weir Bros
TRADF
Young Brothers
OTS House
Otis
John Barnes
America
Wink
Wm.c. Weir
Undertaker
Laporte, Indiana
Ering
Paris
Marham
Arijl Roth
Augusta
Laine
Fi Jacobs
Oyanit
Jacob Oi
Sumecy
U.S
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Baltimore
Nin
R. W. Tansill& CO
State St
W. Tansill & Co
BR. W. Tanastie & Co
Police
United State
Livera
Semple
Richars
Pearnias
Castoria
H. A. Ageuen
M.D
Oxford
Brooklyn
Caxraca Courasy
Fulton Street, N.Y
Ehita 1
Cis
Great Rock Island
Ttibule
Palace
Niu
Gatly
Shicagzo
Omsha
Ransas City
Salt Lake City
Portland
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Francisco
Union
Albert Sea
Condensed State News
Gen. Hovey
Judge Parrett
New London
Jefferson County
Indiana Territory
James H. Lee
Riverside
J.F. Sullivan
Snaillivan
DePauw University
the State Legislature
Custer
Cullen
Work
Alldeacers
Mele
Lon
Rane
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