22 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
1
A local store advertises a month long sale featuring up to date spring designs at about half the usual price. It touts extensive stock across departments such as wall paper lace curtains baby carriages glassware groceries carpets and sewing machines with dozens of bargains and wholesale style pricing to attract customers.
The item notes a historic figure from the Moscow battle with 90 000 lost, and includes a remark about casualties from the 1812 Moskowa clash. It also mentions O C Kraemer of Kraemer Piano Co returning from Chicago with an order for Baldwin pianos to be delivered May 15.
Announcements include weddings and visits with people like Mr Louis Kramer and Miss Lillie Gear among residents. Miss Addie Bergman travels to Platteville while Miss Gear recovers from illness. Mr Phil Sheridan greets friends, and Louis Anschutz transacts IC business in town. A woman on Jackson street trips on Commerce street and injures her head. An upcoming Neptune Hose Co dance at Turner Hall with admission prices is listed.
A Tribune reader urges Galena to imitate Hammond Indiana and La Porte Indiana, where aggressive promotion drew large factories like Reid Murdock Co and others. The letter argues rail access and labor peace exist in Galena, but success hinges on concerted municipal effort and cooperation between business leaders and citizens.
A collage of advertisements and notices including horses for sale roses and carnations priced, flour for sale Prairie Queen by Mrs Hallet, brick ice cream from Hollander's drug store for Easter, a baby born to Mr and Mrs Patrick Vaughn, a county map offer for all schools, a Rose Leaf Camp dinner and silk quilt event at the Caille Building, an Aristocratic Tramp show at Kilroy and Britton with money-back guarantee, and a Y M C A Sunday meeting with Easter piano selections.
Members of Co M are called to a drill next Wednesday evening April 26 to escort Col Byron on April 27. A second item asks voters to choose between issuing bonds up to 18000 for a new high school or approving a building levy of 2 12 percent, with details framing costs and future taxes.
Easter services are planned across several churches with detailed liturgies. South Presbyterian Under Rev John Van de Erve hosts morning Sunday school at 10 and a Master service at 11, plus afternoon and evening programs. First Presbyterian and First M E also announce sunrise devotions, special anthems, solos, and sermons centered on immortality of the soul and living Christ. Public invited to all sessions and district ministerial events.
A reception at 162 Main Street hosted by the National Biscuit Company showcased products like Uneeda Biscuit and Nabisco Sugar Wafers. Decorators, open-box tasting, and packaging emphasis highlighted freshness, purity, and flexibility of biscuits for all occasions.
The Mississippi River is falling with a stage of 9.6 feet, down 0.3 feet in 24 hours. Anticipated stabilization and potential cessation of the decline are expected within the next day. River men report increasing erratic flows and shifting currents complicating navigation.
River high flooding covers islands between Dubuque and Savanna, trainmen report. Several cattle on an island near Bellevue are believed drowned as water swamps the area.
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