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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1906
Page
2
The Tale recounts a Corsican student in Padua famed for extraordinary memory. Maretus and Venetians test him by reading endless word lists, then he repeats them flawlessly, even backward and by alternating positions, proving astonishing retention.
An extended exhortation urges citizens to study their nation in depth from area, population, and wealth to geography, institutions, history, literature, science, and foreign possessions. It blends moral urgency with practical notices about mining lands, coal, and local business ads across Galena and Rockford, including auctions and community notices from 1906.
An old style advertisement page features a corn leaf treatment promising instant relief for corns buns and callouses with a 10 cent package and money back guarantee. It also includes local land and property listings offering pasture land hay shares carpet buyers and a real estate notice for the Conrad Genz estate in Hazel Green Wisconsin.
The note details upcoming Chicago color line games versus the Leland Giants on August 7 and 8 with team notes from the Galena Maquoketa series. It mentions players Gibbs Parish Baylor and Strawbridge, umpire Hirst, and game times. It also covers crowds and a preview of matches to Fennimore Highland or Mineral Point for a purse of 150 dollars and a Morrison vs Muscatine result with dates for future games.
Local shops promote clearance prices on parlor lamps to make room for new goods at Coatsworth's with other ads for tonics, tonics and remedies from Modern Pharmacal Co sold by Hollander and Siniger. Weekly schedules show Tuesday savings on Great Western homeseekers tickets to the northwest and an August Devil's Lake excursion by Chicago Northwestern. Coatsworth's sugar deal, suspenders, underwear and assorted odds and ends closeouts. Local notices reference multiple druggists, agents, and suppliers including Kittoe and Shoop remedies.
Galena shut out Maquoketa Athletics 8 to 0 behind Parish on the mound and strong run support. Strawbridge, Friend, and Strong led with key hits as the locals opened with four hits and a walk in the first inning. Hodson followed with an 8 inning shutout in Saturday’s win, allowing three hits and striking out seven as Galena built a 2–0 lead and never looked back.
Fine soda crackers 7c per pound at Coatsworth's clearing sale. Directions to Coatsworth's dry goods store requested. Courtly advice to ease bunions and corns with Dr Shoop Night Cure. Uses nightly while asleep to build up tissues and ease catarrhal troubles. Sold by W K Kittoe.
E ball goops base balls to $1.25 bats to $1.00 gloves mitts masks 10c to 3.00 body protectors .75c to 5.00 We carry every item in base ball line and offer special low prices on full outfits and no formula. Agents for Spalding and Reach goods.
Display of shop bargains features glass items 5c each and thin blown glass tumblers 5c. Sherbert cups 10c, hammocks from 98c to 1.69, croquet sets 0.48 to 0.08, linen lap robes 79c, paper napkins 8c per 100, glass water pitchers 13c, jelly tumblers 1c, folding go carts from 1.08 to 6.96, and sleeping go carts holstered at 6.96.
Bargain list highlights low prices on pantry staples and canned goods. Includes sugar, baking powder, coffee, sardines, veal loaf, beef, ham, tongue, and Mason jars with per dozen prices and small item costs. Local shopper sale tone with numerous brand names and package sizes.
Excursion tickets to Chicago will be sold in two rounds with return dates set. August 4 to 6 ticket windows offer round trips valid to August 15, and August 11 to 13 sales with return by August 22. Fare for the round trip is eight dollars.
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