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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
2
D A Callahan editor outlines subscription rates for single copies weekly and monthly with 40 cent per month and yearly options. He pledges prompt attention for subscribers missing delivery by mail or carrier upon complaint at the office.
Freeport Illinois August 7 Karl Anspach a former inmate of the state asylum at Watertown has reappeared here and is said to have spent freely visiting saloons and breweries. He allegedly escaped the asylum and has earned several thousand dollars from a deal while causing disturbances at Franz Brothers brewery prompting police attention. His father William E Anspach of 220 Walnut street says he knows his son is in the city but does not know how he arrived or whether he escaped or was released.
Henry Patry a San Francisco to Chicago passenger on a Milwaukee fast train jumped from the Ashdale cutoff near Lanark Illinois when he suddenly went insane He was unhurt except for a broken nose and minor injuries He carried 104 dollars and feared robbers The train halted and he was captured He was taken to Mt Carroll and is to be examined for insanity The Lanark city marshal will handle the case
Market notes show rain at Galena influencing varied items from grains to produce. Prices listed include Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, hay, straw, potatoes, cabbage, onions, dairy butter, creamery butter, and livestock categories with limited readable figures and units.
Baseball notes list games for the week including Leland Giants, Highland, Mineral Point, and Oshkosh with Galena. The article discusses Wausau manager confusion, a potential tryout for Lou Graver, and local social updates from Galena with multiple Grove area residents, visitors, and shop ads.
A list of summer sale items with prices including glassware hammocks croquet sets jackets and go carts. Entries show various discounts and values such as glass squeeze lemons 3.75 each, water pitchers 13 cents, canvas hammocks 1.69, croquet sets 4.50 to 5.00, padded go carts 6.95 to 10.00, and sleeping go carts at 6.95.
A mixed ad page listing a corn leaf remedy promising instant relief with 10 cent packets sent by mail, cattle pasture and hay land rental, carpet sales with home inspection service, and Ga Len a Illinois farm for sale. It also promotes regional excursion tickets to Minneapolis and Milwaukee with terms and agent details.
The article compares the Chilean yappa with New Orleans laguiappe where small traders give a gift to encourage return customers. It recounts a Valparaiso fruit market anecdote and a confectionery child asking Mi yappa for a treat, noting Chileans prize the gift as due. It also cites Thackeray’s strike and a Barbarossa policy on clove cultivation in the Moluccas.
Local shop notices advertise clearing sale of parlor lamps at Coatsworth's and promote various medicines including Cough and Cold Tablet No 4 from Modern Pharmacal Co and Shoop remedies sold by W K Kittoe Siniger & Siniger and J W Coatsworth. Also retail discounts on suspenders and underwear and upcoming homeseeker train rates to Minnesota North Dakota and Canadian northwest with a Devil's Lake excursion on August 9. William A Ellis works for Sproul Bros. letters to Galena.
A fragment lists assorted grocery items with prices in cents or dollars. Items include sugar varieties, baking powder, breakfast flakes, canned fish, sardines, veal loaf, tamales, ham, tongue, hamburger steak, corned beef, and Mason jars in various sizes. Several entries show unit prices like 10c, 15c, 25c, and bulk quantities for jars.
A 70 horsepower locomotive type boiler with fittings is for sale. Inquiries should be directed to Vinegar Hill Zine Mining Company in Hazel Green Wisconsin.
The Galena rail timetable lists daily and Sunday services to Chicago St Louis St Paul Minneapolis and Dubuque with departure and arrival times including 5:50 am 1:23 pm 7:33 am and 9:53 pm connections to Omaha Sioux City and the Pacific Coast. Sleeping car chair and dining car services are available with tickets and baggage checks through to all U.S. and Canadian destinations.
East Bound and West Bound daily trains with arrivals at Chicago Byron and St. Paul. Includes sleeping car and dining car services. Agents L Ream and J P Elmer listed for galena junction and St. Paul.
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