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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
2
Rates listed for single copies and weekly carriers with monthly and yearly options. The notice promises prompt attention for missed deliveries and notes mailing as second class matter through the Galena Illinois post office.
The Hazel Green district features the Kennedy as a top active producer with several mines like the Mills Galena Iron Works and Square Deal running at full capacity. The Murphy is idle awaiting a Prescott sinking pump, while rail connections and a large 125 ton mill with three jig sets support extensive ore processing and future expansions.
The notice outlines a series of games from August 10 to 16 featuring Highland or Mineral Point teams at Fennimore, Galena, Livingston, and Highland. It notes pitchers Strong and Parish for Galena, a two day tournament in Highland on August 14–15 with five games, and upcoming travel to Livingston. It also mentions player moves including Madden staying, Clark released, and Walsh potential Cubs appearance.
This piece lampoons March as the Thracian god of war with bluster and crude majesty. It likens the month to a wild creature and cites proverbs about March storms and the Ides of March, concluding with a civic warning about prudent timing. The section also includes a light anecdote about prunes and indigestion with a humorous kitchen cure.
The Galena county fuel committee invites sealed bids by Aug 15 1906 10 am at the county clerk's office for 35 tons of hard small egg No 1 coal to be weighed at the Galena court house and delivered to the county jail with 10 cards of good second growth dry oak wood. Bids may be rejected. Also public notices for various goods and patent medicines appear in the same column.
Local ads promote baseball equipment from Gloves to Masks with low prices and agency for Spalding and Keach goods. Also listed are farms for sale in Guilford township and properties in Hazel Green and Galena with details on size, buildings, and water. Mining lands and leases offered by Nelson J. Russell and R A Bratton, plus a 70 horsepower boiler for sale from Vinegar Hill Zinc Mining.
A sale listing shows glass squeeze s, thin blown tumblers, sherbert cups, and water pitchers at low prices. Hammocks, croquet sets, linen robes, paper napkins, jelly tumblers, go carts and sleeping go carts are offered with marked values and sale prices.
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