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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
7
Mayor Berg returns from Galena after a Jo Davies County Soldiers and Sailors reunion. He hails Galena’s boom and metropolitan air, noting street and building improvements while praising Mayor Scheerer and the welcome from old comrades and residents.
News arrives of the death of Mrs. Mark Brown in Kansas City. Remains will arrive on the Burlington tomorrow morning and be taken directly to the cemetery.
The remains of Henry Kemler were laid to rest this afternoon. Services were held at 2 o'clock from the family residence. Rev. John Vande Erve officiating. The services were held under the auspices of the I. C. C. F. of which the deceased was a member. Interment was made in Greenwood.
The Hanover Journal reports Charles Ritter of Los Angeles locomotive engineer on the Southern Pacific traveled from Galena Thursday with his mother and sister to visit his old friend G. L. Robinson and family. Ritter, a very interesting gentleman, shared reminiscences of his 25 years in railway life.
Members of Rose Leaf camp R N A held their annual picnic at the fair grounds on Thursday. The day featured picnicked meals under large trees with ice cream and refreshments. M W A members and families joined the event, and the weather was delightful with everyone enjoying a general good time.
A commission appointed by the legislature struggles to decide placement for a $5,000 monument to Nelson Dewey, Wisconsin’s first governor, buried in the Episcopal cemetery in Lancaster. Some favor at his grave, others in the park. location remains undecided.
A Hanover merchant appeared on the street Thursday with his shirt on backwards. The humorous incident notes the odd reversal of front and back and jokes about whether he reversed his religion and politics as he did his shirt.
The remains of Mrs. Mark Brown, who died in Kansas City, Missouri, arrived in Galena on Friday morning aboard the 10.45 Burlington and were taken directly to Greenwood Cemetery for interment. She was a former Galena resident who moved to Kansas City after her husband’s death and was the sister-in-law of Mrs. Charles Cook.
John Hubler, a 65 year old German immigrant at the Scales Mound cheese factory, assaulted Chris Heldt with an ax. Heldt suffered a scalp wound and was treated at the Scales Mound Hotel. Hubler was bound over to the next court term with a $500 bond after a local hearing.
Farmers report widespread potato damage from blight predicting a small harvest. Officials urge monitoring as crop losses mount and market prices may rise.
The Galena Amateurs defeated Spring Streets 5 to 4 in fourteen innings at the Fair Grounds on Thursday afternoon in a tightly contested game.
The Epworth League of the East Dubuque M E Church will host teachers attending the institute next week. A reception will be tendered and a program rendered.
The Hanover Journal notes the Galena Tribune is rapidly becoming a leading city paper with extensive Galena news, boosting local popularity and appeal beyond town.
Agent Babcock of the Chicago and Northwestern is moved to Mt Horeb Wisconsin and will not begin until a relief agent arrives. Agent Wilcox of Onalaska Wisconsin will assume Babcock's duties at his current post.
Freeport resident Edwin Selle son of a local banker left town a week ago Saturday and walked to St Paul arriving at noon Wednesday. He planned the trip in advance and says he will not attempt to walk back.
The Hanover Journal notes lively street chatter about railway progress. Some locals praise the idea as plausible while others mock it as improbable, arguing the town need not cling to old ways as modern improvements approach.
Richard Sweeney, who has been running an engine on the Union Pacific out of Denver, was in Freeport today on his way home to Waterloo to resume his old run. He is brother to Chief of Police Sweeney and has recently bought a home in Waterloo.
The German emperor has prepared an ornamental memorial sketch described as a memorial sheet. It will be presented with the official notice of death to relatives of soldiers from the Southwest African colony who have died or will die fighting the Herreros.
Local residents report repainting of Barry Bros. store and Siniger and Siniger’s drug store by Vincent Crumbnacher. Miss Mary Hines, Miss Josie Weinschenk, Miss Mamie Slattery, and many others visit or stay with relatives in Apple River Bellevue and Galena. Several visits and shopping trips are noted along with city events and a street paving milestone on Main Street.
A list of residents and visitors including Pat Lahey Savanna Malcolm McNeil Dubuque trips Mrs Guy Waring Galena Emma Mathis Dubuque Albert Schafer Scales Mound and more. Several locals journeyed to Galena Dubuque and surrounding areas on Friday and Thursday with illness updates for John Dougherty Apple River and James Hallaran Claude Street.
A recent publication portrays Venezuelan peasants and ranch owners living austerely. It details Medina a wealthy La Prision landholder with illiteracy among locals and a roaming scribe recording accounts coded on post marks showing work days and supplies charged to peons.
A Dreglingen resident has married eleven times. His first three wives died young, two drowned, one killed herself, three died in succession, the tenth was gored by a bull, and his eleventh wife lost a leg to a railway accident last year causing the wedding to be postponed.
A woman laments a handsome man’s thinning scalp and contemplates a bold remedy. She smiles at the idea of an anonymous letter suggesting castor oil to restore his crowning glory, while others listen with bemused interest.
The Sicilians are portrayed as highly superstition bound. Beliefs include a double tailed lizard choosing lottery numbers, misfortune in marriages or travel on Tuesday or Friday, amulets like the corno, and magic rites invoking Virgil. Sorcerers sell talismans and images to trees and barrels of wine. Those born on Friday or June 29 are said to predict the future and charm serpents.
A U S navy gunner recalls diving to study a coral bank seen from a helmeted view. He speaks of rainbow colors and strange formations, then interrupts the moment when a thrown tin disrupts his reverie and he signals to be hauled up.
The original Wall Street betting commissioner John Morrissey earned a handsome income as prizefighter and congressman but discredited himself by overcharging bettors. He claimed authority to take 2 percent on the total stakes, a practice that ruined him as greed drove profits on large pools.
Mrs. Lizzie Bishop aged 70 says she was chief cook for President Hayes and Garfield and cared for other famous men. She is detained at Atlanta police barracks awaiting transfer to an institution in Atlanta or elsewhere.
The Illinois Central has ordered five new engines to be ready by October 1. The engines are larger than the ten hundred class with cylinders 22 by 30 inches. Two units go to the Waterloo line, two to the Chicago line, and one to Freeport.
Joe Brown, a well known mail carrier camping near Pecatonica, found a valuable pearl yesterday afternoon while opening clams for fish bait in the Pecatonica river. The Freeport Journal reports the discovery.
Justin Fun. E. Henz H C Kueheman Vic Meeters and Tom Harney drove to Bellevue yesterday to attend the ball game. During the game Galena fans cheered loudly and were told to ease up or leave the grounds as the team built a winning score.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hirst stayed at the East Dubuque hotel Sunday. Hirst, former editor of the Galena News Democrat now suspended, has worked as principal of schools in Oskaloosa Iowa for the past several years.
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