Mining Plan Launched For Galena Mines
A city hall meeting formed a local company plan to develop Galena mines with at least 15000 dollars raised via 100 dollar shares paid weekly by subscribers. After funding, officers would be elected for one year, and the enterprise would form a corporation upon reaching the goal. Committees named by ward will solicit shares of one hundred dollars with verifications. Mt. Carroll team beat Mt. Hope 2 to 1 in JoDaviess county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
C. Kraehmer
J. &. Owens
Thomas Casserly
M. J. Burns
Charles Scheerer
Charles Allen
Joseph Guggenheim
George Millhouse
C. A. Asmas
Jacob Eulberg
Mt. Carroll Democrat
Mt. Carroll
Mt. Hope
JoDaviess County
Sevigar
Galena Social Notes and Upcoming Local Events
James Cleary visits friends in Rice and various residents announce visits, moves, and returns from Dubuque Madison and Chicago. The Carroll County Soldiers' reunion is set for Savanna next Thursday. Circus dates and Labor Day excursions are planned, with hunting season opening Sept. 1 and sales and notices from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cleary
Fred Scheerer
Chris Musselman
Woodbine
Galena
Fred Kitchen
Pond du Lac
Wis
Henry Shilling Sr
Dubuque
John Calderwood
Waters Flat
Main Street
Edward Kelly
Madison
James Crowley KE. A. Eustive
The
Telly
Des Moines
A. J. Lemper
Mrs. Piffner
Charles Friesenecker
Chicago
City
T. A. Laughlin
Beil
Benneh Street
Prank Soladay
Hazel Green
Mercedes Savage
Butte
Mont
Harney
Beach Street
Calvin A. Wilson
E.R. Jackson
John Robinson
W. ER. Lee
Clinton
J. A. Matlach
M. Fr
Ilinois Central
Misippi
Fair at Lancaster Wis on Northwestern Line
Advertisement announces a fair in Lancaster Wisconsin via the Northwestern Line with a return limit until September 9. It promotes ticket pricing 4 to 5 dollars inclusive and directs applicants to Chicago and Northwestern agents. Also mentions pencil tablets and good ink supplies for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Western
Chicago& North-Western Ra Y
Lancaster
Wis
Northwestern
Chicago and
Northwestern Hy
Farm For Sale Near Galena With 170 Acres Pasture and Timber
I offer my farm in Rice five miles from Galena South. The Homestead covers 170 acres with a 40 acre nearby pasture lot, a 6 acre timberlot, and good water. The land, partly meadow and pasture, is suited for stock raising. The seller believes ore is beneath. For details inquire at the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Black Jack Road
Black Jack Mine
Ain Rice Township
Chay
Rice
Galena South
J H Edwards Ad on Main Street Galena Ll
Wallpaper and school supplies stationery and picture frames offered by J H Edwards at 220 Main St Galena Ll. Local shop markets home decor and writing needs with a variety of items for school and office use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. HH. Edwards
Main St .Galena, Ll
Hodson Set for Fair Trial and Friday Hanover Game
The Dubuque Times reports Ray Hodson, a Galena lad, will get a fair trial with Dubuque after joining Peoria and showing strong promise alongside Owens and Bishop. Dubuque faces Hanover in the season’s last game, with Meusel Bros. promoting granite ware bargains and Town Auditors set a county meeting for Sept. 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodson
Hanover
Dubuque Times
Ray Hodson
Peoria
Ofl Dubuque
Owens
Bishop
Maryurs
Davidson
Galena
Dubuque
Keeley
Distellers
Dubuques
Dubwanes
Davenport
Meusel Bros
Shrine Loved by Sailors at Notre Dame de Bonsecours
Mariners donate miniature ships to Notre Dame de Bonsecours on the St Lawrence riverfront in Montreal. The river church, dating to 1657, features a perpetual light and a double row of ships hanging from arches as pilots and boatmen cross themselves in homage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Italy
Canada
Mule in the shadow of a naval parade tale
A Bluejacket recounts a staged bombardment at Fort Mourne not long after, swapping tales of a hay laden sailor who jokes he once saw a Brithed blue dricket then confesses he may be a commissary mule. The anecdote links Admiral Dicking to wartime farce and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dicking
Fort Mourne
Aga Aild
New York Times
Mitchell Trip Plans and Land Seekers Ad in 1900s Sprint
A reader from Mitchell South Dakota announces an upcoming trip to the Waving Galena area on September 4 10 and 18 seeking a week or ten days to join a dozen home seekers. The message notes total expenses around 55 dollars and offers no obligation to buy land. It promotes Nerve Tablets and other items for sale at Siniger's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell South Dakota
Galena
Isaac FP. Moors
Audlitee's Notice and Whist Tournament Listings
Town of East Galena schedules a town meeting at 2 PM on the Sunday after September 1905 for claims against the town. Praire Queen flour advertised. Port Bree whist tournament set for October with pairs listed by couple. Unique brick laying ceremony marks Miss Gardner's long teaching career at the new high school with a brick dated 1870 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Town Auditors
West Galena
WS. Himsing
East Galena
Margarett Gardner
Willie Telford
Henry Geiger
Miss
Miss Gardner
America
Treaty of Portsmouth Terms Setting Peace in Far East
The article details the Portsmouth treaty terms after Russia and Japan reached an accord with U.S. mediation. It covers Korea’s status under Japan, Manchuria and China’s sovereignty, Sakhalin division, Port Arthur leases, rail concessions, and indemnities for Russian prisoners, comparing wartime aims to the final agreement and noting Japan’s gains and open door principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Dove of Pene
Portsmouth
Tassia
Corea
China
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Ishland
la Peronse Strait
Hokkaido
Vasifie
Linotung Peninsula
Port Arthur
Dalny
Blonde and
Iliott Islands
Larkin
Newehwang
Witeh
Wedded in Dubuque Miss Noah and Sam Murley
Miss Hattie Noah and Sam Murley wed this afternoon in Dubuque. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Noah, worked as a Grant hotel waitress. The groom, a Galena resident, has been employed by D A Taylor. They plan to reside on Jackson Street in Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Noah
Sam Murley
Dubuque
Galena
Philip Noah
Grant Hotel
Murley
D. A. Taylor
Jackson Street
The School for Husbands at Powers Theatre
New York critics hail The School for Husbands a clever comedy by Stanishitus Stange opening at Powers Theatre on Sept 8. Alice Fisher leads a witty satire where a neglected wife feigns frivolity to win back her husband amid fashion and folly, supported by Kilgour, Stevens, Everton and a capable company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gothia
Stanishitus Stange
F.C. Whitney
Alice Fisher
Lady Manners
Joseph Kilgour
Lord Manners
Wallack’s
Francis Stevens
Paul Everton
George Paxton
Jane Wheatley
Marie Bingham
Bertha Clement
Robinson Newbold
Ralph Theodore Thomas I. Tracey
Alexander Grant
Kempters Book Store Offers Wide School Stock
New and second hand school books and supplies at Kempters Book Store promise the citys largest complete stock. They accept old school banks for new items and pay top prices, with erasers slates steel pens crayons and blott ers provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempter’s Book Store
Kempter's Lyvok
Kempters Book Store
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A.j.fetz
Grumme’s
A. J. Fetz
wJerrived
Kodaks
L.m.lebron & Son
Kraehmer
Galena, Ill
Pretig
PRK Depers
Krebs
German Presbyterian Church
Beloit Wis
Adele Callahan
Wmn. Martineau
West Gaena
Miles Simonds
Abe Tenenbaum
Anton Kuhl
Dodgeville, Wis
Burlington
W. L. Gleason
I. Kane
Kempter’s
Ciood
Board of Supervisors
Jo Daviess County
Ilinois
Wiliam County
Polo
Dubuque Eagles
Notre Dame University
Mensel Bros
South Dakota
Siniger’s Drug Store
Audlitee
John Crowley
Whisters
Meeeport
Breeport
Peeeport
Adamson
Boyington
Monedy
Fry
Hill
Till
Collins
Stearns
Widwell
Tuckett
Shniver’s Drug Store
Ab Kempter’s Book Store
Twohey
Lewis Twohey
Lawrence
Mass
Pol Waa
Mather Mathew Temperance Society
Roosevelt
Khalin
Indesty
Roosenvelt
Manemyria
Miss Hattie Noah
School For Husbands
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