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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
10
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In Rockford Illinois on August 30 six year old Gertrude Clarke accidentally started a fire in the family barn at 829 North Main Street. Flames filled the structure and smoke trapped the child before firefighters arrived. A passing streetcar motorman heard her cries and alerted others.
Freeport Illinois Aug 30 relatives of Rev Willis Hoover and wife received a telegram this morning reporting they escaped death in the Valparaiso Chile earthquake. Their possessions were destroyed. Hoover, a Methodist missionary in Valparaiso for fifteen years, is the son of Mrs D Hoover of Freeport. The family resided in the hardest hit area where many deaths occurred.
180 acres of Guilford township farmland with 100 under cultivation. a new house two barns hog sheds granary and corn crib two orchards and good fencing. On rural route with in house telephone. Terms through H J Vandedrink Galena Ill. Plus excursion tickets Aug 27 Sept 1 Illinois Central 80 cents round trip returning Sept 3.
Dan Patch, pacing standout, clocked 1:58 flat for an exhibition mile at Tri-State fair before about 10,000. Driven by Hersey with Dean and Nash as pacemaker partners, the stallion beat the Nutwood track record of 2:08% set by John R. Gentry in 1898, marking a landmark performance.
Local notes report William Bawden calling on business in Shullsburg, Lillie Jewell visiting Warren, and Mrs. Samuel McFadden returning from time with Maygie Wing. School officials named for next term. Chicago visitors James Allen and family referenced. Several local residents and relatives are noted visiting or traveling to Elizabeth, Chicago, and Apple River. Mrs. William Perry dies at 70 with funeral held. Continuous mentions of visits, illness, work and minor incidents across Scales Mound and nearby towns.
T H Harrison notes McKinlay mine working on a five inch sheet of black jack last Friday. By Saturday night workers hammering on a sheet one foot thick. Ore cars ready for market. Shaft depth rapid with upper openings to be reached in twenty feet and 130 feet to glass rock at Suydam. Pump fights water inflow as operation expands.
An English capitalist, initially skeptical, becomes a riotous baseball fan in Chicago. He complains about umpire calls, attends every game, keeps a scorecard, and vows to boost English interest in American baseball before returning home. The tale ends with his admission that cricket cannot replace baseball’s appeal.
H Panmure Gordon the English capitalist spent 1892 93 in Chicago with a syndicate and attended his first baseball game. He doubted the sport comparing it to cricket while reporters urged him to learn the inside play and tactics.
Savanna Illinois August 30 contractor A C Schnell began actual work on the southern district sanitary sewer system with a small crew. The work starts at the river foot of Chicago avenue and will extend east and to all branches. Thirty to forty laborers are planned to speed completion, delays possible until tiling arrives, and the project aims for completion by December 1 or mid month.
Public notice announces the regular annual meeting of Illinois Central Railroad Company stockholders in Chicago on October 17, 1906. Each registered holder may receive a free travel ticket for the journey to Chicago and back, valid only for specified dates around the meeting, with individual applications and proper countersignature required.
Advertises assorted grocery bargains with prices for sugar baking powder mustard sardines beef veal and canned goods from Libby McNeil Libby Mason jars and other brands. Highlights include 19 pounds sugar 1.00 per 10c to 26c items and various canned meats and sauces.
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