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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
2
The Galena Tribune page notes its publishing schedule and pricing while presenting a satirical dialogue about statesmanship. A reader questions the cost of election and a senator explains funding comes from representing corporate interests, framed as a humorous critique of graft and political sacrifice.
John Bozarth, a famed cattleman near Camp Wood, chased a large 800 pound silver tip bear toward Loco creek. The bear wounded his horse but Bozarth lassoed and choked the animal to death, noting bears can be roped like steers when fat. This is the region’s largest bear in years.
A fastidious woman emerges from a telephone booth coughing from a heavy perfume scent. A drug clerk explains someone spilled a strong odor and they used perfumery to mask it. She comments that a woman would have cleaned the booth with disinfectant.
A city tale notes a stylish man who stops trousers from bagging by using silk knee caps sewn inside. He explains the silk squares take the strain when he sits, preserving shape without a valet.
Dated Galena Illinois 5S Jo Daviess County County Court of Jo Daviess to the January Term 1906 petition of Josepha Schnerath administratrix seeks order to sell estate real estate to pay debts. Affidavits of non residence of multiple heirs filed. summons issued returnable January term 1906. Also includes unrelated clippings about Brown University president and a joke about throat flaps.
By order of the Jo Daviess County Court Ill in us, the conservator will sell the real estate of Catherine Dormer, deemed insane, at public auction at the courthouse in Galena on December 30 next at 10 o clock in the forenoon on described lots and parcels under sale terms. Objections and notices proceed from the Conservator Hopson Campbell.
Advertisements highlight Helm’s, Guggenheim’s, and Coatsworth’s stores offering holiday gifts. Furniture lamps sterling silverware fur lined caps and jackets, souvenir glassware, and clothing. Rail excursion fares for the International Fat Stock Show and a Hazel Green development venture are noted.
An Independence Missouri courtroom anecdote recalls an 1881 James gang trial. An old woman testifies she saw a James brother at night and, when pressed about ghosts, insists she knows what she saw because the men were cussing.
A White Star liner arrived in New York from the Mediterranean with 120 cabin passengers including 86 women. The ship’s officers report no card games or whist during the voyage, a first for a trans Atlantic trip, with bar receipts totaling only $10.
In the Circuit Court of Daviess County Illinois by decretal order from November 1905 J J Nierling guardian of Grant C Nierling seeks to sell Lot ten four fronting fifty feet on Broadway to Branch street in Galena at the court house door January 18 1906 at ten oclock in the forenoon for cash only. Hodson Campbell attorneys for guardian.
The undersigned as Administratrix of the estate of William Timmernans announces a February term appearance in Jo Daviess County Court Galena. All creditors must present claims and debts to the estate for settlement. Dated December 15 1905.
A young married couple in Cleveland notices a porterhouse steak vanish from a platter. The wife recalls placing it there after using a wedding carving set to test the knife, but the steak seems to have vanished beneath the carving blade. The odd scene ends with confusion as they search the platter.
William W. Krape declares his candidacy for member of the General Assembly of Illinois to the voters of the Republican party in the first Senatorial District at the primaries.
The undersigned appointed Administrator of the estate of Louisa Wolenets late of Jo Daviess County Illinois gives notice he will appear before the County Court at the Galena Court House for the February term on the first Monday in February to hear claims against the estate. Creditors must attend to have claims adjusted and debtors are urged to pay promptly. December 15, A. D. 15 D. L. Buerwer, Administrator.
A Kansas City lawyer strikes a deal with a young whistle singer, offering half a dollar and a future cut of earnings to join a minstrel show. The boy, though addicted to whistling, faces discharge risks as his boss prefers to keep him. The tale ends with the bargain and the lawyer’s pride in his strategy.
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