Rich lead ore strike at Ruisbeck mine near Fairplay Wis
A six by twelve foot cave filled with large lead ore deposits was found at the Ruisbeck mine near Fairplay, boosting local mining activity. Prospectors influx Crowded hotel rooms as reports spread. Drills on the Sheean farm yielded promising cuttings and hints of future shafts. The district, known since before the Civil War, anticipates further profitable discoveries with modern methods.
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Ruisbeck
Fairplay
Wis
Wisconsin
Sheean
Conductor Roy Ickes Dies In Iowa Yard Accident
Roy Ickes a Central freight conductor from Illinois was killed in Manchester Iowa while switching in the yards. He was mid aged and left a wife and three children. He passed through Galena weekly and lived in Waterloo. The article notes three prior family deaths on the Central in ten years and mentions siblings killed near Chicago and at Warren. Weather dampened Turner Hall events but Galena residents persisted despite floods.
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Roy Ickes
Illinois
Central
Manchester
Iowa
Galena
Waterloo
Mr. Ikes
Chicago
Warren
Drab thief nabbed after bold daylight steal at Barry Bros
A drunken man attempted theft at Barry Bros. store midday. The proprietor stopped him in seconds and the sheriff jailed the culprits, with a larceny charge set for Justice Clark at 9 tomorrow. goods recovered. A second theft hit Dr G W Everett’s buggy late at night, with lines and kit missing. Two men are jailed. expected to rise to three or four.
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Barry Bros
Justie Clark
G. W. Everett
Big 4 social sale and Turner Hall events headline city notes
A stream of social and entertainment items fills the day: Ladies sale at Big 4, turner Hall shows with The Spinster’s Club and Camp Life, a fifty cent family entertainment, piano bargains at O C Krarmer Music Co, and dancing after the Hurryback bazaar. Nellie Collins and Martin Kennedy are in town. vacancies for furnished rooms on Beach Street. Tribune office ad for inquiries.
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Martin Kennedy
Vinegar Hill
Turner Hall
Nellie Collins
Chicago
Beach Street
Tribune
Camp Life
Company M
Bazaar
O. C. Krarmer
Reprieve Denied Hoch to Die Friday in Gallows
Chicago Feb 21 Johann Hoch convicted of murdering his wife faces execution Friday after Governor Deneen refused a reprieve. The state board of pardons report, amid cross examination of Dr Robert Zeit, rejected arsenic claims and ended Hochs last hope.
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Chicago
Ill
Johann Hoch
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Robert F. Zeit
Northwestern Medical School
Hoch
Mystic flour and city notices drive Galena days
Local shop display touts Mystic flour with ads from Barry Bros and John Cloran. City busy with visitors and residents, weddings licensed for Walter Frost and Carrie Dellsworth, while Miss Nettie Corwith remains ill at home. Community events include a thimble party and a scale mound lecture. Funeral plans for William McDoall announced, and voting rules discussed for primary ballots.
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John Cloran
Mystic
Nettie Corwith
Thomas Williams
Apple River
Finger severed in switch accident at Portage plant
William Gommelbin, a worker at the Portage interlocking plant, was injured while guiding a switch when a lever was thrown. His finger was cut off at the lock, and the end was later found on the ground by another employee. Gas House Coke for sale at works $525 per ton. Galena Gas Company.
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William Gommelbin
Portage
Gas House
Galena Gas Company
Fair A Success With Nightly Vaudeville and Fair
A community fair and vaudeville program opened with strong attendance and hearty applause. Despite sickness causing some numbers to be omitted, acts by Edith Geiger H G Geiger Roscoe Bogart Minnie Schneider Charles Carroll Melies Weber Young Henry Miller Raymond Hurst and the National Guard were enjoyed. Tonight features The Spinster's Club operetta with supper served 5 to 7 PM and more entertainment, prizes, and dancing through the night.
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M Fair
Edith Geiger
Mr. Young
H. G. Geiger
Dot Leedle
Raymond Hurst
National Guard
Henry Miller
Galena
Farp
Martha Washington
Incky
Anniversary Banquet for Local K of P Lodge
About thirty members of the local lodge of K of P held an anniversary banquet Monday evening marking 42 years since the lodge’s establishment in the city. The event featured a well attended banquet, with toasts delivered by Hon. J. B. Howard Sr. and Hon. W. T. Hodson, long time members.
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K. of P's
J. B. Howard, Sr
W. T. Hodson
Order
Public auction at former James Sherard farm near Galena
Henry Roth conducts a public sale at his home two miles from Galena on the south Council Hill road Tuesday Feb 27. Items include 24 cattle 10 extra good milch cows 6 horses 9 sows 200 bushels corn seed oats and burley seed.
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James Sherard
Galena
Council Hill Road
Henry Roth
Ward to Write Grant Life Story for Middle West Advocate
Harold E. Ward, Freeport newspaper man, collected material in the city for an article in the Middle West Advocate of Rock Island il. The issue will feature a life of Gen U S Grant based on Ward’s research conducted during his visit. The magazine focuses on general literature and notable figures past and present.
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Harold E. Ward
Freeport
Standard
Middle West Advocate
Rock Island
Ward
Gen. U.S. Grant
Lead Mine
Middle West
Wisconsin Couple Ties The Knot In Simple Parsonage Ceremony
Miss Lillie James and Mr. Charles Berryman of Shullsburg wed at the M. E. parsonage with Rev. Matlack officiating. The bride wore white and the groom in black. After the ceremony they spent the day strolling the streets, signaling a joyful life ahead.
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M. E. Parsonage
Lillie James
Charles Berryman
Shullsburg
Matlack
Live Stock Market Opens Steady as Cattle Hogs Arrive
Special to the Tribune from Chicago on February 21, 1906 reports twenty thousand cattle receipts and forty thousand hogs received. The market opened steady for cattle while hogs opened five to ten cents lower than yesterday.
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THE
Tribune
Chicago, Ill
Third annual Jon Daviess Co cattle sale tomorrow
The third annual sale of the Jon Daviess County Cattle Breeders Association will be held tomorrow at the City Hotel barns starting at 1 o'clock. Auctioneers Col. R Barclay of Macon City Iowa and Col. J L GC Odgers of Shullsburg Wis will call the sale featuring thoroughbred Short-Horns Herefords Red Poll and Galloways. The event draws farmers from near and far to see top stock and many animals are expected to be shipped long distances. All cattle will be sold to the highest bidder with trucking at purchaser’s risk and post sale care provided free of charge until the next day.
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Jon Daviess Co. Cattle Breeders Association
City
Col. R. Barclay
Macon City
Iowa
J. L. GC. Odgers
Shullsburg
Wis
Northwest
R. Eustice
Elizabeth
J. J. Bale
White Oak
Thos, Scadden
Ryan Bros
W. M. Ford
J.J. Dallyn
A. Watson
Apple River
W. W. Merritt
Darlington
H. J. Watson
Apple Piver
A. J. Abren
Edw. Liddle
Dubuque
N. T. Puckett & Sons
Stockton
Nothern
Immense Gorge Threatens Flood as River Rises
An immense ice gorge extended from the Burlington bridge for over three miles up the Galena river, threatening a severe city flood. Railroad workers braved dangerous, shifting ice to pry loose floes and clear the channel, averting disaster as the gorge gradually weakened and moved downstream.
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Burlington Bridge
Galena River
Burlington Railway
Burlington
Illinois Central Depot
Custom House
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Geo
Avery P. M
Big 4
O UC
Kraehmer’s
Galena Concert
O. C. Krarumer, Music Co
O. C. Kramumer Music Co
O.C Kratumer, Music Co
Fred W. Geyer
Main Street
Johann Hock
Dr. Zeit
the Tribune
Will Swing
George and
Earnest Conklin
Bellevue
Fred Krueger
Etta McLaughlin
Grant
Otto Sponheimer
Anna Felt
Miss Robb
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Louis Sanders
Walter Frost
Berryman
Carrie Dellsworth
Henry Becker
Hampton
Becker
Jessie Moore
Park Avenue
Griffith
Thos, Moore
Thomas
Seales Mound
Thomas Frontress
East Dubuque
St. Paul
Scales Mound
Illinois Central Railway
William McDoall
Gringer
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K. of P
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