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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1906
Page
2
A resident announces candidacy for the Illinois General Assembly pending GOP primary voters in the 12th Senatorial District. The notice also invites subscribers who miss the Galena Tribune by mail or carrier to report complaints for prompt attention.
A quote attributed to Matthew Arnold extols culture as the road to sweetness and light. It contrasts cultural pursuit with machinery and hatred, asserts culture’s aim to abolish class distinctions, and describes culture as nourishing ideas freely to advance equality and shared enlightenment.
The word teetotal originates with Preston artisan Richard Turner who, at a temperance meeting in 1888, declared that nothing but te te total will do. The term was rapidly adopted.
A concise moral vignette portrays an elderly, impoverished woman who radiates serenity. When asked what keeps her cheerful, she quips that despite losing two teeth she is grateful, claiming they “hit.” The remark underscoring contentment highlights resilience and humor amid hardship.
Japanese children boast the world's most wonderful dolls houses fully equipped with miniature cages for birds, miniature bookcases packed with tiny poetry volumes, and other meticulous details that delight collectors and children alike.
In Athens a common sight is a peddler guiding a small donkey between two large glass fronted shops. The carts carry sweets, stationery and drapery, forming a mobile shop that serves passersby with everyday wares.
A thin layer of pure glycerine on both sides of glass prevents moisture from forming. The tip aims to stop windows from sweating during cold weather and keeps panes clearer.
The article notes the paradox that two traditionally female occupations, cooking and dressmaking, would be better performed by men. It comments on skill, labor and societal expectations in a periodical voice.
The king of Italy offers prizes totaling 8000 dollars for the Milan exhibition next year. A 2000 dollar award will go to the best type of popular dwelling suited to northern Italian climate, and a 1000 dollar prize is set for motor boats.
Vinegar Hill residents Mr and Mrs Feehan were seen in town Tuesday. Maggie McGuire’s friends gathered for the year’s last night. Miss Julia Flynn of Dubuque visited the McGuire home on New Year’s. Young folks attended the Galena New Year’s dance. May Gavin of Eton South Dakota, with her uncle Daniel O’Rourke, visits Miss Ella Feehan. Bertha Gavin of Dubuque visits local friends.
Hanover notes list Miss Daisy Shunerman visiting Mrs. A W Anderson and skating on a big hill. Several residents travel to Monmouth, Minnesota, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and Davenport for school and relatives. Community events include a watch meeting at MFE church and many gatherings at homes with friends and relatives during New Year celebrations.
Winter weather is welcomed as snow promises relief for crops rye fall wheat and timothy. Local injuries include Frank Barnes’s arm fracture from a kicked horse and August Berlage’s mule leg fracture cast by Dr Evert. Eva Kern dies after 14 months of illness. funeral at St Marys Catholic Church Galena officiated by Father Bally. Miss Holland of Grass Valley California visits aunt J G Ransom. Creamery closes due to milk shortage. Columbian Mine works report a productive crevice ore yield. Cor.
A compact moral exhortation urging focus on one subject and pursue it to completion. It cautions against rushing to self-mastery and notes the distress of a person who overreaches beyond their depths. Quoted attributed to Sir Clifton Robinson.
Witch hazel seeds can be projected ten to fifteen feet from the pods. Branches with both flowers and unopened seed pods should be used promptly, cut the day they are needed, or stored in water wrapped in a damp cloth to prevent wilting and premature seed expulsion. Country Life in America.
Bank Notes quotes philosophy on poverty as a natural condition of life and asserts that a grumbling man remains healthier than wealthier counterparts. The note suggests that discomfort is a natural part of existence across rich and poor, young and old.
An English judge recently ruled that husband and wife are one and indivisible legally. A reader asks what a railway company would do if the couple tried to travel with a single ticket between them.
A hospital commentary asserts that a physician who speaks candidly with a patient is as indispensable as he is welcome in the sick chamber, warning against prescribing for imagined ailments or downplaying serious symptoms.
An article emphasizes sound sleep as the key to health, morality, and efficiency. It argues that among equals, the person who sleeps better will be calmer, happier, and more productive, noting sleep’s role in curing temper irritability and unhappiness.
The Japanese cook avoids finger contact with food and uses spoons and chopsticks with skill. Some dishes demand patient preparation, spanning up to twenty four hours, illustrating the complexity of Japanese cookery.
A teacher with thirty years in the field notes a long decline in dancing quality in recent years. He says the art has degenerated into a mere ragtime display from start to finish and that men chiefly demand tips to finish quickly.
The India Rubber Journal reports that some South African mines have substituted strips of rubber for the scourge to flog miners. The rubber causes intense pain but does not cut flesh like leather, highlighting harsh labor practices.
In a trap bears fight to free themselves by dragging the device and its dog into brush where, if the paw is not deeply caught, the bear often pulls out or chews off the trap component.
A Jugendstil style Familien-Journal excerpt describes a morning quarrel between parents and a child named Freddy reacting to questions about growing up. The piece hints at家庭 dynamics and future marriage in a light, observational tone.
An Australian prospector travels a hundred miles into Thibet but is forced to turn back after natives refuse him food. He notes abundant copper but scarce gold in the region.
In the Sarawak Gazette a list of twenty one bankrupts is reported. Sixteen are pepper planters and after several names the term ab sconded appears. The pepper business is described as being in a bad way with little money in Pepper.
Professor Landonzy reports to the French Academy of Medicine that a distrust between man and dog arises from tuberculosis concerns. He notes tuberculosis rising and suggests dogs may be involved, though with cautious doubt.
In a British Weekly comment the Scotish people are described as anxious to appear modest about their fortunes. The piece claims Scots would rather understate wealth than risk public belief that trade is failing, reflecting a cautious national outlook.
The decided man carries a positive atmosphere and impresses with force to act. His presence inspires confidence and conviction, making others feel he will confront challenges and not be weak. He knows what he thinks and says it, knows what he wants to do and does it.
A Bangor News piece recalls crickets as a symbol of joyful life events from harvest to romance. The narrator muses how the crickets’ cheerfulness would affect a male editor and evokes rural scenes of farmhouses, old gates, and starlit country roads, ending with a playful nod to courting bears.
A German scientist reports black hair supports more weight than other colors. Black hair can suspend four ounces per strand, while blond hair fails earlier at lower weights. Very dark brown hair may hold an extra half ounce. yellow hair two ounces. brown three ounces. The study suggests jet black hair resists baldness longer than blond hair.
A Cleveland Leader quote notes a boy opting to be a skeleton in a museum over sailor or soldier due to fears of drowning or being shot. The piece then recalls the US Navy ship Constellation as the oldest afloat, launched Sept. 7, 1797, built in Baltimore by David Stoddert, 44 days older than the Constitution. A Baltimore American blurb adds a wary joke about a rich bachelor drafting his will after a nephew spills him from a car, calling it a barbarous operation.
An edict in Pekin Times says Hsu Shih chang and Tieh Liang, grand council members, are granted horseback riding within Hsi Yuan Men and Tieh Lang gains the right to ride inside the Forbidden City. The note highlights imperial privilege and ceremonial access.
At Lowestoft England Mr War mer and Miss Freezer wed. In Bristol Mr Blizzard and Miss Gale joined in matrimony. Years ago a London church pastor was named Pigg, and two deacons were Messrs Hogg and Bacon.
From The Academy notes that Printers and Snuff author Dr Wadd, author of Mems Mems and Memotre, frequented the Dryden Press in silk stockings and a sword. He habitually took snuff from his waistcoat pocket, and his abundant manuscript drafts often emptied the office snuff-box.
From Blackburn England a seven inch worm was found inside a stone ten inches from the exterior. On exposure it moved actively. It is claimed the creature may have lain in suspended animation for thousands of years.
Japanese practice streeting temple builders names on roof plates rather than foundations. Dialogue shows a dining guest exchange about appetite in a framed cartoon style. Swedish doctors claim whistling boosts physical vigor and robustness.
Feature on the Abyssinian capital describes the palace banqueting hall where batches of 8,000 soldiers are fed twice weekly on raw meat bread and Abyssinian honey tea.
Boston January 2. The American Woolen Company will raise wages by 10 percent for thirty thousand workers across its seven state plants. The move, effective today, covers fourteen Massachusetts mills and seven in Rhode Island, along with sites in New Hampshire Maine Vermont Connecticut and New York. The Scotia Worsted Mills in Woonsocket also boosts pay by 10 percent for 175 workers. The raise is expected to add about one million dollars annually to workers’ earnings.
In Macon Georgia on January 2 a landmark contempt hearing proceeds before Judge Speer. The city must justify sending Henry Jamison to the chaingang without a formal order despite the Supreme Court mandate. The dispute hinges on whether the mandate dissolves the habeas corpus under which Jamison seeks escape from the chaingang. The district attorney insists an extra order from Judge Speer was required, and city actions without it were contempt. The case features City Attorney Wim berley Police Chief Grenville Connor and road Supt B A Wimish as defendants, with an appeal filed in Judge Felton's court.
The Arkansas state convention of county delegates to the cotton growers opened in Little Rock on January 2. Delegates from counties, elected by district conventions, aim to select representatives for the Interstate Convention at Hot Springs and to reorganize the Southern Cotton Growers' Association by choosing a new officer slate.
A chamois hunter Schultz from Croke in Grison Canton slipped and tumbled into a ravine nearly a thousand feet deep. His fifteen year old son, aided by his axe, held his footing for almost two hours until rescuers arrived.
Belgian women take pride in doing their own work and prefer no help. They say servants are kept only by lazy, incompetent, extravagant, or sick persons.
An old explanation traces a well known saying to a quern or hand mill used for grinding corn. Grain was winnowed and heated by friction in a wooden bearing device called a temse. A lazy person was told he would never set the tense on fire, later corrupted to Thames.
An old advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a superior beauty tonic sold by Siniger Drug Co and distributed by Joan Cloran. It touts a whitening effect and claims the product requires 35 cents for tea or tablets.
State of Illinois to Daviess County. By decretal order of the Circuit Court entered at the November term 1905 an application by J J Nierling guardian of Grant C Nierling to sell Lot fourteen 14 fronting 50 feet on Broadway to Branch Street on the west side of Galena River in Jalena Illinois. Sale set for January 24 1906 at the courthouse front door in Galena Daviess county Illinois at ten o'clock in the forenoon. Terms cash. Hodson Campbell attorneys for guardian.
Mary Wachter executrix of the last will of Heinrich Wachter late of Jo Daviess County Illinois gives notice she will appear at the Jo Daviess County Court House Galena on the March term first Monday in March to adjust claims and all debtors must pay promptly. Dated December 21 1905.
Executor B Lewert announces appointment as administrator of Louisa Wolenetz estate in Jo Daviess Illinois. Court will hear claims at Jo Daviess County Court House Galena February term first Monday. Creditors urged to attend and debtors to pay promptly.
Alice P. Timmermans Administratrix announces probate in Jo Daviess County Illinois. She will appear at the County Court in Galena during February term on the first Monday to adjust claims. Creditors must file and debtors must pay promptly. Dated December 15 1905.
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