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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1906
Page
2
The writer criticizes relying on police officers for health duties and urges a health board led by a physician. A fund for quarantine and sanitation is proposed to prevent contagion and panic, arguing action before danger arises. The piece warns that dependence on police is inefficient and stresses proactive sanitary governance.
The article questions representative government amid frequent debate on whether elected leaders heed the will of the people. It contrasts public sentiment with opposition in the Senate and characterizes President Roosevelt as embodying contemporary American thinking and practical experience.
The article critiques the federal system showing the executive powerless to reform, cites the flawed Senate controlled by rail interests opposing railroad rate regulation, and urges public action and informed voting to secure good government. It emphasizes Roosevelt’s nomination and the expected future uprising at the ballot box.
In a Chicago Tribune render, a complacent financier overhears a conversation about investing hundreds of thousands in gilt edged securities and suburban property. His wife discovers he was talking to himself, not partners, in a moment of self interrogation.
A Yorkshire match saw the home side start with ten men due to coal pit delays. One missing player returned before half time with a bloodstained handkerchief after wading through coal dust. The referee asked for the cause of delay and the reply cited coal at the pit as the reason, with assurances the eleventh man would join when possible.
The manager notes tenth floor apartments command the highest rents as the safest. A home seeker remarks air ships rarely fly that low and cars seldom jump that high, in a Philadelphia Public Ledger snippet.
A melancholy note in Lady's Pictorial laments the era where people avoid serious talk of politics and literature. They seek amusement from professional singers and musicians, a good supper, and brief stays, preferring entertainment over deep discussion.
The Polo Poultry and Seed Corn association plans its annual show in Polo from January 8 to 13. Other brief notes mention James O. Davidson sworn in as Wisconsin governor, deaths, marriages, and local events across several towns.
An elderly man in Human town sells wafers shaped like ears to trade for lies. He stores the lies in a bag until retreating to a garden where the bag empties and a pinch of gold remains. A child witnesses the scene and learns the man is the historian, as townspeople seek his identity.
Postal service details a floating mail bag used by St Kilda residents to send letters. A sheepskin buoy with a note reads St Kilda Mail Please Open, containing a tin canister with the letters. The last bag sailed June 21 and drifted to Shetland.
A Burl Booth home near Fourpole witnessed neighbors and a baby sneezing as a lamp fumes from red poppers ignited above a mantel. Dr N B Ferguson arrived to find the infant improving due to the sneezing air. The scene, reported by the Huntington correspondence to the Baltimore Herald, attributes the rescue to the sneeze induced by the fumes.
A late Dr George Macdonald’s father, a prosperous oat meal merchant and local Aberdeenshire character, faced anger during agrarian unrest as a crowd prepared to burn an effigy. He arrived on a wooden leg and quipped that the wooden leg was the wrong one, averting the act.
Ambassador Von Sternberg brought a complete suite of drawing room furniture once used by Napoleon in Leipzig. Passed down by a relative whose grandfather owned Napoleon’s residence, the Flemish pieces feature mythological tapestry designs and gilded frames. Included is a desk Napoleon used for writing vigorous messages, forming a notable legacy.
A Chicago dentist's son, Fred Ottory, now travels the world on his second voyage. Still in early teens, he is described as a keen, wide awake lad, not a runaway, with his father confident he can manage the journey for a year or more.
The Southern Workman describes a Cherokee or Southeastern method where long ditches of dry wood are lit to roast corn. Maidens pick ears while a mother roasts in the fire, husks scorched, kernels separated with a mussel shell, then sun dried. The yield lasts a season.
The Pennsylvania railroad is planting trees to provide crossties fifteen to twenty years ahead. A bold pledge is issued, backed by steady promotion of the plan. Also noted are advertisements for Rocky Mountain Tea and Strohmeyers Shoe Store highlighting new fall and winter footwear lines.
Dated December 2 1905 D B Brewer administrator of Louisa Wolenets estate in Jo Daviess county Illinois announces appearance before Jo Daviess County Court in Galena for February term to settle claims and settle debts. Creditors must attend and all debtors pay promptly.
State of Illinois to Daviess County issues an order by the Circuit Court authorizing J. J. Nierling guardian to sell the minor Grant C. Nierling's real estate in Galena. The sale will occur January 24, 1906, at 10 a.m. at the courthouse front door in Galena. Terms are cash. Hodson and Campbell attorneys for the guardian.
Alice P. Timmermans administers the estate of William Timmermans deceased of Jo Daviess County Illinois. She will appear before Jo Daviess County Court at Galena Courthouse on the February term First Monday in February to adjust claims. Creditors must present claims and all debts shall be paid promptly days.
Mary Wachter executrix of Heinrich Wachter deceased of Jo Daviess County Illinois publishes notice that she will appear before the County Court in Galena on the first Monday of March to have claims against the estate adjusted. Creditors must present claims and all debts are to be paid promptly to the executrix. Dated December 21, 1905.
The Rev Paul Jenkins recalls a Frisco train incident where a young man offered him a drink from a flask and boasted of selling liquor. The stranger across the aisle declined, the offer continued, and the young man finally drank alone while others watched. The anecdote is cited from the Kansas City Star.
The text asserts that the arctic moon is identical to the moon elsewhere, and that prolonged polar days and nights do not affect the moon in the slightest degree. It emphasizes the moon’s constancy regardless of extreme daylight conditions.
Prof Garner complains of graft in journalism while in a New York visit and a monkey language study in a steel cage. He notes graft is everywhere and mocks reporters who misquote him. A hay fever joke with a doctor ends without a clear remedy.
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