Secretary Hay Dead at Newbury New Hampshire
Newbury New Hampshire July 1 John Hay secretary of State died after a week of ill health and relapse following travel to Europe and a summer home visit. He served as Lincoln's secretary and Ambassador to England and shaped diplomacy during the Boxer crisis and Russo Japanese War era. Taft may appoint a successor.
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Mel Linley
Roosevelt
United States
China
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Seward
Former Speaker Henderson Improves in Julien Apartments
The Times reports Hendersons condition is improving with his paralyzed right arm gaining use and pain easing. Col Henderson is stronger daily and officials expect he will be able to up and about soon with danger considered past.
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Henderson
the Julien
the Times
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Busy Week Ahead for Galena Baseball Club
The Galena baseball club heads into its busiest period with eight games over successive days. Tomorrow the undefeated Pecatonica Maroons visit the fair grounds, followed by matches against Arl Galenas, Bellevue, Wausau, Maquoketa, and Clinton on the listed days at Galena, Bellevue, and Clinton venues. Pecatonica touts itself as the fastest independent team in northern Illinois.
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Galena
Pecatonica Maroons
Fair Grounds
Arl Galenas
Fair Ground
Bellevue
Wausau
Maquoketa
Clinton
Pecatonica
Illinois
Excursion to Bellevue by Eagle Point Steamer
The Eagle Point steamer will sail to Bellevue on July 4 from the landing at 8 o clock. Round trip tickets cost 50 cents. Music on board by the Galena Harp Orchestra. Galena Band and Galena baseball club to attract crowds at the Town City celebration.
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Eagle Point
Bellevue
Galena Harp Orchestra
Galena Band
Galena Baseball Club
Carr Pascoe Nuptials at Galena Illinois in 1905
George Carr of Cuba City and Della Pascoe of Meekers Grove were married in Galena on June 2 1905. Carr is son of George Carr Sr a wealthy farmer near Cuba City and an industrious young man. Pascoe daughter of John and Mrs Pascoe of Meekers Grove. She previously worked at Lillian Carkeet millinery parlors. They will reside on the Carr farm east of Cuba City.
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George Carr
Cuba City
Della Pascoe
Meekers Grove
Galena, Ill
Mr. Carr
Miss Pascoe
John Pascoe
Lillian Carkeet
Carr
Y M C A Juniors Camp Arrives in Galena
Fifteen brown weathered youths led by director Steele arrived in Galena from Freeport on Saturday morning for a two week Y M C A Junior encampment. They traveled by foot since Wednesday, attracting attention in neglige costumes. They will pitch near Tuttles Mill to explore the Ice cave and other local sights.
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Galena
Freeport
Steele
Tuttle’s Mill
Elizabeth Cemetery Association Articles of Incorporation
Articles of incorporation of the Elizabeth Cemetery Association have been filed for record in the office of Recorder Heer.
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The
Elizabeth Cemetery Association
Heer
Real estate listing and city electric plant meeting report
A realty note records John Ertner considering William L Johns Lot No 10 Block 8 Village of Elizabeth for 525. A mass meeting at Darlington Court House Monday evening drew many attendees to hear the city council’s report on municipal electric plant investigations. The Fort Atkinson plant was praised and a cost estimate for a new plant was discussed, with a five member citizen committee to investigate and report in thirty days. Louis Efferding and wife of Bellevue visited the city Friday.
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John Ertner
William L. Johns
Village of
Elizabeth
Darlington Monay
Fort Atkinson
Galena
rep.-Journal
Local notices and ads fill Galena city life
The Galena column lists visitors and residents frequenting the city including O B Foley Benton, Mrs John Coogan Vinegar Hill, Miss Ollie Moon Scales Mound, Fred Etting St Donatus, Mrs Will Haser East Galena, Andrew Brunner Menominee, Thomas Trudgian Guilford, D Driscol Benton, Calvert New Diggins, Charles Berryman Seates Mound, John Sehenk and Lena Gordon's Ferry. Praire Queen flour ads crown the piece with product guarantees and local drug store offerings.
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O.B. Foley
Benton
John Coogan
Vinegar Hill
Ollie Moon
Scales Mound
Galena
Fred Etting
St Donatus
Will Haser
East Galena
Andrew Brunner
Menominee
Thomas Trudgian
Guilford
D. Driscolof Benton
Calvert
New Diggins
Charles Berryman
Seates Mound
John Sehenk
Lena
Gordon’s Ferry
Liwx
Winnie Hoskins
Effie Hood
Elizabeth
A. H. Eisenhower
Freeport
Siniger’s
R. Praeger
Elsie
Anton Kringle
Franklin Street
Hayes
Third Street
Sinnger’s
Joan Dawson
Winnie Bain
Merry Transfer Opens New Role in Illinois Central
Captain J Fr Merry, longtime assistant general passenger agent for the Illinois Central, will shift to immigration and other duties with headquarters at Manchester. H J Phelps will succeed him as district passenger agent in Chicago as of July 15.
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Illinois Central
J. Fr. Merry
Dubuque
H. J. Phelps
Chicago
Merry
Illinois Central System
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Phelps
W. H. Brill
Omaha
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Sam North
Mr. Brill
J. ¥. Jackson
Capt. Merry
Hangon
Hatch
Hanson
Mississippi River
Capt
Ilinois Central
Ackley
Onawa
Sioux Falls
Baton Rouge
Special Saturday Night Sale at The Fair Store
A Saturday night sale runs from 6 to 10 pm offering 200 ladies shirt waists at special prices. Ginghams 19¢, lawn waists 39¢, better waists 59¢ to 69¢. All shirts in stock to be sold at one price. Dry Goods Department promotes a one night only event. Five government surveyors map Rock River from Beloit to assess navigability by canals and locks. They will not discuss details beyond making a complete map. The survey is projected as potentially expensive. A light dialogue mentions love and education with a joke from the Boston Globe.
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United States
Rock River
State Line
Beloit
D River
At the Churches Tomorrow Morning Service and Union Park Event
First M B Church led by Rev J A Matlack holds Sunday school at 10 and morning service at 11 with theme Providential America Epworth League at 6 30 p m Evening Open air Union service in Grant Park with Rev John Van De Erve at South Presbyterian Church Sunday school at 10 a m communion at 11 a m theme Fourth Word on the Cross Y P C U meeting after the evening service.
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M.B. Chaurch
J.A. Matlack
Providential America
Epworth League
Grant Park
South Presbyterian Church
John van de Erve
Y.p.8.c.e
Prizes for 6th Regiment Track Meet at Camp Lincoln
Captain E H Danvin of Rock Island plans a regimental track meet at Camp Lincoln on Governor's Day July 27. Governor Deneen will review the parade in the morning. afternoon events include sprints, hurdles, relays, throws, jumps and the hammer, pole vault and discus. Six hundred men of the Sixth Regiment expected with wide spectator interest.
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E. H. Danvin
Co. A
Rock Island
Camp Lincoln
Deneen
Danvin
Inquest Held On Death Of George Lodge At Menominee
Coroners jury reports George F. Lodge died after being struck by a railway bridge or falling from train No 68 while serving as head brakeman on the Chicago Great Western Railway. Witness: a tramp riding in a hay rack saw the fatal strike and body thrown from the car. The verdict names the bridge No 172-20 over the Sinsinawa river as possible cause.
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George Lodge
Menominee
Great Western
George F. Lodge
Sinsinawa River
Chicago Great Western Railway
Edw
KE. Clark
G.el. Rottler
H.P. Gunn John V. Eckstein
Rofers Evans
Chris Spoor
Street Fair Planned in Cripple Creek for One Week
Democrat Karl Carroll reports a street fair likely to run for seven days starting Monday July 17. merchants back it, carnival firm asks 300 with 110 workers, band and free notices. A Venona trip is offered to verify operations and paying all expenses for a volunteer. John Clark sought, 79, 6 feet, blue eyes, near state road. a former farmer turned cooper, last heard in Daviess county.
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Carnival
Venona
Ponlong
John Clark
de Daviess County
New Marriage Law Takes Effect Across County
A new marriage law now requires applicants for licenses to disclose prior divorces within two years for certain cases and to appear in person at the county clerk's office. The statute bars remarriage after legal separation for two years due to unfaithfulness and after other divorces for one year. County Clerk Williams reports higher licenses in June this year than in 1903 or 1904, and May shows growing popularity for marriages in Jo Daviess County with 11, 21, and 23 licenses in 1903, 1904, and 1905 respectively.
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Williams
Jo Daviess
Mining Notes From Galena Region Highlight Local Mines
The Galena correspondent reports several mining prospects near Hazel Green and Galena. King Bee Mining shows six shafts to about 50 feet, zinc and lead found, pump shaft 70 feet deep, plans for a 100 ton mill in 90 days, $85 000 capitalization with $40 000 paid in. Other outfits include Big Dad near Hoskins, Unity on Kennedy estate lands, Sixteen on a drill hole, and Azam farm lead ore development.
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Galena
King Bee Mining Company
Hazel Green
F. Bremmerman
Hoskins
W.A. Martin
J. Bartell
Unity Mining Company
T. Kennedy
Sixteen Mining Company
Observator y wit joke from Amherst professor
Milkman interview with Professor Todd yields a playful quip about the new observatory. The professor jokes he cannot say when the project will finish and promises a telescope viewing of the Milky Way once done. The exchange ends with a pun about Aquarius.
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Todd
Amherst
New York Times
Military Chefs Compete at Krasno Selo Camp
Russian prince the late Prince Of fenberg institutes a military chef competition. Each regiment fields two cooks and winners receive prizes and watches. The last event at Krasno Selo camp drew 40 000 men of the Itua alan army.
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Prince Offenberg
Krasno Selo
Lincoln's Georgia Vote Record in 1860
In Georgia only two votes were cast for Lincoln in 1860. One voter, Uncle Billy Bowers, living in Franko, Georgia, is nearly 90 years old and was born in Quarbia. He moved to his current home at age three.
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Billy” Bowers
Franko
Quarbia
Circus Delights Galena Crowd Before Rain Halted Show
A large afternoon crowd of about five thousand enjoyed a high standard circus performance in Galena with new features, trained animals and clowns. The evening show was cancelled due to rain, disappointing thousands who waited. The bill featured Dellammeads living pictures, Kings on a revolving ladder, Okabe Sada Japanese rope, Stinckney’s trained horse, and acts by Blanch Reed, John Danville, Winnie Sweeny, La Belle Carmen, and Mile Turnout on trapeze.
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Galena
Dellammeads
The
Kings
Okabe Sada
Fred Stinckney
Miss Blanch Reed
John Danville
Winnie Sweeny
la Belle Carmen
Mile
Union services in Grant Park Sunday evening
Rev. David Clark will preach at the Union services in Grant Park Sunday evening. The All Galena's versus Galena Independents game promises an interesting contest with Frank Herberger of Dubuque, formerly with the Independents, pitching against his former teammates. Will and Will Kelly witnessed the Chicago Automobile club parade en route to St Paul. Women of the state board of agriculture met at the Leland hotel Springfield and organized with Mrs W S Frisbie of Rockford as president, Mrs Charles V Hickox of Springfield as treasurer, and Mrs Berry of Carthage as secretary. Daniel Denny of Polo was found on an island in the Rock River with his head almost severed. a large knife in his hand leads to death by self-inflicted act while intoxicated. County officers election unusual as two cigar makers hold offices, John Coleman treasurer and Val Boerner circuit clerk. Market prices: new potatoes $1.00 per bushel, peas 25 cents per peck, string beans 1 1/2 cents per peck, spring chickens 20 cents per pound, eggs 15 cents per dozen. Cuba City Herald notes Mrs A Lindsay underwent breast cancer operation at Galena by Dr Godfrey and Dr Edwards. operation successful and patient recovering well.
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State Board of Agriculture
Leland Hotel
Springfield
W. 8. Frisbie
Rockford
Charles V. Hickox
Berry
Carthage
Daniel Denny
Polo
Rock River
Cuba City
A. Lindsay
Galena
Godfrey
Edwards
Cuba
Tungsten Deposit Unearthed in Boulder County Colo
A vast tungsten find near Eldorado and Nederland in Boulder County Colo is described as possibly the world’s largest. Reported values range from 18 to 300 dollars per ton, with strong demand for iron and steel manufacturing. Also noted is a record grape harvest by T A Elliott of Visalia Cal, harvesting 170 tons from ten acres.
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Eldorado
Nederland
Colo
T. A. Elliott
Visaliu
Cal
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