Landon Targets Trusts at Corner Speech in Reed City
W P Landon, Republican candidate in the Thirteenth district, drew about two hundred supporters at Main and Green streets. He labeled Lowden a trust ally and attacked corporate power, contrasting himself as an unknown man standing against big business control.
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Main
Green Street
W. P. Landon
Congress
Trusts
Galena
Spensley
Landon
Abraham Lincoln
General Grant
Grant
Roosevelt
Jersey City
Mark Fagan
Fagan
National Buseau Company
Uneeda Biscuits
Dil
Outing at Ice Cave Y M C A Camp Ends
Ten days of camping at Ice cave concluded with twenty Y M C A members returning home. Galena visitors helped pass the days and state worker L L McDonald spent Tuesday night with the group planning future outings. Swimming, fishing, and exploration of Ice cave filled the pleasant agenda.
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Ice Cave
Galena
L. L. Mc Donald
Mc Donald
Bell Brothers to Open Galena Branch Factory
The Dubuque Times reports Bell Brothers will open a Galena branch due to a shortage of female machine operators in Dubuque. The new plant on lower Main Street in Galena will employ about 100 operators and will operate alongside the Dubuque factory without affecting its output.
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Bell Bros
Dubuque
Bell Brothers
Galena
Frank Bell
Mr. Bell
Young Mother Sarah Blackmer Dies in Galena
Mrs. Sarah Blackmer died after two days of suffering at her parents home on Franklin street Thursday. She had given birth to a son on Tuesday night and died at 5 o'clock. Born in Dakota, she moved to Galena as a child and lived there until two years ago marriage to Mr. Blackmer. They lived in Oelwein Iowa briefly before returning to Galena for the summer. Funeral was held at 2:30 at the family home with services there.
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Sarah Blackmer
William Buckley
Franklin Street
Special Fourth of July Service at First Presbyterian
A special sermon will be delivered at First Church on Sunday with appropriate music. Rev R M Crissman will preach, and Company M members will attend in dress uniforms. The local G A R post may join in a body.
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Vpirst
First Presbyterian
R. M. Crissman
Company M
G. A. R. Post
Storm wrecks farms and streets with hail flood damage
A severe storm drenched the city and countryside causing extensive hail and wind damage. Hail as large as hen eggs destroyed a greenhouse near Vandervate, with losses around 1800 dollars. Flooded streets, unroofed farmhouses, and torn brick paving followed, while Chicago and Marshalltown reported fatalities nearby.
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Galena
Franklin Street
B. F. Vandervate
Vandervate
Faust
Diagonal Street
Chicago
Marshalltown
Here
Mississippi River
Obermiller-Washburn Rites in Sterling Illinois
Henry L Obermiller and Miss Emily P Washburn married in Sterling Illinois on Thursday. Obermiller, a Sterling native and brother of William Obermiller of this city, had earlier lived in Lena and worked in Cuba City and here. He moved to Sterling five years ago and opened a clothing store. Friends here extend congratulations.
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Henry L. Obermiller
Emily P. Washburn
Sterling, I
Obermiller
William Obermiller
Galena
Cuba City
Sterling
Lightning strike narrowly spares Mrs. Bunger during storm
A lightning bolt hit the hillside home of Mrs. Harry Bunger as she tried to close a window on Wednesday evening. The bolt flashed through the window and burned hair near her bed, leaving her badly frightened but unharmed otherwise.
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Harry Bunger
Destructive hailstorm hits Bloomington Wisconsin
A severe hail storm swept two miles north of Bloomington at 5 30 p m destroying crops and breaking many windows. The ground piled two inches of hail and the storm, following a Monday event, caused thousands of dollars in losses with little crop insurance.
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Bloomington
Wis
Heat Causes Eight Deaths in Chicago
Eight people died and fifty were prostrated from the intense heat in Chicago on June 29, prompting public warnings and cooling measures as authorities record the toll from the heat wave.
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Chicago
Injured at Platteville Firecracker Accident
Platteville Wisconsin June 29. While playing with firecrackers Thursday afternoon Angio Stover and Gardner met with a serious accident. They placed a firecracker in a gasoline can which exploded. The Stover boy had both legs broken and the Gardner boy one.
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Platteville, Wis
Angio Stover
Gardner
Stover
Gardner Boy
Farmer Sours On Mail Orders After Chicago Jail Order House
Guilford township farmer George Klein bought a power wood saw from Montgomery Ward in Chicago. The saw arrived with broken parts and no replacements for months. Freight delays and later a Chicago railroad check showed the shipment never left. Local merchants are preferred as mail orders prove costly and unsatisfactory.
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Chicago
George Klein
Guilford Township
Montgomery Ward & Company
Klein
Pope grants meat allowance for feast day Friday
The Catholic faithful receive a rare dispensation to eat fresh meat on Friday as a tribute to Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Pope Pius X declared the abstinence dispensation for this day, a privilege not common except when Christmas falls on Friday.
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Sis
Peter and Paul
Pius X
Married at Home two ceremonies courtship in Galena and Hanover
Miss Bertha Strickland and Solomon Scadden wed at the bride’s Galena home in a quiet ceremony officiated by Rev. John Van de Erve with about twenty guests. The bride, a longtime Galena teacher, and the groom, a Turnpike area farmer stock raiser, plan a farm home. In Hanover, Miss Emily Moore and Arthur Woodard were married at the bride’s home despite a winter storm, with Rev. Speer performing. They will live in Chicago.
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Bertha Strickland
Solomon Scadden
John van de Erve
Hazel Schmohl
Galena
Scadden
Here
Hanover
Emily Moore
Arthur Woodard
Chicago
Miss Moore
Rev. Speer
Catarrh Cure Promises Quick Relief From Discharges
An ad touts Dr Shoop Catarrh Cure as a fast remedy for nose and throat discharges and foul breath. It claims a balm cream blends antiseptic Oils of Eucalyptus Thymos Wild Indigo and related ingredients and is sold by W K Kittoe.
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Dr. Shoop
W. K. Kittoe
Local Grocery Price List from Coatworth's Shop
Prices for essentials include 20 lb best granulated sugar 22 lb Jap rice 24 lb rolled oats Arbuckles coffee Yeast foam Four Crown raisins mustard sardines domestic oil sardines Alaska red salmon Arm and Hammer soda 26 bars Old Country soap White jar rubbers cloths pins Mason jars and cave oysters. Total shown 11.00 1.00 4 03 08 06 04 12% os 01 34 55 70.
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Alaska
Arm and Hammer
Fire Crew Hears Benton Fourth Invite For July
Galena fire department members received a formal invitation to attend the Fourth of July celebration in Benton. A final decision is pending in a few days with several members favorable to going. Arrangements may detail crews to stay if fire calls arise during absence.
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Galena Fire Department
Fouth
Benton
City
Republican primary filed candidate notices in Jo Daviess
Notices announce candidacies for Illinois General Assembly and Jo Daviess County offices subject to Republican primaries. W H Shons William W Krape James F Leckley William Stephenson John R Gilson list bids for Legislature County Judge County Treasurer with primary voter decisions indicated.
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W. H. Shons
General Assembly
Illinois
William W. Krape
Jo Daviess County
Ilinois
James F. Leckley
William Stephenson
John R. Gilson
Jo Daviess County Republican Primary Candidates Named
A list of candidates announces run for Jo Daviess County offices. Edward Menzimer seeks County Treasurer, J C Williams for County Clerk, Robert Irwin for Sheriff, and A L Hathaway also runs for Sheriff, all subject to Republican primary votes.
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Jo Daviess County
Irl
Edward Menzimer
Illinois
J. C. Williams
Robert Irwin
A. L. Hathaway
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Lowden
Uneeda
Great Trust
Pullman Company
United States
Pullman
Dakota
Galena Junction
Black Jack Mine
Waters Farm
Black Jack
Helms
Caters
Coatsworth’s
R. A. Bratton
Main Street
Jena
Ill
Sterling, Ilinois
Wisconsin
Platteville
Elgin
Coatsworth’s Jewelry Store
Mr. Solomon Scadden
Coatworth’s
Waea
Matt Beaton & Co
William Rippin
H. Strohmeyer
N. Main Street
Galena, Illinois
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