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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
3
Fire Friday evening consumed the home of Thos Archy near Bowden's furnace after a defective flue allowed the blaze to gain headway. Archy, a bachelor switchman, lost his house, clothing, household effects, and a valuable gold watch with no insurance to cover the several hundred dollar loss.
Archibald McDougal an Illinois Central railroad employee since 1888 in Freeport died at St Francis hospital on Wednesday morning July 4 at 6 o clock. Cause of death was peritonitis after a mild three to four year illness.
A local business observer notes the postal card boom reaching shops and collectors with comic and art themed lines. Leather postals and souvenir ecards spur pillow sales and flirtations among youths, while most vulgar items see limited circulation despite past confiscation scares.
Horace Wild's air ship will begin flights at White City Chicago next Sunday July 8 if conditions allow. The invention credits western mechanical genius with a fourteen mile course around downtown and back, daily without rain or wind. John C Weber and his military band performed last Sunday and will appear twice daily with soprano Blanche B Mehaffey and soloists. Independence Day features fife and drum by Grant Post veterans, nine members led by George Manley. The hippodrome introduces new acts including Cameroni in a slide from the White City tower.
Three youths brought from Lena pleaded guilty before Justice Goddard to stealing a gold watch and other items from the Robert Macomber residence at Waddams Grove on the Fourth of July. Held to the grand jury under bonds of 500 each, the Chicago Missouri and Iowa natives were identified as Frank White Richard Funken and Fred Smith.
In East Dubuque near the Burlington depot an intoxicated Italian group fighting with bricks wounded three men on Fourth of July. One fighter had his arm blown off by a shotgun blast from a rival known as Big Frank. Injured men were treated at Mercy hospital and Chicago-bound.
Sterling Illinois July 6 The last Tampico mayor Mayor Kemp was arrested on a state warrant for illegally arresting temperance aldermen John Blacklund and Herbert Dennison and falsely imprisoning them in the city hall. Also arrested were his marshal James Daley and the assistant marshal for acting on the mayor’s orders. The State Liquor Dealers association is involved and the state’s attorney aiding the temperance side predicts conviction.
The Kelly building is being remodeled for a modern store after purchase by R. Barrett. W. A. Telford holds the contract and employs several workers. The Rochford and Newhall buildings are razed to clear the site for the new library, with Telford directing the tearing down and site preparation for construction.
A well known city businessman who ran a Franklin Street grocery disappeared several days ago after facing mounting debts. His wife later received a letter from Dubuque saying he was there but would move on, leaving family and friends puzzled about his whereabouts and finances.
The final brick was laid on upper Main Street Friday marking completion of that segment. Lower Main Street paving has begun and will finish soon. Rain and bad weather slowed progress over the last two weeks.
The marriage of Lillian Hoch and Reuben Schaefer took place at 8 Friday evening at the bride’s parents home, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoch. Rev. Herted officiated.
The article traces copperplate engraving from Florence in the fifteenth century, noting a goldsmith’s lampblack proof method as the serendipitous seed of the craft. It explains how early discovery took a century to yield its full value, and how collectors prize old plates now housed in museums.
Laborer injured in a beer fueled brawl at Galena Junction. Curley McCarty, identified by a witness, arrested by Marshal Whippo on assault and battery charges after a confrontation among Great Western construction workers. The victim, badly injured, was aided at a camp tent before regaining consciousness and swearing warrants. Another intoxicated man from Vinegar Hill was jailed for drunken disturbance.
Raymond, bedridden after a paralytic stroke, barely escaped a tent blaze near Galena Junction Thursday afternoon. Severely burned on face and hands, he was rescued by his wife who found the tent consumed and the family left with nothing. The wife seeks county aid while the couple plans to find work to support their young children. A local ad notes 48c books at Coatsworth's this week.
A fifty acre lake of sulphuric acid lies at Sulphur Island off New Zealand. The water holds hydrochloric and sulphuric acids and bubbles at 110 degrees Fahrenheit, demanding extreme caution to approach without suffocation.
A fragmentary advertisement notes a dramatic price drop with numbers and percentages, listing multiple digits and codes. The readable portion suggests a sale or clearance event with reduced figures and negative adjustments.
Local store Coats Worth's advertises crouquet sets priced at 48 cents per set. The note highlights affordable equipment for hobby players and summer yard games.
The notice lists candidates for Illinois General Assembly and Jo Daviess County offices. Names include W. H. Shona, William W. Krape, William Rippin, James F. Leckley, William Stephenson, John KR Gilson, Edward Menzimer, J. C. Williams, Robert Irwin, and A. L. Hathaway. It also promotes a life insurance rate cut on Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and folding go carts at Coatsworth's.
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