Campmeeting Opens August at Lena Lena
The Freeport district Methodist camp meeting runs August 10 to 20 at Lena camp meeting grounds. Rev L A Burling outlines aims and asks attendees to invite others to worship, with plans for grounds, meals, tickets, and committee leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Lena
L. C. Burling
Association
L. A. Burling
P. E
R. G. Shumway
Polo
J. W. Ioefer
Rev. W. Sehling
Pearl City
H.F
George Shoesmith
al. I. Aspinwall
G. Shumway
Licket
Hon
Aspinwall
Tlon
TH. F. Aspinwall
BR. G. Shumway
A. A. O'Kane
Light Plant Transferred to Traction Company in Elgin
The Elgin municipal electric light plant is transferred to the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Traction Company for ten years. Mayor Botsford formalized the deal at city hall with officials from both sides. The 100 page inventory lists three engines three alternators three dynamos 4000 poles and fifty five miles of wire among principal assets.
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Municipal Electric
Elgin
C.I. Botsford
Municipal
Traction Company
Botsford
Hall
Huntington
Migin, Ma and Southern Traction Company
A.L. Metzel
James Risdon
Harry Hilton
Bowman
Hicks
Taction Company
City
Kimball Street
Chicago St
Rooster Flour and Nerve Tablets Featured at Siniger's Drug Store
An ad touts Rooster Flour as the choice for the wise and witty and promotes Nerve Tablets, described as Great Nerve, Blood and Brain Food, available for sale at Siniger's Drug Store.
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Siniger
Stoce
Siniger’s Drug Store
Galena Boy Promoted to Traveling Passenger Agent
Homer 8. Gray son of Mr and Mrs John Gray is promoted to Traveling Passenger Agent for the Illinois Central after serving as city passenger agent at Sioux City. Also notes Nervo Tablets ad and low excursion rates to Denver with Aug 12 13 travel. Weathered fragments mention Mascoda Highland score 5 to 3 and upcoming games against Madison.
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Homer
Denver
Colo
North-Western Line
Chicago
North- Western Bay
Damm Family in Court Over Beloved Dog
Magistrate Whitman in Harlem police court hears Herman and Marie Damm and their dog as they clash over a new yellow pup. Language gaps cause comic confusion as the couple argues and the magistrate orders them to reconcile at home.
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Whitman
New York
Damm
Harlem
Herman Damm
Marie
East One Hundred and Tenth Street
Herman
Blood and Brain Food for Sale at Siniger s Drug Store
A historical newspaper item notes the sale of a product titled Blood and Brain Food at Siniger s Drug Store. The brief item highlights the product availability and local retail stock as advertised.
Peoria Plays Here As First Three I League Visit
Peoria baseball club under Hugh Nicol meets at the fairgrounds Monday afternoon drawing a likely big crowd. The Rock Island club adds three players including Charles Jones from Serre Haute, John Eads and Ed Ronnin from Deadwood. Galena Independents schedule shows July games with Rockford Maquoke Morrison Leland Giants Polo. Prairie Queen flour remains top seller.
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Peoria Baseball Club
Hugh Nicol
Fairgrounds
Peoria
Galena
Maquoketa
Maquoke
Morrison
Leland Giants
Polo
Death of Charles Kaege Former Galena resident dies in Baraboo Wis
Charles Kaege born in Zeiningen Switzerland in 1827 immigrated to the United States in 1860. He lived in Galena after 1861 and moved to Baraboo two years ago to reside with his daughter Mrs Samuel Frazer. He is survived by two daughters Lena and Josephine and two sons Anton C and Mathias. Funeral from his Baraboo home Saturday at nine o clock.
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Charles Kaege
Galena
Samuel Frazer
Baraboo
Wis
Switzerland
Zeiningen
Bezirk Rheinfelden
Argo
United States
St. Louis
Lena
Josephine
Anton C
Mathias
Galeua
Excursion to Devils Lake July 20 round trip special
Devils Lake excursion advertisement outlines a round trip from Galena to Devils Lake via Madison with a 11.30 AM arrival and 11 PM return schedule. Tickets priced at 1.50, available through G&N agents and IW.Ry. contacts for information.
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Devils Lake
Galena G
Madison
G&n
Iw.ry
Galena Beats Pecatonica In 9 To 0 Victory
Local notes report Galena defeated Pecatonica 9 to 0. Items mention street carnival plans in La Salle, camp meeting in Dixon district, and city news from Dubuque, Manchester, Mt. Carroll, and Galena. Various visits, business moves, and municipal topics appear, including a library robbery, census figures, and a beacon of civic events.
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Galena
Pecatonica
Main St
Minnie Schnieder
Emma Siniger
Chicago
Jacob Meffley
Elk Street
E. J. McCormack
Stockton
Ralph Root
Hazel Green
Grant
L.J. Schneider
Lyons
Hattie McCloskey
Christie
Mt. Carroll
Alice Wilde
Drenning
Charles Nagle
Manchester Ia
Dell Jeffery
the Central
E. H. Lacy
Fred Roberts
Apple River
City
Dr. Tyrell
B. L. Graves
Elizabeth Pabst
Minneapolis
E.L. Graves
M. Freisnecker
Baraboo
Charles Kaege
Isabel Webb
J. W. Crawford
Park Ave
John Hellman
Edwards
Eagles
la Salle
Dixon District
Franklin Grove
Soldiers and Sailors
Dubuque County
Epworth
J.J. Behensky
J. H. Edwards
Diagonal
Main Street
Dubuque
Berg
Livingston
Charles Porter
Monroe
Boy Dies in Mine Shaft Tragedy at Glanville Site
The Montfort Mail reports twelve year old Nacy Glanville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Glanville, fell to death yesterday afternoon at Glanville Bros. mine in Linden. The boy, described as bright and industrious, was killed instantly. an aunt and an uncle are named relatives. Nearby incidents at Stevens mine and a death of Joseph Rule are noted as similar accidents in the area.
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Linden
Montfort Mail
Nacy Glanville
Charles Glanville
Glanville Bros
Nacy
E. Glanville
Montfort
Will Glanville
Stevens
Glanville
Joseph Rule
Young Glanville
Heads to fall as Deneen reshapes hospital empire
Elgin Press reports Governor Deneen is poised to overhaul state hospitals for the insane. Only two superintendents, J C Corbus of Kankakee and G A Zellay of Bartonville, may remain. Dr Whitman of the Virgin Asylum gains backing amid intra party tensions in Boone County.
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Elgin
Deneen
Chicago
Poli!ans
J.C. Corbus
Kankakee
G.A. Zellay
Bartonville
Whitman
Vigin Asylum
Belvidere
Gov. Yates
C.E. Muller
Boone County
R. W. McInnes
Bergidert
Congress
Death of Mrs H Rice in East Dubuque
Mrs H Rice died at her East Dubuque home on Wednesday at 7 PM. Magdalena Schwitzer, born 1819 in Alton, Illinois, married to Mr Rice in 1843, spent years in Hazel Green Wisconsin before moving to East Dubuque in 1895. She leaves husband and three children, funeral at home at 1:30 PM with Hazel Green interment. Prairie Queen flour advertisement follows.
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East Dubuque
Magdalena Schwitzer
Alton
Mr. Rice
Hazel Green Wis
Hast Dubuque
Frank
Frederica, Ta
Anna
Denver
Colo
Jannetta
Hazel Green
Mell Arrested in Chicago Over Diamond Ring Theft
Joseph Mell living in Atlanta was arrested in West Chicago on a charge of larceny as bailee linked to a diamond ring taken from a drowned man in Warren Daviess County about a year ago. Bonds set at 1000. Administrators sue through Charles Clyne of Aurora. Mell’s brother David Mell drowned at Millville in March 1904. his body was recovered weeks later.
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Joseph Mell
West Chicago
Mell
Atlanta
Warren
Daviess County
Charles Clyne
Aurora
David Mell
Millville
Chicago
Quality tobacco touted at Lead Mine claim
Various local notices report visits by De Los Childs of Waco Texas aiding his ailing father. Funeral services for Henry Mulfinger occurred on Franklin Street with interment at Greenwood. John Fiddick bankruptcy case seeks final hearing date. Plum River Mining Company formed to reopen Homer Lyon farm shaft. Gen John C Smith to speak at Stephenson County soldiers reunion. Street fair committee notes interest from packet lines and Galena band. Missing youth Fred Keeler last seen with money. Merchant’s Carnival discussed to inaugurate Main Street improvements.
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Henry Mulfinger
Franklin Street
Greenwood
Chicago
Plum River Mining Company
Homer Lyon
John C. Smith
Department of Illinois of the
GAR
Stephenson County
General Smith
Fred Keeler
Freeport Bulletin
Main St
Flag desecration sparks mob in London Ontario after Orangeman demo
An American flag torn down in front of London Ontario city hall following an Orangeman demonstration. About 800 Americans from Michigan had earlier paraded flags peacefully. A protest chant incident triggered rapid violence as the Port Elgin lodge flag was ripped and trampled amid anger at perceived insult to Canada.
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London
Orangeman
Michigan
Canada
Port Invon
Mieh
Lodge
Port Hiren Orangemen
Farm land sale in Jordan township sets price at 150 per acre
A Whiteside equity farm realty deal closed Monday when an eighty acre tract in Jordan township sold for 150 per acre. The buyer Joseph E. Wilger plans to unite the parcel with adjacent land. Nut production quotes note abundant hickory and walnut crops this year with hazel nuts also plentiful. Frank Rockefeller, spokesman for the Rockefeller family, criticized Ida Tarbell’s McClure's story about his father and warned of possible further action to defend the family name.
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Whiteside Equity Farm Realty
Jordan Township
J. W. Martin
Sterling
Joseph E. Wilger
Frank Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Ida Tarbell
Coins in Suggestion Box at The Alhambra Hall
A suggestion box at The Alhambra Music Hall in London was found at its door with a slot for patron suggestions on a new exhibition name. Upon opening the box, several coins were discovered, donated by people believing the box served a charitable purpose.
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Alhambra Music Hall
London
Bow
New Law Protects Creditors From Fraudulent Stock Sales
Statewide measure approved May 18 1905 requires buyers to investigate seller creditors and notify them five days before sale. Purchasers must reveal cost price per item and seek creditor details including names residences and amounts owed. Creditors may approve or deny proposed sales, ensuring protection against hidden losses.
Weather and chatter mix in mid August dispatches
Reports from Washington show widespread heat and humidity with scattered thunder showers offering brief relief. Forecasters note high Atlantic humidity and hot western conditions, while a humorous local aside mocks a home news habit and a fictional “smoke from chimney” cooking machine. The piece shifts to regional features on a seven week racetrack binge across several towns from Mineral Point to Galena starting August 16, and ends with Bishop Foss describing an engine as an iron horse seen in Africa as a one eyed locomotive with a fiery appetite.
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United States
Weather Bureau
Washington
West
Atlantic
New England
Florida
Jim
Mineral Point
Darlington
Platteville
Lancaster
Monroe
Warren
Galena
Savage
Cyrus D. Foss
Africa
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J.H. Shank
R.L. Griffin
J.W. Scott
C.K. Carpenter
Ads. Griffin
J.C. Barr
E.E. McKay
HF. Aspinwall
Luther Angle
Dakota
D.A. Schoch
Orangeville
I. Smith
Mount Carroll
A.B. Puterbaugh
Milledgeville
F.W. Hoefer
R.G. Shumway
W. A. Merrifield
Ilinois Central
Winnebago
Ogle
Stephenson and Lee
Usey
Elgin Municipal Works
Galena Boy
Singers Drag Store
Highland
Mascoda
Ce‘dar Rapids Gazette
Ane
Rockford
Manchester, In
Manchester
Neenah, Wis
Savanna
Mr. Carroll
Grant Park
Linden, Wis
HE. Rice
Lowa
de Los Childs
Waco
Texas
Mrs. Als. Childs
Mr. Childs
Ernteches
John Fiddick
Arthur KE. Fisher
Savanna Journal
G. Vo Shaw
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