Galena Baseball Association Disbands After Financial Struggles
The executive committee decided to pay off players and disband due to lack of funds and patronage. The club faced depleted reserves, unpaid expenses, and rising obligations, with talks of reorganization under new management but uncertainty remains. The Tribune pledges support for baseball as a source of recreation regardless of who runs it.
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Galena Baseball Association
Treasury
Illinois
Tribune
Quincey Rescue Efforts Under Way After Mississippi Sinking
Reports from the sunken steamer Quincey indicate the boat will be floated before week’s end. Captain Killeen and divers work with tugs and derricks while passengers are saved and the hull’s hole blamed on a river stump.
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Quincy
Quincey
John Killeen
Peterson
Diamond
Eagle Point
Mississippi
Killeen
Steele Departs Freeport Y M C A Blues
The Freeport Standard reports H E Steele leaves Freeport to take new work in Chicago after three years as secretary of the Boys Department at the Y M C A. He improved the department, was popular in church and charitable work, and even preached at leading city churches. Patsy Donovan defines ginger as a steadfast drive to win.
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Freeport
H. E. Steele
Steele
H. E B. Steele
Chicago
Patsy Donovan
Ginger
Surveyors Revisit Galena Lead Mines for New Survey
State geological surveyors are again in Galena and Apple River area to complete a lead mine survey. The party registered at the DeSoto house including L. Be Tucker Geo R Hardenbrook C B Beckley and E F Ries. They will stay several days to finish the survey and expect a report in a few months.
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Illinois
Galena
Apple River
DeSoto House
L. BE. Tucker
Geo. R. Hardenbrook
C. B. Beckley
E. F. Ries
Farmers urged to enter farm exhibits at Dubuque Tri State fair
The Dubuque Tri State fair will boost farm and garden product displays with no entry fee. Ten percent of winners’ premiums go to the display, prizes are doubled or tripled from last year, and six table vegetable prizes range from six to twenty dollars. Special events include Dan Patch and Crescens racing on August 28 and Dubuque day on August 30 with promised reduced rail fares for nearby states.
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Dubuque
Dan Patch
Quail numbers surge in county say game warden
Game Warden Chetlain reported thousands of young quail in the county, up from decades of decline, aided by Alabama quail releases and farmer protection. Prairie chickens remain scarce, two-year protection continues, and rabbits are numerous after a prior winter epidemic.
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Chetlain
Chatlain
Jo Daviess Medical Society Meets at Warren
The Jo Daviess County Medical Society held its regular meeting in the Warren Hotel parlor on Thursday July 12 with twenty members present. Doctors came from Apple River Galena Stockton Hanover Elizabeth Lena Gratiot and Freeport. Dr A C Phillips spoke on thigh fracture treatment and Dr J F Perey president of the Illinois State Medical Society delivered The Borderland of Insanity and a report on the state society’s progress. The next gathering is planned for Galena in October.
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Jo Daviess County Medical Society
Warren
Hotel Warren
Apple River
Galena
Stockton
Hanover
Elizabeth
Lena
Gratiot
Freeport
A. C. Phillips
H. T. Godfrey
Gajena
I. Smith
J. F. Perey
Galesburg
Illinois State Medical Society
Perey
State Society
Locks in Galena River to Raise Water Level for Lock Repairs
Water difficulty at Galena locks ends as Lock Master Kelly prepares to place sluice boards, raising river depth by about sixteen inches. Boats and barges await passage, including wood and sand shipments for Franklin Street paving, with navigation expected to normalize once locks are usable.
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Galena River
Kelly
Galena
Franklin Street
Celebrates 88th Birthday of Col E C Townsend in Shullsburg
Col E C Townsend one of the county’s first settlers and Black Hawk War participant marked his 88th birthday last Saturday at his city home. Relatives from Illinois attended a plain but hearty gathering with old fashioned fare. Townsends received many gifts as friends in southwest Wisconsin wish him vigor into his 90s.
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Col
E. C. Townsend
Illinois
Shullsburg
Thief Sought After Sorrel Paper Stolen Near Belvidere
Boone County Sheriff Lloyd Smith tracked a stolen sorrel horse with buggy harness robes bucket and oats last week in Belvidere. The owner seeks the valuable animal and believes the outfit moved west. The sheriff left for Dubuque by the afternoon train to pursue clues.
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Lloyd Smith
Boone Co
Belvidere
Dubuque
Savyanna Times
Locusts Reported Across Regions With Growing Numbers
A farmer in the city says locusts have appeared on his farm with numbers rising over the past hours. Dispatches from the United States and Hungary note widespread appearances and potential damage though Minnesota and other northwest states report small numbers and limited impact based on current reports. Historical context recalls past locust visits that destroyed orchards and crops.
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United States
Hungaria
Minnesota
Northwest
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Santos
Aome
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mystic and
Big Jo Flours
John Cloran
Truth
Ernest Stadel
T. E. Reynolds
FOR Fine
Grover Soft
Galena Iron Works Company
Albert L. Caulkins
Hurst
Howes
Matt Beaton
G&g Co
Gentlemen the
King
Iowa
Joplin
Platteville
Monroe Block
Platteville, Wis
Galena Iron Works
Dubuque, Iowa
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