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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1906
Page
7
Thursday highlights include P J Dargan and F H Bayne in the city for short visits. Mrs Lyons and Miss Esty travel to Dubuque and Platteville hosts host gatherings. Numerous locals attend business, mines, and social activities with updates on illnesses, travel, weddings, and upcoming fairs.
A parade of names fills the Benton Advocate column as Wm Beatty, Bert Smith, John and Robert Ortscheid, Jos Walton and Schumacher, James Cowling, Mr and Mrs Lupton, Mrs Redfearn, Miss Emma Stevens, Mr and Mrs Martin, Miss Leid, and many others are listed in daily city visits. Drills at the DeSoto mine are changing with a heavier bit. Several residents change jobs, travel to Dubuque, and plan weekends in Iowa and Illinois towns. A $60,000 Freeport hospital is proposed by the Church of Christ. James Edwards leaves for Waterloo, and farmers report corn plowing progress.
Catholic Knights of Cuba City plan a special train to Janesville for a class initiation with transport from Platteville. Rev John Van de Erve returns from Holland and Chicago and plans West Point Iowa trip. Galena Rowley roaster tested. Bihar Benton Advocate reports Elmer Bastian recovering from foot injury. Lancaster residents urge Illinois Central railroad to Lancaster. church collections for stained glass window memory of Rev David Clark. Minneapolis Swedes head to Sweden for summer. UW commencement June 17 20 with 500 degrees to be awarded. Isaac Stephenson herd slaughtered for fertilizer after tuberscular finding.
Graves decorated with flowers and flags as Grand Army post members visited three cemeteries. Memorial addresses were given in Schappsville East Dubuque and Hazel Green with schoolchildren participating. crowds ranged from several hundred to about two thousand in various communities.
James Cowling of this city and the E Keasling Thermometer Co of New York introduce a simple hygro clock for teaching humidity. The device uses two nearly identical thermometers dry and wet with a wick, showing relative humidity and dew point through a layered wheel system readable by a child.
The hygro clock, praised by Mr. Cowling, measures relative humidity to regulate artificial heating. It aims to keep rooms at 65 to 76 percent humidity around 70 degrees F, reducing dryness, fuel waste, and air- passage illnesses by maintaining a healthy indoor climate.
Very Rev D M Gorman president of St Josephs College Dubuque delivers remarks. The band plays America and all join in singing. Closing prayer by Rev D E McGrath of Galena.
Judge Shaw age 74 and a longtime Mt Carroll resident died at his home Wednesday forenoon after months of illness. A prominent attorney and former judge of the 13th district, he came to Mt Carroll as a child, lived there most of his life, and is survived by his family. Funeral plans set for Sunday.
A large attendance from the city attended the box social hosted by James Carey at Rodden on Friday night. The event was well received and described as an enjoyable evening by organizers and participants.
Two men described as Italians or Greeks played multiple instruments on the street this Friday. After brief performances they entered shops to collect money, then returned to the curb and made more noise, likened by the writer to a carnival parade.
Monday evening Ben Wolford living near Winslow shot a bird he believed to be a chicken hawk preying on his fowls. After investigation the stranger proved to be a turkey buzzard, a species rare in the north and usually native to the south rarely reaching Tennessee or Kentucky.
Galena returned home after a rough trip through Morrison Muscatine and Moline losing 11 to 8 to Moline on Thursday. The Moline Dispatch notes a 3 to 1 setback in Muscatine on Wednesday and a 13 to 4 morning win, with Galena’s lone run coming on a misplay by Rudd’s men. Pete Coover led Galena with four hits in the Thursday game while Mose Parish hit a long two-base shot. Parish pitched in the afternoon, with Galena again defeated 3 to 1, and strong performances from Moline’s hitters. Continued play on Decoration Day shows Galena struggled vs Moline in both ttwns.
The Galena baseball team endures a rough start after the opening trip at Morrison. Four players are injured in the Morrison game, including Green who is seriously hurt and cannot walk, catcher Kane with a finger injury, Quinn with a leg injury, and Joe Meneguin struck by an item.
Galena fans have a busy week with Moline visiting June 8 9 and 10 and the novelty of a night game on June 10. The Cherokee Indians may play under lights on that date then Eau Claire Chippewa visit June 12 and 13. The schedule lists home and away dates through August with various opponents and venues.
Game Warden Chetlain reports many young quail this spring with good shooting anticipated in the fall. Alabama quail shipped here last winter are thriving, with hundreds of chicks hatched and numbers still rising. Birds are strong and healthier than first expected.
Cherries appeared on the local market Friday for the first time this season and were noted as very good quality. A few crates of strawberries were received, but yesterday there were no berries on the market. supply is short and not expected to be plentiful until the home grown crop ripens in several days.
Miss Helen Edwards dropped her watch while walking on Dodge street Friday around nine p m She retraced her steps and found the timepiece lying on the sidewalk uninjured The item was recovered without incident The piece mentions a local beauty advertisement for Rocky Mountain Tea and Siniger & Siniger.
Classified sale offers discounts on china, glassware, stationery and linens with low prices. Items include china dishes decorated with wild roses, brown lead glass tumblers, decorated chamber sets, lap robes, linen robes, books, crepe tissue, wall paper, crepe paper rolls, folding go carts, croquet sets, and cotton hammocks, all advertised at reduced weekly prices.
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