Local Galena notes and visiting news from Thursday to Sunday
A crowded run of social notes, shoppers, and visits from Galena and surrounding towns. Residents such as Mr Henry Wallace, Joseph Frick, Mrs R White, Mr Julius Koempel, and Captain William Fisher are listed among numerous Friday and Thursday travelers to Galena, Dubuque, and nearby cities. Mentions include long lists of visitors from Hazel Green, Kenosha, Apple River, Seales Mound, and Mineral Point, plus sign painting, memorial home relics, and local church activities. The report also notes weather, a few illnesses, and upcoming appearances by the King and Queen.
Wallace Circus to be here June 30 in Galena
The Wallace Shows promise a larger, better circus on Friday June 30 in Galena with La Troupe Carmen, Moha met Ben Ali Troupe and four Marvelles among many acts. Notables include the Schaar Family, Sugimoto, Earl Sisters, Millie Toujour, Emma Donovan, Della Medes, Blanch Reed, Winnie Sweeney, Josie DeMott, Robert Stickney Jr. and more riders. Clowns will provide the comedy end.
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Wallace
Galena
Carmen
Boises
Ty-Bells
Mohamet Ben Ali
Schaar Family
Sugimotos
Earl Sisters
Millie Toujour
Emma Donovan
Dellaeniades
Blanch Reed
Winnie Sweeney
Josie DeMott
Robert Stickney, Jr
Wallace Circus
Cure for Contagious Diseases Tribe Found in India
A recently discovered tribe in India reportedly treats contagious diseases by killing those struck by illness. The claim describes a radical approach to disease control amid frontier medical theories.
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India
Death of Mrs Herman Luning in East Galena
Mrs. Herman Luning died at St Marys Hospital after a brief illness. She was born Mary Dingel in 1857 and married Herman Luning on June 29 1886. Survived by husband two brothers Joseph and Henry and sister Mrs Frank Luning. Funeral at St Marys Church with Father Bally officiating, burial in German Catholic Cemetery.
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Herman Luning
East Galena
St. Mary’s Hospital
Mary Dingel
Joseph
Henry
Frank Luning
St Mary’s Church
Father Bally
Vernacular of the Grafter Language Among Hoboes
A writer describes the slang of beggars and grafters encountered in the city. Terms like Indian for cent and red kettle for gold watch map a coded vocabulary used by thieves and panhandlers. Local police plan intensified summer actions to drive grafters out, including arrests of a wooden legged beggar seen drinking.
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Theodore Waters
Building Monster Engine for Oregon Railway and Navigation
The Baldwin Locomotive Works is building a 22 000 pound weighing compound type engine nearly complete for the Oregon Railway and Navigation company. The engine’s driver weight is 141 000 pounds, with tender capacity at 9 000 gallons of water and ten tons of coal. An experiment with concrete ties on the Lake Shore failed as 500 ties laid last year between Goshen and Ligonier Ind. wear quickly under heavy engine traffic.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Goshen
Ligonier
Ind
New York to Chicago Fast Train Promises 18 Hour Run
Philadelphia dispatch June 3 reports the Pennsylvania Railroad will soon launch a new limited express between New York and Chicago. The service will cover the distance in eighteen hours in each direction, claiming to be the fastest long distance train in the world. Potential schedules and exact stopping points were not announced.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
New York
Chicago
Bank Loot Found in Sand Car at Bedford
Workmen unloading a sand car in Bedford Indiana yesterday discovered bundles of bonds and securities valued at 300000 dollars. The papers were identified as property of a Wilmington Alabama bank that was robbed on May 9, linking the sand car find to the earlier crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Ind
Wilmington, al
Judge Rippin Defends Open Inquests In Lunacy Ruling
Judge William Rippin responds to a Galena Times editorial and rejects secret lunacy inquests. He cites Illinois law allowing open or private inquests with patient present, emphasizes court oversight and patient rights, and asserts he'll continue to conduct hearings openly when appropriate.
Governor Opens Rifle Range At Camp Logan
Governor Deneen ordered the immediate reopening of the state rifle range at Camp Logan after a recent closure as a retrenchment move. Militiamen welcomed the decision as summer target practice resumes. Details from all regiments will begin their first firing season tomorrow, enabling Illinois to field a team for the War Department rifle competition in August at Sea Girt.
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Deneen
Camp Logan
Illinois
War Department
Lease of Skene Mine At Elizabeth Reported
CU. E. Everett of Chicago and a Rockford party lease the Skene mine at Elizabeth for ten years at 20000 dollars yearly. A stub line will run from the Great Western road to the mine and an electric plant with new machinery will be installed.
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CU. E. Everett
Chicago
Rockford
Elizabeth
Great Western Road
Rattlesnake Harvest Expands in Crawford County
Rattlesnake harvest in Crawford County has begun with nearly 500 killed this spring and bounties collected. The county has spent about $14,000 to exterminate the dangerous snakes as efforts continue.
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Crawford County
Prison Brick Inferior, State Faces Prison Brick Issue
W F Biesman secretary of the board of education received samples from Southern Illinois Penitentiary at Chester showing pressed bricks of prison labor are far inferior to private manufacture. State law would require procurement of prison bricks if specified, and only the pen provides such bricks. Samples from various private makers are on display at Biesman’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Biesman
Board of Education
Southermllinois J Mnitemiary
Chester
Ill
Tramp Threatens Hill Resident Then Escapes
A demented looking tramp frightened Hill residents on Wednesday by banging on doors andshaking his fist at Mrs. Chas Allen. He returned at dusk to the Allen residence yard prompting a police call before he fled down a side street.
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Allen
Evening reception for Tuesday Evenings Club at Feehan Hall
About thirty members of the Tuesday Evening Club enjoyed an evening at Feehan Hall with cards and a musical program. At ten o clock the banquet was served for thirty five guests, followed by dancing until 12:30. Guests departed after a very pleasant night.
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Feehan Hai
Feehan Wall
Brush to Captain Wisconsin Nine
Nine members of the Wisconsin varsity baseball team Thursday elected Pratt Brush third baseman captain for next year to succeed Tom Leahy. Leahy has signed with Calumet Michigan.
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Wisconsin
Pratt Brush
Tom Leahy
Leahy
Calumet, Mich
Goes To Alaska On Seafaring Work Mission
Captain Geo Schneider departed Thursday night for Minneapolis then Seattle. From Seattle he sails to Alaska to work on a boat under Captain John McCarty who had gone ahead several weeks earlier.
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Geo. Schneider
Minneapolis
Seatle
Wash
Alaska
John McCarty
Court Proceedings Reported in Elizabeth Township Case
At the Court House the jury examined School District No 35 versus Road Commissioners of Elizabeth Township Friday noon. This afternoon the court heard arguments on the demurrer in Conkling versus Whitmore.
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School District No 35
Road Commissioners
Elizabeth Township
Conkling
Still Missing in Dubuque Disappearance Case
Joseph Wunge remains missing several days after vanishing from his Dubuque home. Relatives and friends have largely given up hope of his recovery.
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Joseph Wunge
Dubuque
River News Boats Pass Dubuque Draw Report
River update lists boats that passed the Dubuque draw since last report. Up None. Down Zalus Davis C W Cowles Mary B Clyde Eagle Point. Water stage 12.3 feet and falling.
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Dubuque
Zalus Davis
C.W. Cowles
Mary B
Clyde
Eagle Point
Burial Route Set For Watertown Insane Hospital Patient
The remains of 50 year old Benjamin Worley who died of apoplexy at Watertown were moved via Galena Monday toward Apple River for burial. An inmate from this county at Watertown Hospital for the Insane, he expired while being wheeled in a chair around the hospital grounds.
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Benjamin Worley
Watertown
Galena
Apple River
Watertown Hospital
Rockford Standards to play Galena at ballpark Sunday
Rockford Standards of the Rockford City League will meet Galena’s at the ballpark Sunday afternoon June 4. Platteville Journal reports Mr. Chap pell of New York and Wm. Waters of Galena are in the city viewing the mines. The Enterprise mine shut down last week due to air drills installation. drills started yesterday. The Galena Commandery No. 1 will hold a regular conclave this evening with officer elections and important business. A new foundation is being built at Berry Feed Store on upper Main St, with a cement walk to follow. Over two hundred delegates to the Knights of Columbus National Convention passed through Chicago en route to Los Angeles from New England states. An Illinois editor underwent an appendicitis operation and, though recovering, fears having his pinchers left in the wound. County surveyor Scott of Jo Daviess county was a razette caller Thursday. A new cement walk is being laid in front of Mrs. Rakow on Park Ave. MeDermott announced that trains from the east will stop at Council Hill by 12:28 p.m. during baseball season to pick up passengers for Gatena games.
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Knights of Columbus
Chicago
Los Angles
Cal
New England
MeDermott
Council Hil
Gatena
Beloit picnic hold-up myth fades to pickpocket theft
Witnesses at the Wesdman Beloit picnic misread a minor incident on a Rociford Beloit and Janesville car. Lights out after a trailer wire caused confusion. A nimble thief pocketed small sums and watches while officers failed to deter crowds. No arrests followed as Beloit guards struggled with the Woodman picnic surge.
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Wesdman
Beloit
Janesville
Jessie James
The Bearded Senator and Beating Beards Story
Mark Smith recounts a Kansas senator who appeared in Washington with a long beard and cut it off after two pages secretly challenged him. The tale ends with the senator saying it was time to shave. In Saxony, 15 000 violin makers sustain Markneukirchen as the sole regional staple industry with a full craft economy.
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Mark Smith
Kentucky
Kansas
Washington
Senate
Markneukirchen
Saxony
English Farm Land Prices Range per Acre
English farm land values are quoted from 60 to 120 dollars per acre highlighting broad regional pricing. Prices reflect market variation and land quality across England.
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England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Henry Wallace
Warren
Joseph Frick
Guilford
City
Mrs. M. Winter of
Sehapville
R. White
William Fuchs
Thompson
Will Berminham
Kenosha
Edith Geige
Ralph Philips
Fort Dodge
Will Hollander
Sheldon, Ia
Julius Koempel
Benton
O. C. Kraehmer
John Birkett
Hazel Green
Charles Hocking
Scales Mound
H.S. Raymond
McCloskey
Park Ave
Joseph Smith
East Gialena
Flavian
Camillus
William Fisher
Grant Memorial Home
Vincent Crumbacker
Hollander
Anna Felt
Miss Robb
St. Paul
R. C. Morrissey of
Aurora
W.F. Johnson
Stockton
H. S. Potter of
Elgin
Will Birmingham
Eliza Bermingham
Kemper Hall
James Spensley
Mineral Point
Judge Spensley
Mrs
Grace Temperly
Cornell Hill
Benjamin Shoemaker
Lancaste Township
Freeport
Pontius
Dubuqee
Erc
Sc Il
Henry I. Haser
Council Hill
H. H. Low
B.C. Sampson
Charles Roberts
Rev
David Clark
St. Louis
The
J.A. Kinney
Pa Conlon
Cuba City
Eliza Healy
James Berryman
Seales Mound
John Schenk
Gordon Ferry
Will Haser
W.H. Young
E. F. Burchard
Washington D. C
Rev. R. M. Crissman
Hazel Green Gazette
G. J. Bender
Our City
W.R. Smith
Bertha Sheean
Northwestern University
Thomas Leydon
E W. Moore
Platteville
Galena Iron Works
Harry Crow
Darlington
Jennie Ginn
Central
J.E. Sherrill
Blanche Marfield
Mrs. H. Holtz
Frank Lacy
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Lacey
Clyde Birkett
Teresa Swift
Harry Fry
Frank Briley
Chas. Paine
Andy Eden
Henry Winchel
Julia Marfield
Charles Hollander
Hollister
Siingers Drug Store
Clinton Independents
Clintons
Cortrrets Chase
Eve
H. Luning
Lake Shore
Galena Times
Law of Illinois
the Times
Tury
Lava
William Rippin
Skene
Brush
River News
Rockford Standards
Rockford City League
Galena’s
Platteville Journal
Mr. Chappell
Wm. Waters
Enterprise
Galena Commandery No. 1
Berry Feed Store
Upper Main St
Scott
Jo Daviess County
Razette
MeCormick
Mary Rakow
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