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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1905
Page
2
The Galena City Council passes a 40337 dollar appropriation for the 1905 06 fiscal year. Funds cover library support salaries hydrant rents street and bridge work electric light operations Grant Park Volunteer Fire Department bonds interest printing Market House prison cemetery improvements and general expenses. Mayor Charles Scheerer. City Clerk John J. Thode.
Jo Daviess County Illinois holds a regular Board of Supervisors meeting at Galena Court House on Monday June 12 1905 All claims against the county must be presented by Saturday June 10 1905 Galena May 29 1905 Proposals for Grant Park Walks sealed bids due 4 PM June 17 1905 right to reject bids reserved Secretary Grant Park Committee.
Property to settle the estate includes an eight room house and barn with outbuildings, orchard and small fruit, 24 lots on Shot-tower Street in Glenna. Inquire Simon Singer, Executor of J. C. Boevers. Also a note on expert testimony about drunkenness and a judge fining a defendant.
The ordinance requires owners along Main Street to obtain approval of curb and sidewalk plans before construction. It outlines specifications for walks and curbing and mandates compliance with penalties from five to fifty dollars plus daily fines for violations. The mayor and city clerk are named in the enactment.
Galena enacts a speed ordinance restricting all horseless carriages to seven miles per hour on public streets. Violators face fines from five to two hundred dollars, with the measure taking effect after passage approval and legal publication on June 6, 1905.
An ad from The Yellow Corner proclaims a customer friendly policy with a money back guarantee. It stresses community trust and neighborly goodwill over small profit, promising A-1 merchandise and fair prices. HLN Hollander signs the notice.
The seller offers all styles and lasts in Tan Patent Leather and Kid at a discount of 25 to 50 cents on the dollar due to late stock arrivals. Anois Mucnow.
Owing to late arrival stock of Invest styles, Ladies Shoes by Lawlies and Oxfords will be sold at 1.10 to 2.00 per pair, regular 1.35 to 2.50. Early calls offer large assortment. Alois Macnow advertises at 6:16. Siniger Siniger Druggists report one box of Siniger's Corn Salve sent to Aspen, Colorado, by mail.
An old stock actor forgets his lines and the prompter loses his place in a tale from a storied family. The crowd laughs as the hero struggles with a sweeping toga line recalling Rome and the prompt book remains unreadable.
Describes the kiwi as a wingless bird of New Zealand with four toes and no visible tail. Notes its small size compared to ostriches, short legs, strong thighs, long slender bill with nostrils near the tip, and hairlike feathers plus facial hairlike feelers.
Weather action has washed away ash-built slopes of an ancient Wyoming volcano revealing a basalt core with columnar forms. Core remains show rugged geological features preserved in place.
The Kansas City Journal profiles Mrs. Jagon Gause a demure Lyon County Quaker who recently rode a railroad for the first time and left home for Texas. She has not spent a night away from Lyon county in twenty three years and is mother to Prof Gause of the State Normal School.
An estimated four million deaths in India yearly stem from fevers mostly malaria. Researchers note that residents living a mile from Anopheles breeding grounds have near immunity to malaria, highlighting the mosquito control need.
In a Springfield Illinois reflection, the Street Corner Philosopher recalls women overcoming obstacles as two girls in wide brimmed straw hats kiss and hug in public without disturbing headgear. He compares it to kisses under old sun bonnets, noting it was “all right.”
A Poe anecdote recalls his Richmond weeks and a Philadelphia cholera era nightmare. He dreamed a ravenlike spirit declared him the cause of cholera, a vision he says haunted him to the grave. The piece appears in The Lamp. Fortunes In Texas Onions discusses Bermuda onions profits versus oil, with hundreds to thousands potential gains. Attraction of Affinities argues thoughts draw or repel like-minded people, claiming thought-energy links. it notes belief in affinities and mental connections.
The piece notes England and Wales population density and that a Lincolnshire widow had to travel 39 miles to register her husband’s death. It breaks down the journey into 7 miles to certificate, 6 miles there and back, 9 miles to grave and return, summing to 39 miles.
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