Galena Baseball Surges After Desertions Bound for La Crosse
Galena without two deserters from the Pecatonica game still defeated Pecatonica 6 to 1. Coover O Day McKee Parish Krueger led a sharp infield and outfield as Galena benefited from Cahill Jones absence to bolster new lineup before Wednesday’s game. McIntosh pitched well, and Galena capitalized on Pecatonica errors with timely hits from Coover O Day and McIntosh to secure the win.
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Galena
Pecatonica
Coover
O’ Day
Parish
Meneguin
Kruger
Cahill
Jones
la Crosse
Freeport
Pink Hawley
George Klock
O'Day
Johnny McIntosh
McIntosh
O’day
Barnett
Funnell
McKee
Rafferty
Halstead
Poae Coover
Ebay
Fey
Haire
Shes Ee Seldwood
Anderson
Chance Rafferty
Rf A
Friend
Mineguin
Krueger
Palmer
Rty
Imer
McIintosh
Callahan
The Captain's Rise to Lieutenant General Grant
Forty five years ago a Janesville to Galena railroad agitation sparked delegations from both cities. A Galena driver volunteered to lead after the hired one fell ill and the two groups dined together. Five years later the captain advanced to lieutenant general and three years later Ulysses S. Grant became president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport Bulletin
Janesville
Galena
Ill
Wisconsin
Grant
The
United States
Married at Madison Nellie Crowley and Frank Lacy Wed
This morning at 9 o'clock Miss Nellie A Crowley and Mr Frank Lacy both of this city were married at St Patrick's Church parsonage Madison Rev Father P B Knox officiating The bride daughter of Mr and Mrs James Crowley East Side is a Galena alumnus and former chief operator at the Central Union exchange The groom a former night operator for Illinois Central in this city now in Dubuque and active in the railroad telegraphers order. They plan a honeymoon to Chicago and Milwaukee and will reside in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie A. Crowley
Frank Lacy
St. Patrick’s Church
Madison
P.B. Knox
James Crowley
East Side
Galena High School
Central Union Telephone Exchange
Central Union
Lacy
Galena
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Chicago
Milwaukee
Providential America Sermon at Sunday Service
Sunday at the First M E Church featured Rev J A Matlask delivering a sermon on Providential America from Psalm 33 12 stressing divine guidance for citizens and the dangers of wealth concentration labor tyranny and saloon influence urging Christians to duty and faith in God's help for triumph.
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J. A. Matlask
Providential
America
God
Secretary Hay Dead in Newbury New Hampshire
News of John Hay death after a sudden collapse at his summer home in Lake Sunapee New Hampshire follows a months long illness after medical hope in Europe. Born 1838 in Salem Indiana Hay served Lincoln as secretary and later as diplomat and statesman. His passing ends a storied career in U S diplomacy and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lake Sunapee
N. H
Hay
Newbury
Murphy
Lincoln
Europe
England
New York Tribune
John Hay
McKinley
Roosevelt
Mr. Hay
United States
China
Mr. Taft
Philippines
New England
Seward
Phelps couple build two coffins on homestead soil
Mr and Mrs Christopher C Phelps of Selby township Bureau county aged eighty two and seventy eight respectively have had two caskets built for burial using wood from cherry and oak trees on their old homestead. C C Shoemaker traveled to Dubuque by automobile Saturday and returned on the Illinois Central reporting a bad spot near Galena hindering tourist travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher C. Phelp’s
Selby Township
Bureau County
Mr. Phelps
Freeport Bulletin
C. C. Shoemaker
Dubuque
Ilinois Central
Galena
Hard Work Behind Locomotive Fire Making
The article describes the demanding tasks of a railroad fireman who starts a locomotive fire. About 200 pounds of old railroad ties are burned with oil to create a blazing bed, then coal is layered in to build a steady fire. The process, done in the roundhouse, requires heavy labor and constant shovel work to maintain white heat and steam pressure for movement.
California artillery hits 100 percent at San Francisco harbor test
The California batteries of U S heavy artillery demonstrated precise gunnery in a harbor defense drill near San Francisco. From Fort Baker a single shot may have failed, but Fort McDowell and Angel Island records show 80 percent success, with one shot demolishing the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
United States Heavy Artillery
San Francisco
Fort McDowell
Angel Land
San Francisco Bay
Salles
Golden Gate
Fort Baker
Noteone
Caverns a Holiday Resort at Padirac France
A remarkable cave system in Padirac Lot has opened to the public. It features stalactites a subterranean lake and river. Dangers have been reduced allowing safer guided exploration after long periods of inaccessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padirac
Department of
Lot
France
Yerkes Presents a Rug Gallery at His New York Home
Charles T. Yerkes, once of Chicago, debuts a rug gallery in a New York mansion. The collection, a vast outlay with a $19,000 gem, is catalogued with original colored rug drawings by young New York women artists, not photographs, mirroring art catalogs by Morgan and Widener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago
New York
Morgan
Widener
Yerkes
The Hygienic Value of Sunday
Sunday is a hygienic institution offering moral and physical benefits. It should be a time for soul refreshment recreation thought and the solace of nature, a threshold moment before a new week. Individual judgment should dictate activities like motoring or card playing.
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Lady Violet Greville
The
London Graphic
Salt Arsenic Levels Found In Lab Samples
The public analyst of Marylebone London found salt arsenic in three of eleven samples at .0024 grain per pound. This level was twice what experts deem harmless.
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Marylebone
London
Ideal Man Is Not What It Appears
Miss Gladys discusses her romantic ideal and explains that her ideal partner is financially troubled rather than ruined, indicating her expectations clash with reality in a witty exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys
Death on the Cliff After Hare and Greyhound Race
In Dover a hare named Puss outran a greyhound owned by Dr. Corsellis. The chase ended when both fell from a cliff and died on the rocks below, finishing amid bets on the hare’s victory. News from the New York Telegraph notes the crowd’s belief in the hare’s win.
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New York Telegraph
Dry goods stores and their rise in the United States
The article notes about thirty thousand dry goods shops in the U S with roughly twelve thousand ranked as good stores and five thousand sized to impact local commerce. It observes many prospering merchants began humbly and most success arrived in recent years amid claims competition is ruinous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Savage's Locomotive Description Told by Bishop Foss
Bishop Cyrus D. Foss of Africa recounts a vivid tale of a railroad engine seen in darkness. A strong negro describes the iron horse with one eye the headlight feeding on fire and screaming when urged to work. He adds the creature often gets the fever and needs oil on its joints, with uncertain origins and destination.
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Savage
Cyrus D. Foss
Africa
Japanese Beans and a Soldier’s Meal
The article debunks the claim that a Japanese fighter lasts twenty four hours on little rations. It explains the bean is a yard long vegetable, not a garden bean, and that a single bean can feed a hungry plowman.
Irving Urges Simplicity In Shakespeare Staging
Sir Henry Irving warns against overlavish Shakespearean productions. He argues for gratitude for performances but cautions that too realistic settings erode imagination and may disappoint discerning audiences.
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Irving
Henry Irving
Gloucester Board Bans Classical Statues From School Buildings
The Gloucester Massachusetts school board ordered removal of Venus and a discus thrower statue citing impropriety. The Portland Oregonian notes the action targets art deemed inappropriate while preserving historic debacle over naked figures and classical companions.
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Venus
School Board of
Gloucester
Mass
Portland Oregonian
Cat Interacts With Fox Near Prospect Ferry
A yellow coon cat owned by A. A. Ginn of Prospect Ferry Maine played with a fox in a field near the house one morning. When the cat headed home the fox followed briefly before retreating to the woods. In a separate quip a line about kissing as dangerous is noted with a humorous exchange between two characters.
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A. A. Ginn
Prospect Ferry
Capt. Ginn
Mrs Drexel Leads Society Women in Rifle Shooting
Philadelphia society women adopt rifle shooting inspired by Mrs Anthony J Drexel after a recent visit. Mrs Drexel brought the idea from England where royal approval exists. Lord Tempest, a crack shot, coached her to near expert level at ranges from 100 to 1000 yards.
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Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Hanover Fourth Prompts Busy Holiday Weekend Notes
Fred Lawrence of Dubuque visited his parents while Jno McHugh of Sycamore spent the Fourth with family. Amy and Vera Robinson of Rockford stay with grandparents M Wishon as the Elizabeth Imperial Orchestra played at Hanover Hall. The Skene Mine reopens after repairs with full crew. various locals travel, visit kin, and attend the Wallace Bros. act as the town enjoys concerts and water arrival at Steeles Landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lawrence
Dubuque
Jno. McHugh
Sycamore
Amy and
Vera Robinson
Rockford
M. Wishon
Elizabeth Imperial Orchestra
Town Hall
Hanover
Elmer Hitt
Chicago
Caterpillar Ravages Timothy Crop Across Counties
Farmers report a two inch bright green caterpillar stripping timothy seed heads in fields nearby. Local entomologists cannot name the worm, with Urbana officials also unable to identify it from specimens. Henry county farmers confirm similar damage and seek additional data on the pest and its arrival.
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Henry County
Agricultural College
Urbana
Galenian Receives Appointment and Ship Repairs Planned
Henderson Smith of Galena is appointed a Clerk in the Index Department of the Secretary of State's office succeeding Lottie Reeves of Bloomington who moves to the State Library. The steamer Quincy, a top upper Mississippi passenger boat, will soon be commissioned after repairs at Dubuque navy yards.
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Galenian
Springfield
Henderson Smith
Galena
Secretary of State’s
Lottie Reeves
Bloomington
State Library
Quincy
Upper Mississippi
Dubuque Navy Yards
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Desert Galena
General Grant
M.E
Dover
Dr. Corsellis
Yome Stowboy
Miss Swiftleigh
Elizabeth
Herman Krippendorff
C.G. W.A
Henry Artman
Skene
Connell Bluffs
Frank Kolb
A. L. Wenner
East Dubuque
Jno. Coveny
Edmond
Baxter
Geo. Skene
Topeka
Kansas
Derrida
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