Personal notices from Galena city social round up
Wim Enright of Apple River and many others frequent Galena for visits and shopping. Residents travel to Dubuque, Dubuque weekly, and Elizabeth as well as Scales Mound, Hazel Green, and Rice for social, business, and civic activities. Several outings include miners at Frontier mine, a Galena hotel office renovation, and a high school commencement event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim. Enright
Apple River
City
T. Barrett
Caspar Lehner
Dubuque
Fred Bremmerman
Frontier
Benton
Mr. Bremmerman
Galena High School Grads Earn Commencement Honors
The Galena High School class of 1905 graduated at Turner Hall with Rev John Van de Erve delivering the address on What is Education. The event featured music by Miss Margaret Gardner Miss Naomi Meffley and Miss Eustice and included valedictory by Bertha C C Kramer and diplomas presented by Pres J M Nack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John van de Erve
Galena High School
Turner Hall
Margaret Gardner
Board of Education
Scheerer
Harvard-Yale
Eustices
Eustice
Naomi Meffley
South Presbyterian Church
Vande Erve
Effie M. Hodson
Bertha CC. Kramer
J. M. Nack
Edith Lillian Matlack
Hazel Selena Edwards
Bertha Caroline Kramer
Henry Patrick Grady
Francis Eugene Kirk
Clara Adele Bryne
Clammers Move Downshore As Beds Yield Pearls
Clam beds near East Dubuque are exhausted and crews shift camps to Pearl City at the mouth of Catfish Creek on the Iowa shore. Fishermen collect shells for button factories and search for pearls, including deformed slugs that fetch 1 to 2 dollars per ounce or up to 10 dollars each for larger pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Dubuque
Pearl City
Catfish Creek
Iowa
The
Register
Wallace's Circus brings top feats to Galena Friday
The Great Wallace Shows arrive in Galena on Friday June 30 featuring La Troupe Carmen and the Boises Ty Bells Mohamet Ben Ali Troupe Four Marvelles Schaar Family Sugunotos Earl SistersMillie Townour Emma Donavan Delameades Blanche Reed Winnie Sweeney Josie DeMott Robert Stickney Jr and many more riders. Clowns with new make ups handle comedy and the circus is hailed as the biggest and best of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Galena
Carmen
Boises
Mohamet Ben Ali
Schaar
Sugunotos
Earl Sisters
Millie Tounour
Emma Donavan
Delameades
Blanche Reed
Winnie Sweeney
Josie DeMott
Robert Stickney, Jr
Runaway Harrow Tragedy Claims Miss Cecil Jones
A runaway team pulling a harrow fatally injures Miss Cecil Jones while she toiled in a Gatwick family field. She dies at 1:50 PM after severe injuries including the loss of an eye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jones
Gatwick
As Others See Us Muggins on the Street
A brief vignette notes a man named Muggins seen daily on the street. He is described as looking for work and congratulating himself on his inability to find it, a satirical portrait of persistent joblessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Askitt
Muggins
Knout
New Rules End Five Year Teaching Certificates
Alfred Bayliss announces a new policy ending the five year teachers' certificate. Moving forward state certificates will be issued only after public examinations under the general school law. Each exam will stand alone and the superintendent may suspend certificates for immorality or unprofessional conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Bayliss
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Mary Stephens Dies in Dubuque Former Hazel Green Resident
Miss Mary Stephens died at her Dubuque home 1150 Main Street Tuesday evening. Burial took place in Hazel Green. Funeral services were held at her late home Thursday morning at 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stephens
Hazel Green
Wis
Main St Dubuque
Ga Lena Rebekah Lodge Initiates Two Members
At a regular meeting of the Ga Lena Rebekah lodge on Wednesday evening two candidates were initiated into the order. Mrs. John Soladay of Freeport, the head officer, assisted and afterward received a silverware piece as a token of esteem from lodge members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena Rebekah
John Soladay
Freeport
Baby in Platteville Hangs Self
A seven month old infant of Mr and Mrs Norbert living five miles west of Platteville Wisconsin died Tuesday the mother placed two chairs before the bed to keep the child from rolling off and it rolled until its head became caught between the chairs causing death the feet reached the floor but could not help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platteville
Wis
Norbert
Insurance rule change eyed by Modern Woodmen
The Modern Woodmen law committee plans a recommendation to the head camp in Milwaukee to lower the head camp certificate limit from 3000 to 2000 dollars. The committee also aims to extend the head camp term from two to four years and to push other unspecified reforms for long term savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodman Law Committee
Milwaukee
Order
Law Committee
Illinois Star Music Teachers Hold Seventeenth Convention
Peoria hosts the Illinois Star Music Teachers Association annual meeting with officers elected. Glen Dillard Dunn of Chicago becomes president, H W C Gaab of Minier is vice president, and H S Perkins of Chicago is secretary and treasurer. The closing program featured W C F Seeboeck, pianist, Robert Ambrosius, cellist, and soprano Mrs Genevieve Clark Wilson, all of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Illinois Star Music Teachers’ Association
Glen Dillard Dunn
Chicago
H.W.C. Gaab
Minier
H.S. Perkins
W.C.F. Seeboeck
Robert Ambrosius
Genevieve Clark Wilson
The Squeeze Play Dominates Baseball Strategy This Year
The article explains the squeeze play as a near invincible tactic when a runner is on third with one out. It details how a bunt by the batter and a runner’s dash home create impossible odds for the defense, with unity of action and contact on almost any ground ball key to success.
Mississippi Board Refuses Carnegie Library Gift
Governor Vardaman, on the University of Mississippi board, defends rejecting Andrew Carnegie’s offer to fund a new library. He argues it would betray state dignity and force a usury on self respect, preferring crumbling walls to wealth funded by toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Vardaman
University of Mississippi
Andrew Carnegie
Mississippi
German Catholic Officers Elect ed
German Catholic societies state meeting at Peru adjourned in LaSalle Illinois Quin cy chosen as next year’s meeting site. Officers elected President F W Heckencamp Quincy vice president W Rouen Chicago corresponding secretary H G Reis Belleville financial secretary William Neet Springfield treasurer Fritz Prenger Peoria.
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LaSalle
Ill
Peru
Quincy
F.W. Heckencamp
W. Rouen
Chicago
Andrew Hebsel
H.G. Reis
Belleville
William Neet
Springfield
Fritz Prenger
Peoria
Four Home Runs in One Game Ragged Exhibition
In Dubuque on Wednesday Dubuque lost to Davenport 14 to 8 in a loose game. Buelow of Dubuque hit two home runs as did Williams of Davenport, delivering a pair of long shots amid a disappointing display for local fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Davenport
Buelow
Williams
Wives Sold for Hairpins Report in Africa
A historical note reports wives in Africa being sold for two packets of hairpins, reflecting a troubling account of commodification and forced marriage practices documented in a dated source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
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Morgan Manley
Winona Lake Ind
Sam Stahl
Rawlins
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Richard Perry
Seales Mound
Mrs. Joseph Vipond of
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Grandma Vipond
Casper Lehner
Thomas Barrett
Warren Sanderson
Luella Cook
Elizabeth
August Brickner
Schapeville
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Stephen Hagins
Maxie Pettique
Clyde Birkett
John Heim
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W. Thomas
William Haser
East Galena
T. Mayne
Charles Youle
Mrs. Wm
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W. H. Stahl
St. Louis
Thomas Ward
Estherville, Ia
Patrick Ward
Park Ave
Fred Etting
Gordon's Ferry
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Haz Green
Suday
Frank Schneider
Lyon
Bench Street
Hermen Felderman
Gordon’s Ferry
Will Schoenhardt
J. G. Sehmohl
Grant Hotel
Kalso
Ella Dittmar
Ebert
Woodbine
Edward Stellenberg
Otto Stellenberg
W.D. Jones
Clara Collins
Elizabeth High School
Edna Ivey
Ralph McClay Crissman
J.B. Howard Jr
Carla Ula
Betty Ames
Martin Luther
George Washington
Jullius Caesar
Emercon
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Class of Nineteen Five
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Carnegie Seaseus
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