Local events and visits across Dubuque area
Chicago visitor Ed Hart and Elkgood Miss Kathryn Obye are among many locals and guests in the city. A wedding at Hanover and a June 1906 death are noted, along with mining trips to Potosi and a new two story stable project. Community notices cover travels, marriages, and arrivals in Warren, Stockton, Platteville, and Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Hart
Chicago
Sheriff Whitmore
East Dubuque
Harry Friend
Elkader
Edw. Cook
Elizabeth
W. H. Snow
Mineral Point
David and
Adam Virtue
Council Hill
Kathryn Obye
Galena
Stockton
Stockton News
I. F. Moore
Hanover
Moore- Speer
Fred Watson
Clear Lake
Minn
Duggan
Sioux City
H. Thomas
Aurora
S. Hagins
Chas. Cook
Lillian Simmons
Sadie Frazer
Paul Hunt
Platteville
R. A. Bratton
Potosi
B. W. Lushman
DeKalb
Gribble Advertising Agency
T. E. Moore
Wm. Hurst
Moore-Speer
Warren Presbyterian Sunday School
Gear’s Ferry
Camp 19
Henry Brownlee
Burlington
Billings
Mont
Crow Indian Reservation
First Congregational Church
Dubuque
Kathryn Mac Thill
Carl George Hartwig
G. L. Cady
Newton Kleckner
Pearl City
Marvin
T. J. Rodenbaugh
Jo Daviess County
Tlinois Central
Waterloo
C. E. Abbott
Hazel Green
Madison
Wis
Kuhn
Henry Geiger
Frank Young
LeRoy VanDevort
Frank
Lola van Dervort
Warren
Robert Harrison
C. R. Gage
W. H. Wadley
Sam Smyre
Jos. Gothard
L. Edwards
Geo. Bade
D. A. Donohue
Geo. Parkins
William Mallery
Carroll County
Old Settlers
Lanark
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon
Ill
Charles Schrumm
Sentinel-Leader
Schrumm
Newman Creamery
Dennis Lahey
Main Street
Savanna Times
Busy Dubuque Life Updates and Local Happenings
Local notes report hospital discharge of a patient named Pital to home. River levels on the Galena and Mississippi rivers show declines expected soon. Numerous visits and arrivals in Dubuque include Miss Minnie Miller and George Ewing’s wedding at Benton, and guests from St Paul and West Galena. Mining plans unfold with Den ver crews purchasing a local mine and ore finds at Murphy mine in Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pital
Galena
Mississippi
Clinton
St. Paul
Minnie Miller
George Ewing
Benton
Schoenfield
Chas. Jordon
Jordon
Edw. Jordan
John Hess
Katie
West Galena
Henry Hess
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Roth
Dubuque
Great Western
W. Smith
Murphy
Edw
Jeffrey
City Hotel
Red Wing
Minn
Wachter, Ganshirt & Company
William Brock
Elizabeth Township
William Gugler
Rice Township
Redford House
Coatsworth
Michael Ehrler
Kuchemann
Meeker Street
J. C. Longueville
Iowa Street
Chicago
John Scanlon
Balintober County
Sligo
Ireland
Mt. Hope
Ils
H. A. Thompson
Thompson
Gazette
Edw. Grimm
The
Diverse visits and town news from Galena and Savanna
Miss Alice Pemberton of Galena visits relatives for a day. Freeport chatter notes Mrs. F. W. Lacy returns to Dubuque after a relatives visit. Multiple locals and visitors from Mt. Pleasant to Pilot Knob are in town. The Savanna council restricts firecrackers before July Fourth. A Chautauqua train sale offers reduced fares to Freeport June 29 to July 6. A wedding is planned for Miss Anna Bernard and P. O. Fish in this city tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Pemberton
Galena
Freeport Journal
F. W. Lacy
Dubuque
J. C. Besser
Mt. Pleasant
Herman Guggenheim
Frank Dannebeck
Burrichter
Mississippi
James Cleary
Pilot Knob
Miller Bros
Chas
R. B
H. L. Kramier
Kramier
Ind
W. E. Reppy
Boulder
Colo
Savanna
Henry Zimmerman
Chas. Nadig
Thompson
Prof
W. Pooley
Madison
Freeport
J. C. Ginn
Livingston
Wm. Hubacher
Webster City
Hubacher
Joseph Metzgar
Chicago
James
Henry Roth
John Hess
Hess
Geo. Coons
Guttenburg
Galena Iron Works
Coons
Harry Tracey
Burlington
Henry B. Baume
State University
Champaign
J. Baume
Geo. Holly
Holy
the Gazette
W. W
Ernest Stadel
Hazel Green
Buffalo
N. Y
Center Hall
Parker
Linn County
Iowa
Marion
Quality Hill
A. W. Glessner
Monroe Journal
Owen Swift
Prescott
Wis
Swift
Short Biography and Flight from Gordon’s Ferry
Sided in Guilford township and at Benton but moved to Prescott in 1871. He works in well drilling and may pursue mine prospecting. Local officers cannot locate George E. Parker, the former Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul operator who fled Gordon’s Ferry with 18 dollars of company funds after three days’ employment, having come from St. Paul to Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Township
Benton
Prescott
George E. Parker
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Gordon's Ferry
Parker
Dubuque
St. Paul
Official Report From Galena Public Library Board 1906
The Galena Public Library and Reading Room Board presents its annual report as of June 1 1906 detailing receipts total 1275 28 disbursements 1275 28 and lists books in the library numbers purchased donated and withdrawn plus attendance figures. It notes a Carnegie donation offer 12500 plus Felt estate 12500 for a new library building with Claude Starck as architect and a site at Newhall lots lower Bench street with adjoining Rochford building and Claran lot. The report records reductions in fiction and growth in non fiction and lists officers and directors and a sworn verification by Anna E Felt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
City of
Galena
Aig
Carbine Wells
Corp Vasshens
Andrew Carnegie
Benjamin F. Felt
B. F. Felt
Claude & Starck
Madison
Wis
Newhall
Lower Bench Street
Felt
Rochford
Claran
David Sheean
Henry T. Godfrey
Anna E. Felt
D. B. Blewett
Geo
Avery
Fanny T. Merrick
Harriet Webb Crawford
James
Baume
Helen D. Wann
State of Illinois
Jos
Jo Daviess
Jasena
Local inventor seeks investors for automobile plant in Galena
R J Edwards announces a new spring principal device for autos and says idle capital in Galena should back his project to start a local automobile plant. He claims the invention lowers cost, lasts longer, and could lead to a large revenue as demand grows, with plans to travel east to advance funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Edwards
Galena
Mr. Edwards
Edwards
Socialists to Call County Convention After Organizing
A county socialist meeting at Schneider's barber shop formed a county central committee and discussed filing organization papers with the county clerk. With the new primary law in force a county convention is likely once papers are perfected. Members include John Meyer Galena J S Branstetter East Dubuque Walter Bierce Council Hill C A Curtis Galena W Bean Galena Edw Apfeld East Dubuque and L Schneider Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneider
John Meyer
Galena
J. 8. Branstetter
East Dubuque
Walter Bierce
Council Hill
C. A. Curtis
W. Bean
Edw. Apfeld
L. Schneider
Mail Carrier Injured On Bench Street
Paul Scott a substitute mail carrier for Russell Ford sprained his ankle Monday on Bench Street after stepping on a stone step and could not continue deliveries. Ford, on vacation, was recalled to work to cover the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Scott
Bench Street
Russell Ford
Mr. Ford
Hold Joint Picnic Plans Between Dubuque Anglers and Galena Club
The Dubuque Anglers league and the Galena Fishing club plan a joint picnic at Frentress Lake near East Dubuque in July. Details are TBD after a recent representatives meeting in Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Frentress Lake
Anglers’ League
Galena Fishing Club
East
Guilford Couple Wed In Local Home Ceremony
Eugene Messenger and Minnie Cording were married Wednesday at 6 pm at the bride's parents home in Guilford. Rev Brichter officiated. The couple, well known in the city and town, received a reception with dancing that followed for several hours. over a hundred guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Messenger
Minnie Cording
Christian Cording
Guilford
Brichter
Schappsville
Theft at De Soto House Sees Suitcase Stolen
A bold theft at the De Soto house Sunday evening saw an unknown man enter J. H. Bishop’s room and steal a suit of clothes a hat and shoes. He fled after changing clothes. police cannot locate him. A separate case reports a common drunk fined by Squire Clark after admitted guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Soto House
J. H. Bishop
Squire Clark
Galena
Great Western
Menominee Couple Weds at St Marys Church
Francis Soat of Menominee and Julia M. Stokel of Hazel Green were married at St Marys Catholic church Menominee at 5 am Monday. Rev Housser officiated. The bride is a popular Hazel Green resident and the groom, a Menominee township farmer, plans to reside on his farm with his bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Soat
Menominee
Julia M. Stokel
Hazel Green
St. Mary's Catholic Chuch
Father Housser
Menominee Township
Fourth of July Rifle Contest Between City and Dubuque Company A
Arrangements are complete for a rifle contest on July 4 between Company M of this city and Company A of Dubuque. The event will be at the local practice grounds near Portage and will include a picnic and amusements. Both companies are said to be evenly matched and the contest is expected to be interesting. Also noted is the cutting down of the cottonwood tree by Popp and Desmond’s coal yards, removing nearly the last cotton bearing tree in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. M
Co. A
Dubuque
Company M
Company A
Portage
Popp & Desmond
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. F. Norris
H. A. Fiedler
Cuba City
John Fiedler
Chas. Brodrecht
Thos. Trevarthen
Martin Sughroe
Sam Dower
Scales Mound
Frank Hart
H. C. Gann
Sentinel
J. H. Reed
Lancaster
Chas. Mayne
Council Bluffs
Hugh Burns
Elkton
Paturnay
Chas. Bunt
Wm. Kidd
Oscar Hefferman
J. L. Nelson
Hollander Flats
Agnes Moore
Chas. Trudgeon
East Galena
D. A. Donahue
J. McGinnis
H. Huntington
Chas. Parkins
J. Hopkins Sterns
J. Levens
William Couggler
Fred Guyer
Jarrett Wil
Germania
Mamie Henning
Marie Gleason
Edgewood College
Jennie Dolen
Thomas Dolan
Upper Franklin Street
B. Manemann
Nashville
James Pascoe
St. Mary's Hos
Chas. Minor
Bellevue
Leckley
A. L. Brewer
C. A. Asmus
Jos. Wise
Jessie Moore
Merle Allen
Kittee’s
J. Branstetter
Anna Steigner
Bruce
Milwaukee
Pearl Conklin
James Hudson
Frank Keenan
Peter Casper
J. Engels
Bourquin
Apple River
John Beadle
Jessie
Henry Parish
Northwestern
A. D
Frank J. Meiler
Notary Public
DE Soto
Julia Stokel
Dubuque Company
Hurst
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