Fox River Valley mine ad offer and stock sale notes
Readers are informed of a contest to write ads for the Standard 5 Cent Cigar with a prize of 300 cigars or a ladies spring hat valued at 10.50 for best ad. The article also details a Janesville visit to the Fox River Valley mine, including stock offering by Nelson J. Russell, with stock at 30 cents per share and books opening at the Moyers Hotel, plus mentions similar notes from Madison and Cuba weddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edw
K. Blewett
Galena
Janesville
Fox River Valley
Russell
Hazel Green
Jack
Vinegar Hill
United States
Chicago
Northwest
Moyers Hotel
Rockford
Myers Hotel
Nelson J. Russel
Meyers
Janeville
Peter J.mouat
W. W. Watts
George S. Parker
Don Farnsworth
Music, not trash, is what we are selling for 10 cents
The notice promotes music copies for a dime each with the seller identified as KRARHNER and initials mws 0 C. The fragment reads as an advertising item promising affordable music sales. The limited readable text centers on a price and seller name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krarhner
Trial disruption at Galena post flap shocks Tapley case
Story from the Galena region notes a trial scene in Tapley versus the city of Galena with a missing post that was secretly concealed by a mayoral action. Officials and attorneys debated the impact on the jury while core drilling and mining news fill out a broader local report including a mining stockholders meeting and a death notice.
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Tapley
Galenagpaboudey
Court House
Porter
T. J. Sheean
Dillon
Messers Longyear and Hodge
Wax River Valley
Judge Spensley
Elizabeth Wittoe
Neo Tems
Galena
Kittee
Kittow
Muncie
B.D. Kittoe
W.k.kittoe
Freeman Kittoe
Chicago
Freeport Journal outlines 1905 baseball stock drive and promising pitcher
The Freeport base ball club promoters report good progress selling stock with business men subscribing generously to back a strong team. Manager Malven reviews promising applicants and aims to sign several contracts soon, noting a Wisconsin phenom pitcher. Also mentioned are Yale mascot Old Pop Smith dying at 87, a pencil sketch exhibit for the new high school, and local social notes including a Twentieth Century Literary Club gathering and a basket social.
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Freeport Journal
Freeport
Malven
Wilds
Wisconsin
James Smith
Old Pop Smith
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Bryhind
Eli
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Albert Brewer
Cuba
Susie Meloy
J. C. Bergen
Mazie Meloy
Tom Morrisey
Shullsburg
Wm. Jenkyns
Tom Meloy
Lucy Nash
John Meloy
Dubuque
Advocate
O.C. Kraehmer
Rae Nes In
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Galena, Ilinois
Fair Store
Groce
Stockholders’ Meeting
Hoskin Mining Co
P. A. Orton
Wm. Hird
C. J. Blondell
W. E. Calley
WP. J. Nicholson
T. J. Froggatt
M. EB. Coltman
W. G. Barrett
W. R. Buchan
M. 5. Coltman
J. J. Williams
I. J. Nicholson
M. E. Coltman
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South Dakota
James W. White
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Andrew
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Win
McKernan Township
Elizabeth Kittoe
C. Kraehmer
Igh
Rael
Crack of Rockbarre
Oue Grip
W.F. Gramime
Histor’ Confectionery
Néien
Biyansas City
Mr. Grumme
Emin
Nettie McGuire
Gear Street
Alice Edwards
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