Local Republican Primary Announcements in Jo Daviess County
Several candidates announce runs in Jo Daviess County for county clerk county judge county treasurer and member of the Illinois General Assembly. The statements specify nomination by the Republican voters at the primaries to be held April 28, 1906, listing William Stephenson John R. Gilson Edward Menzimer and others as contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Illinois
Republican Party
Jo Daviess County
Ulinois
Ilinois
William Stephenson
John R. Gilson
Ill
Edward Menzimer
March 17 in history events and deaths
March 17 marks the death of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus born 121 emperor 161 and the death of Roger Brooke Taney long chief justice born in Maryland 1777 1864 plus Prince Napoleon died in Rome 1891 Blanche K Bruce died 1868 and the Panama canal treaty ratified by the Senate and the Baltic fleet sailed from Madagascar General Joseph R Hawley died in Washington born 1820 multiple historical figures and events noted in a concise historic roll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Rome
Howe
Boston
Roger Brooke Tuney
United States
Calvert County
Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Jerome Bonaparte
Jerome
Napoleon
Blanche K. Bruce
Washington
United States Senate
Madagascar
Joseph R. Hawley
Connecticut
Patterson's Future Socialist Leader Declares Candidacy Not
Chicago March 17 ex commissioner Patterson at city hall refused mayoral bid on Socialist ticket saying he will join the Socialist party to help the cause and work within the ranks. He remarked Chicago treats symptoms not the disease and emphasized broader reforms beyond elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Socialist
Rice Inter
Socialist Party
Patterson
Dunne
Jnat
Wrank ‘Tepost
Harlem
Waldhein Cemetery
Steuetore
Iarke
Carter Crow Guthie
Paris
Charles W. Beckwith
Marshall
Laura Rose
Arkansas
Beckwith
Drainage bribery probe widens in Illinois and Chicago
Reports from Peoria and Chicago detail ongoing grand jury investigations into alleged drainage district bribery and costs. Officials deny a $25,000 expenditure while books show $5,546 in witness fees. Other items note Beckwith charged with bigamy in Paris, Cullom boom setback in Teoria, and a new trolley line license for Elgin to Bloomingdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Chicago
Scholes
Drainage Board
McCormick
Joseph Corcoran
Springfield
Secretary of State
Elgin and Dupage Bleatrie Railroad Company
Bloomingdale
River Forest
Cook County
Cook, Dupage and
Kane
Elgin
Frightful Fate of Victims in Rio Grande Wreck
Pueblo reports a head-on collision on the Denver Rio Grande near Florence four miles east, involving the California express westbound and the Colorado New Mexico express eastbound on a sharp curve. Engineers on both trains died at their posts, fire claimed many, with 22 injured reported and a total dead count estimated between twenty to thirty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Rio Grande
Hiv
Slaghter
Talented Mrs Whitney Daughter of Vanderbilt and Sculptor
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney of New York, daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, rose from debutante to acclaimed sculptor. She creates figures for the Hotel Belmont and funds a grand sculpture salon at the American Fine Arts building, guaranteeing expenses to help the American Sculpture Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wi- Ham
Whitney
Fifth Avenue
Harry Payne Whitney
Belmont
New York
Bryant Park
American Fine Arts
Fifty Seventh Street
Daniel C. French
American Sculpture Society
Mrs. Whitney
List of Dead and Injured From Wreck Descriptions
A partial, unfiltered list of dead and injured from a railroad wreck is compiled by investigators. Names include William Hollis, Whiter Cossiett, H D Sudduth, Edward Baird, Archibald Whitney, Mrs Burnside and child, and many others across Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri. Survivors describe heartrending scenes as passengers, many homeseekers and foreigners, faced fire and crush injuries aboard a westbound forward coach train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hollis
Whiter
Cossiett
Pueblo
H. D. Sudduth
Edward Eb, Baird
Shriff
Denver
Archibald Whitney
Candns City
Baird
Kansas
Town Hat
A. N. Barkle
Mise Grace Barkle
Salida
Colo
Enos McParland
Express Mesenger
Taylor Hewitt
Lillian Hewitt
Pearl’ Hewitt
Catherine Hewitt
Ea Cowley
Fred Jones
Lebé
Kan
Fred’ Lemeécooley
Ed. Cowley
Winona Hewitt
Lebo
Patrick Murphy
Florence
P. Péttis
Baggageman
Delver
James Proconone
L. Cc. Raidsbottom
San Francisco
W. R. Page
Yampa
He Sweeney
Clinton
J. J. Lotton
Bellflower
B. I. Jones
A. L. Knous
Ouray
Cole
Jean
Ifonies
Wis
Train Collision Tragedy Leaves Numerous Dead
Fire and wreckage from the crash left many victims incinerated, making identification nearly impossible. Authorities rely on comparing rescued and missing lists, with no accurate death toll due to destroyed bodies. The wreck occurred after a railway employee failed to deliver an order altering the meeting place of two trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humber
Tragic Hewitt Family Nearly Annihilated In Crash
The Hewitt family from Lobo Kin suffers near total loss in the disaster with only two sons, J A Hewitt and W L Hewitt, surviving injuries including leg fractures. A 1 B Hewitt recounts the party’s plan to move to Joseph Ore to work in a sawmill for grandfather H M Ricker, and describes a haunting dream foretelling the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Hewitt
Lobo
J. A. Hewitt
W. L. Hewitt
B. Hewitt
Lillian Hewitt
Pearl
Winona
Catherine
Claude
Edward Conley
Jed Jones
Tsoeph
Ore
H. M. Ricker
Night Train Wreck Reveals Devastating Farewell Story
A survivor recalls a fatal crash as his wife and baby slept. He described waking to a crash and his failed rescue attempts, finding his wife calling him as others sought their loved ones in the burning wreck. A convict burned in the front of the smoker and a night operator faces inquiry over orders. Washington report notes Congress stalled with debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine
Tred Jones
Swallows
Ice Filled Cleveland Harbor Delays Steamers
The Cleveland harbor is blocked by ice nine feet high in places, hindering movement of Detroit and Cleveland passenger steamers as March 17 reports reach. Trainmen's hours debate slated in Washington on March 26 to support LaFollette limit on duty. Cultural and political items intersperse with notices from Moscow and Tuskegee Institute ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Senate Compniitee On Education and Labor
Laffollette
House for sale in Frazer near Hickory and Franklin streets
Public notices advertise a six room Frazer house on Hickory near Franklin with two large lots and a cistern. Contact D B Blewett or the office. Also rail ticket deals to multiple western states with select dates and special rates. Another farm listing near Galena promises 170 acres with timber and meadow, water, and mineral ore potential, inquire W J Gray at the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazer House
Hickory Street
Franklin
D. BL. Blewett
Tice
Galena South
W. J. Gray
Rexy Store Seeks Trade at Green and Commerce Corner
A notice offers the Rexy Store building at the Green and Commerce corner for sale or rent. It states the site is a good business corner and invites applications for occupancy or saloon fixtures contained therein. Apply to Winuiaw McKurnan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercer
Winuiaw McKurnan
Opportunities on Chicago Great Western Railway Towns
On the line of the Chicago Great Western Railway in Iowa Missouri Illinois and Minnesota openings exist for business men professional men and manufacturers. Nearly all lines in five towns offer a square meal with maps Maple Leaf and full information on request to the Industrial Department Chicago Great Western Railway St Paul or BE B Magill Manager Townsite Omaha. NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS Those who have not paid this year’s taxes are urged to come and pay as soon as possible as collectors books must be returned earlier this year. Wim McKirdon Collector West Galena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Minnesota
St. Paul
BE. B. Magill
Omaha
Wim. McKirxan
West Galena
Moran house and lots on Spring St Galena Ill
Learn on premises details offered for the Moran property on Spring Street in Galena Illinois. Inquiries directed to M J Dillon for information and access.
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Galena Tribune
Sunday Tribune Publishing Company
D. A. Callahan
Galena,Ill
William W. Krape
J.C. Williams
William Rippin
Joseph Madill
Ant
LaSalle Street
Guthrie
Lake
Ike
Chicago Board
Teoria
State Farmers’ Institute
Yates
Friends of the Resolution
Warner
Bloomington
Central
Werner
Hitchcock
Nuber
Creatt
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Andu
Nigel
Vralan
Cascar Te
Sterling Remedy Co
Senate
Moscow
Marcel
Constitutional Democrats
Wen
Big Gitt
Tuskegee School
William Ti. Baldwin, Ds
Tuskegee
Noval Institute
Pop
New York Times
People’s Column
Colorado
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Nebraska
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Texas
Wyoming
P. R. Mosier
Adams St
Ladies High
Coatsworth’s
Galena Iron Works CO
Galena Iron Works Company
Minneapolis Kansas City
Council Bluffs
Witerer Westers
Great Western
J. P. Elmer
Minn
Alberta
Arizona
British Columbia
California
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
F. R. Mosier
Adams
St. Chicago
Galena Studio
Henning Studio
India
Galena
Riley
Gear
West Streets
J. J. Gunn
Dodge Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!