Local Galena Scene Details Many Visitors and Illnesses
Local notes show R A Bratton in Chicago on business and many residents ill or visiting, including John J Collins ill with pneumonia and Mrs William Shea at home. Galena hosts arrivals from Pittsburg and Chicago, shopping visits by Miss Tillie Carr and Mrs J Coulthard, and W F Segar from Scales Mound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Collins
William Shea
Field Street
Conductor Daily
Freeport
Maude Hoeling
David Funston
Rice Township
William Travis
Council Hill
Galena
Tillie Carr
Scales Mound
August Grube
Schappville
J. Coulthard
Galena Thursady
W. F. Segar
R. A. Wilson
Cuba City
John Berryman
Many Galena Visitors and Local Arrivals Noted
City residents and visitors are listed with movements to and from Galena and surrounding towns. Notables include Dan Maguire of Dubuque visiting for business, Clara Stevens of Scales Mound in Galena, and Miss Mamie Collins coming from Dubuque to tend her father. Local officials, nurses, and merchants travel or reside in East Dubuque, Vinegar Hill, Council Hill, and Rodden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Rittweger
Scales Mound
Philip Kennedy
Vinegar Hill
William Trevarthen
Council Hill
Fred Heim
Pilot Knob
East
Dubuque
Ray Fleming
Earl Ritter
Apple River
Dan Maguire
Alvin Davis
Alf Temperly
Seales Mound
Galena
H. J. Doran
Mamie Collins
J. J. Collins
J. F. Stranskey
Wm. Spillane
Maggie Spillane
George Graham
Rawlings
B. C. Sampson
Chicago
Mable McDonald
Montfort
Charles Allen
Chas W Meyer Civil War Veteran Dies at 80 in Galena
Chas W Meyer longtime Galena resident dies at his Dewey Avenue home after months of illness due to heart trouble. He was 80, survived by a wife and several children, a St John Lutheran church member, and honored as an honest trusted neighbor. Funeral held Saturday at 2 PM from his residence.
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Guy Waring
Hazel Green
St. Louis
John Lupton
George Lupton
Hattie Richards
Mary Bain
Council Hill
Willian Winters
Chicago
John Kelly
Herman Bloom
Hastings
Neb
Galena
Mary Lucy
Rockford
Margaret Lucey
Adam Ginn
Rodden
Topeka
Kas
Bert
Santa Fe
E. W. Hayward
Indianapolis
Ind
F. T. Beach
Lincoln Ind
Fred Bremmerman
Chas. W. Meyer
Dewey Avenue
Mr. Meyer
St. John’s Luthern Church
Democratic central committee schedules county convention
Jo Daviess county Democratic central committee met in the council chamber with many county leaders present. They planned the county convention in Galena on May 3 to choose candidates and discussed the new primary election law amid wide partisan disagreement.
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Apple River
Scales Mound
East Dubuque
Central Committee
Father and Son Meet Here in Galena after Years apart
In Galena on Thursday William Vassen, a Hazel Green resident, reunites with his German-born father for the first time in many years. The elder Vassen traveled from Holland and, after visiting William’s Menominee brother, remains in good health and appears younger than his years.
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Galena
Wm. Vassen
Hazel Green
Germany
United States
New World
America
Holland
Menominee
Mr. Vassen
Place
William
Soldiers Reunion at Boscobel in June Wisconsin
The Grant County veterans plan the annual soldiers and sailors reunion in Boscobel during June. It marks ten years since the last gathering there and may be the last Civil War veterans reunion in the area as old soldiers pass away and numbers dwindle.
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Grant County
Wis
Boscobel
One Spider Found in Melrose Household Tale
A minister's wife recalls early Melrose days with difficulty securing help. Rooney, barely trained for kitchen work, is brought from the steamer to aid in the home. The narrator asks Bridget to fetch a spider and she returns with a small single spider found in the cellar, noting it is the only one she could find.
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Melrose
Gays & Writer
Boston Herald
Boston
Rooney
Bridget
Chicago Cash Buyers Union Faces Takeover by City Capitalists
A Chicago syndicate of prominent financiers plans to assume control of the Cash Buyers Union and First National Cooperative Association to stabilize the business. The accounting report to receivers showed debts around 285000 dollars with assets nearing 325000 dollars plus furniture and catalogues, suggesting solvency and possible dividends to stockholders if the mail order side continues under new management. Local officials including Judge Bethea and federal observers have reviewed the findings and see no criminal basis for action.
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Chicago Chronicle
Cash Buyer’s Union
First National Cooperative Association
Chicago
Jacob Newman
Bethea
C. Day
Morrison
Post Office
Kimball and
Ketcham
Kahn
Remembering John McNeely Galena Leatherman and Ulysses Grant
The article recalls John McNeely a Galena leather dealer who later moved to Chicago with the Grants era colleagues. It notes McNeely and Jesse Crooks as early leather workers who witnessed Ulysses S. Grant in his modest youth, long before he rose to national prominence.
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John McNeely
Chicago
Galena
General Grant
Jesse Crooks
Lower Main Street
Crooks
Grants
Jesse R. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Mr. McNeely
Grant
Packard
Mr. Frazier
McNeely
Ulysses Grant
United States
Weak Argument Cited From Trial in Western City
A New York bar member recalls a Western city trial where the defense counsel of Celtic extraction told the judge that the prosecution’s argument is lighter than vanity. It is air, it is smoke, from top to bottom it is absolutely nothing and falls to the ground in its own weight.
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New York
New strawboard berry box could replace wooden ones
Dr Hl Henri Whiting of Rockford applies for a patent on a one piece strawboard berry box. The 4x4x4 1 2 inch quart box unfolds with a small tack, uses perforated lightening holes, costs less than wooden boxes, and aims for ready shipment and easy production in a Rockford factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henri Whiting
Rockford
Whiting
California
Instalment Plan Punchline Distinguishes Serial Stories
A compact quip contrasts readers’ desire for serials with a jab at the Instalment plan. Flatter notes serials remain safe from takedown, framing the dialogue as a humorous comment on ongoing fiction and payment schemes.
Executor's Notice In Estate Of John Henry Schnerre Deceased
Henry Schnerre executor of the estate of John Henry Schnerre late of Jo Daviess County Illinois gives notice before the Jo Daviess County Court at Galena during the May term on the first Monday in May to present claims and for indebted parties to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Schnerre
Johnney Schnerre
Jo Daviess
Illinois
Jo Daviess County
Galena
Johanna Habich
Administratrix Notice for Estate of James Rowe
Regina Pearson administratrix of James Rowe deceased of Jo Daviess County Illinois will appear at the County Court in Galena at the May term on the first Monday in May to present her account and be sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Rowe
Ofames Rowe
Jo Daviess
State of Illinois
Jo Daviess County
Galena
Regina Prarson
Executrix Appointment in Estate of Clemens Timpe
The executrix of Clemens Timpe late of Jo Daviess County Illinois gives notice she will present the will for probate at the May term in Galena before the County Court. Creditors are informed to present their claims by the specified date.
Executrix Notice for Elise Henning Estate
Anna K. Henning as executrix announces probate proceedings in Jo Daviess County Illinois. She will appear at the Galena court house on the April term to adjust claims and demands against the deceased. Creditors must present their claims and all debts should be paid promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elise Henning
Jo Daviess
Ilinois
Jo Daviess County
Galena
Anna K. Henning
Deafness Follows Speed in Car Races
A racer describes temporary deafness after a 30 second mile in a 110 horsepower car. He cannot hear even a young woman calling congratulations until the roar subsides. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes drivers in heavy detonating cars often end races deaf, with permanent hearing loss possible for chauffeurs.
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Phidelphia Bulletin
Channel Tunnel scheme revival signals French interest
The London Graphic reports a reawakening of the channel tunnel project by French engineers and financiers this year. The Institute of France has just shown the first signs of renewed activity while honoring M. Potter, the pioneer engineer of the scheme over thirty years ago.
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London Graphic
Institute of France
M. Potter
Absent-Minded Woman Realizes She Has No Child
A Brooklyn Eagle brief notes a woman near the Park Row subway who mishears a lad claiming her boy was run over. She dashes through streets in panic before realizing she has no child and is unmarried. meanwhile a beggar steals four apples and popcorn.
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Park Row
Manhattan
News Aid
Apple
Williams Street
Frankfort Street
Brooklyn Eagle
House and farm sale notices from Rice area and travel tickets
The column advertises Frazer house on Hickory street with two large lots and six rooms for sale and invites contact through D B Blewett or the office. It lists extensive rail ticket options to many western states with dates January 16 February 6 and 20 at half fare plus $2. It also describes W J Gray offering 170 acre Rice town farm near Galena with 40 acre pasture and 36 acre timber lot, rich mineral ore potential, mainly meadow and suitable for stock.
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Frazer
Hickory Street
Franklin
D. B. Blewett
Rice
Galena South
W. J. Gray
Rext-Store Building At Corner Of Green And Commerce
Building at the corner of Green and Commerce streets offered for sale or rent with saloon fixtures included. Describes the property as a good business corner and notes applicant as William McKernan.
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Commerce Streets
William McKernan
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Rawlins
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Ralph Root
Hoskins Mine
C. G. Steffen
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Ida Walker
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Leadae Cigar Factory
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Ackley
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East Galena
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Weston
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