Hazel Green and area mining news reflection shift
Hazel Green miners strike jack on Devile land east of here and the Galena Iron Works upgrades with a 160 horsepower dynamo and boiler repairs. The Raisbeck Mining Co. ships ore, Madison University students visit, and local trades expand with new pumps engines and a derrick under construction.
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Smith Bros
Hazel Green
Elmer Alexander
Bloomington
Elmer
Galena
Matt Rodda
the Square
Galena Iron Works
Raisbeck Mining Co
Fairplay
Madison University
Marriage of Parker and Winters Celebrated in Hanover
In Hanover Illinois on March twenty first, Wm Emerson Parker wed Miss Mural Winters at the bride’s parents home with Rev H Collins officiating. Relatives and a few friends attended the ceremony. Also noted are visits, travel plans and local social events including a basket social at Woodman hall.
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Harover
Ill
Wm. Emerson Parker
Miss Mural Winters
Geo. Winters
H. Collins
Anna Schneider
Alma Bennett
Galena
Alta Cox
St. Louis
Social notes from Menominee and nearby towns
Sunday gatherings and visits ripple through Menominee Vinegar Hill and East Dubuque with residents James Brew Bernard Foat and Rosie Ricke calling on friends. Illness touches Mrs. Gerhard Wubben, while David Sheean shows rheumatic improvement. Local business and calls include Bernard M Hardgranen Clem Wubben and August Schonoff in Galena. Dubuque cattle buyer Mr Kohn also visiting. a Dubuque photographer was noted.
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Menominee, Ill
James Brew
Vinegar Hill
August Schonoff
Kassner
Will Powers
East Dubuque
Gerhard Wubben
Rosie Ricke
David Sheean
Bernard M Hardgranen
Clem Wubben
Clem
Galena
Kohn
Dubuque
H. Wubben
Merchants of
Local orders for enlarged pictures and rental at Grey place
A number of orders were placed last Thursday for enlarged pictures illustrating Menominee people. John Sheean has rented the Grey place for the coming year. Mrs. James Feehan visited Vinegar Hill on Saturday and Sunday to call on relatives and friends.
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Marshall Handley
8. E. Smalley
Cuba City
John Sheean
Grey Place
A. Frehauf
Dodge Street
Will Stillman
O. Stillman
Elizabeth Ganshirt
Guilford
D. A. Callahan
Beach Street
Paul Christen
Vincent Gear
Freeport
John Noah
Menominee
Noah-Jahncke
Lupton Birthday Gift Stirs Local Greetings
A celebration marked John T. Lupton’s 48th birthday with a chair presented by friends and relatives. In other news a mining drill arrived for Fields farm near New Diggings. Mrs. W R Bierce and J B Parkins visited Mrs. E T Glasgow in Guilford. E Hanson and T Mahoney visited Scales Mound. C and G Wearmouth toured Galena. Lupton also visited Galena Wednesday.
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John T. Lupton
W. R. Bierce
J. B. Parkins
Slowest Train in the World Reported in Spain
Georges Srade reports in Les Sports that the slowest ordinary passenger train in the world operates in Spain between Soto de Rey and Clano Santa Ana. The 13.75 mile line with a single stop at Sama runs 6:25 to 8:20, averaging under seven miles per hour while the Sant Ana to Sama leg moves at 3.75 mph.
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Georges Srade
Les Sports
Chaix
Spain
Soto de Rey
Clano Santa Ana
Sama
Irishman's Joke From Clay County Court
An old Welling ton News item tells of a funny Irishman before Judge Philander Lucas in Clay County Missouri. The man asks to hire another lawyer, offering that the judge would rather pay his prayers than anyone else, believing the judge has a strong knowledge of the law and would understand how the case proceeds.
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Clay County
Wellington
Philander Lucas
Circuit Court
Lucas
Local Galena notes include many visits and meetings
numerous residents and visitors travel through Galena with social calls. J Brauer, J Abbott, Mrs Habach, Miss Virtue, Mrs Reinke, Mrs Knoebel, Miss Dwyer and others are listed visiting relatives and friends in Galena. Local business changes include a mining office opening by F R Chandler and a new stone foundation for the Merchant's National Bank. A marriage license is granted and several people travel to Chicago and Dubuque for events.
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Fred Habach
Blanding
Addie Virtue
Hanover
Galena
Frank Reinke
Guilford
John Knoebel
Sioux City
W. W. Gill
A. M. Dow
Madison
H. Geiger
Merchant’s National Ank
W. F. Strausser
Hazel Green
August Allendorf
Bertha Steinstra
Lemper
Jeannette Corwith
Chicago
New York Plans Filtered Water Project Vast Tap
New York city considers a filtered water program delivering 500 million gallons at an estimated cost of 162 million dollars or more. The plan rivals Panama Canal spending and would extend 29 miles of tunnels 37 miles of conduit and 16 miles of riveted steel pipe as an aqueduct from Catskill reservoirs to Yonkers service reservoir. The project faces geographical and legal hurdles yet is seen as a workable solution.
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New York
New York City
Catskills
Yonkers
Hudson River
Queer Parliamentary Session in Australia Sparks Bell Rings
An Australian Parliament session ran late with frequent bell ringing as members feared a quorum fracture. Joseph Cook derided a post master general whose head drooped and collar rose, while Cook denounced the minister sleeping. A later member questioned if an honorable minister was in order for snoring loudly enough to muffle proceedings.
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Parliament of Australia
Joseph Cook
Mr. Cook
Why the Goods Were So High
A dry goods store tale shows a clerk overcharging by claiming higher prices due to a silk worm and tape worm epidemic. The elderly customer buys silk at a marked up rate after the proprietor exposes the clerk as overly optimistic. A later visit ends with the woman striking the clerk with her umbrella.
Legend of Indian Lake in Jeypore Tale
A curious legend from Jeypore, India describes Sambur salt lake as a warning tale. An old fakir advised a Tajah to ride forward without looking back to gain a silver field. After thirty miles curiosity drew him to glance back, revealing only a lake of salt.
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Indian Lake
Jeypore
India
Sambur Salt Lake
East Galena Township Auditors Meeting Notice 1906
The annual township auditors meeting and semi annual highway commissioners meeting of East Galena Township will be held Tuesday March 27 1906 at 2 pm in the Town Hall. Citizens with claims against the town should present them by the date. After a moderator is chosen reports of officers will be heard to defray expenses and decide measures as required by law. Joan D. Crowey Town Clerk.
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Commissioners of Highways
East Galena
A. D
Joan D. Crowey
Coatsworths Dry Goods Shows Spring Garments
Shoppers flock to Coatsworths Dry Goods for a superb spring line and low prices. Also notices for jobs and local deals include drilling machinery needs in Illinois Wisconsin district and a Helms ad selling two large cans spinach and sauerkraut at low prices.
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Helms
Doctor A Grassau Physician and Surgeon
Horton Block entrance Main and Diagonal Streets. Office hours 8 to 12 a m, 2 to 6 p m and 7 to 9 p m. Pitcher phone. Galena Illinois.
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A. Grassau
Horton Block
Pitcher
Galena, Ill
Annual Town Meeting and Election in West Galena IL
Notice to legal voters of West Galena township Jo Daviess County Illinois that the annual township meeting and election will be held on the first Tuesday in April. Polls open 7 am to 4 pm at three precincts and officers to be elected include supervisor town clerk assessor collector and highway commissioner with a justice of the peace vacancy for District 3. Town meeting to open at Market House at 2 pm to hear reports and appropriate funds.
Annual Township Meeting and Election Notice
Legal voters of East Galena Township Jo Daviess County Illinois are summoned to the annual township meeting and election on Tuesday April 3 1906. Polls open 7 am close 5 pm at East Galena Town Hall. Officers to be elected include Supervisor Town Clerk Assessor Collector Constable Commissioner of Highways District No 1 and one Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy.
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East Galena
Jo Daviess
Illinois
A. D
Joan D. Crowey
Republican Meeting at Rock School House Rawlins
A meeting of Republican voters in Rawlins will be held Friday evening March 30 at 7 o clock at the Rock School house to select delegates for the Republican county convention.
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Rawlins
Rock School House
Warning on trespass and theft at Russell Mining Co premises
Warning to any person removing lead lime or other materials or disturbing premises leased and mined by the Russell Mining Co will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. The Russell Mining Co.
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Russell Mining Co
The
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