Foreign Miners Here Seek Experienced Illinois Wisconsin Labor
The Illinois and Wisconsin mining districts face a shortage of seasoned miners as English and Welsh workers, skilled in deep lead and Welsh zinc mines, increasingly arrive from ocean liners. About 15 to 20 English and Welsh miners have already settled in Galena with more expected in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Deep Welsh zinc mines reach two to three miles underground with extreme heat, allowing work only in short intervals.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
England
Wales
Galena
Old Country
Varty Suit Against Cosmopolitan Life Ends In $3000 Verdict
The circuit court jury trial in Lester Varty versus Cosmopolitan Life Insurance ends with a $3000 verdict for the plaintiff. The insurer contends Joseph Varty falsified health status to reinstate coverage before his August 1904 death in Chicago. Hodson Campbell and Stearns Zipt led the legal teams with A G Murray representing the insurer.
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Lester Varty
Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Association
Joseph Varty
Chicago
Hodson & Campbell
Galena
Plaintiff
Stearns & Zipt
A. G. Murray
Springfield
Cosmopolitan
Freeport Standard
Oyster famine hits Galena merchants hard
For weeks Galena merchants have struggled to obtain fresh oysters. Chicago and Dubuque rely on Baltimore and Maryland for supply, but dredges were taken off March 15 and small boats face dangerous seas. Storms along the eastern coast have limited small-boat fishing, leading to very small oyster quantities.
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Chicago
Dubuque
Baltimore
Maryland
Funeral for Mrs Paul Reitz Set for Saturday
The funeral of the late Mrs. Paul Reitz who died in Watertown hospital will be held Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the church.
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Mra
Paul Reitz
Watertown
Roosevelt Offers Grant Log Section for Carnegie Library
A Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt has given the war department a log cabin section built by Ulysses S. Grant for his family near St. Louis before the Civil War. The log is from the cabin used in crafting a frame presented to Andrew Carnegie for his $1,000,000 gift to the library association.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
A. 8. Grant
St. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
Library Association
Century-old Grace Nicholas of Linden to celebrate 100th birthday
Grace Nicholas born April 1 1806 in Cornwall England came to America in 1842. She lived in Mineral Point Grass Valley and British Columbia before settling near Linden Wisconsin. A widow since 1884 she has no children and remains active in church and daily affairs showing remarkable health and energy at age 100.
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Grace Nicholas
Linden
Wis
Nicholas
Cornwall
England
America
C. Bowers of
Montfort
Christopher Nicholas
British Columbia
Land of Gold
Town County Farm
Laxey
Clock Fund Grows With Subscriptions and Events
The clock fund total rises from subscriptions including Miss Gardner and Sadish Blewett Robinson. Proceeds from a magic lantern entertainment by Fred Barlow on Arthur Krueger add to the fund. Contributions from Miriam and Carrie Sampson, George Lupton, and Conneil Hill are noted, with a grand total mentioned as the final figure.
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Miss Gardner
Sadish
Blewett) Robinson
Procehia
Magic Lantern Entertainment
Fred Barlow
Arthur Krueger
Miriam and
Carrie Sampson
George Lupton Conneil Hill
Launch season opens on Galena river boating scene
Activity rises among boat owners as launches and skiffs prepare for full season. Dr. Philip Kittoe first to navigate the Galena river with a launch this season, testing the craft after winter quarters. The fishing clubs report winter seining efforts and snags in ponds and sloughs, with enforcement promised for illegal fishing. Ducks are few as ice retreats on the Mississippi and birds move north to follow the opening waters.
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Philip Kittoe
Galena River
Mississippi
Knights of the Red
Galena
Dubuque
Mississippi River
Peoria Aims to Land Next Brotherhood Convention
Peoria seeks to secure the 1908 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention, to be held in Memphis this year. Winning the bid would place the organization’s headquarters in Peoria for ten years and may lead to a shared office building with the city’s fire department, plus a hall for both groups. A central location would avoid long travel fares for delegates and promote local headquarters.
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Peoria
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Memphis
Tenn
Peoria Star
Changes in Freeport United Evangelical Conference
The Freeport meeting of the United Evangelical Conference closed at 8 am Tuesday reading changes in pastor assignments. Rev. E O Rife of Grace Evangelical North Dixon was assigned to Stockton Illinois church. W C Hey will come to Dixon to replace Rife. Martin takes South Dixon pastorate after Rev J G M Hursh resigns.
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United Evangelical Conference
Freeport
E. O. Rife
Grace Evangelical Church of
North Dixon
Stockton, Ill
W. C
Dixon
Rife
Martin
South Dixon
J. G. M. Hursh
Dixon Sun
Miners Open To Signing 1903 Scale In Indianapolis
In Indianapolis the miners in session today agreed to sign the 1903 scale, likely keeping about half the bituminous district mines operating. In Washington the president said he will not intervene in the looming coal strike at this stage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Washington, D. C
Galena High School Forms Athletic Association
An athletic association for Galena High School is formed for both boys and girls with about 61 members. A baseball team for boys and a basketball team for girls are planned, with games arranged or challenged against Rockford, Warren, and Darlington. The group will host a supper in Wildey hall on April 5 to fund the association.
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Galena High School Athletic Association
Rockford and Warren
Darlington
Wis
Wildey Hall
Man Faces Departure With Tears at Bellevue Train Mystery
Savanna Times notes a Bellevue home mood of joy or mourning as a groom elect lingers at the depot. A fiancé gazes at scenery and school maams before Conductor Wolcott’s call, tears in his eyes, then boards a Sabula train hoping to catch the northbound connection.
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Bellevue
Savanna Times
Wolcott
Sabula
Victory for Big Stars in YMCA basketball clash
The Big Stars representing the boys class defeated a younger senior team 10 to 8 in a hotly contested YMCA game. At halftime the boys led 5 to 0 as the elder brothers surged but could not overcome the margin. Players included Harry Venable Chas Arnold Leslie Hamrich Ambrose Stahl Edgar Barrett Dick Barlow Merle Allen Arthur Glessner Clyde King M Guggenheim and Ray Hirst.
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Harry Venable
Chas Arnold
Leslie Hamrich
Ambrose Stahl
Edgar Barrett
Dick Barlow
Swede Olsen Arrest Reveals City Rock Pile Scene
James Olsen, fined for disorderly conduct, is jailed again after a late drink binge. He faces another hearing as Officer Jordan notes his intoxication and insults to a passerby. A gang of hobos toiled on a city rock pile, including James Longfellow, a once-prominent printer now destitute and aging, reflecting on fading skills and ruined career.
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James Olsen
Jordan
Main Street
Olsen
James Longfellow
Printing Trade Shakes Up After Linotype Advance
The linotype machine displaced hundreds of printers years ago but sober, industrious workers quickly found stable positions in the job and book departments, often earning higher wages than before the machine. Demand for skilled printers remains strong, and those who neglect their craft or battle liquor have slim chances of steady, well paid work.
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Linotype Machine
Dropped Dead at Platteville Mining Man Dies
J Burll of Jackson Michigan, a prominent mining man, collapsed in Platteville's mining exchange from heart failure. He was 60, a near stranger in the area, dying almost instantly.
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J. Burll
Jackson Mich
Platteville
Narrow escape as buggy overturns near Northwestern bridge
Henry Wise, Edward Wise, and William Enner, farmers near the city, barely escaped serious injury when a light buggy with a single horse plunged toward Illinois Central tracks. Wise pulled the horse aside to avoid a collision with a locomotive, sending the buggy into a ditch. Henry Wise injured his arm. others lightly hurt. Roads are noted as very bad with washed-out ditches from frequent floods.
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Henry
Edward Wise
William Enner
Illinois Central
Mr. Wise
Henry Wise
Ice wrecks Eagle Point bridge over Mississippi
Ice tore out the Eagle Point high bridge trestle near Dubuque causing the Mississippi span to be wrecked. The Wisconsin shore trestle line was carried away and this is the third or fourth time the ice has torn the span. The bridge company paid hundreds for repairs and traffic will be halted for weeks as Grant County Wisconsin spends thousands to fill a slough, a long project to complete in years.
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Mississippi
Hugh Point
Dubuque
Eagle Point High
Wisconsin
Town
Grant County
Wis
Hard to Find Owners of County Telephone Lines
Many residents and officials in Daviess county note vast networks of telephone lines and poles with little to no tax assessment. Owners are hard to locate, as lines are shared among multiple companies and farmers often build independent lines. A local expert says taxes on these lines are insufficient to cover a mile of wire. The piece urges creating a method to identify owners and collect due taxes.
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Daviess County
Pitcher Central Exchange
Circuit Judge List for Next Year
The circuit court judges have set their term list for the upcoming year with scheduled start Mondays on various dates. Notable entries include Heard Lee on the 8th Monday in September and Ogle on the 1st Monday in January, with other assignments spanning Jo Daviess Carroll Stephenson and Lee across months and years.
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Circuit Court
Heard—Lee
Carroll
Ogle
Jo Daviess
Pebronry
Stephenson
Lee
Farrand—Stephenson
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Americ
Clock Fund
Sports
Brotherhood of Railway Locomotive Engineers
Stockton
Galena High School
Savanna
MR. Olsen
Michigan
Tul
Ige
Tears Out
Bridge
Dubuque and
Eagle Point
Circuit
Farrand
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