Local residents noted in city visits and events
Pax M Mayes of Stockton and others from Moline Hazel Green Apple River Dubuque and Scales Mound were in the city on various business or social engagements. Grant birthday closure for public schools, Mr Eckstein’s paint upgrade, weddings and charitable events drew regional attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Mayes
Stockton
Geo. Foster
Moline
Ralph Root
Hazel Green
Geo. Bishop
BE. C. Eyer
Platteville
W. H. Worthington
W. H. Statenow
Little Corporal
Grant
Geo. Dittmar
Apple River
Eckstine Fruit and Confectionery
Herman Claussen
W. F. Biesman
Dubuque
Alfred Claussen
Clara Pierce
Lewis Meeter
Joseph Meeter
John W. Redfearn
Jonathan Coulthard
Council Hill Township
Geo. Grube
Jos. Gladden
Mayme Engel
Guilford
Josiah Moore
Hanover
Galena
Letha Sinecox
Scales Mound
W. H. Martin
W. Telford
Vinnie Youle
Galenay
Royce
Maehee Shullsburg
Reay
Chas, Gillette
San Francisco
Cal
H. B. Shafer
Chicago
Local residents business and visitors fill Galena scene
East Galena residents and neighbors like Wm Ritter E Scbreck Chris Barder and Chas Wills visit the city for business and social events. Funeral attendances include Mrs Chas Welsh and others while officials report on elections and community appointments. Merchants and visitors from Guilford Vinegar Hill Elizabeth and Council Hill mingle with locals as weather and celebrations unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Ritter
East Galena
E. Scbreck
Elizabeth
Frank Hart
Chris. Barder
Long Hollow
Chas. Wills
Council Hill
George Guggler
Guilford
Frank Schaffer
Vinegar Hill
Raymond Cook
James Carkery
Snipe Hollow
Thos. Trevarthen
Michael Horan
William Wills
John Kuberra
Eulberg
John Zeal
Chas. Welsh
E. Glasgow
Henry Strohmeyer
Main Street
Mathew Gault
Mr. Galbreth
Ben Vandervale
James Welsh
Chas
Welsh
Chris. Meyers
Dewey Avenue
Standard Cigar Factory
Grant
W. W. Gill
GC. M. Dow
Lyman
Wisconsin
Will Annetts
Merriman
Neb
J. F. Gleason
Freeport
McGrath
P. Beltis
Hazel Green
Beloit
John Crowley
James McCabe
John Sheean
East Galena Township
J. J. Collins
D. Rawlins
Warren
Harry Parker
Opening of the Shoshone Reservation Lands Promises Homestead Prospects
The Shoshone or Wind River lands in central Wyoming will open to homesteaders this summer. The tract spans about a million acres east of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone Park, with rich pasture and potential irrigation projects under state control. Rail access via The Wyoming and North-Western Railway will reach Shoshoni within sixty days, signaling a surge of settlers who may acquire quarter sections at around 1.50 per acre with long installment terms, excluding water rights for irrigated lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Wind River
Wyoming
Jackson Hole Country
Yellowstone Park Forest Reserve
Wyoming and North-Western Railway
North-Western
Shoshoni
Mahiahoel
Lan Valley
Walton
Lander
Address on Grant's Religious Life Draws Veterans
Hon William Spensley spoke at the Methodist church on Grant’s religious life to a large audience of veterans including E D Kittee Post G A R. The address was praised as one of the best ever heard in the city and Spensley’s experience in Rockford Elgin and Chicago is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Spensley
Grant
E. D. Kittee Post
Spensley
Rockford
Elgin
Chicago
East Dubuque Man Mistakes Stranger for General Grant
A man from East Dubuque at a Grant birthday event accosted a stranger he believed to be General Grant. After a panicked moment the Galenian clarified the error and declined a drink, leaving the eager veteran to seek another mark for a purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Dubuque
Grant
F. D. Grant
East Dubuquer
General Grant
Weather Forecast Delayed Planting As Frost Threatens Crops
The cold damp spring keeps farmers anxious as corn planting slows with no crops in the north yet. Oats show promise though, thriving in cool wet weather, while corn futures look poor due to the cold ground and risk of killing frosts. Warm rain could help, but current conditions hinder growth.
Interurban Road to Platteville Inches Toward Start
Illinois secretary of state grants license to Illinois and Western Railroad with $5,000 capital to build from East Dubuque across the Mississippi to Dubuque and north to the Wisconsin line. Chicago founders include Conrad H. Peppenhu sen, Joseph L. McNab, Edward T. Fox, Michael Gesas, and Wm. G. Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Tribune
Secretary of State
Illinois and Western Railroad Company
Chicago
East Dubuque
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Wisconsin Line
Conrad H. Peppenhusen
Joseph L. McNab
Edw. T. Fox
Michael Gesas
Wm. G. Hamilton
Capture a Seiner Seizes nets in Wisconsin stomping
Prairie du Chien April 30 Game Warden J D Stuart arrested David Murry at Rush Creek for using a shut off seine 400 feet long and a hoop net contrary to law. He was taken before Justice Sterling at Ferryville and fined 70 dollars. At Lynxville later the warden captured two trammer nets to be shipped to Madison for disposal by the state game warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie du Chien
Wis
J. D. Stuart
David Murry
Rush Creek
Justice Sterling
Ferryville
Lynxville
Madison
Pretty Morning Wedding Unites Bostwick and Singer
Ralph N. Bostwick and Miss Clara Singer were wed Monday at 5 a.m. in the bride’s home with Rev. Father Bailey officiating. After a breakfast the couple boarded the Illinois Central to Chicago and then Wisconsin to visit relatives before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bostwick
Miss Clara Singer
Ralph N. Bostwick
Clara Singer
Simon Singer
Father Bailey
Illinois Central
Chicago
Wisconsin
Galena
Moore's
Mrs. Bostwick
No More Rapids Pilots On Rock Island River Route
The 1906 river season ends rapids pilots at Rock Island as steamboat firms deem pilots over the rapids unnecessary. Diamond Jo line will employ pilots capable of navigating the rapids now dredged and safer. Four rapids pilots remain at Le Claire with others shifted to steamer duties or government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Wash. Hight
Rapids
Hight
Diamond Jo Company
le Claire
Orrin Smith
Zach Sutter
D. F. Dorrance
Joe Long
J. W. Rambo
Mac
Memorial Day Observed Across Georgia With Memorial Events
Georgia observes Memorial day as Confederate societies and citizens reflect on Wheeler memorial and Blue and Gray reunion. In Atlanta the Grand Opera House hosts exercises with Judge Marcus Beck as orator and Rev. T. P. Cleveland as chaplain. Parade led by Chief W R Joyner and Major J Van Holt Nash decorates Confederate graves at Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
State of Georgia
Grand Opera House
Marcus Beck
Supreme Court
T. P. Cleveland
Ladies of the Memorial Association
W. R. Joyner
Fire Department
Marshall
J. van Holt Nash
Oakland
$10 000 For ONeil Death Legal Action
Leo F. Jaeger administrator of Maurice H. ONeil estate sues Chicago Great Western Railway for 10000 damages in district court. ONeil, a switchman, died Jan 24 1906 when crushed by a coal car due to icy conditions and a sudden stop. He lived in East Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Leo F. Jaeger
Maurice H. O'Neil
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
O'Neil
East Dubuque
Trout Line Banned During Closed Season in Illinois
Attorney General Stead declares trout line illegal under the rule device other than hook and line. The closed season from April 15 to June 1 now forbids trout lines for all, penalities apply for violations. The ruling distinguishes hook and line as amateur gear from the trout line as a professional device. A sale note mentions 19 cent Dorsets at Coatsworth's Opening Sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois River
Stead
Automobiles Spark Runaway On Main Street
An auto owned by Frank Trego triggered two frightened horse drawn wagons on Main street between stores led by Sam Edwards and John Cloran. The horses dashed through traffic for several blocks before being corralled near Casserly's store. No injuries occurred though several people narrowly avoided harm in the scramble to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Sam Edwards
John Cloran
Frank Trego
Platteville
Casseriy
Death of Mrs. Peter Donnelly After Prolonged Illness
Mrs. Peter Donnelly died at her east side home Monday at 5 a m after more than a year of illness. She and her husband, Peter Donnelly of the American Express office, resided in Galena and leave three children, two sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 9 a m from the family home to St Michael's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Donnelly
American Express Company
Galena
St. Michael's Church
Miners Clash in Paint Creek Riot Near Windber
In Johnston Pennsylvania April 30 union and nonunion miners fought at Paint Creek mines near Windber. Two men die in Windber Hospital, a third fatally stabbed, several injured, seven arrested for inciting riot. The clash lasted about thirty minutes with wounded along the tracks before deputies arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston
Paint Creek
Windber
Monitor With Guns At City School Sparks Probe
A school monitor in a central city school seized his father’s revolver to enforce discipline. He held up pupils and marched them into line, alarming students and prompting the principal to censure the boy despite his good intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Deserter Sentenced After Chalons court martial
A youth ful deserter was tried at Chalons-sur-Marne. His railway clerk father from Paris spoke in court, asking leniency and pledging responsibility for four years. The court sentenced the son to death as the initial outcome but modified to three months imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chalons-sur-Marne
Paris
Kissed Sleeping Poet Legend of Alan Chartier
The romance recalls Alan Chartier, a French poet, sleeping in a public place. Margaret of Scotland, wife of the Dauphin Louis XL, passed by with attendants and recognized him. She kissed the sleeping poet softly, drawing her maids to silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Chartier
Margaret of Scotland
Louis XL
Arkansas City Man Surprised by Three Wives at Theater
An Arkansas City man with two prior divorces brought his third wife to a theater. He found himself seated with three wives in a row, each a former spouse who had become friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Transformation of Leaves into Birds Legend
A Kansas City Journal summary of a long held Indian legend about the Great Spirit transforming leaves into birds. Leaves sing, fall, then are granted wings to become robins wrens sparrows and other birds as eternal beauty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Women Use Air Pictures in Hardware Shops
A hardware salesman notes that women refer to many objects as thing and use gestures to explain items. He recalls a customer seeking a hole making tool and another needing a device to hang over gas, while air pictures help identify lamps, chimneys, and small hardware parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gimlet
The Pursuit of Perfection and Equality in Culture
A compact reflection on Matthew Arnold praising culture as the path to sweetness and light. It argues culture abolishes class, spreads the best ideas, and fosters equality through freedom to use knowledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Arnold
Electors of Bordeaux Con sistory summon Rothschild heir
The Jewish Consistory of Bordeaux calls electors to choose a new representative for the Central Consistory after the death of Baron Alphae de Rothschild. It is expected Baron Edouard, his son, will succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Rothschild
Bordeaux
Baron Alphae de Rothschild
Baron Edouard
Two More Shocks Rock San Francisco Afterquake
San Francisco reports two minor earthquakes with no damage but widespread fright. Mayor Schmitz calls for funds and supplies, while Red Cross sends 300000 and pledges more. City faces massive rebuilding costs and contemplates federal bond guarantees to borrow at low rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Schmitz
C. A. Devel
Presidio Wharf
Washington
Red Cross Today
Paris Water Fountains Sell for Pennies in Modern City
London Globe notes Paris fountains still sell water in ten streets where a penny buys twenty two gallons or a centime per bucket. Revenue fell from £28 000 in 1860 to a small annual total by 1882, now about a bucket per month as guardians enjoy pensions for ex-employees of the water company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paris Water Company
London Globe
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Adam Rittweger
City
George Belknap
Billmer
J. W. Eckstein
Leo Chalton
Eugene Biel
Nettie Blackstone
Shullsburg
Jennie
Grace Trevarthen
Ida Levy
Hortense Guggenheim
Elizabeth Rowe
Julia Distler
John Gesser
Thompson
F. G. Roberts and Son
R. Barrett
Ernest Baumgartner
Lucile Marsden
J. A. Adams
Winnie
William Leik
Otto Lange
William Blake
Flatt River
M. EB. Church
Road Incorporated
Illinois and Western Railway Company
Dixie Land
Coatsworth
Pennsylvania
Mondas
Red Cross Wires
Congress
United States
James M. Phelan
Finance Committee
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Philippines
Islands
Greeley
Wwall
Noroom
Alfred Peats
J. H. Edwards
Pitcher
Phote
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