Michigan Towns and Wisconsin Village Ravaged by Fire
A massive forest fire in Michigan’s northern peninsula devastates 200 square miles and threatens towns including Talbot Stanley Auburndale Quinnesee Saunders Shaff Daggett Powers Iron Mountain Escanaba and Gladstone. Wisconsin reports from Auburndale and Stanley note major property losses totaling around $100,000 to $200,000 amid widespread lumberyard blazes. storms and winds drive flames toward towns as crews fight to control fires.
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Menominee
Mich
Michigan
Menominee County
Dickenson County
Della County
Tron County
Talbot
Stanley
Chippewa County
Auburndale
Wood County
Quinnesee
Saunders
Iron County
Shaff
Daggett
Powers
Iron Mountain
Great
Menominee Range
Dickinson County
Escanaba
Gladstone
Wisconsin
Marsfield
Wis
Here
Steven's Point
Stolen Model Blocks Miner Inventor's Progress
Joplin Missouri May 19 a thief stole a brass and malleable iron mining pump model from John Scholl 905 Pearl street. The 4 by 1 by 24 inch device represented years of work toward a potential breakthrough in pump design. Scholl hopes to recover it but believes junk dealers may have taken it and recovery is unlikely. He will need a long time to recreate another model due to intricate parts.
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Joplin
John Scholl
Pearl Street
Scholl
White City Opens for Summer in Chicago
Chicago May 19 The White City amusement park opened for the season with a blaze of lights and music drawing crowds so large the park’s capacity was tested. New buildings and a grand shell band stand replace last year’s setup as Innis and his band inaugurate the second season of the west’s biggest amusement proposition.
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Chicago
White City
Innis
Benton Man Dies at 69 in Benton
Miles D. Cottingham aged 69 died at his Benton home Friday morning of stomach cancer. Funeral services were held Sunday at the M. E. church with Rev. Harris officiating and the I O O F at the grave. A Benton pioneer, Cottingham lived about fifty years in the community and was known for his upright character and Christian service.
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M. D. Cottingham
Benton
Miles D. Cottingham
M. EB
Harris
Cottingham
Benton Advocate
Lightning strikes offend cattle pasture six times in five years
Lightning struck the pasture of John Hamm six miles south of town on Thursday evening killing six head of cattle. It marks the fifth strike in the area in five years, with two barns burned previously and two hay stacks burnt between the barn fires.
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John Hamm
Freeport Standard
The Entre Act Necessity Clove Flows Unopened Buds
Unclear fragment notes cloves gathered in green bud stage, ignited by a wood fire and dried in the sun. The text reads as a partial recipe or description of tobacco like preparation, lacking full context or attribution.
Brutal youth attack may end in death
Burnett Indiana May 18 eight year old Burnett Shadley is under arrest for injuring Mrs W H Coyle of Terre Haute during a visit at his home. He kicked her in the temple fracturing her head and then used a loaded whip striking her again. Mrs Coyle lies unconscious at her Terre Haute home with life reported as hanging by a thread. Relatives note the boy has no prior vicious behavior and cannot explain the assault.
Union Bank Opens in Chicago for Laborers
Chicago May 19 The new union labor bank opens at Washington and La Salle streets as a private bank. Depositary access for wage earners planned all day with several hundred members expected to utilize the initial savings and loan services. Andrew B. Adair of Typographical Union No 16 chairs a nine member board drawn from unions.
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Chicago
Union Labor Bank
Washington and
la Salle
Landof
Andrew B. Adair
Typographical Union No. 16
Illinois
Tommy Imitates an Egg Laying Rooster in Class Card
A Brooklyn kindergarten scene features a pupil who stays still while others imitate sounds. the teacher asks why Tommy has not chosen an animal and he replies he is a rooster laying an egg. Announcements show candidates for Illinois offices in Jo Daviess County and a promotional sale at Coataworth's.
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Tommy
Brooklyn
W. H. Show
General Assembly
State of
Illinois
William W. Krape
Jo Daviess County
Local Sore Throat Remedies and Mining Ad Notice
Local ads promote sore throat remedies from Modern Pharmacal Co and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with prices and distributors Siniger & Siniger and H N Hollander. A mining land offer in New Dignings township promises forty acres with dual mine prospects and contact via Tribune office. The Modern Pharmacal Co Twenty Tried Prescriptions feature Anti Pain Tablet No 1 marketed for women's aches.
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Siniger & Siniger
Hollister
Modern Pharmacal Co
H. N. Hollander
New Diggings Township
Tribune
Modern
Pharmacal Co
For Sale Farm in Rice Five Miles from Galena
Farmer W. J. Gray offers 170 acres rich in mineral ore near Rice five miles from Galena. Includes 40 acre pasture lot half a mile away and 36 acre timber tract. Land mainly meadow and pasture, suitable for stock raising, well watered. Inquire at farm for particulars.
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Rice
Galena South
W. J. Gray
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets Northwest and West
Ex Homeseekers' Excursion to the Northwest West and Southwest via the North Western line. Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates on sale to the territory indicated. Chicago Great Western and North Western railways offer limited dates May 28 to 31 and May 30 to June 7 with return extension to June 9. Apply to railway agents or J P B Miner for details.
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Homeseeckers
North-Western
Chicago & North Western Railway
Chicago Great Western Railway
St. Paul
Great Western
J. PB. Miner
Minn
California
Los Angeles
J. P. Elmer
Bt. Paul
Des Moines May 1906 General Assembly Tickets on Sale
Report lists Des Moines based General Assembly Presbyterian Church event with Chicago Great Western offering round trip tickets at one fare plus one third. Tickets available May 14 to 28, return by May 31. Also ads for steam drill sale, a Dwyer residence for sale, and Grant Birthday Association meeting May 23 led by FE W Montgomery and P H Clark.
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General Assembly Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Towa
Chicago Great Western Railway
Great Western
J. P. Eimer
GQ. P. A
Grant Birthday Association
Main Street
Galena
FE. W. Montgomery
P. H. Clark
Summer Dress Goods and Silks at Attractive Prices
Summer dress goods and silks advertised with Stella batiste in 29 inch width, washable fabrics, Shallies and lawns by the yard, Floradora batiste praised as top value, Pineapple batiste noted as splendid material, fine figured dimities and washable sheer goods, printed silk tissue highly chosen.
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Stella Batiste
Floradora Batiste
Pineapple Batiste
Trains Schedule From Galena to Chicago St Paul Dubuque
Galena timetable shows daily departures south to Chicago and north to St Paul Minneapolis with through tickets to the United States and Canada. Describes dining cars, sleeping accommodations, baggage checks, and agents in Galena Jct and Chicago.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Galena
St. Paul Limited
Chicago
Omaha Limited
Fort Dodge Express
Fast Mail
Omaha
Dubuque
Escent
St. Paul -Chicago Daily Limited
Chishge
St. Louis
Freeport.Express
St. Loui
Ogbro
Bloomington
Dixon
Mendota
Normal
LaSalle
Sioux City
St. Paul
Ontana
Oregon
Washington Territory
Colorado
Pacific Coast
United States
Canada
T. L. McDermott
Chica
St.Paul
Minneapolia
St Paul
Minneapolis
Gally
M. J. Burns
Galena Junction
Des Moines
Joseph
Kansas City
Fort Dodge
Pullman
L. Graves
Galena Jct
J. B. Elmer
Madison
Kau Claire
Duluth
Superior
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Janesville
Beloit
Harvard
J McGinnees
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The
Galena Tribune
Sunday Tribune Publishing Company
D. A. Cauuanan
Bingle
Galena,n
Northwestern Lumber
Northwestern Lumber Company
Northwestern
Thorpe
Eau Claire
Chippewa Falls
Wauraw
Phillips & Menzier
Marathon City
Uercely
India
Punjab
Fred C. Witten
Elm St
Newark
Ned
Gandycathartic Ag
Taste G Co
Stefan
Deloes
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Union Bank
William Rippin
Var
James F. Leckley
William Stephenson
John R. Gilson
Edward Menzimer
IlMavis
J. C. Williams
Robert Irwin
Coataworth
General Federation of Women's Clubs
M. J. Dillon
Galena, Ill
the Tribune
John Dwyer
High Street
E. C. Dwyer
G. W. Evert
Winters Barn
Court House
Barry Brothers
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Iinois
Matt Beaton & Co
Hullistians
Rocky Mountain
Eit Drea Company
Phil Fetz
F. G. Meyer
Galena Studio
Henning Studio
M. Hallet
H. Strohmeyer
N. Main Street
Galena, Illinois
Aeme
Traina
Siniger & Bloiger
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