Local Residents Record Morning Visits and Parade Highlights
Sansas Band will play in Freeport soon. Floward Ives and Jacob Meflley went to Warren this morning. D. Kennedy of Hanover and Attorney F. J. Campbell also visited Freeport on business. Miss Agnes McDermott returned from Chicago. E. W. Montgomery headed to Kenosha on business. Mrs. Wm. Hurst and daughter traveled to Chicago. Judge Hodson attended Daniel Stewart's funeral in the city, while Dr. and Mrs. H. Gann visited Warren. Augusta Thode returned home from Sioux City. T. La. McDermott attended John Daugherty's funeral at Apple River. The weather whimsy about Robinson's Circus sparked laughs with the weather barometer. Twenty-three Shetland ponies pulled a caliope in the parade. Harry Ivey nears recovery from typhoid and expects to be out soon, delaying a family move. Main Street bricks withstood heavy wagons, some up to 17 tons. Lead Mine cigars suggested for smokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kya
Chicago
James Carr
Seales Mound
Daniel Stewart
Gann
Warren
Augusta Thode
Calena
Sioux City
T. la. McDermott
Apple River
John Daugherty
Robinson's Circus
Waddell
Harry Ivey
Main Street
Platteville Urges Local Venture Amid Regional Show News
The Platteville Journal urges neighbors to form local companies to exploit Galena area properties, citing success in Platteville and Lead districts. It praises the Robinson menagerie and circus, notes a grand street parade of a $800,000 show, and reports large crowds, strict security, and evening performances with 20,000 seats and waterproof tents.
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Platteville Journal
Platteville
Galena Tribune
Galena
Platteville Zine
Prairie Queen Flour Promoted Across Grocers
An old column extols Prairie Queen flour as the best and urges consumers to ask for it at every grocer. It mentions flowx English Plowing Matches in England and notes Jim Beker of Ipswich as a champion plowman who earned about £2000 in prizes, highlighting thrifty success and a modest fortune built on competition wins. It also advertises ready made sheets and pillow cases from Larry Bros. Firm, with a note on a German firm in Afela Chapelle supplying red church cardinal robes in a long secret process.
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England
Jim Beker
Ipswich
Afela Chapelle
Robinson's Big Shows Bring World Famous Circus Today
John Robinson's ten big shows arrived in town this morning marking the oldest traveling enterprise in the nation now 88 years old. The wild animals birds and reptiles draw crowds as Rev Sheak and Harry Reed head the menagerie. The afternoon performance delivered capacity attendance with horses acrobats clowns trained elephants and daring riders captivating the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson Menagerie
Cireus
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey
John Robinson
Ringlings
Robinsons
Ilinois
United States
Sheak
Harry Reed
Robinson Circus
el Green
Farmer Charry
King Solomon
Sheba
van Dutton
Edna
Vanlt
Mississippi River Flood Rise Alerts Dubuque Area
Mississippi River levels surge with a 10 foot rise in 24 hours near St. Louis, threatening the Mother of Waters. Reports note rapid increases south of Dubuque as passenger boats are withdrawn from service and river traffic slows amid escalating flooding. Local notices urge caution.
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Mississippi River
Dubuque
St. Louis
Autumnal equinox signals start of fall in Great Lakes region
Lieutenant Wilden of the U S hydrographic office in Chicago notes the autumn equinox arrives Saturday at twenty nine minutes and thirty nine seconds after 11 00 central time. The sun crosses the equator marking fall. experts expect usual storms in the Great Lakes as gales and sea changes occur with the season. Inquiries prompt an official bulletin for public information.
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Galena
Owlock
W. dl. Wilden
United States Hydrographic Office
Chicago
Ole Sin
Torin
Great Lake
Wilson
Lintes
Praiie Queen flour leads with guaranteed quality
The notice mentions Prairie Queen flour being sold by grocers and guaranteed. It also notes arrangements for Daniel Stewart, with family and masons, including a funeral and burial at Greenwood after a state viewing at the Masonic Wall in Bened.
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Masonio
Funeral of John Daugherty in Apple River
The funeral for John Daugherty was held at 10 o'clock this morning from his Apple River home. A respected former traveling salesman for a Chicago grocery house, he was born in Apple River and leaves a wife and two children. He was active in Preston Council and Knights of Columbus No. 658. A local cleaning and pressing advert follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daugherty
Apple River
Chicago
Mr. Daugherty
Preeport Council
Hines Expected to Leave Dubuque Manager Post Next Year
Telegraph Herald reports Hines will not return to Dubuque next season as manager though his successor is unnamed. He may move to Davenport to manage there after receiving a pool offer. President Keeley denies action taken or discussion of a quarter, and no decision will be made until after the annual meeting.
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Hunkey
Hines
Dubuque
Telegraph Herald
Hunky
Davenport
Keeley
Down River
Utlines
Kennedy
Monte McFarkind
Tanaement
1844 Flood Record Compared With 1881 High Waters
A noted tradition cites the Missouri River reaching higher levels in 1844 than in 1881. Historical accounts from American Fur Company workers mention driftwood marks and flood heights seen at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, suggesting 1844 produced greater floods than 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
American Fur Trading Company
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Large stock of carpets at Barry Bros sells fully indorsed
A fragment from Harper’s Weekly recalls a clercyman challenging boys playing a game on Sunday. A youth retorts that his father, who is involved, is the shortstop, implying the dad’s awareness of the activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Bros
Harper’s Weekly
Child Burns Feet after Stove Incident in Hanover
The Hanover Journal reports four year old Harold Whitfield burned on a hot cook stove at his East Jefferson Street home after climbing onto a table during wallpaper removal. The mother rushed to aid and the child suffered severe though non fatal burns. recovery hoped for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Whitfield
Hanover Journal
Whitfield
East Jefferson Street
Harold
Mr. Whitfield
Married in St Paul Miss Hollander Toepel in Galena
This morning in St Paul Miss Augusta Hollander married Mr Herman J Toepel in a quiet ceremony witnessed by Mr and Mrs Henry Childs. The couple, both well regarded in Galena, will reside on Main Street after a brief trip to St Paul. Toepel is a leading local contractor and longtime business man.
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St. Paul
Augusta Hollander
Herman J. Toepel
Henry Childs
Miss Hollander
Toppel
Burlington
J. N. Hollander
Galena High School
Toepel
Almerenu Cigar Box Co
Galena
Hollander Lome
Main Street
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