Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Housewarming
William Miller of Osage visiting relatives in the city. Mrs. James Richards of Seales Mound shopped in Galena today. Mrs. Ropere Pooley of Seales Mound shopped in the city. Mrs. John Davis of Nora visiting her parents the DuBois family. A family quarrel among five hill households kept Justice Clark busy this morning. John Vincent of Hampton visiting his brother Captain William Vincent. Both served in Co A 99th NL Vol during the war. Anton Kuhl hosted a housewarming on the Turnpike with Berry and Kemlers orchestra keeping time.
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Sullivan
Caille
William Miller
Osage
James Richards
Seales Mound
Ropere Pooley
John Davis
Nora
William DuBois
Justice Clark
John Vincent
Hampton
Capt
William Vincent
Co. A. 99Th NL
Release of Joliet prisoner ends in tragic motive
George Inglesby, a 23 year old Joliet parolee, hoped to see his dead mother. After learning she died, he aimed to exhum her body but was arrested in Chicago. He was later released to accompany his sister home, amid a confusing sequence that ended with his brief liberty in custody.
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George Inglesby
Cook — County
Joliet Teenie
Inglesby
Northwestern Depot
Joliet
Chicago
Child Dies From Morphine Poisoning In Ridott Township
A fourteen month old girl, Lucretia Weik, died of morphine poisoning last Saturday afternoon. An inquest heard testimony from the mother, a servant, and doctors who treated the child after she reportedly swallowed three or four red tablets. The coroner’s jury concluded the death resulted from morphine poisoning, noting multiple similar cases in two months.
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Margaret Weik
Leu Weik
Ridott Township
W. B. Peck
Guy Moore
Lucretia Jones
L. G. Voight
Rockford
Dr. Hoags
W. L. Karcher
Freeport
Dr. Veigh
Peek
Great Fair Opens Tomorrow in Galena
Tomorrow marks opening day of the Great Galena Fair with exhibits to be judged and ribbons awarded. The Galena Band will play tomorrow and bands from Livingston and Elizabeth will attend on Thursday and Friday.
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Galena
Livingston
Elizabeth
Prison Made Goods Spark Statewide School Board Controversy
Will County supervisors oppose prison made goods as higher priced than open market. Elgin and Rockford officials debate prison desks for public schools. Courts consider injunctions as local boards weigh legality and costs amid convict labor law.
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Galena School Board
Board of Prison Industries
Joliet State Penitentiary
Elgin Pness
Will County Board of Supervisors
Will
Elgin
Board of Education
Will County Supervisors
Rockford
The
Republic
Freeport Tops Highland Doubleheader In Wisconsin
Freeport baseball team split a Sunday doubleheader at Highland Wisconsin. The leaguers lost 4 to 0 in the first game then won 14 to 3 in the second. Scott umpired the first game and Morairity the second.
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Freeport
Highland
Wis
Freeporters
Scott
Life in New York on Stage at Turner Hall
A Galena review condemns the National Stock Co. Melo Drama Life in New York, praised as miscast and loud. The critic urges higher quality theatricals for the coming season and laments poor local offerings. A Clover brooch is lost and a reward is offered at the Tribune Office.
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Mayor Scheerer
Fairweek
Turner Hall
National Stock Co
New York
Opera
Galena
Tripune
St., Michael's Church
Elk St
Tribune Office
Free lectures and local shopping notes share the town scene
A lecture by Prof. B H Fleming on The Agricultural Eldorado North Dakota will be held Thursday and Friday evenings on Market square using cabin light stere opticon and moving picture equipment. In Galena H Strohmeyer’s Shoe Store showcases a large fall and winter shoe selection while Barry Bros announces a big sale of flannels. The Canadian Concert Company performed to over five hundred at the First M E Church with praise from L B Weeks. Thomson reports the watermelon season winding down with 246 carloads shipped plus local sales and an overall crop near 300 cars.
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Galena
Whitney Point N. Y
T. A. Varronn
Market Square
B. H. Fleming
Eldorado
North Dakota
Lestershire
N. Y
Chareli
L. B. Weeks
Thomson
Hazel Green Gazette Sold to Tribune Publishing Co
The Hazel Green Gazette has been purchased by Tribune Publishing Co along with editor Williame and all types and presses. The 1783 subscriber list will be transferred to the Tribune, expanding reach in Hazel Green and surrounding areas. An Hazel Green correspondent will cover district news. Also notes a local promotional item for Trollister's Rocky Mountain Vue and a Dubuque Times snippet about Miss Bertha Bathwell leaving Wales hotel for Chicago.
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Hazel Green
Dubuque
Bertha Bathwell
Wales Hotel
Chicago
Marshall Field
Gacwell
Hee Will
Windy City
Miss Laswell
Myr
Anton Balwell
Galena
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A.j.fetz
I Gramme
A. J. Fetz
Mi Grey Stuckley
Mauch Chunk
Ash
Sterling Remedy Co
N.Y
Sid
John Cloran
Nora Man
Oliver Kiplinger
Tombstone
R. R. Tiffany
United States
L. C. Burling
M. EK
Jacob Schuster
Bridgeport
Colored Canadian Jubilee Singers
Australia
Schaffer
Solvern Stgners
Sydney
John Bertch
Guggenheims
New York City
R. J. Edwards
Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Schiltz
Pabst
Miller
Schorr
Gerst
Anheuser
Busch
Coox
Lempp
Ua Na Naon
Hardman
Galena 'School Board
Life IN
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H. Strohmeyer
Barry Bros
Strohmeyers Shoe Story
Porter, Mann & Wickler
Biddick
New Empire
Porter, Mann
Wickler
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Dvie
Matt Beaton
Hazel Green Gazette
Tribune
Trollister
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H. Strohmeyer’s
Sauercrout
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