Highway meeting and cement pricing spark Illinois highway debate
The January 4 New York hosted Motor Road to Dinner discussion urged safer roads and practical planning. It urged fair cement pricing by industry to support Illinois road programs funded by a 60 million bond and motor licenses. The report also notes a gun murder case details from Fort Madison involving Heevner and Shannon.
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Hotel Plaza
New York
Highway Committee
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Illinois
Highway Department
Bids Sought for Four Million Barrels of Cement
Col C R Miller director of public works and Frank T Sheets highways superintendent announced bids will be received January 24 for 4,000,000 barrels of cement needed for the 1924 state hard road program. Previous bid dates were November 26 and December 10.
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Col. C. R. Miller
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Frank T. Sheets
Keokuk man confesses to Montrose road murder
William Heevner 28 of Keokuk admits to killing Mike Shannon on December 27 near Montrose after a Yellow Cab manager refused to haul whiskey to Keokuk. Police report he first denied then fully confessed. Shannon’s watch found on Heevner. He is jailed in Ft. Madison after arrest by Ralph Reed and local authorities.
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Bane Nm
Heevner
Keokukimat
Scott
Shannon
Reed
Keokuk
Hoevner
McPherson
Norman
Johnson
Martin
Hi” Yackey
Fort Madison
S. & J. C. Atlee Lumber Yards
Mike Shannon
William Heevner
Montrose Road
John C. Scott
E. C. McPherson
Ralph Reed
Ft. Madison
Weather Radio Expansion Ends Use of Small Stations
The Weather Bureau announces a shift to fewer larger stations distributing forecasts by radiophone. River and highway conditions, crop weather, and farming guidance are now broadcast from major hubs, with cooperation by small stations reduced. Many states receive unified forecasts from single stations.
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Weather Bureau
United State Department of Agriculture
Master’s Sale of Real Estate in Hancock County Illinois
Public notice of a master's sale by Hancock County Circuit Court to sell multiple parcels in Bowen and surrounding areas. Mentioned are parties Clifton Clark and Farmers Bank of Bowen with terms: at least 15 percent cash, remaining by March 1 1924, sale disencumbered of 1923 taxes. Quantum details include parcels in Bowen additions and surrounding land with two thirds of appraised values.
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County “of Awe
Circuit Court
Hancock County
Farmers Bank of Bowen
Bowen
Illinois
Well
John A. Clark
Recorder’s Office
Sai Arte
Tay
Wabash
Bailey
T. N. Gillis
M. D. Gillis
Arthur Sloan
John Boak
John Doak
Wabash Railway Company
County of
Hancock
Samuel Naylor
O’harra
Hartzell
Cavanagh
Martin & Hartzell
Ford refuses presidential bid due to wife details
Reverend William Dawes, leader of the Ford for President club, says Mrs. Henry Ford opposed Henry Ford's run from the start. He notes Ford follows his wife’s counsel, claiming she has the final say on political decisions.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry
Henry Ford
White House
Resolutions of Respect for David Sco te and camp notes
The Bowen Camp M W A No 1014 adopts resolutions mourning neighbor David Sco te and honoring his memory. The camp extends sympathy to his family and to set a memorial page in the records. A grade school P T A market day at Clark s meat market is announced for Saturday January 19 at 1 PM.
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Bowen Camp
David Scoté
Bowen
J. Q. Smith
John T. Cox
F. H. Worrell
Clark's
Farm For Sale Near Salem Missouri
Farm for sale two miles from county seat on a good road. Eighty acres with forty in cultivation, rest in timber and pasture. Contains good house, barn, orchard and two poultry houses. Good water supply. Located at Onjoy Salem Mo Stone Hill Rt.
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County Ceat
Onjoy
Salem
Stone Hill Rt
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Rustler
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Henry Kitchell
Webster
Merrill
Toe Greer
Lyi
Beatrice Greer
Bowen Chronicle
S. J. K. Hartman
Carthage
Ill
H. M. Harrison
Wells
Quincy, Ill
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Augusta
Jersey
Poland
China
Rock Island
Monmouth
McCormick
Midland
John Deere
Moline
Monmouth Steel
E. Paul West
Col
J. E. Brown
Farmers Bank OF
True Blue
M. E. Church
Quincy, Ilp
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Guy Nations
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Rowland & Norris
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