Galesburg Beats Abingdon In Local High School Basketball
Galesburg defeated Abingdon 20 to 7 in a late night game. Doyle Peck and others led for Macomb with key scoring while Abingdon's lineup featured Tommer White Anderson Clark and DeWeese in a hard fought contest at home.
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Peck
Macomb
Lec Ak High School
Galesburg
DeWeese
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Poultry Show Opens In Lafayette Street Building
McDonough residents prepare for the Cons ocration poultry show with about 400 birds of varied breeds to fill the north Lafayette Street building. Exhibits were prepared by midnight with weather promising. a man oversees the judging tent and fine birds will be displayed throughout the week.
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McDonough
Lafayette Street
Pontuiry
Ely
Macomb Rotary hears on city water supply
Alderman Henry Fuhr explains Macomb’s water plant at the weekly Rotary luncheon. He notes sufficient emergency supply, annual use of 21 tons alum and 200 pounds chlorides, city demand between 250 000 and 300 000 gallons daily, 60 000 gallons daily for backwashing, color from leaf stains, and that the creek dam provides essentially no reservoir. Guests included J E Dertinger of the Bushnell Record and Attorney George Helfrich of Bushnell.
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Macomb
Pace
Henry Fuhr
Fuhr
J. E. Dertinger
Bushnell Record
George Helfrich
Bushnell
Davenport Socialist Mayor Sees the Light
Davenport Iowa January 8 The socialist mayor Barewold after denouncing the party orders police to clear the city of radicals. One I W W agitator in jail and about six others reportedly at work in town. The move follows his surprise resignation from the Socialist party as he seeks to end unrest.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Barewold
Socialist Party
New Treasury Nominee Named as Treasurer Guy A. Allen
President Wilson nominated Guy A. Allen of Somerset Maryland to be treasurer of the United States replacing John Burke whose resignation was accepted. Allen has served as assistant treasurer and now assumes the top post amid a reshuffle in the Treasury Department.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guy A. Allen
Somerset
Maryland
Wilson
United States
Allen
John Burke
Court's overcoat hides nakedness of prisoner
Montreal, Jan. 8. Alfred Lonegan faced charges after police seized his pants as evidence marks, leaving him pantless in court. He claimed the loss related to a Christmas day theft of $10,000 in negotiable securities, and the court lent him an overcoat for modesty.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Alfred Lonegan
Swan Creek State Bank Forms After Charter Change
The Swan Creek private bank once Dixon, Tucker & Co. reorganized and took a state charter on January 1, now called Swan Creek State Bank. Officers include Pres. George Tucker Sr and V-P D A Stice with J D Stice as cashier. Directors are George Tucker Sr D A Stice J D Stice Demoss Taliaferra Myrtle Dixson Winifred V Hiker. Also noting 121 tuberculosis cases in DeWitt County, up twelve in the month.
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Swan Creek
Dixon, Tucker & Co
Swan Creek State Bank
George Tucker Sr
D. A. Stice
J.D. Stice
Monagewel Pradier
Edna Tuston
Georere Tucker Sr de A. Stice
J. D. Stice
Demoss Taliaferra
Myrtle Dixson
Deny Husband Hold Up for Electric Power
A Madison Wisconsin woman Mrs Phillip Franzen and Highland Park Illinois man Paul Auther eloped and were arrested in St Louis. They waived extradition and were sent to Chicago to face Mann Act charges. They deny the husband’s claim of a pistol theft and a $100 check used for their honeymoon. Detec tives located them after a citywide search. Springfield dispatch notes Illinois utility rate hikes for 45 cities by twelve Illinois Traction System companies with new electric and gas rates effective January 1.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Paul Pierri Auther
Highland Park
Ill
Phillip Franzen
Madison
Wis
Chicago
Auther
Franzen
Ruther
Mrs. Franzen
Springfield
Illinois Traction System
State Public Utilities Commission
Railway ‘Light & Power Co
Galesburg
Abingdon
St. Augustine
Prairie City
Knoxville
Starves 10 Make Husband Churchman
Danville reports Ernest Harrington says his wife Mrs Harrington will not starve herself and will start eating soon while she fasting to compel him to join her church The wife refuses food and says she has eaten nothing for forty days Grow weaker as mother confirms her condition
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Associated Press
Danville
Ernest Harrington
Marriage License Issued to Doug Onion and Deline Young
A marriage license was issued yesterday in Springfield to Doug Onion, 22, of Vermont, and Deline F. Young, 2, of Toava. A spendthrift is defined as a man who buys campaign records for the family talking machine.
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Onion
Vermont
Deline F. Young
Toava
Judge Grier Stricken With Paralysis in Monmouth
Monmouth January 8 Judge Robert Z Grier longtime ninth circuit court judge since 1903 was stricken with paralysis today. Doctors call his condition serious overwork is named as the probable cause. He has served four months without interruption due to Judge Thompson of Galesburg illness. his illness prompts regret among many McDonough county friends and follows rumors he would not seek reelection.
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Associated Press
Monmouth
Robert Z. “Grier
Ninth Circuit Court
Judge Grier
Thompson
Galesburg
Grier
McDonough
Warren County Bar Association
Hosbanekt Peolatte
Vy Fein
Grio
Local Couple Welcome Somhorn Child Tuesday
A boy Meo and Mrs. Darry Griffith f Bushnell are the parents of a son born Tuesday. The mother was formerly Miss Anna Stanford and well known in this city.
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Meo
Darry Griffith F Bushnell
Anna Standford
Vandalism Strikes Macomb High School Dressing Room
A vandal damaged sewing room items at Macomb High School after leaving a locker unlocked. Holes were cut in a serge dress, notebooks and textbooks were torn, and about several hundred dollars in damage occurred. Classes were dismissed until noon as authorities investigate.
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Macomb
Canton
Macomb High School
Marguerite Clem
Detective seeks mortgaged car buyer in local search
A detective from an automobile insurance agency sought W Otto Cannon here in a mortgaged car case but Cannon remains unfound. He once lived in Rock Island and Macomb, reportedly bought a Ford on mortgage, and left with the money after selling the car, while awaiting a share of an estate.
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W. Otto Cannon
Canton
Rock Island
Rook Tshind
Cannon
Mayouh
Anid
Macomb
Littleton
Tie
Quarantine of 35 Whooping Cough Cases in Ottawa
Thirty five cases of whooping cough were quarantined at Ottawa during the month of November. The notice lists medical control measures and emphasizes containment in the local area.
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Ottawa
Kidnapper Blamed for Villard Abduction Scare
Jaques Villard editor of the Free Age who disappeared December 27 in Chicago arrived home. Detectives say he was kidnapped in Chicago, cried for help, and was dumped near a suburb before being found and returned to St. Louis by train.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Jaques Villard
The
Free Age
Chicago
Villard
John Dott
Dott
Migs
Mr. Willard
Little Change Noted in City Banks in Latest Reports
Four local banks report little shift in condition since the November 15 county and state figures. The December 29 national bank and January 3 state bank statements show steadier liquidity despite money being tight. Bankers remain cautiously optimistic as farmers hold cash, awaiting grain and stock sales to restore normal conditions.
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Comptroller of Currency
Washington
State Auditor
Narnal
Man and wife wed 58 years in Tacoma Wash
An elderly couple, married fifty eight years, died within hours of each other in Tacoma Washington after illness begun shortly after Christmas. The husband, aged 78, died first. the wife followed soon after.
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Cressinger
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