Chief Melton resigns as police chief at noon today
Mayor John A. Thompson announced the resignation at Monday night council meeting after an inventory audit found police property in place since Chief Melton took office almost two years ago. The council discussed band stand funding and sidewalk improvements while endorsing a sympathy motion for City Clerk Duke Schroer. Assessors were named, salaries set at four dollars a day, and overtime pay for town collectors debated with finance committee to report later.
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Louis Melton
John A.thompson
James E McNutt
Police Department
Melton
Eilis
Thompson
Ross
Council
Boulevard and Park Association
Men’s League of the Three Evangelical Churches
South Park
Nate
Ellis
State
Tenth
Eleventh Streets
Tompkins
Duke Schroer
William Schaefer
A. Eleinze
Arthur Berger
Albert Wortman
A. F. Farmer
Joseph Werkhoff
August Lange
George Conrad
Carl Zang
S. Y. Baldwin
FE. H. Bernard
Maurice O’brien
William Knapp
Henry Wensing
Aldo Zimmerman
Thomas Ntarvey
B. H. Rosen
M. ©. LeVan
Col ds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE Bromo Quinine
A short note describes the one Bromo Quinine product labeled with E. W. Crove’s signature on the box, claiming the remedy removes the cause of colds, grip, and influenza. This brief item cites a Soc Adv context.
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E. W. Crove
Soc.— Adv
Why Dr Chapman Will Vote For Mayor Thompson
A fragmentary letter endorses Mayor Thompson, claiming Quincy prisons were brutal and that Thompson ended inhumane chains. It asserts Thompson restored civilized treatment, upholds constitutional prisoner rights, and supports re election to curb a wide open town. The piece emphasizes public health, prosperity, and moral governance without personal affection for Thompson.
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Dr. Chapman
Thompson
Quincy
Afrias
Mainey
Mally
United States
Hannibal
Night Shift Reordered to Boost Dark Hour Police Protection
With daylight saving taking effect, the city adopts a new night watch schedule. Night officers start at 8 instead of 7, extending protection during the darker hours when crimes peak, while day patrols shift to 6 to 6. The change equalizes off duty times but preserves overall coverage. Copper production in the United States has risen more than twenty five fold since 1880.
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Melton
United States
Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles
A cure claiming to treat kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It targets adults and children and offers mail order after payment of 1.25 dollars. Endorsed by testimonials and marketed by E W Hall of St Louis Missouri.
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Texas
E.W. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis, Mo
A C Rivoire Tells Of Navy Service In War Visit
A C Rivoire, nephew of Mrs E B Loire, who escorted President Wilson to France, recently visited his wife and children in North Twenty Second street. He speaks fluent French and has seen service on the Yarnall in escort and dispatch duties and in mis sweeping in the North Sea. He describes Belgian and French devastation, relief needs, and Armenian and Belgian suffering believed by Germans to have fled to America. He recounts souvenirs, including firearms and foreign money, and notes American Red Cross aid and high food prices.
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A.C. Rivoire
Alfred Brockschmidt
Woodrow Wilson
France
United States Navy
E. B. Loire
North
Twenty-second Street
Rivoire
Navy
Revoire
Yarnall
British Isles
Belgium
Portugal
United States
North Sea
America
Rivaire
American Red Cross
Ben Gillam Arrested For Stealing Tire
Detectives Pat Piercy and Henry Meise arrested Ben Gillam on a Monday night charge of stealing an automobile tire. The tire was taken to the home of Edo Duncan and another, with a garage on Ninth and Maine involved. Gillam allegedly sought too low a price, and had previously served nearly two years for tire theft at a garage on Eleventh and Maine.
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Pat Piercy
Henry Meise
Ben Gillam
Crete
George Rerves
Maine
Edo Duncan
Feancan
Gillum
Dinklemann-Clark
Gillunm' Sqare
Illum
Wute
Eleventh
Maine Streets
Three Youths Held After Kenosha Robbery Connection
Chicago reports three youths arrested by a posse near Kenosha Wisconsin in connection with a robbery at the American Brass Foundry. McHenry police hold them as no evidence ties them to the crime. the college students claimed to be agents of the United States Department of Agriculture according to advices.
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Chicago
Anc
Henry
American Brass
Kenosha
Wis
McHenry
United States Department of Agriculture
United States warns on Oriental emigration and race equality
A Washington stance argues that American lands and jobs face alien competition. It warns that unchecked Oriental emigration could fuel Bolshevism and economic chaos. The Paris conference debate on racial equality is framed as a self preservation issue with Japan at the table.
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Bay Ce
California
Paris
United States
Australia
Japan
America
Heart of Humanity as a War Backdrop Drama
The Heart of Humanity, Allan Holubar's grand production starring Dorothy Phillips, opens at the Orpheum Thursday. Described as a human document, not a war film, it centers on mother love amid world strife and highlights women's sacrifices in the crusade of humanity.
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Orpheum Theater
Allan Holubar
Dorothy Phillips
Holubar
Humanity
Quincy
Man of Might serial opens at Quincy theater
Vitagraph’s new adventure serial stars William Duncan with Edith Johnson and Joe Ryan. The plot centers on locating six pieces of a flag revealing a buried treasure, with Duncan directing and thrills promised every hundred feet.
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Vitagraph
William Duncan
Quincy
Edith Johnson
Jean Benton
Joe Ryan
Mr. Duncan
Redrake Woroсco Treaty Committee Appointed in Paris
A special committee appointed by the peace conference in Paris on March 8 to redraft the Almnedras treaty. The panel will strip from the draft the special interests and privileges accorded to Germany in the original document. G R Beer serves as the American member.
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Paris
Almedras
Lees
Culgen Collier Reported Off New York Coast With Damage
Washington April 1. The naval collier Culgen returning from France with 160 army cases is reported by wireless to be off the New York coast. A heavy sea disabled her circulating pump. She did not seek assistance and said she could prove when the weather moderated.
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Talans Collie
Washington
Culgen
Wriance
Nave Department
New York
Aftereffects of Drinking Reported as Unstable Mood Boost
A note suggests drinking can trigger a pleasant mood briefly but the favorable feeling often fades by the next morning. Researchers flag variability in individual responses and warn against relying on alcohol for consistent mood enhancement.
Walter H. Bennett Named President Road Corporation
The Quincy Taylor road corporation is organized with Walter H. Bennett named president and a full slate of officers. By laws cap voting at one vote per $100 subscribed, stock sales to begin after engineers report costs and material choices are approved by the Missouri highway commission and Engineers Ely of Marion County.
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Quincy-Taylor Road Corporation
Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
Walter H. Bennett
R. O. Jehu
Taylor
George McAdams
D. E. Flohre
W. T. Duker
Quincy
Missouri Highway Commission
Commission
Ely
Marion County
Harmony
Local notice and social items from Quincy period
A Quincy page notes voting April 1 for George H. Wilson for Justice of the Supreme Court and mentions Pennover as city treasurer candidate. Casper Schwab, Hampshire street meat dealer, sick with pneumonia at St Mary hospital, is improving and his sisters Mrs Anna Smith and Mrs H Morris have visited. they return to Rockford and Beloit respectively. Household news includes Mr and Mrs William Priessman of Basco visiting 425 South Twelfth Street, and Fred Ellenbaum and family attending the Bloomfield funeral of C E Ellenbaum. Dr Stannus advertises modern eye care at 60114 Hampshire street. Mrs Charles Knut, nee Minnie Nrauser, visits Quincy before returning to Cedar Rapids.
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Supreme Court
Geo. HI
Wilson
Casper Schwab
Hampshire Street
St. Mary Hospital
Anna Smith
Rockford
H. Morris
Beloit
Wis
Fred Ellenbaum
Stanley
Bloomfie
Ellenbaum
C. E. Ellenbaum
Stannus
Charles Knut
Minnie Nrauser
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
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James D. Phelan
Senate and Assembly
St. Paul
Earth
Congress
Wawa
Heart of Humanity
Road Corporation
Bellas
Beluans
Vallos
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