Pioneering railroad worker Dead at 86 in St Joseph
Greenleaf H. Davis, long time Hannibal and St Joseph Railroad master and builder, died at age 86 at 425 North th Street. He helped connect Hannibal to St Joseph in 1859, led crews from 1857 to 1910, and played a key role in early Missouri rail and mail service. He leaves a daughter Mrs L Murphy and granddaughter Annie Murphy. funeral details pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reenleaf H. Davis
Hannibal & Joseph R. R
North Th Street
Hannibal J. Joseph
St. Joseph
Eid
Mississippi
Missouri
United States Mail
Macon
Kansas
Price
Davis
St. Joe
New York
John Contractor
Hannibal
Chillicothe
Letion
St. Louis
California
St. Bh
Ben Colt
Epy
Sam Bishop Cited For Support Of Mother In Court
Sam Bishop has been cited for out of court failure to obey an order to pay $2 weekly for his mother’s support. He was required to explain himself before County Judge Fred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Bishop
Bishop
Fred
State Board Inspectors Review Quincy Factory Conditions
State board inspectors visited Quincy to examine several factories. Early reports indicate most conditions were good with safety measures present. Officials said findings will be finalized in Springfield and shared with the public once approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of
Quincy
Springfield
Mrs Brackensieck Granted a Divorce
Lila Brackensiek was granted a divorce from Virgil Brackensiek in an Illinois circuit court Friday morning after witnesses testified to his alleged infidelity. The court awarded her 150 dollars alimony in a lump sum and seven dollars fifty cents weekly for their 10 year old daughter Grace, who remains in the mother’s custody and not to be removed from Illinois. The couple wed July 30 1909 and separated June 26 1919. The wife testified the husband had not been faithful, and his promises to reform failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lila Brackensiek
Virgil Brackensiek
Brackensiek
Grace
Illinois
Brackensick
High School Notes: Knox Day Assembly and Ace Literary News
High school notes show Ace Literary Society postponing Friday meeting for Holy Friday with no date set. Next Tuesday Knox Day features Knox College Gree Club and a 4 special assembly. Dean Simon to address seniors. Senior class guests of Boy Scouts Tuesday evening. March issue of High School Q released late due to printer troubles. April issue edited entirely by the Girls for Leap Year year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Literary Society
Knox
Knox College Gree Club
Dean Simon
Boy Scouts
Scout Hall
Fourth
Jersey Streets
Funeral services for Thomas J. Clark held at residence
Funeral services for the late Thomas J. Clark were held from the residence 608 Broadway Friday morning at 10 o'clock Rev Reuben Haines Hartley JOD officiated. The bearers were Charles Cottrell George Harrison Joseph Dunlap George H Wilson Andrew Dickhut and Sam Thompson. The body was taken to Mt. Sterling for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Clark
Broadway
Reuben Haines
Hartley
Charles Cottrell
George Harrison
Joseph Dunlap
George H. Wilson
Andrew Dickhut
Sam Thompson
Mt. Sterling
Funeral services for Christina Houdyshell held
Funeral services for the late Mrs Christina Houdyshell were held from the residence at 705 North Third Street at 9:30 a.m. Friday and from St Boniface Catholic Church at 10 a.m. Rev H D Degenhardt officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christina Houdyshell
North Third Street
St. Boniface Catholic Church
H. D. Degenhardt
Burial for Robert Tucker at Elgin following death in Illinois home
The body of Robert Tucker who died in the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home on Thursday was sent to Elgin on Friday for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tucker
Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors
Elgin
Six lake vessels trapped in large ice pack at Ludington
Six vessels, Pere Marquette car ferries 15 to 20 and Pere Marquette line steamer number four, were iced in Friday night off Ludington in a heavy snowstorm with forty mile winds. About 150 Ludington men worked the crews, and fear for the ships’ safety grew as they pressed to break free near shore. It was not known if passengers were aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludington
Mich
Pere Marquette Car Ferries
Pere Marquette Line
Chicago coal dealers deny price advances
Chicago coal dealers deny adding to the mine price increase despite a 27 percent wage rise approved at the New York Coal Conference. Fred Upham, president of the Consumers' Company, says most Chicago dealers will hold prices steady at present, aligning with the mine raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred Upham
Consumers’ Company
New York
Train hits landslide. engineer killed near Glenrock Pa
Baltimore reporter says the Harrisburg express of the Northern Central railway struck a landslide north of Glenrock Pa, killing the engineer William Dehoff of Baltimore and injuring several crew members. All traffic on the Baltimore Harrisburg trunk line was blocked for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Northern Central Railway
Glenrock
William Dehoff
Baltim
Appeal Made For Uptown Ticket Office Here
J J Moriarty chairs the railroad committee of United Commercial Travelers and appeals to Burlington Route official D Francis to reopen an uptown Quincy ticket office. He notes wartime patriotism and postwar private rail control justify restoring the prewar downtown office to save travelers time and aid freight business, citing heavy local travel and 300 travelers weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Francis
Burlington
J. J. Moriarty
United Travelers
Quincy
Uptown City
United Commercial
R. R. Committee
United Commercial Travelers
Complaints Prompt Tax Costs Added to Notices
County Treasurer Frank Jasper reported that a few complaints arose Friday over added costs to taxes unpaid previously. Notices in Quincy papers listed 16 cents per lot and 26 cents per county tract if assessments remained unpaid by April 2. He urged property owners and personal tax debtors to pay promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jasper
Quincy Papers
Jasper
Will of Mrs Mary U Snodgrass Filed
Mrs Mary U Snodgrass of Ursa leaves all property to Dr W D Groves his daughter Mrs Ursula G McAdams and her daughter Mary Bell Byrd in a county court filing on Friday The will dated March 10 1917 provides house rights to Dr Groves and the remainder to Mrs McAdams with 1000 held in trust for Byrd until she turns 18
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary U. Snodgrass
Ursa
W. D. Groves
Ursula G. McAdams
Mary Bell Byrd
Loraine
Dr. Groves
Soviet Trade Mission Arrives In Denmark
A Soviet trade commission led by M. Nogin and M. Rosovysky with 24 experts arrived in Copenhagen from Moscow. They plan to visit London and perhaps the United States to foster trade, seeking to connect with merchants and manufacturers in allied nations. Nogin noted ships carrying flax hemp and bristles are sailing from Petrograd as ice breaks, but grain exports await improved transport and may be paid for with gold.
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Copentiagen
Russian Trade Commission
M. Nogin
Letine
M. Rosovysky
Moscow
M Noggin
Denmark
London
United States
Russia
Petrograd
Armenians Deportation Mystery Reported by Near East Relief
New York April 3 reports say 1000 to 1200 Armenian children and collegians sent to Germany to work in mines and factories and 1500 to 2000 sent by the Turkish ministry of public instruction to study cannot be found. Information comes from Near East relief representatives in Constantinople who relayed the disappearance to the inter allied commission through the Armenian patriarchate representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
Ministry of Public Instruction
Near East
Constantinople
Inter-Allied Commission
Armenian Partriarchiate
Infamous Walden Hotel Guest Subdued After Rampage
In New York on April 3 Leslie T. McCleary, 45, son of James T. McCleary, barricaded in his Waldorf Astoria room with a large carving knife and assaulted staff and guests for about thirty minutes. Hotel detectives subdued him and he was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation while his parents sheltered in the adjoining room. Hundreds of witnesses watched from the street and nearby tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Leslie T. McCleary
James T. McCleary
American Tron and Steel Institute
Bellevue Hospital
MecCleary
Think French Will Resign as Ireland's Lord Lieutenant
Dublin April 2 The Freeman's Journal reports the belief that Field Marshal Viscount French will resign as lord lieutenant of Ireland and be succeeded by Lord Deoles.
Wanted two carrier boys with two routes open
Two routes open for carrier boys. Call at Whig office today to apply.
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Whig
Final Rehearsal Set for Easter Pageant in Armory
The Easter pageant will stage the resurrection story with a 300 voice chorus. It is free and begins at 3 30 Sunday afternoon in the Armory under Quincy Community Service. The cast includes Miss Lillian Pierson as the Angel and Miss Maude Dunbar as Mary Magdalene.
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Armory
Christ
Quincy Community Service
Lillian Pierson
the Angel
Maude Dunbar
Mary Magdalene
Helen Rothgeb
Mary
Margaret Wells
Harry Morrison
Ross Dickson
Quincy
Chamber of Commerce Annual Meet Tuesday
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual meeting and election of officers on election day April 6. The balloting for four directors has been completed and will be announced at the meeting which opens at 8 o clock Tuesday evening. Ballots were mailed to members. the vote count remains secret until the meeting. Nominees include George A Wall Henry C Sprick George A Binkert Thomas P Black F C Pierson John Korn J M Winters and Bishop Edward Fawcett who asked members not to vote for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
George A. Wall
Henry C. Sprick
George A. Binkert
Thomas P. Black
F. C. Pierson
John Korn
J. M. Winters
Edward Fawcett
Halbach Buys New Brick Home on Maine Street
R W Halbach purchased the brick residence at 2140 Maine Street and plans to move with his family from 2221 Maine Street. He also bought an undivided half interest in the adjacent lot, sharing it with T Chester Poling who owns the other half at 125 East Avenue. The purchase price was 11500 and the home was bought from Theodore C Poling and T Chester Poling. Jack Hoeffler currently lives at 2140 Maine Street and has not decided where to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Halbach
Maine Street
Mr. Halbach
T. Chester Poling
East Avenue
Jack Hoeffler
Will not admitted to probate in court
The will of Charles B. Leste was declared invalid in county court by Judge Fred Wolfe after a witness could not affirm Leste’s sound mind. Probate was refused and the estate will be distributed as if Leste died intestate, with his widow as sole devisee in the meantime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Leste
Lestie
Fred Wolfe
Lestig
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over $6500 Note on 140 Acre Land
K J Mohr filed in circuit court for the June term a foreclosure suit against W I Miller and others. The note securing the action is $6500 and the land involved spans about 140 acres in Payson township. O Harras Wood Walker of Carthage represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. J. Mohr
Circuit Court
W. I. Miller
Payson Township
O'Harras, Wood
Real Estate Transfers and Gun Club Shoot in Quincy
T Chester Poling and wife transfer to Robert W Halbach for 1250 dollars part lot 2 block 2 Lawndale addition to Quincy. Theodore C Poling and wife and W Halbach transfer for 11500 dollars part lot 2 block 2 Lawndale addition to Quincy. Gun Club Shoots Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the club grounds 20th and Spruce streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Chester Poling
Robert W. Halbach
Lawndale
Quincy
Theodore C. Poling
Gun Club
Quincy Gun Club
20Th
Spruce Streets
Man explains part he played in Quincy con game
R E Becker of American Engineering Service in Kansas City says a con man used his firm name to fleece Emmett Hoy in Quincy. Becker reported talking on a train March 3 with a man named Carlin or Warren who later used Becker’s card to promise a Kansas City job. Hoy paid $40 for transport to the West but the promised position never appeared. Becker says the company regrets the misuse of its name and will aid in finding the guilty party, whom Becker believes he can identify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Becker
American Engineering Service Company of
Kansas City
Emmett Hoy
Quincy
Jim Simmons
Iloy
Becker
Drake Engineering Company
Mississippi
Jury Clears Old Record On Insanity Case For Kistner
A Jacksonville court retried a 12 year old docket error revealing Andrew Kistner remained insane and in a state hospital since 1903. A jury found him a fit subject for a conservator after discovering discharge dates had been misrecorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kistner
Jacksonville State Hospital
State Hospital
Henry Kistner
Charles McCrory
Adams County Women’s Republican Club Invites Enrollment
The Adams County Women’s Republican club invites all women from the city and county to enroll. The group will meet this afternoon at 3:30 in the Hotel Newcomb to perfect the organization and discuss participation in the upcoming city election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Women’s Republican Club
Newcomb
Launch State Drive To Win Over Delaware
Delaware suffragists launch a statewide drive after the failed resolution in Dover to ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment. Led by Florence Hilles, the Delaware Suffrage Association plans a state tour to urge voters to contact their representatives, gather petitions, and present signed statements to the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover. del
Delaware
Florence Hilles
Delaware Suffrage Association
Memorial tablets proposed for counties in World War I
Washington April 3 a joint resolution proposes a one million dollar appropriation to erect memorial tablets in county seats honoring American soldiers who died in World War I. The tablets would list the names of each fallen county soldier. The measure was referred to the military committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Republican
Ohio
Military Committee
Farmers Attack Troops With Scythes and Axes
Vienna reports mass protests as troops encounter Croatian peasants refusing conscription. Dispatches from Agram describe hundreds killed or wounded and widespread rioting with mutineers arrested after violent clashes between armed farmers and military forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Croatia
Agram
Czecho-Slovakia
War Department May Staff Sent to Armenia
Washington April 3 The war department is considering withdrawal from Armenia of military members of the mission headed by Colonel W N Haskell sent over last year to supervise the work of the American relief administration and the committee for the relief of the Near East. Since the functions of the officers of the mission are not of a military nature the department has wished to recall them for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Armenia
W. N. Haskell
American Relief Administration
Committee For the Relief of the
Near East
Republicans file Montana petitions for 4 presidential nominees
Helena April 3 Nominating petitions to place the names of Hiram W. Johnson Herbert Hoover Frank O Lowden and Leonard Wood on the Montana primary ballot April 23 as Republicans for president have been filed with the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Hiram W. Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Frank O. Lowden
Leonard Wood
Montana
Secretary of State
Country Club Plans and Growth for 1920
Plans for expanding the Quincy Country club show membership rising by seventeen this year, nearing the 200 cap as new members join. The membership committee met at the Bonfocy home to discuss steps. Locker rooms will open around April 15 with an attendant, and the clubhouse will be open afternoons. May 1 marks the planned full opening of the clubhouse and activities. Mrs. Vesta Hasson and her crew return for the 1920 season, while the new club property at 24th and State streets receives daily upkeep. Work continues on the new site to ready it for the club home next season. Bob Foulis, St. Louis golf pro, visited Friday to review the course layout and ensure his designs are followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Country Club
Bonfocy
Vesta Hasson
24Th
State Streets
Bob Foulis
St. Louis
Mr. Foulis
Holdouts Face Tryout as Gems Prep for Season
Last year Gem players labeled holdouts must prove they are better than new signings to earn a Gem uniform. Manager Tom Lenane denies an imminent return of all holdouts but will allow tryouts for any who wish. Ford Nieman Freese Babe Grossemeyer and Lawrence Winking remain unsigned yet may join after tryouts. Twenty five players have been signed and will practice Sunday in the first full workout of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem
Tom Lenane
The
Gems
Ford Nieman
Freese
Babe” Grossemeyer
Lawrence Winking
Sister’s Complaint Spurs Arrest for Peace Disturbance
Mrs. Lillian French of 207 North Twenty-fifth Street was arrested Friday on a warrant issued by Edith Morgan, her sister, charging peace disturbance and alleging abuse of the complainant. The case will be called in police court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian French
North Twenty-fifth Street
Edith Morgan
Personal notes from Camp Point and nearby towns
Mrs. W. H. Liggett of Camp Point spent Friday in this city. Mrs. Daniel Whitford of Golden was in Quincy Friday shopping and visiting her son, Hobart Whitford, who is a student in Gem City Business College. Miss Louise Wolf of La Belle, Missouri was a Quincy stopper Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Liggett
Camp Point
Daniel Whitford
Golden
Quincy
Hobart Whitford
Gem City Business College
Louise Wolf
la Belle
Probate court bonds and inventories across multiple estates
In probate court Ther esia Newimann executrix of John Neumanns will posted a 1260 bond. The estate of William Schuster shows Adams county real estate valued at 0 and Hancock county property valued at 20000, with notes and accounts totaling 5500 and chattels 8500 in Theatje Schuster executrixs filing. Rosa M Odell administratrix of Albert M Odells estate posted a 2000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresia Newimann
John Neumann
Adams County
Hancock County
William Schuster
Theatje Schuster
Rosa M. Odell
Albert M. Odell
Poland Seeks Close Ties With U S and Poland
The Polish American Society held its first formal meeting in Warsaw on March 25 to promote closer economic and cultural relations with the United States. Plans include exchange of professors between American and Polish universities, plus stronger trade ties via commercial exhibits and exchange of market information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Poland
Warsaw
Canadian unions plan general strike talk in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg on April 3, labor leaders warned of a possible general strike in Canada as protesters press for the release of leaders convicted after last summer’s Winnipeg strike. Dominion wide agitation is already under way and a ballot may follow Montreal’s lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Board of Trade
Montreal
Wanted solicitor for city work by reliable Quincy firm
A reliable Quincy firm seeks a solicitor for city work. Reference and experience aired. Address L-49 in care of The Whig office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Repressive measures alarm Slovakia in Prague dispatch
Three government measures in the Slovak assembly extend martial law through year end expose private mail opening and censorship suppression. They would bar public meetings and permit imprisonment without trial when deemed necessary, stirring wide concern in Bratislava.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
SzechoSlovakia
Slovakia
Elliott in Jail Asks If He Has a Lawyer
Will Elliott asked his mother Ann Elliott and sister Mrs Disseler during a Friday jail visit whether he had secured legal counsel. His mother said none had been employed. Elliott replied there is plenty of time. He showed no emotion and remained indifferent about the shooting of Steve Lawless, who died after the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Elliott
Ann Elliott
Disseler
Steve Lawless
Lawless
Elliott
Mr. Lawless
Two Boys To Be Declared Delinquent
Probation Officer Thomas Nolan filed petitions Friday to declare two boys delinquent. David Carpenter, with prior Detention Home time, tends to run away when placed in homes. his father Charles Carpenter is in the workhouse for dependency. Clifford Marble, age 12, is described as incorrigible and has a second delinquency petition. he was placed in Detention Home Friday. Hearing dates set for Carpenter on April 26 and Marble on April 15. Cecil C. Griffith, jailed for check cashing with insufficient funds, was moved from city to county jail Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nolan
David Carpenter
Clifford Marble
Charles Carpenter
Clifford Marbie
Nolan
Clifford
Ben
Cecil C. Griffith
Old Tyme Masquerade Planned by South Side Boat Club
Arrangements for an Old Tyme masquerade were made at the South Side Boat Club meeting held Friday evening. The masquerade will be held April 13 in Chicago. A regatta schedule was announced for the event. Monday evening the boat club and Ladies auxiliary will hold a joint meeting and a letter from Edward Landwehr of Chicago was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Chicago
Beat Club
Edward Landwehr
First paying work of the year begins on Quincy street
Initial work on the million dollar street improvement plans for Quincy began Friday on South Fifth street when Contractor Henry Rees started tearing up old brick between Maine Street and Jersey Street to prepare for placing of crested wooden blocks. The first street will be finished soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
South Fifth Street
Henry Rees
Maine Street
Jersey Street
Big List Of City And Farm Property Sunday
C E Delarlain will publish one of the largest lists of city and farm property in Quin cy in the Sunday Whig. Watch for it and let him help arrange a buy. Terms and pleasing his clients is his hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Delarlain
Quincy
Sunday Whig
Adv
Masonic Funeral Notice for Greenleaf Hl. Davis
Members of Bodley lodge ALF and A.M. are asked to meet at the temple Monday at 1 30 p.m. to attend the funeral service at 2 p.m. The home service will be at 425 North Fifth Street. Secretary W C Bradley reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Fraternity
Temple
Greenleaf Hl. Davis
North Fifth Street
Bodley Lodge
ALF
A.M. W
Weather Outlook Shows Cloudiness and Rain North and South
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness across Missouri Iowa and the northern and southern regions with rain likely in the west by afternoon or night and little temperature change. River bulletin reports rising Des Moines and upper Mississippi waters with forecast stages for Keokuk Quincy Hannibal and Louisville by mid April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Iowa
West Portign
Keokuk
Warsaw
Hannibal
Ug Louisiana
St. Louia
Des Moines
Upper Mississippi
Keithsburg
Quincy
Loulatane
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Hannibal and
Ode Davis
Saines
L. Murphy
Annie Murphy
Bodley Lutge
Ee Martin
Gerian
Uncle Tom
Greenleaf H. Davis
Atte
Insane Hotel
Maine
Will
K. C. Man
Quincy Man
Httle Whig
Lowden
Hoover, Wood and Johnson
S.S. B.C
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