Trust dispute puts First Church of Christ Scientist on trial
Board of directors of the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston defend their supervisory control over the Christian Science Publishing Society in a state supreme court filing. The answer argues Mrs Eddy intended a unified church governance over all publishing and church activities and denies trustees’ claims of independent control.
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Boston
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Christian Science Publishing Society
State Supreme Court
Rady
First Church of Christ, Scientist of
Eddy
Church Manuel
Rowlands
Ruhr District Mines Idle Show Half Work Force Out
The Ruhr district strike has worsened with about half the mine personnel idle. In the past 24 hours the number out rose from 158,000 to 110,000 as some mines in Bochum district continue to operate. Many mines face “drowning” danger as emergency work has ceased.
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Associated Press
Essen
Ruhr
Bochum
Propose Amendments To Text Of League Propose Amendments
New York April 5 The League of Free Nations association has carried six amendment suggestions to the peace conference. One proposal urged modifying the covenant to admit Russia and Germany into the executive council, contingent on democratic and stable governments being maintained.
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New York
League of Nations
Birth of Daughter to Hethmeyer Family
Mr and Mrs Herman Hethmeyer of 714 South Thirteenth Street announce the birth of a daughter on April 2. The event adds a new member to the family.
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Herman Hethmeyer
South Thirteenth Street
Bromo Quinine Tablets Marketed by E W Groves
An old line advertises Bromo Quinine tablets for feverish headaches and body pains from a cold. It notes relief by urination as claimed and cites a single product labeled Bromo Quinine with E W Grove signature on the box, priced at 0c.
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E. W. Grove
Bad Spill At Bowie Track Kills Top Jockey Frank Robinson
In Bowie Maryland on Friday Frankie Robinson America's premier jockey died at University Hospital after a fatal spill in race six. Johnny M Taggart suffered two fractured ribs while Mooney and Sneideman endured bruises and severe shaking up as Willie Doyle of Garbage caused the crash near the first turn prompting track officials to assign blame.
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Baltimore
Frankie Robinson
America
University Hospital
Johnny M. Taggart
Mooney
Sneideman
Bowie
Robinson
Harry Payne Whitney
New York
Willie Doyle
Doyle
Garbage
Red Rive
Harwood
Coal Miners Appeal To Railroad Chief
Washington April 3 A serious situation in the coal mining industry is presented to Director General Pines by Frank J Hayes and other United Mine Workers officials. Many mines especially in Ohio have shut down for lack of orders while others reduce operations or run part time. Railroads consume about one third of coal output and union leaders ask Mr Hines to distribute orders equitably to keep as many men employed as possible. Hines says roads handle buying individually but the administration policy opposes order bunching and promises investigation into districts losing orders.
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Washington
Pines
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Hines
Burlington Girl Ends Life by Self, Body Recovered
The body of Miss Cee Schlampp, 24, daughter of Cornelman Oscar, was recovered from the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa, on Friday evening. Police say she died by her own action after leaving home Friday afternoon. she had recently suffered a nervous breakdown but was thought to have recovered.
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Burlington
Towa
Cee Schlampp
Cornelman Oscar
Se Teesop
Missipp
Shlampp
Che Deaty
Pacnts
Systematic Pillage In St. Quentin City
BRUSSELS April 4 The city of St. Quentin France was pillaged by the Germans during the occupation according to evidence given by a German soldier named Giessen a Belgian war office communication says Giessen who was arrested in the occupied section of Rhenish Prussia declared that the city was divided into districts and each district was given to one regiment to operate Each regiment detailed a company to gather plunder.
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Brussels
St. Quentin
France
Giessen
Belgian War Office
Rhenish
Prussia
Dutch Ships To Owners By May 1 Return
The Dutch shipowners and the United States discuss returning 67 requisitioned vessels by May 1 1918 negotiations centered on release of Dutch ships now in U S use for war emergency aims totalling 433000 deadweight tons and about 4 million dollars monthly in compensation to Dutch owners.
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York
United States
Official Statement on Egypt Disorders in Port Said
An official Cairo statement from April 5 cites a Feb 21 Port Said mob attacked a residential quarter after being provoked by Hashish intoxication. Troops repelled the mob with 23 casualties. a relief train was cut off and attacked causing 100 casualties. The strike in Port Said ended and farms were devastated.
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Cairo
Montreal
Egypt
Port Said
Post Said
General Strike At Krupp Gun Plant Initiated
Aevocated Press reports a general strike at the Krupp works over wage demands in Essen. Strikers vow to stay until concessions are won, and a halting quiet settled after disturbances at a factory in Vreahkfort. Several legal papers were reportedly damaged or destroyed during the unrest.
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Krupp
Berlin
Thurday
Teo
Essen
AC Houres
Sees World Dangers In Bolshevik Spread
New York, April 1 Baron Rosen the former Russian ambassador to the United States who arrived from Sweden where he fled from Petrograd to escape Bolshevik imprisonment declared all the forces of civilization must be used to check the spread of the Russian madness He said he would not lose faith in his native land and that the Russian people have a sound part and in time the world would see the triumph of truth and justice
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New York
Baron Rosen
United States
Sweden
Petrograd
Quincy Choral Club Delights Quincy Audience
The Quincy Choral Club presented its first public concert Friday evening in the Hippodrome, drawing strong applause after each number. The Armenian Relief Fund benefited from the event, and soloists and a four-song sequence showcased composer Mr Johnson and conductor William Spencer Joan, with notable performances by Misses Dean and Arnold and a violin solo by Mrs. Williet Spencer Johnson.
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Quincy Choral Club
America
Larmentes
William Spencer
Joan
Sol
Johnson
Bere Araeed
Arnold
Mr. Johnson
Peesie Dean
Joseph Mecrory
Will Crooks Smith
John T. Inghram
Elizabeth A. Wilbur
Orient
Prince Tar
Personal notices and social items from area residents
N S B C Miss A E Williams travels to Chicago on a buying trip for W T Duker store. Local residents endure health concerns and moves, including Lew Mellen at Wabash Station, Ernst Plumbing relocate, and several visits and trips among Colwell, Lock, Kilgore, Kalbh, White, Blaser, Stannus, and others. Family events include a birth and illness recoveries, with community notices from St Andrew Branch and GC B.C. membership.
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N.S. B.C
A. E. Williams
Chicago
W. T. Duker
Lew Mellen
Wabash Station
Homemaking as Business Highlighted at Home Bureau Meeting
Mrs McConnell urged viewing homemaking as a business and stressed girls need training before starting homes. She warned against neglecting responsibility, urged mothers to involve daughters, and called for more social and educational activities, with a next lesson set at Webster School auditorium.
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C. J. McConnell
Tenis Bureau
Paftern
Heine Bureau
Vermilion Caumity
Ltcre Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Sinty
Home Bureau
Webster School
McConnell
Quincy
Women's Forum
Decatur
Soviet In Budapest Forms New Faction
A radical wing forms in Budapest after a Soviet government split reported by Reichpost. Discontent rises over food shortages and public unrest, with Vienna via Constantinople noting the crisis as critical.
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Budapest
Vienna
Constantinople
Communist Party
Reichpost
Boundary dispute ends in shooting at farms
William Carter of this city, employed on the Weems farm, was wounded in the leg by a gunshot after a boundary dispute with a neighbor. Carter, who claimed he fired back, is hospitalized at St Mary with a shattered leg but no serious condition. Both men were armed as tensions had run high over the boundary line. Carter, a married man, lives at 600 South Third Street and has worked for the Weems brothers for years.
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William Carter
Weems
St West
Quincy
St. Mary Hospital
Hle
Carter
M. BR. Weems
Reche
South Third Street
Weems Brothers
Dress-Up Week Begins Across Quincy Stores
Dress-Up Week opens today with stores displaying their finest attire and sales staff in gala dress as nationwide event endorsed by commerce secretary. Merchants urge rejuvenation of personal appearance and homes with new clothing and flowers, while celebrating patriotism and wartime recovery. Folks plan trips to Quincy to take part in the week of sales and style.
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United States
Quincy
W.C. Redfield
Secretary of Commerce
U.S. A
Big Brother
Quincey
Curious crowds gather at pawn shop after murder in Hamphire street
After the Wednesday night murder of Ernit Laeht at a loan bank on Hamphire street, crowds fill the 300 block. Men and women from society and the “barrel house” crowd flock to view the dingy showroom, drawn by morbid curiosity and the lure of a safe and a table tied to the deadly crime.
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Ernit Laeht
Hamphire Street
Adnan
Rev Newton To Deliver First Sermon At Local Church
Rev Robert Th Newton, newly called to the First Christian church, will preach his first sermon Sunday morning. Born in Toulon Stark county Illinois he graduated Eureka college in 1903. He led a Chester England church for two years and toured the Mediterranean. He spent half his ministry in Atlanta Arkansas where a large modern church of over 300 members was built and paid for. Newton comes to Quincy in the prime of life with his wife and three daughters.
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Robert Th. Newton
First Christian Church
Newton
Toulon
Stark County
Eureka College
Church of Christ
Chester
England
United States
Preypt
Palestine
Greece
Italy
France
Atlanta
Quincy
Industrial Strife In Shipyards Ends
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5. A year of industrial strife in San Francisco Bay district shipyards ended as about 10,000 machinists boiler makers and allied craftsmen who had been out for two months or more returned to work under a compromise. The agreement reduces Saturday work hour by hour until a half holiday begins April 26 and retroactive pay differences were settled.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay District
Money Received For School Funds In Quincy and Adams County
Funds distributed to public schools total 36,445 with Quincy contributing 21,400 and Adams County 15,048. The 13,375 children across townships and cities receive varied sums, including Clayton 923.20 for 577 children and Mendon 1,078.40 for 674 children, among many others. The state total last year was 39,932.38.
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Quincy
Adams County
Clayton
Camp Point
Tloney Creek
Mendon
Ursa
North East
Houston
Keene
Lima
Township Two
Township Two North
Range Ten West
Concord
Columbus
Gilmer
Ellington
Riverside
McNee
Liebrty
Burton
Melrose
Township Two South
Beverly
Richfield
Payson
Fall Creek
Thompson to become traveling salesman for Tampa firm
Mayor John A. Thompson will take a job as a traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery firm based in Tampa Florida. He accepted Friday and will start after a short rest once his city duties end. He has grocery background and should ease into success. Thompson will keep Quincy as home and voting place while his wife and her mother may stay in Tampa temporarily.
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John A. Thompson
Tampa
Fla
Thompson
South
Quincy
Parade Planned to Highlight Unemployed in Quincy
In Quincy a march may occur next week to spotlight 2000 plus jobless workers including pulc de the number of men out of work. A meeting today will decide on the parade as organizations weigh veto and timing. A separate brief reports a Robbery at O Grimm & Sons store on Vine Street with $5 to $6 in pennies taken before 4 am. Police found a light burned at 1 am and unlocked door. Elsewhere humane officer killed a worn out horse at Seventeenth and Spruce Streets, owned by John Newberry, after it lay in a vacant lot all day.
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Machurst Moelders
Stove Omiounters
Quincy
O. Grimm & Sons
Vine Street
Tom Ryan
John Coens
Seventeenth and
Spruce Streets
John Newberry
O’brien
Spruce Street
Jeagie
Becher
Eldred
Ninth and
Jersey Street
Law and Order Committee
Odell
South Side Club to Build Wall Higher
In a Friday meeting the South Side club decided to extend and raise the rear wall of the clubhouse to cope with river overflow. The concrete barrier will extend 24 feet into the water. Letters from Warren Hartzell and Julius I Maffe, with the occupation army in Germany, were read. Garden seeds from Congressman Edward King were distributed to members. The board of directors will meet next Monday night.
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South Side Out Club
Warren Hartzell
Julius I Maffe
Army of Occue Pation
Germany
Edward King
Versailles Ills Visitor Notes and Local Elections
A compact notes page from Versailles Illinois records visitors from Kansas City and Winchester, with many names, travels, and family updates. It notes relatives visiting, a March 20 birth, home sales at auction, a death in the Shedgard family, and local election results including C. W. Gant as Supervisor and Warren Sewell as Commissioner.
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Woh
Poole
Kansas City
Elvanfudd
Winchester
Oal Miller
Washington
Donmarmnia Sosith
Gates
Dawger
Mosiliay
Byer
Aoe PO
Quinney
J Parrett
Hern
Mugene Dewitt Mareh
A. Basis
Pri- Quay
Lawson
Kara
Calleta Dennis
Bowen
Jennnie Hlusne
Alfred Claywell
Quction
Flo
Jacksonville
Ernest Noble
Chicage
Metoy of
Stersman
MfcCoy Tater
Red Walker
John Morin
Latham
Kaw
Virgle McCoy Wire
Quincy
C. W. Gant
Warren Sewell
T. J. Thoromian
Brewer
Blint
Abbert
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
Druggists offer a money back guarantee if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. It promises relief from irritation and itching and claims soothing and healing effects. Sleep may improve after the first application and the price is 60 cents.
Quincy Civic Improving League considers street material study
A committee of three will study best materials and methods for street improvements in Quincy after a bond vote. The group opposes macadam wearing surfaces, aiming to improve sanitation via a spring clean-up, and to coordinate with Mayor-elect O'Brien and the incoming council.
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Quincy
Civic Improvement League
Newcomb
League
H. E. Becker
O. G
M Ryan Wins The Y Cross Country Run
M Ryan won the senior cross country race at the Y M C A Friday night finishing two and a half miles in 15 minutes 47 45 seconds. His brother G Ryan finished second in 18 minutes 1 8 seconds. S N Gabel the physical director accompanied, noting the time was fine. Arthur Adams and Carl Ipperson placed third and fourth. A separate account recalls a five year earlier meet at Quincy won by George Loeffler in 16 30. The Friday route went from the Y M C A building at Fourth and Jersey to Indian Mounds Park and back. A runaway incident on Friday evening saw a horse and wagon dash from Fifth and Kentucky to Fourth and Kentucky, bruising the horse slightly but causing no injuries.
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M. Rean
YL Moc. A
G. Ryan
S.N. Gabel
Arthur Adams
Carl Ipperson
Quincy
George Loeffler
Gan
Fourth
Jersey Streets
Indian Mounds Park
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Quincy Aia
Mir. Johnson
Osenes
Shere
Toles Norere
Bos
Traiminuw
Aye Schiais
Leipaie
Lieimeckke
Eireles
Peidaay Pight
E. F Stannus
Hampshire
Anna Kalbhas
Hatbach-Schroeder
St. Andrew
St. Francis School
Judge McCarl
Illinois State Bank
J. W. White
Paloma
Joseph Dickhut
Mertle Blaser
Beardstown
G. C. BR. CG
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Francis Thunker
Camp Grant
Gus
Albert Clow
State Streets
Hela Gillespie
Jewell Merritt
Mariam Lewis
Edward Youn
Kentucky Street
Warald Aaron
Robert Burrows
West Quincy
South Side
Versailles, Ill
Improvement League
M. Ryan
Fifth
Kentucky
Bellans
Ecgg-Reed
Wreire Ovents
M. Munger Dam Sons
Roor Trent
Jae Ok Bt
Posteffee
Paquire
Angera
Sinah
Care Whig
Porter
Maine
Eighth
Paige
Munsching
11Th St
Wanthid
Launch Room
Hampshire Street
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