Bills on municipal measures before Illinois General Assembly
Synopsis of public utilities finance and taxation bills affecting cities as of April 3, 1919. Proposals include regulate rates, home rule, and changes to tax limits, debt, and municipal borrowing. Several measures touch fire, health, public libraries, education, and city governance, with committees reviewing in both chambers.
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Illinois General Assembly
Alderman Ellis
Senate
House
Public Utilities Committee
Committee On
Public Utilities and Transportation
Public Utilities Board Stock Yards
Uve Stock Commission
State Board of Public Utilities
Chouse
Barr
Rerm
Hull
Senate Committee On Municipalities
House Committee On
Shurtleff
Committee On Revenue
House Committee On Education
Senate Judiciary Committee
Committee
Committee On Revenue and Finance
Department of Registration and Education
Presbyterian Church Holds Annual Meeting and Picnic
The Presbyterian church and congregation held their annual meeting after a picnic supper. A. N. Calkins chaired the church meeting, with Fred Wolfe presiding over the Congregational meeting. Elders elected: J. E. Bull, J. M. Dunlap, R. O. Gibbons and J. R. Little. Dunlap re elected as superintendent. Delegates named W. K. Gibens and G. M. Gibbons. trustees elected: G. M. Bishop and I. M. Winters. All groups reported well and finances were sound. The congregation voted to join with other churches in advertising services.
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Presbyterian Church
A. N. Calkins
Fred Wolfe
Congregational Meeting
Joseph E. Bull
J. M. Dunlap
R. O Gibbons
J. R. Little
Mr. Dunlap
W. K. Gibens
Mr. Gibbons
Quincy Federation of Churches
George M. Bishop
I M. Winters
Kulisch Quits Police Force After Return from Service
Richard Kulisch resigned from the police force Monday night and turned in his cap and badge to Chief Melton. He planned to work in a Rock Island garage after several months back from military service, having served as motorcycle patrol and on other beats. He had been on the Hampshire street beat the night Licht murder was found and reported trying Licht’s store door several times.
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Richard Kulisch
Chief Melton
Rock Island
Kulisch
Jerry Akers
Hampshire Street
Licht
Lenine Decries Allies Over Wheat Shortage
Premier Lenine blamed Ukrainian peasants for refusing to deliver wheat and cited railroad chaos in Russia as worsened by disorganization. He said Ukrainian Soviets were urged to send 650 million pounds of wheat to avert famine in Petrograd and Moscow, and claimed communist forces there were too weak to seize the grain.
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Washington
Russia
Lenine
Petrograd
State Department
Moscow
Ukraine
Germans Demand New Shipments Of Food
At Pont Sainte Maxence allied and German financial experts conference the Germans demand fresh food consignments and say payments in gold cannot continue They propose large loans in neutral countries to bolster gold reserves. Storm wrecks schooner Saquin off Pensacola during a severe storm. ship bound for British West Indies carrying lumber, breaking apart on the beach.
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Paris
Pont Sainte Maxence
Havas
Pensacola
Fla
Saquin
British West Indies
Grand Cayman Islands
Sixty Houses Demolished in Omaha Tornado Damage
Omaha April 8 six ty houses were demolished in a fashionable residence section by a Sunday night tornado. No deaths reported and injuries were minor. Property loss is estimated at $550,000.
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Omaha
Nobr
Train Service Restored After Heavy Snowstorm
Train service northwest and east of Denver has been restored largely to normal after a heavy snowstorm in Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska. The disruption was widespread but service is returning to typical operations.
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fEscene
Denver
Colo
Penterdeg
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Ité
San Francisco Board Votes Against Racial Equality At Paris
The San Francisco board of supervisors adopted a resolution to be sent to the American delegates in Paris, opposing Japan's request for racial equality. An old law saying every dog has his day is invoked in the fragmentary text.
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San Francisco
Paderewski Secures Some Assurance on Danzig Move
Paris April 7 Associated Press reports Premier Paderewski said after talks with Clemenceau Pichon and Colonel House that he feels somewhat reassured by Marshal Foch's agreement on moving troops through Danzig though he remains unhappy with the status of negotiations. He warned that without Danzig Poland cannot win the war and rejected neutralization as satisfactory. Paderewski expected to meet President Wilson Thursday amid public crowds at his hotel.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Pichon
House
Jan. Ignace Paderwski
Poland
Foch
Danzig
M. Paderwski
Spa
Entente
Paderwski
Wilson
Paderewski
Ocean Fliers to Use Flame Signals in Flight Plan
Washington April 8 Flame and smoke flares developed during the war will assistnaval seaplanes on the projected transatlantic flight next month. Dropping flares will help sailors gauge drift and correct course amid cross winds. None of the three N C type planes is ready for overseas departure and no start date is set. Destroyer Barney cruises from Halifax toward Newfoundland to scout landing points and a suitable starting area for the voyage.
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Washington
Rockaway Beach
New Foundland
Barney
North Atlantic
Halifax
Woman Denies Crime From Witness Stand
Montrose Colorado April. Mrs. Nancy Jane Bush a 70 year old on trial for the murder of her son John and grandson Otis at the Bush home near Olathe in December 1917 denied on the stand that she killed her son. The state accuses her of killing with an axe and boiling the body with lye then disposing of it. She says the boy was killed accidentally while his father chastised him and that the father boiled the body. She testified the son left home in a car immediately after the killing and has not been heard from since.
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Montrose
Colo
Nancy Jane Bush
John Bush
Otis
Olathe
Colby Attacks Reed Over League Covenant Vision
In Jefferson City on an April 38 session Bainbridge Colby former shipping board head said Senator James A Reed created a fantastic and jack o lantern version of the league covenant. He accused Reed of distorting terms and publishing speeches with untruthful departures from the covenant.
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Jefferson City
Chamber of the
House of Representatives
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Shipping Board
James A. Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Soldiers From Many States On Transport
New York April 8 2700 Americans returned on the Mauretania wearing uniforms of fifty regiments from 82 states. They had enlisted in the British service early in the war and included several colored men from the British West Indies. Some former Arigona commentaries wore kilts and tam o shanters as they exited under a band. Major H H Burne accompanied them and 36 enlisted at the 18 dutprente rhe.
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New York
Mauretania
British West Indies
Arigona Coe
X. Ss. W
Germany Faces 45 Billion War Reparations Bill
Paris April 7 The reparations council accepted a plan to categorize damages and estimate Germany's liability but will defer final figures to a post peace commission. Initial payment expected around 5 billion with more due within two years. Total potential bill near 45 billion, prorated among creditors if full payment cannot be made. Frontier issues and Adriatic questions linger as talks continue.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council
Germany
Rhine
Adriatic
Andre Tardieu
France
Charles H. Haskins
United States
Viscount Morley
Great Britain
Orlando
Italy
Th. M. House
Fiume
Dalmatia
Wilson
General Smuts
Budapest
Major Bonsel
Real estate transfers filed in Une county recorder office
A list of property transfers recorded in Une county, showing grantees, grantors, parcels in townships including North East Ursa Mendon and Melrose, and consideration amounts from $1 to $25,000. Entries name buyers such as Rosa Holoh, Mary Seliner, Elizabeth Tempey, Chetli Koontz, State Law Loan and Trust Co., and St Peter's Catholic Church, with parcels in Quincy Clayton Poling Cruttenden and other additions.
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Une County Recorder
Henry
Sterling
Andrew Paertet
Rth
East Township
Rosa Holoeh
Perts Chayten Township
Tote Molchrenstecher
Kespohl-Michrensteeher Ca
John HW Iwwollmeyer
Quinney
JS. Harberta
Chas A
Schieferdecker
Camp Point Lownship
J. H. Kollmeyer
Filizabeth M. Tempey
Kido
Thitter
OW. Brinkowlter
John Wood
Quincey
W. AL Bottorff
EB. Ty. Corse
Honey Creek
Allon
Tvo
A. J. Scholz
G. L. Weinze
PB. Clapp
Allsyne
Quincy
J. J. Wiemelt
A. A. Hutmacher
Ursa Township
A. A. Hintmacher
I. Stannus
W. W. Wodeil
Geo. FE. Kespohl
Walton Heights
Quaincy
Berrian
Jos. Rupp
Melrose Township
J. S. Berrian
Henry Die, Jr
FL Klatt
Chas
Uf. Morton
Anna M. Kaiser
Adam Keil
Fall Creek Township
Kirkpatrick
W. M. White
Thomas Add
Clayton
Mary JL. Burgesser
T. O. Franks
Loan and Trust Co
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Wood's
H. F. Dayton
Gen. Evans
Mendon Township
Mary Hokano
Mathilda Eppinger
John Reeds
Anna Felsing
Mollie
Coast
Moulton Add
A. M. Jackson
Is. R. Burden
Concord Township
Olive Jackson
E. BR. Burden
Montgomery
Lea and Trust Co
Wood Add
A. J. Brockschimde
John W
Ursa
Frank Penick
Combs
Miller
Moultner Quincy
Geo. H. Siepker
Otis
Fliinaton Township
Adeline Neimich
BH. H. Osborn
Lulu M. Tragandh
John K. Webster
Soldier views sought on government land pledge plan
A note from Secretary Lane urges soldiers or sailors to write their senator or representative with views on the government pledge. The plea promotes contacting lawmakers to weigh in on land and partnership provisions associated with the Taylor plan.
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Washington
Taylor
Lane
Bilme
Fragmented OCR summary item from historical page
A partial readable snippet mentions Pye and ve in a context suggesting a sports or event note. The garbled text lacks clear names, places, dates, or outcomes to assert a definite incident or record.
Sheriff appoints janitor and local church drives Centenary fund
Sheriff John H. Davis names Henry Young as janitor of the courthouse to replace resigning William Perry. First Methodist church reports full Centenary campaign funds locally with Rev. J. C. Brown leading district efforts. quota set at 2300 dollars per year for five years. Referenced activities include lodge degrees at Pittsfield and a planned centennial celebration for the order.
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John H. Davis
Henry Young
Court House
William Perry
First Methodist Church
J. C. Brown
Chicago
Pittsfield Lodge No. 45
T. OG. OO. F
Tesse M. Thompson
A. B. Schimmell
Hibert Thomas
Paul Fife
Jesse M. Thompson
New Salem
Ccircuit Court
Harry Higbee
Charles W. Caughlan
N. I. Eddy
Bentley Caughlan
Lee Capps
Detroit
J. A. Rose
Patrick McGuire
McGuire
Board of Supervisors
Joseph C. Shastid
Pridas
Kansas City
Arthur Renn
OY Pae Uct
Esdin Weightman
Amd
Lucy UI. Shrigley
William M. Thompson
Missy Elizabeth Dutton
Monticello Seminary
Godfrey, IL
Dutton
Arthur
Truman Fenton
Hayes Colvin
Howard
Central Tinots Public Service Company
M. Lewis, Jr
Yarbrough funeral and area social notes in Palmyra
Tev T S Scott of Philadelphia conducted the funeral service for Mrs Jane Yarbrough at her son's home with readings from Job. The death of Mr McFate of Rock Island WV was announced. Mrs McBute, formerly Miss Merton Clark, is connected to Emerson. A 3 year old son is mentioned. Beulah Yarbrough returned from government work in Washington for a 4 day visit before Rockford work. Lucille Nunn of Maywood visits sister Mrs J C Wright. Mrs Sterling Bailey visits LaBelle relatives. Mrs John Shaller and Mrs Georgia Young of Hester visit Jatters sister Mrs Mike Samuels. Mr and Mrs Joe Samuel of Ewing visit Lovejoy Clark. Pete McPike and Eva visit Palmyra. Eva has dental work. Fire destroys contents of a buggy shed with two brooders. possible lamp explosion. Betty Booth leaves for Carroton wedding anniversary. John Tabbea and family traded in Hannibal. Y Y O Nicely visits Palmyra. Arthur Nicely meets Emily Carter in Palmyra. Dr Tramlin is noted as a business visitor.
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Tev
T. S. Scott
Philadelphia
Jane Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Mimerson
McFate
Rock Island
McBute
Emerson Gir
Mertin Clark
Jatters
Mike Samuels
Joe Samuel
Ewing
Lovejoy Clark
Pete McPike
Miss Eva
Palmyra
Eva
Will Schroeder
Bettie Booth
Carrotton
John Tabbea
Hannibal
Is. Y. O. Nicely
Judge Durand
Arthur Nicely
Emily Carter
Siiter
Carpenter
Dr. Tramlin
Camp Point dances attract crowds from several towns
A large crowd attended a dance by the Camp Point Dancing club at the I. O. O. F. hall on Thursday night with an orchestra from Plymouth. Guests included residents from Clayton, Golden, and Liberty. Many locals visited Quincy and surrounding towns over the weekend, while social events continued with club entertainments, dinners, and literary gatherings.
Weekend Visits and Local Movements Highlight Small Town Notes
Miss Theo Kurrle visits Dallas City to spend time with parents while Mrs. William Cutter Sr. stays with daughter in Quincy. Mr. and Mrs. John Harria return to Quincy after a relatives visit. Edith Brown of Mt. Sterling visits Camp Point on way to Quincy where she teaches. Ruby Rainier returns to Liberty after staying with her parents. Domestic quicksilver output in 1918 totaled 35 482 flasks valued at about 3 942 301 dollars, showing a decrease from earlier figures. Robert J Carey, a North Brookfield High School junior, walked the railing around the base of the flagpole at the school building, plunging eighty feet. this is the third time he has attempted the feat.
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Alvin &.aGrrett
Theo Kurrle
Dallas City
William Cutter, Sr
Quincy
Ralph Terry
John Harria
Edith Brown
Mt. Sterling
Camp Point
Ruby Rainier
Liberty
Hudson Rainier
United States Geological Survey
Interior
Robert J Carey
North Brookfield
Mass
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Atlantic
Colby
Reed
Wadsworth
Snell
Blewel
Sey Fork
T. Bk. Tenhaeff
John A. Tenhaeft
North East Township
J. G. Crocker
Anna Rossmiller
Poling
Cruttenden
Serre Tmpping
Pittsfield, III
Emerson
Belle Hickman Friay
Ira Leach
Ab Lydick
Naomi
Leon Lindstrom
Camp Mills
N. Y
Will Lake
Hester
C. D. Hutcherson
Wm. Farrhow
Tom Glendenning
Farrhow
Breideithal
G. R. Pugh
Billy Carpenter
Virgil Dent
Simon Scott
Emerson. Mo
Alee
Clayton, Golden and
Plymouth
Nellie Honnold
Elmer Ward
U.S. Navy
Waukegan
Ella Ward
Jesse Omer
Rook
Olle Pittman
Gertrude Garrett
Henry Omer
Christopher Booth
Florence Farel
Warry Castle
Elizabeth Parker
Frank Lawless
Columbus
Sam Farlow
Alvin Clevenger
Martha Earel
Elizabeth Sparks
Bess
Fila Slade
Bess Sparks
Chester Folekemer
Dorothy Fockemer
A. R. Grumman
Folckemer
Kester
Miss Sparks
Sprirks
Myre Sparks
William Lidkaett
David Carl Liggett
Tally
Mediterranean Sea
Bert Castle
Qalesbury Game
Pridiay
Rank Roberts
Dorothy Pfockemer
William Liggett
Isaac Cutter
Ali
A. M
Tom Bailey
Milton McVay
Everett Miller
Frank Miller
the Horse Protective Association
Lo, O. F. Hall
Christian Church
India
Judith Booth
Center School
Jerome Christie
Hezekiah Henry
Charles Bates
Virginia
Hewitt
Hoodhouge
A. D. Bates
Aubrey Spence
Lee Myers
Mrax
Harry Myers
Baby
Will Willams
Sapp
Roger
Eatonic
Drug Store
6Th St
BOO, Brown
Sales Warner
St. Paul
Rochester, S. Y
Simon
Wohler Farm
State Street
Albert
Gustave
Charles Wohler
Thos
A. Scherer
Stern Building
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Ware-Wayland Company
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