All's Well On Levee Sectors Around Quincy
Reports from drainage districts around Quincy say levees remain in good condition with patrols and sandbags in place. Water levels show 17.4 feet in Quincy, up to 18 feet predicted elsewhere, while districts like Fabius Indian Grave and Lima Lake prepare for plow season and monitor minor seepage and pumps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Old Town Crier
Fabius
Simons
Board of Supervisors
Taylor
Mississippi
Indian Grave
South
Lima Lake
Hunt
R. L. Waldron
Weather Bureau
Hannibal
St. Paul
Muscatine Island
Too Much Tobacco After Forty Five Says Doctor
A doctor notes excessive tobacco use after age forty five is a personal crisis and urges quitting. Nicotol pills are advertised with a money back guarantee and claims of reducing cravings, promising easy cessation with pharmacist guidance from Heldbreder Bros and Brown & Mays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwirsch—Feld
Heldbreder Bros
Miller & Arthur
Brown & Mays
Will of Mrs. Julia Leaman Ends Estate For Y W C A And Presbyterians
The will filed in County Clerk W J Smith's office discloses bequests to the Y W C A of Quincy and to the Presbyterian church of Quincy. Other legatees include sisters nieces nephew Ellen Sinnock Fannie Sinnock Ellen Brown and Inna Oberhaufter. The State Savings Loan and Trust Co. holds the remainder in trust with income to Ethel Simpson for life. After death 800 goes to the Foreign Missions board, 200 to the Home Missions board for Quincy work, and the rest to the Y W C A. Ethel Simpson named executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church of
Quincy
Julia N. Leaman
W. J. Smith
Leaman
Ethel Simpson
Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Presbyterian Church of Quincy
Foreign Missionary Society
India
Board of Home Missions
The
Women’s Board of Home Missions
W.C. A
Etheloo
Simpson
Road Delay Halts Quincy Trade, Farm Wants Road Built
Heard and seen Er B Moore of Hotel Quincy laments that three loads of corn cannot reach Quincy over the Taylor road as the Mississippi floods the route. He argues the town will be half its size until the road is permanent, urging merchants and landowners to fund or build the road to restore trade from Fabius and nearby farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Er. B. Moore
Quincy
Mississippi
Taylor
Mr. Moffree
The
Whig
Missouri
Fabius
Chicago
E&o
Marion County
Quincey
Germany Surrenders Remaining Warships at Firth of Forth
The battleships Nassau and Ostfriesland arrived at the Firth of Forth marking the start of surrender of Germanys remaining warships under Versailles terms. Ostfriesland will be handed to the United States with Washington awaiting departure instructions. The ship commissioned in 1919, displacement 22800 tons, length 546 feet, beam 93 feet, crew about 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nassau
Ostfriesland
Firth of Forth
United States
Admiralty
Washington
America
Missouri counties oppose Reed at Democratic conventions
Three additional Democratic county conventions in Missouri instruct their delegations to oppose Senator Reed for the Democratic National Convention. Daviess Worth and Audrain counties passed resolutions praising Wilson and the League of Nations. Scott County endorsed Wilson and the League but did not condemn Reed or instruct delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Reed
Daviess
Worth
Audrain
Wilson
League of Nations
Scott County
Industrial Leaders Hear of Moline Plan in Quincy Meet
An audience of over 1080 Quincy industrial executives gathered at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss forming an association of industrial leaders. A permanent organization committee was set to report next Thursday evening with by laws and details to be considered, after a talk by H. A. Jansen of Moline describing the neighboring plan and its regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Chamber of Commerce
H. A. Jansen
Moline
Mr. Jansen
Moline Industrial Organization
Roads Show Decrease In Annual Report Chicago
The 1919 report of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad shows operating income down 2.58 percent and net income down 3.37 percent from 1918. Operating income declined by 72991 dollars and net income fell by 44436 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Balloon sets world distance record in naval flight
A naval balloon from Pensacola training station reportedly traveled about 900 miles in 6 hours 35 minutes before making a forced landing near Kerr, 30 miles from Wilmington. Four occupants Lieut Kenney USN, Lieuts Kelly and Keyo USMC, and Gunner Bundy USN, were shaken. two required medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Nlc
Aceworld
Pensacola
Mia
Kerr
Kenney
US S. N
Kelly and
Keyo
Marine Corps
Bundy
U. SN
Pensacola Station
Foster son of Kit Carson dies at 88 in California
Captain Lewis C. Shielding, foster son of Kit Carson and associate of Davy Crockett and James Bowie, who joined General Fremont in California, dies at 88 at the national soldiers' home in Sawtelle near Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit Carson
Los Angeles
Calif
Lewis C. Shielding
Davy Crockett
James Bowie
John C. Fremont
California
National Soldiers
Sawtelle
Here
Pullman Stop-Overs Discontinued at Burlington Station
Changes in Pullman regulations affect Burlington station. After May first stopovers on Pullman tickets are not permitted. Current policy allows up to ten days in western dunes, but these will be omitted under the new ruling. A provision to buy tickets ahead remains. Details include 26 per COLL Very Pullman rates effective the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Hoover Candidates Lose Steam In New York Primary
In New York State primary action for national convention delegates, organization backed Hoover contenders were swept aside. Notably, Miss Mabel Choate and Julian S. Myrick failed in Manhattan and eight Brooklyn plus four Manhattan Johnson seats fell to regular faction candidates by about three to one. William M. Bennet, opposing at large Johnson delegates, lost in every county and was decisively defeated in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Organization
Herbert C. Hoover
Republican Organisation
Seventeenth
Manhattan
Hoover
Mabel Choate
Joseph H. Choate
Julian S. Myrick
Albert J. Berwin
Herbert Parsons
Miss Choate
Hiram W. Johnson
Brooklyn
Johnson
Republican Organization
William M. Bennet
New
Rabbit catchers profit boom in Australia hat trade
New York April 9 Aaron Naumberg president of the Hatters Fur Cutters association says Australian rabbit catchers earn up to 160 a week. He notes rabbit skins rise from 36 cents a pound in London 1913 to 7.20 dollars and says hat manufacturers must raise hat prices due to conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aaron Naumberg
Hatters’ Fur Cutters’ Association
Europe
Naumberg
London
Taft on Oregon Republican primary ballot petitions
Portland Ore April 9 Petitions circulated to place William Howard Taft on the Oregon primary ballot for the Republican endorsement for president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
William Howard Taft
Oregon
Transportation strike tightens York food supply squeeze
New York food shipments faced fresh disruption as lasting harbor worker, coastwise longshoreman, and railroad yard workers in Jersey City joined last night’s strikes. Switchmen and other railroad terminal workers walked out worsening supply delays across the port and related lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Investigation ordered into Big Depot fire at Dallas depot
Dallas Texas April 9 an official investigation has been ordered to determine the origin of an early morning fire at the aviation repair depot near here Thursday which destroyed five of the main buildings more than thirty army places several hundred liberty motors and much other army property with an estimated loss
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Here
Woman acquitted in Hampton murder case after street shooting
Mrs Mit tle Jeater Cummins, charged with killing her divorced husband in Hampton Virginia, was found not guilty by a jury. Cummins said she met him on February 7 seeking money as he threatened to commit her again, and she recalled seeing him lying on the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
Mra
Mit
Tle Jeater
Cummins
Mra. Cummins
Gordon Cummins
Buried Shells Kill in Cambrai District
In Villers Guislons district near Cambrai France two explosions killed 12 people and wounded two, with details from the April 8 Hav as report indicating the blast sites and casualty figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambrai
France
Havas
Villers Guis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fabius Levee
Bryan
Tennyson
Milton
Warewayland CO
Ware- Wayland Co
West Side Square
Germany
Australia
Taft
G. Tigret
Jerey Eng
Maine
Weilers
Weiler Bros
North 5Th St
Quincy, Ill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!