Health district plan carried in Quincy city election
Official canvass shows the health district proposal won 2872 yes to 2831 no with 2077 men and 2105 women voting for it and 726 women and 2105 men voting against. Error in tallying led to a mistaken report of defeat by 41 votes, later corrected after midnight. The council adjourned until 7:30 pm to consider other business and labor party observers were invited to watch the canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
James Ott
Duke Schroers
Ken
McNutt
McNutt Ared
Ular
Labor Party
Elien
Orr
Bisser
Tuesay
Theodore Bisser
N. C. Distelhorst
Theetition
O'Brien
Bergman
Aenre
Laborarty
Ellis
H. C. Disselhorst
J. J. Kearney
Harry Nichols
Disselhorst
Distelhorst
Central Fire Station
Abe Martin on peace treaty and public opinion
Abe Martin muses that without the peace treaty public sentiment might have saved it. He adds that with prohibition a celebration invites criticism, noting the noisy debates around raises in prices and social norms.
Inquest Held In The Death Of Dickson
Coroner's jury finds Clarence Dickson died of self administered illuminating gas asphyxiation during a mental upset tied to a prior cerebral hemorrhage. Dr Wells and Charles Thompson testified to recent illness and despondency. Dickson was a longtime Wabash railroad conductor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Dickson
State Street
Coronet
Lawrence Amen
Dickson
C. A. Wells
Palmotor
Wells
Carriage Makers Hold Whist and Dance Event
Whist was played at 25 tables before a complimentary dance for Carriage and Wagon Makers Ben evolent Association members and families at Eagles Hall Monday. Prizes went to Mrs. George Schrieber for first ladies, Mrs. August Moenning for second, Jacob Georges for first gentleman, and George Spiker for second. Harold O’Farrell and Albert Starkel won boys’ prizes. A broom waltz entertained, and the charter will reopen in six months, closing October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carriage and Wagon Makers Benevolent Association
Eagles Hall
George Schrieber
August Moenning
Jacob Georges
George Spiker
Harold O'Farrell
Albert Starkel
Padgett Loses Suit Over Farm Labor Services
In circuit court, W. K. Lierly convinced a jury that he owed Padgett nothing for farm work alleged in 1917. Padgett, brother-in-law of Lierly, claimed just over $50 for services on the Kellerville area farm. Attorneys on both sides presented arguments as jurors led to a verdict for Lierly after about an hour of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Lierly
W. J. Padgett
Padgett
Lierly
Will Schlagenhaus
Mr. Padgett
Rolland Wagner
Roy Adair
Mr. Lierly
Kellerville
Padgett-Lierly
Herman B. Hilgenbrink
Riley Trogdon
Miss Catlin Divides Estate Among Heirs
The will of Elizabeth H. Catlin filed in county court leaves $500 to Mrs Lillian Brown Inhram and $1000 to Mary Alice Dayton and Lucy Phelps each. Five nieces share $500 to Dorothy Dayton Georgia Dayton Clark and Celia Benton Dayton and a $500 bequest to Dorothy Dayton. brother Charles F. Catlin receives the remainder. If Charles predeceases her, his widow receives $5 and the rest is shared among heirs. Executor named James E. Adams. date October 3, 1918.
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Elizabeth H. Catlin
Lillian Brown Inhram
Mary Alice Dayton
Lucy Phelps
Ella Kibbie Dayton
Georgia Dayton Clark
Celia Benton Dayton
Dorothy Dayton
Charles F. Catlin
Charles
Josephine Catlin
James E. Adams
St. Vincent
Bridget Redmond
Father Foley
Sadie Redmond
Father Brennan
Francis J. Thale
St. Louis Business Men to Be Here Today
A scouting party of five members from the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce will meet at 1 this afternoon to arrange a May special train visit. Several hundred chamber members are expected to participate, though details remain unrevealed.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
St. Louis Chamber
Hearings Planned on Patent Infringements in Glass Machinery
Edward P. Allen will hold hearings in Pittsburg and Hillsboro Il on cases alleging patent infringement in glass making machinery. The suit involves millions of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Allen
Pittsburg
Hillsboro
Public notice of rate hike by Central Union Telephone Co
Central Union Telephone Company files schedules with Illinois Public Utilities Commission to raise rates for all general classes of service in Quincy Adams County. Copies available at the Quincy office. Interested parties may learn hearing details by contacting the Commission secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Union Telephone Company
Public Utilities Commission of Illinois
Quincy
Adams
Public Utilities Commission
Springate Telep Co Central Union Telephone Company
C. Fr. Rottger
Adams County Gains Access to Federal Trucks for Road Work
State officials confirm Adams County will receive six federal trucks, now usable for general road projects under a change in law. County plans a meeting of the state aid road committee to decide on securing the full county allotment, with annual rentals of 100 dollars per year per county and 75 dollars for freight and storage costs. Illinois has been allocated over 900 trucks, 779 delivered, with apportionment based on one quarter assessed valuation and three quarters road mileage.
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Adams County
State Highway Department
L. L. Boyer
Frank I. Bennett
S. E. Bradt
S. E. Bradt, State Superintendent of Highways
Boyer
Congress
Agricultural Department
State Aid Road Committee
Illinois
Kiwanis Charter Tonight At Hotel Quincy
Kiwanis club members will skip the Monday luncheon for a Wednesday evening meeting at Hotel Quincy to receive the charter from an International officer. The only guest will be the International Kiwanian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel
Quincy
Kiwanis Club
The
International
J. B. Rucker
Quincy Baseball Club
Tom Adams
Emil Halbach
A. H. Sohm
al Wittler
Charles Lee Weems
Paul Cobbey
Frank Neff
John Ohnemus
C. A. Koch
N. B. Getty
Harvey
Bert Catten
Bert Chatten
Candidates for precinct committeemen filed in Adams county
Voters in Adams county precincts face a local election to select committeemen. The county clerk, W J Smith, has filed petitions from candidates across townships including Clayton Melrose Riverside and Liberty. Party lines show Republicans and Democrats contesting in multiple precincts with several three way races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
W. J. Smith
Clayton Township
George _ Kesting
Orion E. Bryant
Melrose Township
J. R. Abbott
G. J. Bockhold
Riverside Township
E. F. Stratman
James M. Russett
W. I. Cobb
Liberty Township
Steven Lawless
Will Elliott
Mr. Smith
County
Clayton No
Fred Stevens
Clayton
J. W. Carlin
G. B. Cornelius
George N Kesting
Henry L. Adair
North East
Harlow E. Selby
Camp Point
George W. Cryus
George H. Schultz
S. M. Wallace
J. B. Wolfe
Keene
E G. Hedrick
B. F. Shriver
Mendon
Charles A. Chittenden
Frank B. Pollock
Gilmer
Roy Myers
Burton
H. W. Wheeler
Charles Weihl
Payson
F. E. Hoskins
Earl Fusselman
Ellington
Robert McIntyre
Melrose
G. J. Beckhold
C. F. Mast
Lima
A. E. Wait
Republ
Delegates Named From St. Aloysius For Catholic Union
Delegates from St. Aloysius include W Hi Middendorf Herman Heintz Bernard H Brinks and Herman Schuering chosen to attend the Catholic Union of Illinois convention at a meeting of the St. Aloysius Orphans Society on Sunday afternoon. The constitution was changed to hold meetings on the third Sunday of each month and two new members were accepted while nine were proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hi. Middendorf
Herman Heintz
Bernard H. Brinks
Herman Schuering
Catholic Union of Illinois
St. Aloysius Orphans Society
Canoe of Keokuk River Victims Found
The canoe used by Charles Orff and James Ayers of Keokuk was found two miles below Alexandria in a clump of willows. It was undamaged and showed no signs of how the men drowned in the Mississippi two weeks earlier. Fishermen retrieved the craft and delivered it to Keokuk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Orff
James Ayers
Keokuk
Mississippi
Alexandria
Legion officer aids dental service for ex servicemen
Milton Braxmeier, war risk insurance officer of Henry Hill Post American Legion, will help members and ex service men obtain dental treatment under the bureau of war risk insurance. Treatments must relate to defects aggravated or incurred during military service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Braxmeier
Henry Hill Post
American Legion
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Macaulay Irwin
Whig Wants ad seeks legitimate help and services
At Your Service if you have legitimate Want no matter what it may be let the pub lic know. Youll find someone who can supply your need. Place your needs where they may be seen by thousands. Are you seeking capable help in office or factory do you seek the services of skilled artisans in some special onc does the household need a cook or other domestic help er is a business associate essential to your business All such needs are met through The Whig Wants. As Little Aa 25c. Phons 120.
Local Freight Is Accepted on Wabash
A. M. Brown, Wabash local agent at Springfield, received authority to accept freight in car load or less for Bluffs and all local stations to Springfield via Hannibal. Freight shipments between Bluffs and Keokuk via Clayton are also covered. The authority excludes delivery by connecting lines. No orders lifting embargoes on the C B & Q have been received by local Burlington officials. They continue handling freight for team work delivery in Chicago. the embargo remains with Chicago and Northwestern as the sole change.
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A. M. Brown
Wabash
Springfield
Bluffs
Here
Hannibal
Keokuk
Clayton
Brown
Burlington
Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Quincy Pulse Charities Meeting Wednesday
The Associated Charities board plans a Wednesday morning meeting at 232 North Fifth street. Also notes on labor and local business groups, court absence, a truck fire, church steeple work, and the Mississippi River crest near town.
Deaths and Funerals for Fendrich and Dickson
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Fendrich were held Monday at 8:30 from her home and at 9 from St Marys church with burial at St Boniface cemetery. Pallbearers included Edward Sohm and Henry Laacke among others. Clarence Dickson's service followed at 2 PM from the family home conducted by Rev I M Bingaman and Rev F A McCarty, with numerous floral offerings. Members of the Railway Trainmen led a brief service. burial was at Greenmount Cemetery.
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Christine Fendrich
A. Zurbenson
Catherine Fendrich
South Sixteenth Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
Edward Sohm
Henry Laacke
John Glass
B. Schullian
Henry Niekamp
Casper Freiburg
Clarence Dickson
State Street
I. M. Bingaman
Luther Memorial Church
F. A. McCarty
Vermont Street
M. E
H. C. Suman
George E. Heidbreder
Masons
Railway Traimien
Mr. Dickson
Wabash
J. Dennis
R. R. Moss
E. R. Bush
G. Ingram
C. O. Clark
S. A. McMurray
Greenmount Ceemtery
Funeral services for Robert Utterback held in Quincy
Robert Utterback whose body arrived in Quincy from England Sunday was honored at a Monday afternoon service at Duker funeral parlors. Rev. Eitelgeorge of Kentucky Street M E church officiated with six ex service men as pallbearers. Capt Ralph Lusk led the firing squad at Graceland cemetery.
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Robert Utterback
Quincy
England
Duker
Maine Street
Eitelgeorge
Kentucky Street
M. EE
Ralph Lusk
Graceland Cemetery
Funeral rites for Mrs Mary Bueter held at St Francis Church
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Bueter were held Monday at 8:30 from the family home and 9 from St Francis Catholic Church with solemn high mass. Rev Father Daniel officiated at the church and grave, with deacon and cubdeacon assistance and a large parish turnout. Interment was at St Boniface cemetery. Pallbearers included Theodore Wand Lawrence Bueter Joe Bueter Oscar Ackerman Henry Bueter and Henry Finkenhoefer. Mrs Jennie Benson of Plainville died at Blessing Hospital Sunday night at 9:15. She was born August 7 1833 and resided in Plainville all her life. Surviving relatives include husband nine brothers and two sisters.
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Mary Bueter
North Thirteenth Street
St. Francis Catholic Church
Father Daniel
St. Louis
Qpiatus
Benignus
St. Francis Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
Daniel
Bueter
Henry Schenk
Christian Mothers’ Society
Theodore Wand
Lawrence
Joe Bueter
Oscar Ackerman
Henry Bueter
Henry Finkenhoefer
Jennie Benson
Plainville
Blessing Hospital
Plain Ville
Charles Benson
Jesse
Wilbur
Rhode
Oscar
George
Ellis
Fred
Willis
Clarence Diker
Carrie Kabrack
Rosetta Lease
Near Plainville
Funeral Services for Erwin Von Koscielski Held at Home
Funeral services for Erwin Von Koscielski were held at his home on 825 South Twelfth Street at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with Rev. E. F. Schueler officiating. Interment followed at Greenmount Cemetery. St John Lutheran church quartet performed at both the home and cemetery. Pallbearers were Fred Bowe, George Merker, Herman Hokamp, Albert Roeder, Phillip Wurtz and John Schroeder.
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Erwin von Koscielski
South Twelfth Street
E. F. Schueler
Greenmount Cemetery
St. John Lutheran Church Quartet
Fred Bowe
George Merker
Herman Hokamp
Albert Roeder
Phillip Wurtz
John Schroeder
Moose Memorial Services Held Sunday in Moose Hall
Annual Moose lodge memorial service honored five members who died in the past year. Sergeant-at-arms Anton Heuer opened the program, Dictator John Kuhlman led the ceremony, and Mrs. James Summers Senior Regent of the Ladies Auxiliary assisted. Judge Fred Wolfe delivered the eulogy for Edward Baumgartner Adolph Behrens W R Rose Oscar Krug and Herman Weihe.
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Ast
Moose Lodge
Moose Hall
Order
Anton Heuer
John Kuhlman
James Summers
Ladie’s Auxiliary
H. Emmerson
Frank Little
Otto Hoffman
Fred Wolfe
Edward Baumgartner
Adolph Behrens
W. R. Rose
Oscar Krug
Herman Weihe
Wabash Clerk Agreement Talks Continue in St Louis
At the Wabash freight office in Chicago a conference of Wabash railroad clerks and employers drew up a new working agreement to govern relations after government return to private ownership. Mr Weber reports favorable progress and expects closure by Friday. Conditions in St Louis are described as very bad due to the switchmen’s strike with road officials and others at work in yards.
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Wabash Freight Office
St. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Weber
Arrested Released and Separated in Police Court
In police court Monday the charge of peace disturbance against Tony Musolino of 133 1-2 South Seventh Street was dismissed after he agreed to contribute 10 dollars a week for her support. The couple will live separately. The peace disturbance charge against Bertha Bitterfield, issued on complaint of Marie Haynes of Broadway between Second and Third streets, will be heard by Judge Reardon today.
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Tony Musolino
South Seventh — Street
Bertha Bitterfield
Marie Haynes
Broadway
Second
Third Street
Birth Announcement for Castle Family Daughter
A daughter was born Saturday night to Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Castle of South Twenty-fourth Street. This is their first child and the grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George Castle and Mr. and Mrs. LW. H. Govert.
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Boyd Castle
South Twenty-fourth Street
George Castle
LW. H. Govert
Rev N M Rigg Former Quibby Pastor Dies in Virginia Ill
Former Vermont Street M E church pastor Rev N M Rigg died suddenly at his Virginia Illinois home from ptomaine poisoning after a week of illness. He preached Sunday despite symptoms and his death surprised Quincy friends. Rigg, about 55, served in Quincy three years then Grace Decatur, later Virginia. Survived by his wife and a daughter Mrs Kenneth Pound. two sons had died earlier. Funeral at Shelbyville Thursday.
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N. M. Rigg
Vermont Street
M. E
Virginia
Rigg
Virginia Methodist Church
Quincy
Grace M. E
Decatur
Beardstown
Mt. Sterling
Shelbyville
Kenneth Pound
Devatur
Fragmented Local Notice About Legal Proceedings
Part readable text hints at a court case with references to numbers and names obscured. The fragment mentions a docket or case number but lacks clear details on parties, jurisdiction, or outcome.
Richfield road change proposal discussed at meeting
Property owners in Richfield township plan a 10 am Wednesday session with County Superintendent of Highways L L Boyer and highway commissioners to discuss a road change. A proposed land purchase would level the route, removing three sharp turns. Roscoe Boyer aids between Liberty and Richfield, while John Wessels works on the northern county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Bridge
Richfield Township
L. L. Boyer
Highway Commissioners
Roscoe Boyer
Liberty
Richfield
John Wessels
Scientific Talks Heard by Doctors at Adams County Meeting
The Adams County Medical Society held a Monday evening gathering in the Chamber of Commerce with doctors E. Erickson Koch Williams Shango and Swanberg presenting on Etiology Pathology Symptoms and Diagnosis and X-Ray. Swanberg offered an illustrated lecture on X-Ray use. The application of Dr James Ruacker was received and turned over to the board of censors.
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Adams County Medical Society
Chamber of Commerce
E. Erickson
John A. Koch
W. W. Williams
Kirk Shango
Harold Swanberg
Swanberg
James Ruacker
Board of Censors
No Up-Town Office Before September 1
Quincy will not have an up-town Burlington ticket office before Septem ber 1 according to a letter from C E Spens vice president of the railroad to Lewis B Boswell commissioner of the Quincy Freight Bureau The letter states the up-town agency will be restored by September 1 or as near as possible and that expenses during the government guarantee period will not be incurred without federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Burlington
Lewis B. Boswell
Quincy Freight Burnae
C. E. Spens
Roa
Weather Summary and River Bulletin Briefing
The Weather Bureau forecast shows Tuesday clouds increasing with rain in western areas and rising temperatures across Missouri and Iowa by Wednesday. The Daily River Bulletin notes river stages near Keokuk Hannibal and St Louis with slight declines or rises and a slow Des Moines rise over several days as Mississippi trends vary below Quincy.
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Keokuk
Hannibal
Louisiana
St. Louis
Des Moines
Mississippi
Muncatin
Quincy
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