Salary Increases Approved for 1920-21 Education Staff
The board endorsed a 1920-21 salary plan with a minimum $1100 for teachers and flat raises for principals to be set later. A $150 bonus to manager C. M. Gill, plus $1600 for a math and history position, were among key actions. Total teachers pay near $19,952 and janitors $1,385, with other adjustments and a new high school building discussion noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Wilkin
Parent- Teachers Association
Scouts Organization
Lincoln School
Irving School
Gunther Hardware Co
Comstock Castle Co
Ordinances for Maine and Third streets revised by council
The city council Tuesday night considered revamped ordinances for paving Maine Street and the Third Street district. Disputes over car company assessments prompted redrafts to allow street work within tracks and adjacent space. abutting property costs stay the same but new contracts are needed. The Maine Street measure, over $100,000, was ordered published. Other items included street fixes, a sidetrack crossing approval, and minor personnel and nuisance abatement actions.
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Maine Street
Third Street
Board of Local Improvements
Bisser
O'Brien
Car Company
Burlington Road
Klein
Lepper
United Cereal Mills
Ellis
Maine
Quincy
Bergmann
McNut
Chiperfield and Riner Elected Figures in Delegates Race
In incomplete returns Chiperfield leads in Knox Fulton and Adams counties with heavy votes, while Riner gains in Henry and Henry counties, suggesting both men secure convention spots. Adams shows Chiperfield 819, Riner 527, Hedrick 492, Sallenbarger 578. seven precincts missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiperfield
Riner
Knox
Fulton
Adams
Henry County
Henry
Hedrick
Shallenbarger
Fusten
Chiperfield Aid
Knox County
Sallenbarger
Carlin
Townsend
Lindsay
One Case Heard In Circuit Court Today
A single case, James McKinnay versus John T. White, was docketed for hearing in the circuit court regarding a real estate transfer. No cases were heard Tuesday as both dockets were dismissed. The state dismissed the suit against the Quincy Butchers association due to numerous filings over corporations failing to file annual reports. Ill jurors reduced the first panel. Judge Akers summoned additional men for 9 o clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKinnay
John T. White
Quincy Butchers Association
Secretary of
Albert Akers
Births Mark Two Local Families This Week
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Leo Siebert on 2024 Lind Street Monday night. Twins a boy and girl were born to Mr and Mrs Leo Muehlanfeld at 521 South Tenth Street Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Siebert
Lind Street
Leo Muehlanfeld
South Tenth Street
Getting Ready Money From Obsolete Household Goods
Many discover cash value in things no longer needed. Sell through The Whig Wants to reach buyers who can use your unwanted items. People seek bargains via The Whig Wants. For help find readers who want your items call Little As She at phone 120.
Rotary slate named for Quin cy meeting in weeks
Quin cy Rotarians nominated nineteen directors at the weekly luncheon for a vote in two weeks. New member Julius Buerkin and the wintering E K Stone in California were welcomed. Inter-city meeting reports from Bloomington were brief. Good Roads topic postponed. Charles Leffingwell led the program with visitors from St Louis, Warehouse Point, Dallas, Chicago and local Rotarians greeting them.
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Quincy
C. Arthur Fifer
T. P. Black
Bert Higgins
Harry Condron
Edd ™ Buerkin
Will Schwindeler
George Wall
Robert Potter
F. W. Heckenkamp
Robert Gunther
Frank C. Pierson
A. F. Odell
Henry C. Sprick
George Reeves
E. B. Hillman
Charles W. Leffingwell
Charles A. Bell
St. Louis
Evans Seeks Write-In School Board Seat
T R Evans seeks a board of education spot against incumbent J M Winters. He will not appear on the regular ballot for the election Saturday and urges supporters to write his name in. Evans, superintendent of Prudent ial life insurance in Quincy, joins Kiwanis and favors higher teacher salaries to fund summer study. No opposition yet to George Gabriel’s bid for president of the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Evans
Solicitation of Friends
Board of Education
J. M. Winters
Mr. Evans
Prudential Life Insurance Company
Quincy
Kiwanis Club
George Gabriel
Governor Carries Illinois by 7000 and Bond Issues Defeated
In Illinois Governor race results show a 7000 vote margin. In Chicago and Cook County areas voters helped defeat three of four municipal bond issues totaling 34.5 million dollars including 15 million for street lights and 5 million for a convention hall. Women’s votes influenced the outcome two to one against the bonds as incomplete returns flagged district delegates to the Republican national convention, with most no preference delegates from Chicago.
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Cook County
Thompson
London
Chicago
Primary Vote by Counties Stephenson Tazewell Vermilion Wabash
Primary vote tallies by county appear for Stephenson Tazewell Vermilion and Wabash with figures showing counts like 1,624 84 687 1,640 1,421 279 in a fragmented table. The OCR fragment lacks full context but notes county totals and candidate or party tallies.
St. Louis business leaders to visit Quincy May 27
More than 200 St. Louis business leaders will ride a special train to Quincy on May 27 for a sight seeing tour. They will lunch at the Chamber of Commerce and divide time between merchantile, manufacturing, and historic sights. A scouting party outlined the plan and invited firms to suggest visited locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Quincy
Chamber of Commerce
North
Cal Center
Scouting Committee
Delegation Stays Unified Across Industry Inspection
The delegation remains a single unit and will not be divided into smaller parties to inspect individual lines of industry. Some members show particular interest in viewing specific sectors.
Farewell Banquet For Central Union Telephone Men
A farewell banquet honored Roy Brazelton and Earl Riggs, with about 35 plant department staff at the Central Union Telephone plant. J. E. Halligan hosted as toastmaster. Brazelton heads to Peoria as equipment supervisor, while Riggs remains an installer in Galesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Brazelton
Earl Riggs
Central Union Telephone Company
J. E. Halligan
Telephone Company
Mr. Brazelton
Peoria
Quincy
Riggs
Galesburg
Brazelton
Barges to Lead Mississippi Valley Waterways Meet in St Louis
Two fleets of barges will be started in a row up the Mississippi and downstream as a feature of the opening of the Mississippi river Valley Waterways association in St. Louis, Mo. Col C D Center will represent the Chamber of Commerce. Quincy men may secure credentials by application to the local Chamber. Secretary of War Baker and other notable speakers will attend. James E Smith, president of the Waterways association, telegrammed the Chamber urging a large Quincy delegation.
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Mississippi River Valley Waterways Association
St. Louis
Mississippi
Col. C.D. Center
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Baker
James E. Smith
The
Waterways Association
Radium Secured for Quincy Company
Radium, highly valued for disease treatment, will soon be obtainable from the Radium Institute and Clinic of Quincy. Dr. H. W. Bierne, medical director, ordered radium ten months ago without success but was recently informed the order can be filled and flew to Chicago Tuesday night to finalize delivery plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radium Institute and Clinic
Quincy
HW. P. Bierne
New Ferry Boat May Be Sncated: Here
Quincy may obtain a ferry boat this season to replace the B B sold recently and Sherman Park may be developed into an amusement center. The St Clair Ferry and Transfer Company of St Louis says they have arranged for leasing the park and seek a landing on this side of the river. They also report a boat available to handle transfer and passenger business and plan summer family picnics at Sherman Park. Final correspondence was given to the Retail Merchants Association executive committee Monday.
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Quincy
B. B
Shermar. Park
St. Clair Ferry and Transfer Company
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Sherman Park
St Louis Company
Retail Merchants Association
Brown County Gives Lowden 195 Wood 903
MT Sterling April 14 ten precincts in Brown county report Lowden ahead of Wood in the primaries. Vote counts show Lowden 195, Wood 90 in the summarized precinct results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Lowden
Wood
Mt, Sterling
Weather Outlook for Missouri Iowa and Timnes
The forecast calls for fair conditions and warmth across Missouri on Wednesday, with unsettled and milder changes on Thursday. Iowa sees partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday, followed by unsettled, cooler in the west on Thursday.
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Timnes
Missouri
Iowa
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J. Lloyd W. Fuqua
Twentieth Street
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Board of Public Works
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J. W. Kiener
Park and Boulevard Association
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