Indian Grave levee barely escapes break
More than 50 men and hundreds of sand bags reinforced the Indian Grave Drainage District levee at the bay opposite Blickhan ice houses as floodwaters threatened. A barge load of sand was sent, the pumping plan protected, and guards patrolled the levee. No other districts are in danger though internal disputes surface over a commissioner. The river stands near 17.5 feet at Hannibal, with crest predictions pending rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Quincy
I. A. Nickerson
Indian Grove
Rock Creek
Hannibal
Iowa
Popular Missouri pastor weds young couple in Gretna Green study
Rev Robert Van Meigs, pastor of Central Baptist in Durham and Maywood, is beloved by area youth. He conducted a Monday wedding for Lon Fletcher of Durham and Sallie Leona Schofield of Durham, with Fletcher serving as sergeant in the U.S. Army. The couple, guests at the aunt’s home, depart for Camp Bowie Texas. This marks the fourth Durham Maywood youth wedding performed by Meigs since February, all connections of relatives or close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Meigs
Central Bapist Church
Durham
Maywood
Central Bapist
Seventh
Vermont
Gretna
Lon Fletchner
Sallie Leona Schofield
Uncle Sam
Eva Peak
Locust Street
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Texas
Rev. Meigg
Forest L. Schofield
Cora IL. Minch
Floyd Jones
Ruth Esther Gamm
Joseph Minch
Pearl Hadsfield
Flitchner
Licenses Listed for Durham and Quincy Residents
The record lists persons including Lon A. Fichtner, 27, and Miss Sallie L. Schofield, 23, from Durham Missouri, and Virgil E. Goodwin, legal, with Miss Mary Katherine Schlueter, legal, from Quincy. The document notes their licensing status and associated names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon A. Fichtner
Sallie L. Schofield
Durham
Virgil E. Goodwin
Legal
Mary Katherine Schlueter
Quincy
Abe Martin Hints At Peace Before War Time Elevator Strike
In Abe Martin style, a plainspoken narrator notes a wife who used to kiss her husband goodbye at dawn now has a daughter still asleep when he leaves for work. The piece playfully muses that peace may come and a league of nations could form before elevator operators stop working at the tl floor.
Inquest Delivers Verdict On Bumster Shooting Death
Coroner Lawrence Amen presided over the Bumster inquest. Jurors ruled Detective Robert M Bumster died of meningitis caused by a gunshot wound fired by an unknown man with intent to murder. Witnesses included Sheriff James Simmons Brakeman W C McKenzie Conductor J F Ryan Dr W H Baker and R J Purcell. McKenzie testified of two men entering the smoker and Gunshot moment. Simmons said more than one shooter and identified no clear assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Amen
Robert M. Bumster
Bumster
James Simmons
W. C. McKenzie
Burlington
Clarence
J. F. Ryan
W. H. Baker
R. J. Purcell
Robert Bumster
McKenzie
Ryan
Macon
Sheriff Simmons
Veterans Return and Deployments Update in Quincy Area
BS Shrapnel E S and Robert Tomamichel reports arrival in the United States and upcoming muster out at Camp Grant. He is with Chicago base hospital No. 11 after active service with the unit and sailed home on the Transport Ryndam from St Nazaire. Henry Bocke, among early Quin cy boys, returns from Camp Grant after nearly two years in US camps. His brother Al Bocke came home last week with navy discharge. Roy Burke leaves Quincy for Peoria to take army entrance exams after overseas service. Clarence F Harmon expects to be home soon per his mother Cora Dennison. Warman serves with Company B 124th machine gun battalion, 33rd division. Mrs C Fox learns her son Neal arrived Newport News with the 140th Infantry, 35th division. Corporal Ralph Brown of 106 Field Signal battalion, 31st division arrives in New York. his wife Ella Moshage was informed. Roy Wahle, just discharged from the navy, returns home to 132 Maine Street via St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tomamichel
Otto Tomamichel
Madison Street
United States
Camp Grant
Chicago Base Hospital
No. 11
Ryndam
St. Nazaire
Henry Bocke
Quincy
al Bocke
Navy
Clarence F. Harmon
Cora Dennison
Warman
124Th Machine Gun
Ralph Brown
106 Field Signal Battalion
31St Division
New York
Ella Moshage
Quincy Board to Finalize Teacher Appointments This Week
The Board of Education plans to finish teacher appointments and salaries at a Thursday evening meeting. Also, mail route inspection begins May 1 in Quincy, anticipated to last about 30 days, aiming to speed up mail distribution. A Standard School picnic Friday features speakers Farmer Rusk and W J Smith. Edith Proctor teaches. Printing bids for city jobs delayed due to incomplete figures. Negro attorney B G Clanton visits from Chicago to pursue damage suit involving Andrew Carpenter against the street railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Rusk
W. J. Smith
Quincy
Edith Proctor
B. G. Clanton
Chicago
Andrew Carpenter
City Railway Company
Carpenter
City salemen sell $301,300 on first day
Quincy workers in the Victory Liberty loan campaign rolled up a subscription of $301,300 Monday and expect to beat that sum. Ward canvassers, led by Cot Chairman Fifer, covered districts despite rain. Returns by noon showed $115,300, then nearly doubled in the afternoon. Payson township led with $86,000, Riverside $25,000, and Houston $36,400 toward quotas. The drive aims to finish the job for national victory and grateful veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Victory Liberty Loan
Fifer
Chamber of Commerce
Victory Loan
Masonic Temple
John Korn
Payson Township
Henry Scarborough
Payson
Camp Point
Jackson R. Pearce
Riverside
Houston
City
Will — Fifer
Liberty Victory Loan
H. E. Hackman
Co. E
Burlington
Washington Square
H. D. Wood
St. Louis
Sergt
E. C. Sherwood
O. E. Ellis
Guy Woods
Winipeg
Canada
Gillidette
Chillicothe
Sergt. Dent
Kahoka
Hidden Check Found in Whig Contest Clue
Mr E R Bauer of 616 South Sixth Street solved The Whig contest by locating a hidden check. After many readers worked the missing letters, the first word BEHIND revealed the path to the prize behind a street sign near City Hall. Bauer retrieved the check from Hampshire Street sign area by the south entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. R. Bauer
South Sixth Street
Mr. Bauer
Whig
South Side City Hall
Baer
City Hall
Hampshire Street
Humber
Oth
A. A. Seehorn Dies After Operation in Blessing Hospital
Alfred A. Seehorn prominent in Adams county and Quincy school work and for 17 years a farm implement dealer died Sunday at 4 45 PM in Blessing hospital after an appendectomy. He was born October 1 1860 on a Fall Creek farm and taught before serving as county superintendent and Quincy superintendent. He later ran a retail farm machinery business at 812 Hampshire Street. Survived by a widow, four brothers, and a half brother, with funeral at First Christian church Wednesday at 2 PM. Burial in Woodland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Seehorn
Adams County
Quincy
Blessing Hospital
Seehorn
Vermont Street
Fall Creek Township
Alfred S. Seehorn
Alfred, Jr
Payson High School
Chaddock College
Hancock County
Fall Creek
Laura Carr
Plainville
Board of Education
Hampshire Street
Modern Woodmen of America
Masonic Lodge
Payson
James L. Mays longtime Quincy justice of the peace dies
James L. Mays a justice of the peace in Quincy for over 25 years died at his home 2242 Hampshire street at 7 30 Monday morning from heart disease after a brief illness. Born October 11 1842 in Taylor Missouri he moved to Quincy at 16 then studied in Chicago and worked as a bookkeeper before entering politics as a Democrat. Survived by widow Sarah J. Mays three sons Lee D Clifton C Mays of Quincy Howard L Mays of Wichita and daughter Effie Vance of Camp Point funeral services set for Wednesday at 3 00 pm from the home with burial in Woodland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Mays
Justice of the
Quincy
Hampshire Street
Dr. Mays
Taylor
Chicago
Bryant & Stratton Commercial School
Howard L. Mays
Wichita
Effie Vance
Camp Point
Mr. Mays
Woodland Cemetery
Funeral for Carl Duvalins in Quincy at home address
Carl Duvalins died at St Mary hospital Sunday evening from a six month illness. Born in Quincy on September 25, 1808 he lived here all his life at 816 North Fourteenth street. He worked at Weis paper mills. Survived by father Charles Duvalius brother Edward and sister Mrs John Schauf, all of Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Duvalins
St. Mary Hospital
Quincy
North Fourteenth Street
Duvalins
Weis Paper Mills
Charles Duvalius
Edward
John Schauf
Funeral services for Lucius W Mellen observed at home
Funeral services for Lucius W Mellen were held at 701 State Street Sunday afternoon at 1 50 officiated by Rev I W Bingaman. Friends including the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks unions No 633 and No 906 attended. Miss Nettie Fredericks and Mrs George Heidbred er sang. Interment followed at Woodland Cemetery with bearers Joe Benner Edward Dowd John Ahern John Wade Fred Bickkelhaupt and Robert Houghey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucius W. Mellen
State Street
I. W. Bingaman
Mellen
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Wabash and Gem City Lodge
C., BR
Nettie Fredericks
George Heidbreder
Woodland Cemetery
Joe Benner
Edward Dowd
John Ahern
John Wade
Fred Bickkelhaupt
Robert Houghey
LeRoy Lierle of Columbus Township Dies at Blessing Hospital
TeRoy Lierle of Columbus township died at Blessing hospital Sunday morning at 6 o clock after four years of illness from an inward goitre causing nose hemorrhages He was born December 23 1885 in Columbus township aged thirty four He married Lilian Magreaps of Douglas Illinois March 8 1904 A daughter was born to the couple He is survived by his widow a daughter his parents Mr and Mrs H A Lierle a grandfather and grandmother and many other relatives The body was sent to Camp Point Monday with funeral to be held Thursday afternoon at his aunt Mrs J C Hunsaker home Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TeRoy Lierle
LeRoy Lierle
Columbus Township
Blessing Hospital
Mr. Lierle
Lilian Magrae Ps
Douglas
H. A. Lierle
Camp Point
J.C. Hunsaker
Evergreen Cemetery
Thirty third division set for May return to U S
The Thirty third division is due to arrive in America on May 15 with the first contingent sailing May 1 and landing in New York about May 15. Col C D Center, commanding the 108th ammunition trains and military police, reports from Luxemburg. Quincy plans a downtown reception and a Camp Parker jubilee, though some men oppose a triumphal homecoming parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
America
Charles D. Center
Col. C.D. Center
Col. Center
France
New York City
Luxemburg
General Pershing
Cal Center
Illinois
Camp Grant
Chicago
Comes Home With Discharge And A Bride At His Side
Edward Ellermeier, a Quincy naval Reservist, returns home with his discharge and his wife Bertha Miller of Jersey City. From April 1917 to now he served on the U S S Kansas and the Von Steuben, making 11 trips to France, twice ferrying troops back to the United States, and aiding in relief after the Halifax disaster. The couple will reside with Ellermeier’s parents on Jersey Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ellermeier
Quincy
Naval
Bertha Miller
Jersey City
N. J
Ellermeier
U. S. S. Kansas
Miss Miller
Philadelphia
Navy
Kansas
von Steuben
Panama
West Coast
Halifax
Sheriff Simmons Improves After Illness Hospitalized
Sheriff James Simmons was able to sit up Monday and is reported to be progressing well at St. Mary hospital. Francis Lankford, jailed for Emil Lichts murder and wounding two detectives, also sat up and says he is in good health. No word on the other Lankford brothers linked to a Burlington train escape near Clarence, Missouri on April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simmons
St. Mary Hospital
Francis Lankford
Emil Licht
Robert Bumster
Frank Vacha
Lankford Brothers
Francis Lan
Suit Against Walter Williamson Is Heard
Evidence opened in circuit court on Monday in the case of Kespohl Mohrenstecher company versus Walter Williamson. Plaintiffs seek judgment for damages to dry goods caused by water from a radiator on the floor used by Standard Oil in the same building. The case was to be finished that day. Attorneys for the defendant were John E. Wall and Lawrence Emmons. Judge S A Hubbard represents the plaintiff company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit
Kespohl-Mohrenstecher Company
Walter Williamston
Standard Oil Company
John E. Wall
Lawrence Emmons
S. A. Hubbard
Mrs George Flagg’s Death Shocks Adams County Area
Mrs George Flagg died suddenly in Denver Sunday after a paralytic attack. She was 70 and had lived away from Adams county for 10 years. Burial will be from the home of her daughter Mrs E T Gaymutchison in Kas. The funeral will be Wednesday. Her brother Co C Sparks of Columbus left early to attend and will stay in Hutchison a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Flagg
Columbus Township
Denver
Adams County
Flagg
E. T. Gaymutchison
Kas
Weill
Guyman
Co. C. Sparks
Columbus
Hutchison
Bumster Funeral Draws Large Quincy Attendance
Attendance at Robert M Bumster s funeral in Quincy is expected to be among the largest. Police, fire department members and city officials will march in the funeral procession from the home at 629 Lind Street to St Rose Church and to St Peter s Cemetery. Knights of Columbus and city officials sent floral tributes as officers recall the officer s service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Bumster
Quincy
Legion
City Hell
Court House
Police Department
Melton
Ernst and Hollender
Marriott
Fred Becker
Bamster
Lind Street
St. Rose Church
Father Brennan
St. Peter's
Eighth
Broadway
Twenty-fifth
Knights of Columbus
Bumster
St. Rose Branch
Western Catholic Union
The
Eagles
Duker
Hare Sandwiches To Feature At The Rabbit Show
Quincy hosts its first exclusive rabbit and pet stock show at the Armory with a four day run starting Thursday. Belgian hare and fancy rabbit sandwiches are offered to popularize the meat with a sandwich booth planned for opening night. Over 20 hares and rabbits were pledged to start the booth, with entries from Chicago St. Louis and Hannibal and local fanciers urged to register promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Armory
Quincy Rabbit Breeders Association
Association
Chicago
Windy City
St. Louis
Hannibal Rabbit Club
H. J. Wullmeyer
R. E. Hackman
Quincy Association
Missouri
Buerkin and Kaempen Low Bid for Blessing Hospital Addition
Bids were opened at a directors meeting held at Judge Montgomerys home. The lowest bid came from Buerkin and Kaempen for the new Blessing hospital addition and basement. Work to start after signing, with completion expected in a few months, adding patient rooms a pathological laboratory an operating room and a large basement kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blessing Hospital
S. B. Montgomery
Buerkin & Kaempen
Knights Prepare First Degree Work and Banquet
First degree work for a large Knights of Columbus class will be conferred Tuesday April 29 and May 1 with a post event banquet led by committee head George W. Tobin. Infidelity suit filed in circuit court by Ora Zengel against Albert Zengel names May Collins as co respondent and seeks custody of their four year old Virginia. An affidavit notes the defendant is believed in California. Col Otis B. Duncan, expected to organize a Negro company for the Eighth regiment, has not yet arrived in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
Order
George W. Tobin
Ora Zengel
Albert Zengel
May Collins
Thelaintiff
Virginia
California
Duncan
Otis B. Duncan
Quincy
City Mourns Detective Bumster With Tribute and Resolutions
The Quincy City Council on Monday night adopted resolutions mourning the death of Detective Robert M Bumster. Aldermen McNutt and Ellis delivered eulogies praising his service and character. The body also approved routine business and adjourned for a farewell session of Mayor Thompson, with council changes to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. McNutt
Robert M. Bumster
Aye
McNutt
Perry C. Ellis
Bumster
Bob Bumster
Perry Ellis
Quincy
Ant
Robert Bumster
Keokuk Land Company
Diamond Jo
Leon Bille
Paris
France
Board of Health
Vermont
John A. Thompson
Philip J. O’brien
Charles E. Hoar
James E McIntyre
Ott Bergmann
W. A. Simmonds
Theodore Bisser
David Ross
John Geers
John Myers
Local Temperature Report and River Forecast
Local temperatures yesterday show a spread across the region with a forecast from Fall River noting a slow fall. The Mississippi segment from Muscatine to Quincy is expected to drop gradually, while conditions from Hanni to Louisiana indicate a tentative fall on Tuesday amid uncertain timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Quincy
Hanni
Louisiana
Bea
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Meigs
Abe Martin
E&s
Roy Burke
Peoria
Army
Clayton
John Lunsford
C. Fox
Monroe Street
Neal
Newport Newa
140Th Infantry
Roy Wahle
Maine Street
Len Schmidt
Mr. E. R
Bauer
A. A. Seehorn
Lucias W. Mellen
U.S
Col. C. D. Center
Camp Parker
Walter Williamson
Nou
Firstleg
Loren C, Cox
Wells Building
Dorothy
Henry Tieman
Coods
Daily River Bulletin
Obsarvatiyak
Chantations
St. Paul
Davenport
Keithsburg
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Warsaw
Quincy Essac
Louisiana Iz
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