Coming of Magill Adds To Excellent Program
Beautiful Bailey park in Camp Point will host the annual school picnic and Seventh and Eighth commencements on Saturday August 14. A featured address will be by Hugh S Magill Jr of Springfield, former Princeton principal and Springfield schools superintendent and a state senator. Edward G Bauman, Quincy schools superintendent, will speak on Does It Pay to Go to High School and explain the new high school tuition law.
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Bailey Park
Camp Point
Hugh S. Magill, Jr
Springfield
Magill
Township High School
Princeton
Heé
Quincy
New
Adams County School Parade Promises Largest Western Illinois Event
Seventh and eighth grade graduates and teachers gather at Maplewood High School for a 1 15 PM portrait. Afterward the group, led by the Camp Point band, marches to the park with reserved seats. A 9 30 AM baseball game pits eighth grade boys against seventh grade in what organizers call the largest educational parade yet.
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Maplewood ‘High School
Boses
New Rice and Dore Water Shows Promise Quincy Thrill Ride
The Rice and Dore Water Shows arrive in Quincy on Thursday August 12 featuring Neptune's Daughters in a pantomime aquatic spectacle. An expert cast performs water stunts, log rolling, diving from 102 feet, and a dramatic submarine reveal with mermaids. The show promises novelty, humor, and instruction in a large water-filled arena, with over fifty water specialists presenting a rapid sequence of feats.
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Rice & Dore
Quincy
Neptune's Daughters
Neptune
New York City
Hearing on industrial switching draws MLL shippers
L. B. Boswell of the Quincy Freight bureau says a Chicago hearing before the State Utilities Commission on industrial switching may attract coal dealers and builders. If the commission allows higher charges, the ruling could extend to other shipping branches and affect broader lines.
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Chicago
Utilities Commission
L. B. Boswell
Quincy Freight Bureau
The
Whig
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Easy Laxative
An easy pleasant laxative promises quick relief with no bad taste or gas. Take one or two pills with water at night and wake with free, easy movement. Sold by druggists in original packaging at 25 cents. try a bottle today.
Ten Hour Clock For City Street Car Men
A Quincy council discussion set a ten hour work day for motormen and conductors on streetcars and other public conveyances. The ordinance, second reading, heads to a final third reading next Monday. Key propsals, votes, and questions about constitutionality detailed, with aldermen split on the change.
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City of
Quincy
Quincy Railway ‘Company
Owen
Seventh Ward
Ross
Weisenburger
Hummert
Koehler
Bolles
Weisen
Simmonds
Chicago
Marriott
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maine
Third
Fourth
Board of Public Improvements
Vine Street
Eleventh
Twelfth
Vine Streets
Board of Public Works
Lind Street
Twelfth Streets
Genenbacher
Boeing
Board ‘of Public Works
Twentieth Street
Cedar
Locust Street
Sixth Ward
Coming Teacher's Session Heralded as Unmatched Meet
A historic teachers session is anticipated, described as unequaled in scope and significance for educators. Officials and participants highlight unprecedented gathering, discussion topics, and plans for future schooling innovations.
Adams County Teachers Meet With Noted Educators at Quincy High
County Superintendent J H Steiner has arranged a dense two day to five day program for the Adams County Teachers Association meeting at Quincy High School from August 30 to September 3. Outside speakers include Philander P. Claxton C P Colegrove and Miss Cora M Hamilton with topics on education literature geography rural schooling and pedagogy. The lineup promises strong instruction and a focus on practical improvements in elementary secondary and rural education.
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J H. Steiner
Adams County Teachers’ Association
Quincy High
Adams County
Philander P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
C. P. Colegrove
Department of Education
Iowa State
Teachers’ College
Cora’ MM. Hamilton
Western Normal
Macomb
Claxton
Supreme Court Meets On First Tuesday For Cassidy Property Case
The Cassidy property foreclosure case from Locust Boulevard moves toward the Illinois Supreme Court after the appellate court sided with the Western Catholic Union and Judge Akers. Drennen seeks to overturn the decision, filing a possible appeal within 20 days before the October Springfield session, requiring a signature from an appellate judge to proceed.
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Cassidy
Locust Boulevard
Whch
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
M. F. Carrott
Western Catholic Union
Drennén
Supreme Court of Illinois
M. PF. Carrott
Commonwealth Ofllinois
Springfield
Drennan
Switchman George Coster Loses Arm In Burlington Yard Incident
George Coster, a switchman, suffered injuries in the Burlington yards about 2:30 yesterday morning, resulting in the amputation of his right arm below the elbow. Dr. Otis Johnston performed the operation after Coster was moved to St Mary’s hospital, and he was reported resting easy last night. Coster, about 30, is married and lives on North Second Street.
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George Coster
Burlington
Otis Johnston
Coster
Johnston
St. Mary’s Hospital
Second ‘Street
Louis Waterman Elected Vice President of Benevolent Society
Louis Waterman was elected vice president of the St. Joseph Benevolent Society at a Sunday meeting in St. Marys school hall. He succeeds Leo Meyer, who resigned earlier. The executive committee plans a membership campaign to launch soon.
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Louis’ Waterman
Louis Waterman
The
St. Joseph Benevolent Society
St. Mary’s School Hall
Leo Meyer
Y M C A Boys Plan Hike to Silon Springs
Rain floods our camping ground so the Y M C A boys cancel the usual campout. They will hike to Silon Springs about 380 miles east, carrying gear, cooking their own meals, and camping outdoors Indian fashion. Alderson leads the trip with a flexible schedule of hiking exploration and camp fires.
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Silon Springs
Here
Alderson
Mr. Alderson
Painter Kirkpatrick fined for misreading delivery team
Ira Kirkpatrick, a painter, was fined 10 dollars and costs by Judge P. W. Reardon for intoxication and nuisance near George Sander's Sixth and Elm grocery. He confused Sander's delivery outfit with his own, ended up in a barnyard, assaulted Sander, and was arrested. Other court notes include vagrancy, peace disturbance, and a denied marriage report.
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Ira “Kirkpatrick
P. W. Reardon
George Sander
Sixth
Elm Streets
Kirkpatrick
Sander
Jin
Wirkpatrick
Charles’ Morrison
Wabash
Reardon
Bomas Banks
Morrison
W. Goodrich
Ruth. Nicholson
Vermont
William’ Humphrey
Cottrell and Schlagenhauf Routed For Republican Delegates
Local Republicans discuss possible candidacies for Fifteenth district assemblyman and national convention delegates. Charles H. Cottrell, ex Cottrell Hardware official, is urged to announce for representative while William Schlagenhauf confirms a bid to be delegate to the Republican National Convention. If Adams and Lee counties gain the two Fifteenth district seats, Adams ward man may sway Sherman’s presidential bid in 1916.
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George H. Wilson
Charles H. Cottrell
Cottrell
William Schlagenhaus
Schlagenhauf
Illinois
Senator Sherman
Sherman
Adams
Ileary
Adams County
Two Married Men at the Orpheum Provokes Roaring Laughs
Oliver Players opened at the Orpheum with Two Married Men a high spirited comedy noted for growing humor to the final curtain. Audiences laughed heartily as each performer shaded the production with strong work. Beginning Thursday Lena Rivers will be staged by the Olivers followed by Paying the Price for the farewell week with a parting reception expected Sunday night.
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Oliver
Orpheum
Mary J. Holmes
Lena Rivers
Olivers
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Bauman
Hugh S. McGill, Jr
John H. Steiner
Monster Palade
Windy City
Utilities
Street Car Company
Winifred ‘Stoner
Colegrove
Appelliate Court
Akers
Switchman's
Ari
Ira Kirkpatrick
George Sanders
Edward Lepper
Anna Schanz
William Schlagenhauf
Fifteenth
Orpheun
Luke McGlook
Bush League
Bea
By Budsee
Buc
Brovs
Ays
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