Jitney Fight As Snyder and Walter Become Defendants
In Quincy the Quincy Street Railway petitions the state public utilities commission to curb jitney competition. J LeRoy Adair will file an answer this week. The petition accuses Snyder and Walter of running public carriers on streets the street railway already serves and seeks state supervision to stop the rivalry. W A Martin signs the filing for the Quincy Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin Park
Snyder
Quincy
Street Car Company
The
Street Railway Company
Messrs. Snyder
Walter
Public Utilities Commission
W. A. Martn
Quincy Railway Company
Police Court Big Dogket Morning Session
A number of offenders face Police Magistrate P W Reardon in the police court this morning. Those arrested up to 1 am include W Hoshail and K L Aleshire for sign tampering, Celia Steele for peace disturbance, Jimmy Cross and Joe Pierce for intoxication, W R Sticks for assault, J Morton and H Mitz, and Vernham and Shepers for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.W. ‘Reardon
W. Hoshail
K L. Aleshire
Koch
Celia Steele
Thomas Ryan
Jimmy Cross
Edwards and Rathman
Joe Pierce
W.R. Sticks
Jim.Simmonds
J. Morton
H. Mitz
Vernham
Fireworks at Highland Park Highlight Local Show
A Wednesday evening display at Highland Park promises a beauty with the fountain of love and rotating colors. The event includes other novelties from heads to skies and an amateur singing contest Friday evening with prizes for best songs and voices, performers supplying song and piano copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
Coney Island
Sloan's Liniment Claims Quick Muscle Relief
Advertises Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for tired aching muscles from hard work and overexertion. Claims users feel pain vanish like magic after light application with quiet rest. Praises it as a cleaner irritant than mustard and calls it an excellent counter irritant. price 25 cents at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Abraham i Indicted In 1834 Riot Charge
Circuit Clerk Erde W. Beatty uncovered an old 1834 indictment naming Abraham Lincoln charged with creating a riot in Hancock county under Adams county grand jury jurisdiction. The case, a minor matter with few details, included several others and set bonds at $100 each led by foreman J. A. Bebee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erde W. Beatty
Abraham Lincoln
Hancock County
Adams County
Grand Jury
J. A. Bebee
Enlistment Anniversary Marks Quincy Captain Hughes Victory
Quincy’s Pulse notes the fifty third anniversary of Capt James F Hughes enlistment in the Union army with Company E of the Sith Illinois under Capt Tousley. He was sworn in at Newtown near Adams and later left service due to typhoid fever. Also reports progress on a second Vose well drilling and roads praised for good condition from Fowler to Nauvoo with Taylor area improvements noted.
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James F. Hughes
Hughes
Illinois
Tousley
Louis N. Waters
Macomb
Biggsville
Adams County
Newtown
Adams
Quincy
Capt
Trughes
City
Fowler, Mendon
Keokuk
Nauvoo
Taylor
Mrs Garner from West Point Injured in Fall
Mrs Garner, about eighty, was brought to St. Marys hospital from West Point Illinois after a fall that fractured her hip. She was treated by Pr Otis Johnston and Dr Bryant. Adjusters will visit the DeBeamer hat store fire loss and assess claims for the stock and building from insurers including Phoenix of Hartford and Cruttenden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeBeamer Hat
Dickhut
Phoenix
Hartford
John Fuelbier &Son
J. H. Bastert
Cruttenden
College news and coast visit notes from Quincy
Joe Ester of Modesto California reports a coastal trip and meetings with Cap Cissna Roy Holcomb and other former Quincy residents. Knox College field secretary E C Wampler arrived in Quincy to discuss local graduates and freshman enrollment expected to reach two hundred, with plans to break ground soon on a two hundred thousand dollar men’s dormitory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ester
Joe
Ester
Modesto
Cal
Mr. Ester
Cap” Cissna
Roy Holcomb
Frisco
Quincy
E. C. Wampler
Knox College
Galesburg
Quincey
Charles
Hanna
Knox
Rifle Team to Compete at State Shoot Soon
The Fifth Infantry rifle team, led by Captain E L Wingerter, will travel from Quincy to Camp Lincoln Springfield for a two day state shoot, with six members selected from a three week practice. They depart at 5 am Saturday on the Wabash and return Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lincoln
Fifth Infantry
Quincy
Camp Prentiss
South Twenty-fourth
F. Company of the Fifth Infantry
Artory
Frank Balzer
Walter Williams
Arthur Shumate
Lincoln
Springfield
Canvassers Appointed for Chautauqua Season Tickets
Directors met last night to outline canvassing territory for the season sale. Harold Brazleton covers north Broadway north of Eighth, Aldo Germann and Elizabeth Schreiber north Broadway east of Eighth, Denman Crutten den between Broadway and Twelfth west, Roger Wells between Broadway and State east of Twelfth, and Francis Ger tenbach south of State street. Directors vote to raise canvassing force from 15 to 20 as they plan a bigger chautauqua and expect stronger support. Canvassers start today or tomorrow.
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Broadway
Eighth Street
Harold Brazleton
Eighth
Aldo Germann
Elizabeth Schreiber
Twelfth
Denman Cruttenden
State
Roger Wells
State Street
Francis
Gertenbach
Town Topics Highlights From Perry to Quincy
Local notes report Perry visitors Mrs J A Clark and son Gill, Centerville residents Mr and Mrs F C Betcher, and business callers from Decatur and Brookfield. Journalists and residents including J Eugene Barry, Essie Rice, Flora Gille, and Frank Meekes are noted. Community events feature the M E Sunday school picnic at Paloma, a diocesan retreat, and a farce at First Christian church. Official visits include Albert Lubbe, C E Fitzgerald, and S Rosenheim, with a fire hose bid opening by the fire board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.A. Clark
Gill Clark
Perry, Mo
H. G. Riggs
F.C. Betcher
Laura Betcher
Centerville
Quincy
Decatur
W. L. Murphy
Brookfield
Essie Rice
Hannibal
James ‘Eugene Barry
Decatur’ Herald
Keokuk
Fred Lubber, Jr
Gas Company
Burlington
Iowa
Flora Gille
South Seventeenth Street
Frank Meekes
Woodvien ‘Hom
Colorado
M.E
Paloma
Cole
Warsaw
Albert Z. Lubbe
St. Louis
Republic
J. Fr. Lubbe
Park Place
Stephen Wheeler
Boston
Mass
Wheeler
E. I. Martin
Angus
James Ryan
Anni
Francis Solanus
C. E. Fitzgerald
Internal Revenue Office
Hancock County
Commissioners of
South Quincy
First Christian Church
S. Rosenheim
Charles
Sterns
Cattlesburg
Kentucky
Board of Fire Commissioners
Chicago
W. G. Hutmacher
St. Vincent's
St. Paul
Maple Lake
Minn
Wilbert
Bunte
St. Mary's Hospital
John
Albert G. Neumann
South Tenth Street
U.S. Navy
J. L.adair
A. K. Louderback
Monroe City
Macomb
Ray Bugg
Colchester
South Side Boat Club to stage home talent show
The board of directors voted to present a September home talent play in professional style. A reading will be chosen, rehearsals start soon, and reading roles will be scrambled. A Dutch lunch will be served between acts and a happy time is promised. A meeting next Wednesday will finalize details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Hay fever and asthma relief from Foley's honey and tar
Hay fever is linked to pollen while asthma arises from dust and warm air. Patients can seek mountains or sea to ease symptoms and Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is said to soothe inflamed bronchial tubes, relieve breathing difficulty, and promote sound sleep, per Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Oil strike in Lamoine township on Romine Smith farm
Macomb Ky August 9 another big oil strike is reported in Lamoine township on Romine Smith's farm about three quarters of a mile east of the first Tramm well. The well not yet shot but estimated at 240 barrels and came in at 5 pm Sunday. Another well started yesterday on L B Vose farm in Lamoine township. Mr and Mrs Glen Barritt arrived in Quincy to visit Rock Island relatives.
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Quincy’esterday
Macomb
Lamoine
Peter’ Hamm
Ira Lyons
Romine Smith
L. B
Lamoine Township
Glen Barritt
Quincy
Rock Island
Nancy J. Howell
Honey Creek Township
McCarl
Will MecCarl
Barry
Joseph Fischer
Ricker National Bank
Beulah Lake
Wis
Frank W.crane
Seattle
Wash
Chicago
Congregational “Church
Dr.McCollum
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder promises cures for kidney and bladder ailments in men and women, claims to regulate bladder issues in children, and offers a mail order option for $1.00. One bottle provides about two months of treatment and is said to nearly always succeed. Includes testimonials and address for Dr. J. W. Wall in St. Louis.
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Texas
Thie
J. W. Wall
Olive Street
Bt. Louis
Drugaiate
Chicago business leaders depart for Plattsburg training camp
Fifty prominent Chicago businessmen left today for the United States military instruction camp at Plattsburg. They will be under military discipline until September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Military Instruction Camp
Plattsburg, N
County Sunday School Convention Draws Big Attendance
Churches in Clayton will host delegates for Adams County Sunday School association events today and tomorrow. Schools across the county report full representation, with a monster parade and leading features planned to boost the largest turnout in the county’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Adams County Sunday School Association
The
Whig
Big river steamer trips draw crowds to Keokuk and Hannibal
The G W Hill steamed from Keokuk to Decatur and Fort Madison with 800 passengers in two special trains. The St Joseph’s Young Men’s Society and Knights of Columbus rode to Hannibal for night excursions. Upcoming runs include Canton Missouri and Louisiana Rebecca excursions. The St Paul and Dubuque steamers also carried heavy passenger and freight loads along the river.
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G. W. Hill
Keokuk
Decatur
Ft. . Madison
Wabash
Quincy
St. Joseph's Young Men's Society
St. Boniface
Mark Twain
Wisherd
Hannibal
Rebecca
Louisiana
H.E
St. Paul
Streckins ‘Line
St. Louis
Dubuque
Burlington
A False Standard of Culture and Eugenics Rise
A scolding view condemns the country for treating child rearing as coarse while praising Eugenics benefits. The piece extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring health to a weak but ailing wife, claiming headaches and backaches vanish and praising mothers and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkhaim
Local items mix of social notes and sales
Local notes report alfalfa seed inoculation free with Geos Keller & Sons, dinners in Keokuk, and a public sale of Kraber tracts in Ellington Two on Thursday Aug 12. Entries cover estate filings, a missing Eucharistic Congress film delay, threshing in Quincy, a car accident injuring a child, and plans for a church opening sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geos Keller & Sons
Maine
Robert Halbach
Charles” Halbach
J. ‘Bo McKin
Newark
Quincy
Oliver Players
Ouiney
Eveninfr
Orpheum
Oliver
Thi
City
Walbach-Schroeder, Co
Police recover stolen auto after late night search
Police and detective tracked a car stolen about 10 PM Saturday from in front of Lane's saloon at Fifth and Maine. After a long search ending around 4:30 AM Sunday, a resident near Seventh and Payson avenue spotted the machine in a mudhole and reported it. The thieves abandoned the car and it was returned to Emil Kaempen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Kaempen
Lane
Fifth and
Maine
Koch
Scharnhorst
Whig
Seventh and
Payson Avenue
Tucker and Homan Obtain License in Cedar Rapids Quincy Marriage
Lloyd R Tucker 30 of Cedar Rapids Iowa and Ruth Anna Homan 28 of Quincy Illinois obtained a marriage license. The couple plans a future ceremony joining their lives as Mr and Mrs Tucker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd .R. Tucker
Cedar’ Rapids
Ruth Anna Homan
Quincy
Citrolax touted as best laxative by Salt Lake City users
Citrolax advertised as a remedy for constipation, sour stomach, lazy liver, and sluggish bowels. Claims quick relief from headaches and a thorough, pain free cleansing. Endorsed by R. H. Weihecht of Salt Lake City and Miller & Arthur Drug Co, praising non gripping, no aftereffects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Weihecht
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
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Public Uitilities Commission
Adair
Big Dogket
Abraham i Indicted
Makim's
Maxims
Quincy Theatre
Wingeater
Mark
Chautauqua
O. K
United States
GER Gity Business College
Gem City Business College
Musselsian Ride
Uusselman, Brea
WW. B. Pilcher
Emma Pierce
Moberly
Hotel
Josiah
Platt
James T. Banton
Mary Hartman
John W. Bowers
Haldbach- Schroeder Co
Thomas’ C
Lourdes
France
Bijou
Sheets
U.S
L. A. Martin
Price
L. Martin
Hutchinson
Kans
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