Adams County Good Roads League Organizes Campaign
Representatives from nearly every township in Adams County met with Quincy businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce and formed the Adams County Good Roads League. They back a bond issue of 1,180,000 for highway improvements to be voted in November and plan an education campaign reaching every voter. Officers named include President Oscar Arntzen Kellerville Secretary C F Perry Quincy Treasurer George A Binkert Quincy with a county executive committee. Mass meeting planned for August in Quincy with State Highway Commission speakers.
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Adams County
Quincy
Chamber of Commerce
Adams County Good Roads League
Good Roads
League
Oscar Arntzen
Kellerville
C. F. Perry
Quincey
George A. Binkert
T. B. Cook
Burton Township
C. T. Sterne
Ellington Township
State Highway Commission of
Inois
New League
Arntzen
Robert VicIntyre
Ellington
Stephen G. Lawless
Crete
Leris L “Shairman
Herman Henke
George D. Levi
Cook
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Oscar Arntzen C. PF. Perry
George A Binkert
Tames
Mr. Binkert
Illinois
Judge Montgomery
French Lick Springs
Indiana
Adams County Good Roads League adopts road bond drive
Preamble and constitution outline an educational campaign in Adams county to back a November 1916 road bond. It argues year round good roads save costs, benefit farms, boost land values, and aid women and children, with an organizational plan appointing officers, committees, and slogans.
Quincy township advertising and finance committees formed
Armtzen and Perry led an advertising committee with John R. Abbott. township committees list chairmen and members across Beverly De Moore William Hayes Mark Auffman R H Sykes and others. Speakers urged a bond proposition with cost estimates and a mass meeting planned with state highway commissioners. Chamber of Commerce backs the plan and pledges ten dollars. The meeting adjourned after four.
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Armtzen
Perry
John R. Abbott
CF. Mast
Messrs. Cosk and
Sterne
Eddi
Fitlows
Beverly S. de Moore
William Hayes
Mark Auffman
R. H. Sykes
Ff. Carbauch
Burton Prines Bo Ceok
Charles Vethl George
Moffenhauer
George C Dean
Justin Pulinin
Mcakee
CC Padgett
Chaiman
W. C. Willams
J. Ho Restner
OAL Notts
Jack Lierly
Richfield
A. F. Kabrick
EH. Q. Larimere
OW. Hess
WG. House
Terman Kall
Ellington
C. To Sterne
HT. H. Bechmeyer
EH. Dedert
J. S. Frasier
Robert McIntyre
Mr. Decker
John S. Carolan
Riverside
Herman Twenhotr
Vital to County Declares Arntten Bond Campaign Vows
A county meeting at the Chamber of Commerce Auditorium organized to support a bond issue. Oscar Arntzen was named temporary chairman, C. F. Perry as temporary secretary, and the group outlined plans to form a simple countywide campaign committee to advocate for the bond proposition at the forthcoming November election.
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Chamber of Commerce
Id Yelock
Oscar Arntedts
C. F. Perry
Arntzen
County Board of Supervisors
Chainman
Eerdaet
Adams county road bond drive urged by leaders
A countywide effort to explain the Adams county road bond proposition was urged with public meetings and paid by subscriptions. Leaders stressed education on road types and costs, praised Chamber of Commerce endorsement, and highlighted benefits to all citizens including women voters. Speakers urged local control and self supervision of roads to ensure broad support.
Amusements Today Showings at Local Theaters
Orpheum presents The Naked Truth with the Orpheum players. Bijou runs The Rose Buds with local talent and Pictures. Star features Anita Stewart and Earle W. Harris in My Lady's Slipper. Family screens The Last Shot with Midnight Prowlers. Princess showcases Mae Murry in Sweet Kitty Bellaire. Quincy offers Iron Claw with Pearl White and Keystone comedy. Savoy shows Billie Burke and Henry Kolker in Gloria's Romance. Belasco presents Harold Lockwood Mae Alison in The Masked Riders.
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Anita Stewart
Earle W.hams
Mae Murry
Kitty Bellaire
Quincy
Iron Claw
Pearl White
Keystone Comedy
Savoy
Billie Burke
Henry Kolker
Gloria
Belasco
Harold Lockwood
Mae Alison
Italian Leader Opens Passage At Monte San Michele
Paris dispatch relays the death of the Italian battalion commander who breached Austrian second line trenches on Monte San Michele. He calmly hacked a passage through wire with a hatchet, then fell dead when the task was finished as Italian soldiers surged into enemy lines.
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Paris
Monte San Michele
Petit Parisien
Pays
Five Million Men in Prison Camps
New York reports Dr. John S. Mott stating over 5,000,000 prisoners are confined in belligerent camps, with Germany holding about 1,750,000 and Russia around 1,500,000. He notes Russia’s numbers rising by more than 400,000 since the last Russian drive and that reports of harsh treatment were exaggerated.
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New York
John S. Mott
International Committee of the
Young Men’s Christian Association
Copenhagen
Mott
Russia
Germany
Paper From Cotton Stalks Reported In Berlin
Special report from Gross Lichterfelde near Berlin says the royal material testing office found that paper can be made from cotton stalks. The discovery, tied to a German institution acting for an Egyptian firm before the war, is billed as greatly important to the United States, a major cotton producer facing paper shortages. Cotton stalks were cut ground baled bleached and processed into pulp by standard methods.
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Berlin
Royal Material Testing
Gross Lichterfelde
United States
The Naked Truth at Orpheum Tonight
At the Orpheum theater a gripping play titled The Naked Truth is presented tonight. It portrays a woman driven by fate and hardship who finds love but is pursued, breaking through barriers to reveal a world of beauty. A Saturday matinee and Sunday final performance follow.
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Orpheum Theater
Orpheum
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