New Duker Store to Open on First Day of Spring
Plans show W. T. Duker Co will open a 60,000 square foot Renaissance style department store at the old Doerr corner in Quincy on the first day of spring 1913. The building will feature five selling floors, large show windows, a modern reinforced concrete construction, fireproof stairs and elevators, a dual gravity sprinkler system, advanced ventilation, and centralized heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Duker Co
Doerr
Palace of Merchandise
Quincy
Duker Company
Illinois
Maine
Sixth Street
Duker
Sixth Streets
Duker Store
Behrensmeyer
W. T. Duker
Maine Street
W. T. Duker Company
George P. Behrensmeyer
Buerkin & Kaempen
How Fat Folks May Become Slim
An early 20th century weight loss pitch urges readers to try Korain capsules daily after meals and before bed, plus outdoor time and weekly weighings. It promises rapid weight reduction from ten to sixty pounds with a firm, smoother flesh and improved health, claiming a four cent cost.
Mrs Eddy Restores Lost Boy to Family
Children of W. T. Eddy found a wandering 3 year old near Twenty-ninth and Maine streets. He had wandered from Second and Lind streets while trying to find his home in southeastern Quincy. Police searched until Mrs Eddy called to report the boy was safe with relatives.
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W. T. Eddy
Twenty-ninth
Maine Streets
Second
Lind Streets
Quincy
Maine Street
Lind
Marion County Board Calls 150 More Men to Fill Quota
The Marion County board of exemption voted to issue a call for 150 additional men to reach a quota of 93. Examinations are planned for August 16 to 18. Listed are numerous Hannibal Palmyra and surrounding residents summoned to appear, spanning many names and addresses in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County Board
Palmyra
Marion County Board of Exemption
Mobile Hunter
Hannibal
Herbert C. Pepper
Philadelphia
Warren H. Banta
Friday draft test results list numerous Hannibal examinees
The Marion county draft test results from Friday show numerous individuals with statuses such as passed physically, claims dependents, not appeared for examination, or disqualified. Names include Clarence Burgher Hannibal, Harry Wing Hannibal, Walter Gregory Hannibal, Monan Fe Doolin Monroe City, Everett McGlaughlin Philadelphia, and many others across Hannibal Palmyra Hunnewell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Clarence Burgher
Hannibal
William T. Whitlock
Charles E. Smith
Palmyra
Everett C. O'Hern
Henry C. Canter
Harry Wing
Walter T. Gregory
Raymond Chitwood
Hunnewell
R. 1
Earl L. Pool
Mannibal
Monan FE
Doolin
Monroe City
Leroy Tadmacher
Wannibal
Virgil Dent
Wilber Kergan
Dardhge Cofton
Adam W. Bourne
Taylor
Everett McGlaughlin
Philadelphia
Jexvse C. Stone
Edmund E. Eales
Oakwood
Francis A. Feeney
Joseph BP. Buckner
Alfred C. Happel
Martin W. Sultzgman
James Young
Harry W. King
James V. Proctor
Ray E. Yowell
Earl E. Briscoe
Robert N. Jeth
Joseph B. Osterhold
Charles P. Richmond
Irvin W. Amick
James L. Williams
Everett We. Balick
Darell EB. Bradshaw
Luther M. Curtis
John G. Jeffries
Major Grigsby
Louis Martin
Wick Pulos
John A. Kearney
Walter F. Laver
Wannital
Gales M. Herring
George BM. Wilson
Passel
Andrew Hughes
Arthur J. Worrest
Darling & M. Kennedy
Wm. & Wright
Sidney, E. Weseman
David G., Osborn
John W. Siba
Thomas R. Minor
Nova W
Givan
George HE. Yeager
Louis A. Hastings
Alva W. Powell
Man and Wife Committed to Jail in Burglary Case
George Blivens and Annie Blivens were tried before Judge Heckle on charges of possessing stolen goods. After testimony, they were held for grand jury action and jailed in the county facility. Deputy TM. J. Grubb of Liberty arrested them and found incriminating property at their Burton township home near State street road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Blivens
Annie
Heckle
Ray Cutforth
Liberty
Blivens
J. Grubb
State Street Road
Burton Township
Passengers pack Quincy street cars after rush night
The Quincy street railway reports a busy Friday night with large crowds from the Soldiers' Home line. Traffic superintendent J. G. Forsthove said 1,000 people were accommodated and twelve extra cars were in use to handle the demand.
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Quincy
J. G. Forsthove
The
Street Railway Company
Local names appear in broken listings from Quincy and nearby towns
Fragmentary OCR item lists individuals including Lloyd 8 Kelley Quincy Ida Schelle Robert Clewn Moberly Grace Triplett Cairo Illinois Frank Fred Dingerson Ethleyn May Schlueter Quincy. No clear event or context. readable names suggest a social or church roster.
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Lloyd
Kelley
Quincy
Ida Schelle
Robert Clewn
Moberly
Grace Triplett
Cairo
Ill
Frank Fred Dingerson
Acy
Ethleyn
May Schlueter
Uincy
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Oath of Senior Partner
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6, 1886. Testimonials offered, J Cheney & Co Toledo sells Hall's Catarrh Medicine and Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Ucag
Frank J. Cheney
Nf 5
Cheney & Co
W. Gleason
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
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Chicago
Guy Nations
Over Jacobs’ Jewelry Store
Hampshire Street
Western Illinois State Normal School
Macomb
Teachers Normal School
College Course Country School
Ette
Leo A. Spath
Honey A. Purdy
Louis A
Keith
George Barber
Olive Davis
Arlie C. Morawitz
Percy D, Haydon
Edmond E. Hedges
Edgar P. Carter
Nelsonville
Raymond L. Lawson
Benjamin L. Gash
James G. Thompson
Ambrose Hanes
Henry C. McCarty
John R. Taylor, Jr
Virgil Hale
John T. Moss
Ely
Ellis Beaver
Francis E. Saltzman
Paul H. Roberts
George W. Benson
Charles Crowe
Walter W. Harrison
Lloyd J. Suddarth
Charley M. Frost
Oscar J. H. Smith
Booneville
Hugh T. Murphy
Roy Kuhlman
Volmer E. Moss
Warren Morris
Wiliam HB
Baxter
John Vassen
Harry Best
Frank Buettler
John P. White
Paul S. McQueen
Eddie T. Frederick
James F. Kuchenbech
Earl F. Crowder
Ervin L. Rose
Yvuea Nant tWannthat
Nibal
Alfred Bundy
Harry Sanders
Karl K. Bragg
George H. Lewis
Fred O. Cole
Eudgar E. Hamilton
George R. Matton
Julius A. Brown
Harry C. Fetter
Russell W. Hibbert
William B. Alford
Trummife W. Relmeyer
Paul Glenn
Charles Carr
Abel KN. Edsey
Garrdon G. Owens
Harry M. Bowman
Carl I. Kenagy
Oren W. Wiseman
Egbert T. Adams
Albert Myers
George L. Crain
Louis Anthos
Archibald Rodd Stone
Marceus Don Hills
Monroe Tl
Clarence H. Warris
Henry Wilburn Willett
Wannt
Gustave Fred Raatz
Thomas E. Feaster
Henry Garner
James Herman Lineback
Han
Roy Oliver Shannon
Joe Earl Wright
R. J. Emden
Homer Dea Jennings
Geo. Livingston Sullivan, Han
David Lee
Roy Stewart, Han
Dudley Jackson Lane
Cecil Franklin Rife
Philia
Samuel Bryant Lester
Hanni
Bernhard Wm. Freibank, Pat
Marlon Francis Anderson
Charles Everett Webb, Hanni
Ray Richard Updyke
Stephen Drake
Wm. Owen Frinson
Russel Lee Crane
Adelphi
Bal
Myra
Nnibal
Walter Madison Griggs, Han
Orville D. Perkins
Ernest Henry Bode
Herman Joseph Walterscheld
John Benton Lee
Everett Oscar Worthey
Frederick Adolphus Minor
Earl Fenton Rhoades
Fred Thompson
Julius Allen Davis
Elden Levi Ernst
Emmett Doolin
Harold Edwin Peterson
David Uring Given
Jesse James Crabtree
Allen Umstadtd
Theodore Gottletb Schneider
Stephen Lee Dearing
Arthur Trumbo
Withers Mill
Gustopher John Kolthoff
Russel Boott Dearing
Archie Robert Bumgardner
Calbert Dryden
Lonnie Mean
Ira Roach
Richard Dittmar
Leonard Scot
Brown
Walter Dan Fowler
Chas
H. Clark
Richard Cecil DeLong
James Henry Sanders, Hanni
Jerry Thorant Bates
Cleland Wendell Dearing
Tay
Christobal Gutteries
George Augsburg
Olin Wilbert Dudding
Matthew Gasberry
Harry H. Hardwick
John A. Ihrig
Wm. J. Porter
James H.gaskill
George Alvin Allison
Thomas F. Smith
Wm.sm. Ray
Arthur T. C. Pullman
Raymond Walker
Ler
David Effort Morrow
Mark
John Francis Buhl
James Thomas King
Tius Rhoades
Tahn Witenn
Vveeak Pyaartwal
Bee Gy Asclaraae
Aceo
Otha Wade Tedrow
Glan Feslar, Hannibal
Grant Wilkerson
Charles Harrison White
Chipman’s Watch Shop
FMM
John Chipman
Quincy Phonograph and Art CO
Hampshire ST
St. Mary’s Academy
Quincy, Ill
Catalogu
Mother Superior
Owl
Stord
St Opticians
Ae R & Vaughn
Ees
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