Quincy school treasurer reports annual expenses and balances
Charles M. Gil, treasurer of the school board, details the fiscal year July 1 1918 to July 1 1919. Educational disbursements total 206,587.17 with funds of 54,437.73 on hand. building fund disbursements total 157,000.99 with 113,858.17 balance. Receipts and sources include taxes, state funds, tuition, and rentals, outlining salaries, supplies, and miscellaneous costs across both funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles M. Gil
Board of Education
Wal Fe RA
Bal Amoes Co
Morgan Fund
IAW
Cee
Stannus Estates
ATVI
Aes
Ceee Eae
Ube Eeeeeses
Aehas
Gate Bae
Wees
Lions Picnic Set by Bowles Pasture Lions
The Lions plan an afternoon picnic at Bowles Pasture, leaving Motel Quincy for the scene. Carl Legg leads with a humorous Lion magazine preview, promising chops, chicken, and VandenBoom’s brew, plus races, games, and a first appearance by the Lion quartet. Committees include Legg, VandenBoom, Daugherty, Hackman, Sullivan, Sprague, Smith, and Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowles
Quincy
Lion Magazine
Carl Legg
VandenBoom
Lion Quartet
Ralph VandenBoom
Arthur Daugherty
Richard Hackman
James Sullivan
Will Sprague
Will Smith
Dee Brown
Bunte's Horse Attracts Local Mischief Makers
Gus Bunte, a post office worker, struggles to keep his horse and buggy steady as several boys drift it away from its stand by the federal building. Seven year old Louis Burrill faces delinquency charges after riding the horse and neglecting to return it. Delinquency records also name Earl Wiegman, who used the buggy to ferry apples for profit, and he will stay with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Bunte
Post Office
Federal
Louis Burrill
Thomas Burrill
Louis
Bunte
Fred Wolfe
Princeton
Earl Wiegman
William Wiegmon
Births In City For July Number 34
The Stork adds 34 to Quincy population in July. Health department lists recipients with addresses including Laird Hampshire street 317, Ball Jackson street 637, Hartzell S Front street 1827, Hild Jackson street 913, Harkless Chestnut street 204, Schuette Jefferson street 623, Mitchell Vermont street 215, Rose N Ninth street 113, McClelland Vine street 511, Hemsmeier S Eleventh street 829, Maxwell York street 1018, Hermsmeier Madison street 1023, Bentley Vermont street 837 12, Keefe Kentucky street 642, Losh N Eighth street 1010, McLaughlin Chestnut street 1016, Hirt Kentucky street 908, Deringer Payson street 729, Schnack S Fourteenth street 730, Burmeier Kentucky street 322 12, Smith Jersey street 933 12, Ingram Spring street 501, Young State street 1013, Makins Hampshire 612, Malone N Eleventh street 127 12, Beronia North Thirteenth street 529, Wand Kentucky street 1635, Garretts South Twelfth street 705, Haley North Twelfth street 438, Leckman Eubanks Hi, Gillhouse Oak street 421, Trueblood North Sixth street 1415, Dicker R R No 2, Fisher Lind street 1824.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Health Department
Laird
Hampshire Street
Ball
Jackson Street
Hartzell
S. Front Street
Hild
Harkless
Chestnut Street
Schuette
Jefferson Street
Mitchell
Vermont Street
Rose
N. Ninth Street
McClelland
Vine Street
Hemsmeier
S. Eleventh Street
Maxwell
York Street
Hermsmeier
Madison Street
Bentley
Keefe
Kentucky Street
Losh
Eighth Street
McLaughlin
Hirt
Deringer
Payson Street
Schnack
S. Fourteenth Street
Burmeier
Smith
Jersey Street
Ingram
Spring Street
Young
State Street
Makins
Hampshire
Malone
N. Eleventh Street
Beronia
North Thirteenth Street
Wand
Garretts
South Twelfth Street
Haley
North Twelfth Street
Leckman
Eubanks
Gillhouse
Oak Street
Trueblood
North Sixth Street
Dicker
R. R
Fisher
Lind Street
Scenic Highway Men Gather In Vicksburg
The southern division of the Mississippi Scenic Highway holds a meeting in Vicksburg Mississippi. J R Matthew state director informs the Chamber of Commerce a request to West Feliciana Parish Louisiana authorities for a survey fund and bond issue to improve roads on the Mississippi Scenic highway route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
J. R. Matthew
Chamber of Commerce
West Felicina
Minor Police Cases Quiet Tuesday in Court
Mrs. Mary Spencer paid a five dollar fine in police court for disturbing neighbor Mrs. Annie DuBois over a bonfire near 1306 Oak Street. A vagrancy charge against Mrs. Selma Riley and John Lenane was postponed to next Tuesday after Riverview Park arrest with children left home alone. A. J. Neartures of Mendon paid two dollars for intoxication after boasting he could buy 600 gallons of whiskey in Quincy and claiming June purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Spencer
Annie DuBois
Oak Street
Mrs. DuBois
Mrs. Spencer
Selma Riley
Lind Street
John Lenane
Riverview Park
Gardner Plant Starts Glass Office Building Expansion
Gardner Governor broke ground Tuesday on a large addition to its machine shops and a modern three story glassy office building in Quincy. The 100 by 90 foot addition will merge with the existing glass machine shops, delivering daylight work spaces and washed air for ventilation and sanitation. The 90 by 40 foot office block will front Front Street, offering light, airy rooms. Total cost is estimated at 50 000 to 60 000 dollars with rapid construction planned by a large crew.
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Gardner Governor Works
Quincy
Front Street
School board considers physician hire and textbook issue
At a Tuesday meeting four members present, Carpenters and Joiners union 198 and the Trades and Labor Assembly petitioned against employing a public schools physician and against buying textbooks from a nonunion firm. The board tabled both petitions for a full meeting and reviewed the treasurer’s annual report and expenditure review by Superintendent Gill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Carpenters and Joiners
Trades and Labor Assembly
H. Disselhorst
John Boeing
B. Tansey
Gill
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Beverly and Quincy Areas
A series of property transfers list buyers and sellers including A C Robertson Rovina Robertson George F Roberts Minnie E Roberts to Albert Akers Cath erine Dark and others with prices from 1 to 1 000 across Beverly township Camp Point and Quincy additions. Several transfers involve undivided interests in tracts and parcels in Beverly and surrounding townships plus Kingston Flouring Mills noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Robertson
Rovina Robertson
Truman P. Wing
Beverly Township
George F. Roberts
Minnie E. Roberts
Albert Akers
Camp Point Township
Catherine Dark
H. B. Apsley
Melissa Dark
Thomas Morley
McH. B. Apsley
American Fence Machine Company
Francis A. Baker
Quincy
Timothy P. Castle
Alfred L. Castle
Joseph W. Emery
Chauncey H. Castle
Joseph C. Yering
Walton Heights
Lawrence A. J. Herring
Theodore C. Poling
Lillie M. Dayton
August Roth
Georgan Roth
Dazey
Lima
C. Ty Dazey
Mary Stuckmann
John A. Weilage
D. G. Brinton
Elizabeth Adelpohl
Elmer H. Fleer
John Wood
Probate court notices report estate actions and guardianship
In probate court guardian Lida F. Asher reports ward Harold Asher chattels valued at 1000 dollars. Bernard H. Slenker's will was probated Tuesday. Charles A. James was discharged as executor of the estate of Washington Ketchum. The estate is settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida F. Asher
Harold Asher
Bernard H. Slenker
Charles A. James
Washington Ketchum
Wabash Shopmen Strike Continues Despite Freight Hope
Freight of non perishable goods is accepted at the Wabash freight house and will ship after traffic resumes. Five local shopmen remain on strike due to Springfield lodge orders, despite debate at a Decatur meeting. Warrants talk of a Quincy Hannibal truck line, yet freight traffic is expected to restart first. Eugene Weber travels to Decatur for union updates as hearings setup August 18. C B Q shopmen stay at work unless ordered to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Quincy
Springfield Lodge
Decatur
Barry
Hull
Kinderhook
Hannibal
Eugene Weber
Quincy Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
W. E. Gollings
Clerks’ Union
Washington
Wabash Legislative Committee
W. E. Goflins
Weber
Rotarians Stage Big Laugh Session at Noonday Meeting
Rotarians staged a lively noon gathering with members in themed costumes. Willam Schlagenhaus led in a patrolman’s uniform escorting John Korn in a baker’s outfit to the lockup as Bert Higgins models a shirt he makes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotarians
Rotary
Willam Schlagenhaus
John Korn
Bert Higgins
Arthur Odell
Joe Barlow
Pat” Fifer
C. H
Veterans Return From War Service With Honors
BSS Krapnel and Corporal Herbert Kurz son of William Kurz 628 Oak Street returned Saturday from Camp Grant with a 15 month overseas service discharge He spent 18 months in the army with a Machine Gun battalion in the Fourth division Kurz wears two wound stripes and took part in five of the big battles Lawrence Mester son of Mr and Mrs A H Mester 889 South Eighth Street arrived in Quincy Monday from St Louis with Naval service discharge At Great Lakes Naval Training Station Mester was chosen from thousands of sailors as the most ideal appearing and asked to pose for a large naval poster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Kurz
William Kurz
Oak Street
Camp Grant
Kurz
Lawrence Mester
A. H. Mester
South Eighth Street
Quincy
St. Louis
Naval Service
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Mr. Mester
Deaths and Funerals: John Baker and Miss Mamie Wariker
John Baker, 74, inmate at the Soldiers and Sailors Home, died Tuesday of gangrene after entering in 1914. Civil War veteran from Company C, Twelfth Illinois Infantry, survived by son George Baker of Riverview Park, Chicago. Miss Mamie Wariker, born Quincy December 17 1879, died Tuesday evening at 7 30 after months of ill health. she was a lifelong resident, member of St James Lutheran Church, survived by mother Mrs Fredericka Wannker, sister Mrs Edward Hagenah, brother William Wannaker and several half siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baker
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Twelfth
Ilinois Infantry
George Baker
Riverview Park
Chicago
Mamie Warmker
South Twelfth Street
Miss Warmker
Quincy
Fredericka Wannker
Edward Hagenah
William Wannaker
Fannie Bickel
H. Distelhorst
Carrie Rueter
Frank Warinker
Funeral services for Rita Ruth Dickhoener held after car crash
Rita Ruth Dickhoener was killed in a Sunday automobile accident on South Twelfth Street. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the grandparents home, then at St Francis church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery beside her mother who died last fall from influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Ruth Dickhoener
South Twelfth Street
Charles Kansteliner
North Twenty-fourth Street
St. Francis Church
Calvary Cemetery
Quincy school costs set per pupil and resident tuition
Charles M. Gill, superintendent, reports Quincy public schools cost 90.86 per high school pupil and 38.98 for each grade pupil annually. High school enrollment is 438 and grades 4189, with total expenditures 39,797.92 and 163,294.21 respectively. He proposes non resident tuition of 90 for high school and 38.50 for grades, and insists non residents must pay upfront before admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Gill
Quincy
Board of Education
Gill
Highest Grade in Exams by Hugo Schuessler
Hugo Schuessler, Quincy public schools teacher, made the state's top grade in the recent Gr Adams county teaching certificate exams announced by County Supt. John M. Steiner. Of 61 testers, 32 passed. 47 of 61 took the tests in Quincy, 14 in Macomb, mainly Quincy girls at Normal. Schuessler led for first grade. Ruth Ur. Hood and Martha E. Seehorn led second grade group with Frieda Wright close behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Schuessler
Quincy
Adams County
John M. Steiner
Springfield
Macomb
Schuessler
Ruth Ur. Hood
Payson
Martha E. Seehorn
Alee
Frieda Wright
Mendon
Rain Does Not Mar Big Lake Hunting Club Picnic
Members of the Big Lake Hunting and Fishing club and their families, about forty people, enjoyed an all day annual picnic south of Quincy. Despite initial protests, attendees admitted a downpour occurred but did not spoil the event. Chicken dinner and supper were highlights as people passed the day with various activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Lake Hunting and Fishing Club
Thelub House
Quincy
May Furnish Private Rooms In Sanitarium
Private individuals may furnish and equip rooms in the new Tuberculosis sanitarium at Thirty second and Stiute streets as directors of the Adams county sanitarium board approve. The People's bank of Camp Point is among early participants. Construction continues and is slated for completion by October. An interior decoration contract will be let soon and a government X-ray machine was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stiute
Adams County Sanitarium Board
People’s Bank of
Camp Point
Saunitarium
Polish Jews Seek Permission to Emigrate to America
From Warsaw reports indicate forty thousand Polish Jews have asked for permission to move to America, with expectations of a large wave of central European emigration. In major Chinese cities coffin shops are the prevalent business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Warsaw
America
Central
Europe
Mule in Trouble in Houston Township Ownership Case
Judge S A Hubbard and Attorney George Govert prepare to settle mule ownership in Houston township. Witt Bros buyers hold the animal and claim it as theirs with Govert defending them. The Lessmans of Houston contend the mule is theirs. Rain delayed the previous hearing. another court session is set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A.hubbard
George Govert
Houston Township
Witt Bros
Govert
Quincy Is Healthy City During July
July showed 31 deaths averaging one daily, 34 births, and fewer deaths than 1918. Contagious diseases included two typhoid cases, one chicken pox, one scarlet fever, three diphtheria, one tuberculosis, and 11 whooping cough. Quarantine signs remained for whooping cough, diphtheria, chicken pox, and scarlet fever. Health commissioner Fred Becker notes hospital influx affects death comparisons. 225 calls, 12 city hospital trips, and six milk depots, three ice cream parlors, one restaurant, eight meat markets, and one grocery inspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Becker
Quincey
Ill From Gas Effects Elmer Martin Released
Elmer Martin, suffering after gas exposure in France battles, has been released from custody and given 30 days to improve. He was taken to the courthouse Tuesday and restrained. His spells vary from deranged to brief periods of health, with plans to send him away from Quincy for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Martin
France
Martin
Court House
Quincy
Smile Posts Aid To Soldiers And Sailors
The War Camp Community Service distributes a booklet titled Smile Posts to guide veterans. It lists all War Camp clubs nationwide with street addresses and offices in clubhouses, available free to discharged servicemen. A Peace Time program pamphlet outlines activities for returned soldiers, sailors, and marines.
Pulse Sugar Drops Cent to Thirteen Cents a Pound
Sugar prices in Quincy fell to thirteen cents per pound retail while wholesale rates show 100 pound sacks at 11 to 11.50 dollars and 25 pound sacks at 2.70 to 2.75 dollars. Demand remains steady as supply remains tight for housewives. Mrs Dickhoener shows improvement after Sunday automobile crash in South Twelfth Street and remains in St Marys Hospital. Western Catholic company increases capital stock from 3000 to 10000 dollars, filed in county recorder’s office on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Western Catholic Company
County Recorder’s
Louis Emmerson
Conservator Appointed for Mrs Johnston in County Court
Mrs Grieser was named conservator for Mrs Maude Johnston in county court Tuesday. Dr Otis Johnston, who died recently, had served as conservator previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grieser
Hattie Grieser
Maude Johnston
Otis Johnston
Conservator reports filed for four insane patients in county court
Files report by Conservator Charles L. Bartlett for three men and one woman under care as insane. The men are Isaac O. Slater James M. Campbell and Charles Barr. The woman is Luella Behmeyer. Also noted is the discharge of James Densmore from the Navy returning to Quincy from Great Lakes where he was discharged Monday. Densmore served on the U S S Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Bartlett
Isaac O. Slater
James M. Campbell
Charles Barr
Luella Behmeyer
Navy
James Densmore
Quincy
Great Lakes
Densmore
U. S. S. Nevada
Salvation Army to Hold Special Quincy Meeting
Capt. and Mrs. Frederick Toubuster of Hannibal will lead a Salvation Army special service in Quincy Thursday evening. A Hannibal soldier band will accompany them, playing on the streets at 7 o'clock and at the meeting hall around 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Frederick Toubuster
Hannibal
Quincy
Hannial
Marriage Licenses Issued in Quincy for Ross and Sraith
James M. Ross aged 24 and Mildred Sraith aged 22, both of Quincy, obtained marriage licenses in a local filing. The notice records the pairing and residences as listed in the public registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Ross
Quincy
Mildred Sraith
Scouts Plan Large Camping Trip and Camp Improvements
Ten boys at Troop 1 meet signaled plans to travel to the Irwin farm Wednesday to build a dam for two swimming holes for the camp later in August. They will construct a seven foot deep pool and a cliffside target range under Sergeant Bennett. They also plan an underground range after remodeling the Scout building. A prize contest will name the camp with a one dollar award. Mr Irwin will supply milk, and the Scouts aim to build a rustic suspension bridge and log cabins. Eleven boys have signed up. several Scout exams and scores are listed for Troop 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop 1
Irwin Farm
Irwin
Bennett
Theodore Roosevelt
Dan Beard
Harry Halevy
James Davidson
Robert Evans
Sigsbee Dunlap
James Sumner
Kenneth Kesler
Ralph Gibbons
Robert Bacon
John Hase
Robert Slocum
Arthur Heidmann
Curtiss Porter
Henry Garmann
Leon Burgess
Kendrick McGirr
Headquarters Company to Have Second Shoot
Twenty members of the Headquarters company were present at drill until Tuesday evening in the Armory building. They have word they may return to Springfield for another shoot on the range at Camp Lincoln, with date to be set. It will be within three weeks. Forty one members of Company E attended drill Monday evening under Captain Ralph Lusk. This was their first drill since returning from riot duty in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dntil
Armory
Springfield
Camp Lincoln
Company E
Ralph Lusk
Comany
Chicago
Police Find Baby Buggy On Maine Street
A baby buggy left in front of a five and ten cent store on Maine Street Sunday evening was picked up by a police officer and moved to City Hall. Officials expected a caller, but no inquiry had been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Street
Weather Summary for Midwest States and River Forecast
Illinois faces thunder showers and cooler highs in the southeast with a Wednesday drop, followed by moderate Thursday. Missouri sees cooler Wednesday with showers and clear, moderate Thursday. Iowa clears in the west and central, showers in the east Wednesday, then a fall Thursday with moderate temperatures. River levels show varying readings with rainfall Tuesday of 1.2 inches and river from Muscatine to Keokuk rising slightly before turning lower downstream.
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Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
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Charles Gill
Metal Workers
Machiniate
Bowles Pasture
Abe Martin
Auntie Moon
Gardner Plant
Governor Co
BSS Krapnel
Miss Mamie Warmker
Quncy
Dickhoener
Henry Dickhoener
St. Mary's Hospital
Tao
Balto Sob
Muscatine
Keokuk
Louisiana
Daily River Bulletin
St. Paul
Cage
Paven
Uiney
Annibal
Ifoussiana
St. Louis Ae
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