Basco Field Meet set for August 23–24 with crowds expected
Basco officials prepare for the ninth annual two day field meet on August 23 and 24 on the main street and race track near the depot. The program features athletic events, egg and bread races, goose pull, trolleys, two racing programs, and a baseball game. Evening concerts by the Kahoka band and motion pictures will entertain visitors, with meals provided by church societies and a merry go round for children.
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Basco
C. BL
Kahoka
Kahoka Band
McCall
Mendon
Kaheka Band
Illinois Seeks Fresh Face for Key Office
An experienced qualified man announces he seeks support for an important Illinois office for the first time. He pledges independence from other candidates and urges voters to back a new name on the ticket.
Kahoka Band Leads Day of Local Track and Baseball Events
A schedule of races and field events lists 220 yard dash 100 yard dash 50 yard boys race 60 yard dash pole vault and more. A 1:30 free for all trot and 14 mile races precede a baseball game Carthage versus Stillwell with entrance fees and prizes noted. The board of directors officers and committees are named including Thos. P. Smith Edgar D. Smith Fritz J. Reu and others handling programs finance music racing concessions and baseball.
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Kahoka Band
Carthage
Stillwell
Thos. P. Smith
Chester L. Steffey
Arthur W. Boos
Elmer C. Argast
William T. Felsman
Fritz J. Reu
Albert M. Hartman
Willliam J. Fleming
Joseph A. Manaussier
Milo Thompson
George W. Sells, Jr
John Day
Smith Promises Labor-Friendly Governance if Elected
Chicago Aug 17 Col Frank L Smith of Dwight pledges a square deal and sympathetic hearings for working people if elected governor. He states he has no financial ties to large corporations and offers support for workers’ conditions, with the letter circulated to labor groups and railroad men across the state.
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Chicago
R. B. Powers
E. A. Smittle
Frank L. Smith Railroad Men's Cirk
Frank L. Smith
Dwight
Tam
Iam
Free Exhibition Mile Marathon Swim At Quinev
The YMCA in Quinev plans a public Saturday exhibition swim under its physical department. The one mile race will start at Footlock and run from the upper bay bridge to the boat landing with boat support. Entrants pay 50 cents, age 15 and up. entries open until Aug 18, event shifted to Aug 19 due to participant availability.
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Quinev
Physical Department
YOM. CN
Ouiney
YOM. C.A
Upper Bay Bridge
Crawmer
YM. C. As
Cranmer
Supreme Court decision blocks women voting for city judge
Mrs. Frank Woods leads the Woman's Forum as Illinois Supreme Court rules women cannot vote in a city judge election. The ruling in Dean Franklin versus Josie Westfall cycles a 4 to 3 divide with four affirming and three dissenting justices. Dissenters included Carter Cartwright and Bunn. the majority cited equal rights concerns.
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Frank Woods
Woman’s Forum
Supreme Court of Ilinois
Dean Franklin
Josie Westfall
Macomb
Supreme Court
Craig
Cook
Duncan
Farmer
Carter
Cartwright
Bunn
Wood
Legislative Committee
The
Equal Suffrace Association of Ibnors
Lou M. McGraw
Two Buildings Missing From Schill Brewery Property
Two frame buildings were found missing from the Schill brewery property on North Bluff road near Leisy Brewing of Peoria. A machine shop building 28 by 40 feet and another 28 by 49 feet were gone with no trace, though some structures had been burned or moved elsewhere. The ground was inspected for sale as land to host a new Quincy industry.
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Sehill Brewery
North Poture Road
Leisy Brewing Company
Peoria
Schill Brewery
North Bluff Road
Quincy
Iweg
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Erckmann
Bismarck
Reichstag
Ems
Prussia
Benedetti
Berlin
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Ten State Departments Proposed by Prank O Lowen
Cul Prank O' Lowen, campaigning in Lowden and Moline, calls for reducing state commissions from about 100 to ten. He says abolish many boards and appoint capable heads, with the governor holding them to results. A second note from Rock Island mocks frugality and rest.
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Moline
Revernor
Harmon
Rock Island
Whence Came the Great War by Horace White
Horace White debates war causes beyond Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination. He traces shifts toward Eastern expansion, German aims, and Deutschtum ideas from Bismarck to Bethmann Hollweg, weighing France's Alsace claim and the prewar dynamics that fueled the conflict.
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Horace White
Horace Wiite
New York Evening Post
Whig
Serbia
Austria
Rudolph
Dr von Bethmann-Jouwes
Reichstag
Germany
Archduke Ferdinand
Drang Nach
Osten
Algeriras
Agadir
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Morocco
Congo
Angora
Bismarck
France
Italy
England
Tunisia
Porto Rico
United States
Bethmann-Itotl
Amusements Today: Orpheum bills and Savoy 138 program
The entertainment page lists Orpheum shows including The Divorce Question and The Destroyers starring Star Miss Stewart Irene Hawley in The Pure Lady, Family presents Peg O the Ring, Princess features Blanche Sweet in The Thousand Dollar Pushand, Savoy presents Gloria's Romance chapter 138, Gem shows Seeing America First, and Quincy presents Pearl White in The Iron Claw.
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Orpheum
Miss Stewart
Belasco
Irene Hawley
Blanche Sweet
Savoy
Gloria
America
Quincy
Pearl White
Lions Sought in East End by Two Neighbors
D L Musselman and Russell Wells answered a call from a frightened society woman hunting for a lion in the Musselman rear yard. After ten minutes of searches they found no animal, only a supposed roar that proved nothing, prompting a cautious retreat and a suggestion to seek the creature elsewhere.
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D. L. Musselman
Russell Wells
Musselman
Mr. Musselman
Mr. Wells
Orpheum Presents The Divorce Question Drama
The Orpheum theater offers a powerful drama upholding church laws on marriage and divorce. The play depicts a girl led to the streets and a boy with a drug habit, showing the harm of neglect and selfishness, with a Saturday and Sunday matinee and a final Sunday night performance.
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Orpheum Players
Orpheum Theater
Card of Thanks for Henry Scott Daniels
We thank relatives, friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during our bereavement illness and death of our beloved son, brother and uncle Henry Scott Daniels. We also thank you for the floral offerings from Mother, Sister, Nephews and Nieces.
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Henry Scott Daniels
Philippine independence bill approved by Senate
The Philippine bill reported from conference with the Clarke amendment providing for independence within four years, with a freedom promise once Filipinos show stable government, was approved by the Senate 37 to 22. The House is expected to concur and send the measure to the president.
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Senate
Washington
Auy
House
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Fichte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon
LION
East End
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Alk Drimieta
Dept. 37-R
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