Eagles Home in Quincy to be enclosed by fall
Quincy Aerie No. 535 F O E votes to award union contracts to local firms for the Eagles Home on North Sixth Street. Construction resumes after a long pause and the brick exterior using Hytex brick from Indianapolis will give the building a light rough finish. The first floor will house two store rooms, the second floor club and lodge rooms, and the third a public assembly hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
North Sixth Street
M. J. Geise
Quincy Aerie
F. O.E
Whig
Buerkin &Kaempen
Michelmann Steel Construction Co
Menke Lime & Stone Co
J. R. Albright
Union and
Quincy
Geise Will
Indianapolis
The
Great Order
City Beautiful
Sixth Street
Anarchists Reappear in France as Patriot Volunteers
Paris reports militant anarchists who vanished after mobilization have resurfaced. The police found that, with few exceptions, those exempt from military service volunteered and distinguished themselves in patriotic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
County Home Work Nears Completion
John Schwank superintendent of the County Home reports major improvements at the county farm are nearing completion by week’s end likely Saturday. He notes the work has progressed smoothly, with upgrades to heating and ventilation and minor repairs making the Home a first class facility.
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the Whig
John Schwank
Schwank
Mrs Luthin Plans Enjoyable Family Trip Across States
Mrs F Luthin of 719 South Fifth street leaves yesterday for St Louis to visit daughter and family for two weeks then to Washington DC to see Emma who has a government post in the agricultural department. Emma will join her to New York and to Waltham Mass to visit Luthin's sister unseen for 31 years. Emma will return home with her mother.
Clarke Praises Civic League Booklet From Omaha Architect
Edwin Clarke, architect and former Quincy resident now in Omaha, praises the Civic Improvement League booklet issued recently. He expresses surprise the work issued from Quincy and lauds those involved. The league reports favorable feedback and continues its membership drive as Harry Hofer notes Quincy’s beauty during his travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hofer
Quincy
Pimples and Skim Eruptions Danger Signs of Bad Blood
An old advertisement warns that pimples scaly itching and rashes indicate impure blood. It promotes S. S. S. as the standard blood tonic for purification and revitalization, claiming it cleanses the blood and improves complexion. Endorses writing to S. S. Co. Atlanta Ga for advice.
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Simea
S, Co
Atlanta, Ga
Local notices and updates from Quincy area
Quincy community items report Stab wound victim Mark Hunter improving at St Marys hospital. Local and regional notices include hospital recoveries, travel updates, store sales, sidewalk work, church events, a German Evangelical picnic at Mollring s grove, and plans for a new saloon and hotel. Also note a funeral invitation, family reunions, and birth at Blessing hospital.
Night attractions at Highland Park this week
Highland Park offers evening amusements with Valle and Valle, a Roman ring and barrel-jumper tonight. Tomorrow features a singing contest with ten entrants and a $5 prize for best Charley Chaplin imitation, plus additional acts.
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Valle
Charley Chaplin
County Roads Progress Despite Rain Delays
As Adams county towns credit the Good Roads Day program and County Highway Superintendent L L Boyer with improving highways, no reports were received yesterday yet work continues. The summer rains slowed progress but districts push forward in the final days to strengthen the road system.
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Chamber of Commerce
L. L. Boyer
Adams County
Boyer
Heckenkamp elected to federation board at Toledo meeting
F W Heckenkamp supreme president of the Western Catholic Union was elected to the executive board of the American Federation of Catholic Societies at the Toledo meeting. He ranks highly in national Catholic circles. The federation plans its next annual meeting in New York City.
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Quincy
F. W Heckenkamp
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Toledo
Heckenkamp
Unon
Igh
New York City
Quincy Directory Nears Printing Next Tuesday
The Quincy directory manuscripts will go to printers within days and after about a month of labor the books will circulate. Officials say Quincy will hold its population standing, with few empty houses and rapid city improvements noted by solicitors. New residents slowly appear, reducing the once prominent home guard image.
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Quincy
Uinois
Keokuk barber Chester Boyer weds Edna Grant in Galesburg
Chester Boyer of Keokuk Iowa, owner of a barber shop, and Edna Grant of Woodhull, were married yesterday morning in Galesburg. The couple plans to locate in Quinsy and expected to return to Keokuk today. Boyer is son of Mr and Mrs J L Boyer of Liberty and was born in Richfield township Adams county.
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Chester. Boyer A
Benedict
Chester Boyer
Keokuk
Edna ‘Grant
Woodhull
Galesburg
L.L.’ Boyer
Boyer
Liberty
Richfield Township
Adams County
Doctors Enjoy Fine Outing at Point Pleasant Colony
About twenty doctors spent yesterday at Point Pleasant colony up the river for their annual outing. They travelled in launches provided for the occasion, returning home in the early evening. The day followed the usual merriment and all reported having a fine time.
Arrest at Garden Ends in Peace Disturbance
A. Stevens Milery Le Roy and Iva Smith, two young women, were arrested at San Souci garden late last night by Officers Blackwood and P. F. Meyer on peace disturbance charges. They and several others were involved in a free for all fight. One girl was knocked down and left with a bloody nose. others had minor wounds before officers restored order. The trio were released on bond, Patrolman Rice reported.
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Garden
A. Stevens Milery
le, Roy
Iva Smith
San Souci Garden
Blackwood
PF. Meyer
Rice
Body of William Dickhoener Arrives in Quincy
The body of William Dickhoener arrived in Quincy from Carterville Mo where he died Monday. He was born in Westfalen Germany January 8 1877 and came to the United States in 1882 with his parents. He was confirmed at St Jacobi church and lived in Quincy until about a year ago when he moved south. Arrests were made for raising a disturbance in Walnut alley. Knights of Columbus excursions on the steamer W W saw smaller crowds yesterday due to weather, with last night excursion better attended. Drainage work resumed in the South Quincy district as a hydraulic dredge operates at Ward's Island and the main land.
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William Dickhoner
William Dickhoener
Quincy
Carterville
Westfalen
Germany
St. Jacobi
South Quincy
Ward’s Island
Reduction in size of loan involves Pennsylvania bonds sale
The French government, via Rothschild Paris, plans to sell 135,000,000 francs of Pennsylvania Railroad 3 1/4 percent bonds to Kuhn Loeb through Morgan, with the loan balance paid to the French government. A larger Morgan Paris loan may follow if Paris gains relief from London, as rates in London and Paris hardened with unsettled exchanges.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Paris
Rothchilds
Kuhn
Loeb” & Company
Morgan
Morgan & Company
London
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City Prde
NEW Eagles
Quincy College of Music
Mark Hunter
Eighth and
Lird Streets
St. Mary's Hospital
A. J. Bockenfeld
St. Louis
Halbach- Schroeder’ Co
Margaret Bockenhoff
Binkert Brothers’ Real Estate
Des Moines
Hary ‘Bockenhoff
Beta: Theta Pi
George Fitch
Dr. Co. D. Center
Neal Monroe, Jr
Dr. W. E. Baker
Archer Rogers
Arthur’ Pfeiffer
Halbach-Schroeder Co
Kentucky Street
Ninth
Kentucky
Tenth
Mollring’s Grove
Ursa
Walter, Dickman
Halbach, Schroeder .Co
A. F. Qdell
Siloam
Springs
Golden
Clayton
Barry
Kinderhook
Josephine Ohthausen
Leavenworth
Kan
Mayme Foppe
Highland Park
Miss Ohlhausen
Harriet Bader
Cedar Street
William” Ferguson
Front
Vermont Streets
TW. Reed
Abingdon
Reed-Reynolds
J. L. ‘Thomas
Bay
View
Mich
O. K
Middle West
Bradley
Oak Streets
Quincyan
Macomb
A. B. Campbell
Marietta Phelps Hospital
Central Union
Central Union Telephone Company
J. E. Halligan District Manager Telephone Main
Bob Hill
Walnut Alley
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