Good Roads Days Extended for Full Week Longer
The county will extend Good Roads Days for an entire week as heavy rains slowwork. Riverside township officials discussed oiling the north bottom road from Cedar Street to the Richardson Lubricating Company switch tracks. The oil concern plans to oil the road if costs prove reasonable. Gilmer township and others suffered from rains. the county aims for an even start in the second heat for better roads all next week.
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Riverside Township
Richardson
Cwill Oil
Aweek
Gilmer Township
Highland Park Sunday W Contest and Concert
The Highland Park W contest offers three prizes of 3 2 and 1 dollars for guessing the nearest exact number of letters in a word. Open to all ages, submit by 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday. A 2 dollar prize goes to the reddest haired man or boy seen at 3 p.m. Sunday. An evening concert by the Chamber of Commerce Glee Club and a 10 piece orchestra follows. Charley Chaplin contest postponed one week due to rain.
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Highland Park
Chamber of Commerce Glee'clib
Charley Chaplin
Avis
Infant Dies From Indigestion In 2:30 O'clock Tragic Note
scattered notices report a seven month old infant dying at 2 30 due to indigestion after lingering illness since Tuesday. Rev Father Cronin moved to a larger parish from Virginia Ul to Effingham Th. other items include wills, a Mendon wedding, a sensational divorce suit, and Old Settlers Day rain postponement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Cronin
Quincy
Jerimiah
Restormal Sunk By German Submarine Near Cardiff
The British steamer Restormal, a 2118 ton steel vessel of the New Restormal Steamship Company Ltd with home port Cardiff, was sunk today by a German submarine. Her crew were landed safely. Captain W Hills is listed by Lloyds.
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Cardiff
Restormal
Neew
Restormal Steamship Company Iutd
Lloyd's
W. Hills
Beautiful but broke or how she lost six million dollars
A New York society figure, Mrs Barclay, faced a contempt fine of 250 for not explaining why she could not pay a debt of 3,027, hinting at bankruptcy as her fortune evaporated. Her lawyer explained mismanagement by agents drained vast wealth, leaving about 80,000 in realty. her social prominence and marriage history are noted, with earlier horse-show involvement.
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New York
Barclay
Norman W. Kerngood
Arabs Sinking Sheds Light on Passenger Losses
The Arabic sinking leaves 156 saved from 181 aboard with 21 of 25 Americans spared.Rumors swirl of other ships hit including Lapland and the Bovic though officials cite uncertain reports. Nicosian, a slower liner, carried no passengers and is en route, while New York City and Bristol ties fade as verification lags.
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White Star Line
England
Lapland
Liverpool
White Star
Bovic
New York
Manchester
London
Nicosian
Leyland Line
International Mercansul’ Marine Company
White ‘Star Line
New Orleans
Avonmouth
Belfast
New York City
Queenstown
Bristol
PAL
Franklin
International Mercantile. Marine Company
Women Civil War figure Albert Cashier in Watertown report
County Clerk received the inmates report for Watertown hospital noting Albert Cashier, known for serving as a man in the Civil War and living at the Soldiers Home. Identified about two years ago, Cashier was sent to Watertown on March 28, 1914. The July 1, 1915 document states Cashier shows failing physical condition and deteriorating mental state.
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Watertown Hospital
W. J. Smith
Albert Cashier
Soldiers Home
Second Wedding After 50 Years
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Murphy of 711 13 Maine Street was celebrated with a second wedding ceremony at their home. Rev. Oliver Reed of First Baptist officiated, as family gathered with children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Music and amusements followed the ceremony, concluding a day of joy for the Murphys and their descendants.
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A. C. Murphy
Maine Street
Murhy
Oliver Reed
First Baptist Church
Marriage Licenses for Webb Hayden and Ehrgott Y
J William Webb 28 Neokuk Ta and Bessie Hayden 28 Neokuk R N Stacy 25 Coatsburg and Mabel Y Ehrgott 25 Mendon
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William Webb
Neokuk
Bessie Hayden
R.N. Stacy
Coatsburg
Mabel Y. Ehrgott
Mendon
Texas City Death Toll Edges Toward Four Figures After Galveston Storm
Reports from United States army officials estimate about forty residents on Galveston Island’s west end drowned with eleven bodies found along a ten mile coast. Soldiers returning from a survey said the western section was wiped of houses crops and cattle as floodwaters 15 to 18 feet deep swamped the area. A woman and five children were found on the west bank bound together by rope. Officials said 19 of 37 men aboard the dredge San Bernardo drowned near the intercoastal canal. Estimated storm damage to Galveston area ranges from 4 to 8 million dollars. The homeless count near 1,200 with tents and food supplies being sent from Austin and Houston, while body identification proceeds slowly. The 19 dredge Houston crew members buried on the mainland.
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Galveston Island
United States Army
Coast Line
Galveston
United ‘States Engineering Department
San Bernardo
Intercoastal Canal
Austin
Houston
Texas City
Walker Dry Goods Co. Flyers and Local Notices
Local shoppers follow crowds to Walker Dry Goods Co at Twelfth and Broadway for daily bargains including fancy plaid ribbons 19c and ladies silk hose 85c, with several estate notices and farm nameings in Adams and Pike counties amid brief reports on residents and visitors. The Pike County Mutual officers were elected and the 1916 Barry convention noted. Mrs. Oschman returned to Chicago after a visit, taking niece Gladys Spilker home.
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Walker Dry Goods Co
Twelfth
Broadway
John Longlet
Mt. Pleasant
Jis Newsum
Quincy
Chicago
Anton Wichman
Emma Wichman
Fred Holtman
Ursa
Keene
Adams County
Robert McIntyre
Ellington Township
Cedar Corner
M B. Finlay
J. W. Cruttenden
J. S. Cruttenden
Real Hope Muslin
Walker’ Dry - Goods Co
Charles Lawless
Paloma
Rusk
Anderson Lee
Robert
Donald
Jefferson “Street
Farmington, Mo
Real
Grand Lodge of
Pike County Mutual Association
A.C. Bancroft
Kin
Griggsville
T. D. Kaylor
Barry
Congressman Williams
Lima
Ill
Carl Epler
George Wilson
Lex Grand
William
Billy) Saith
Savoy Theater
Alvina Oschman
Herman Huseman
State Street
Gladys Spilker
Windy City
Ernst~ Bruhl
Record Established Here As Water Destroys West Quincy Road
Road Overseer Whittaker reports seven flood events in under three months from the Fabius river washing the West Quincy Tay lor Mo highway. After each repair, high water returned, leaving the road in poorer condition. Cinders added after receding helped, but recent rains delayed packing. Whittaker says no such record exists along the river and expects the levee to hold if floods recur.
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Fabius
Quincy Taylor, Mo
Watr
Whittaker
Two Sailors Perished In Steamer Dunsiey Torpedoing
London reports two crewmen of the British steamer Dunsiey drowned after a torpedo strike near the Arabic wreck site. Thirty-five crewmen were landed today as rescue efforts continued and more details emerged from dispatches received this afternoon.
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London
Sloan's Liniment advertised as universal remedy
An old medicine chest ad promotes Sloan's Liniment for toothache, bruises, sprains, stiff neck, backache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and other emergencies. It claims symptoms stem from congestion and inflammation and invites buyers to prove it with a 23 cent bottle, available from all druggists.
Clayton Man Hangs Hibisele in Barn
Carter Stephen, 21, of Clayton, was found hanging in a barn belonging to the Stephens family. The death is believed to be suicide. coroner Haley will hold an inquest. Stephen is survived by his parents, two sisters, and several brothers of Clayton.
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Carter Stephen
Clayton
Philip. Gross
Loren Stephens
Peters
Haley
Stephens
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Utow
Botton
Richardson’ ‘Lubricating. CO
Boetter
Chaplin
Olofs Magnusson
Albert
Stacy Ehrgott
R. NY Stacy
Mabel Ehrgott
W. BF. Barnett
The
Lutheran Church
Stacy
Mendon School
Beatty
J. Frank’ Garner
Charles ‘Wheeler
Din
Arid ' Toa
Ing ‘House
Hampshire Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
James
Slagle
Maude Brevoort Barclay
Dardanelles
Montreal
Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Canadian Northern Steamship, Company
Royal Edward
Glasgarw
Pasion
Watertown
Walker Dry Goods ' Co
Taylor, MO
Clayton Man
Hibisele
Carter
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