Tax Amendment Dominates Evening Session Of State Convention
Revenue laws and tax issues consumed the Thirtieth annual convention of state supervisors, county commissioners, clerks. W Binns urged the tax amendment to expand the tax base while Horace Secrist warned of burdens on taxpayers and critics claimed corporations push reform. The gathering drew 173 delegates from 42 counties amid social events and a Keokuk river trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association of Supervisors
Newcomb
W. 8. Binns
Pike County
Binns
Horace Becrist
Northwestern University
Ev Crist
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Secrist
Whig
Svo. Secrist
Havir
Edward Winkler
St. Clair County
Belleville
Keokuk
Circuit Court
Court House
Chris, Gibbs
Adams County Board of Supervisors
W. J. Smith
James O. Kirkpatrick
Grace MW. E. Church
W. K. Abbott
East End Christian Endeavor hosts Aug social
Brief personals list visitors and travels from Quincy area. Palmer Rusk visits father in Columbia while his father recovers from typhoid fever. Capt. James Brown to GA R national encampment in Kansas City Aug 28. Local residents return from trips, visits, or funerals and plan stays in St Louis, Chicago, Oakland, and other nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End Christian Endeavor
Palmer” Rusk
Columbia
Rusk
George Wall
Gardner Governor Company
Cleveland
Ohio
James Brown
Quincy
Freeport
Mr. Brown
Kansas City
Blue Ribbon
H. A. Deckmeyer
Ellington
Mr. Deckmeyer
Will Deckmeyer
Omaha
Neb
J. O. Conger
Oakland
Cal
Conger
J. M. Robertson
Broadway
Willis Hardyman Reported From Manzanillo Navy Ship
Willis Hardyman, who left Quincy on August 14 1915 for the Great Lakes naval training station, now serves as a marine on the USS Pittsburgh. In a letter from Manzanillo dated August 5 he tells his parents they do not know when the Pittsburgh will return to the United States and that since February the marines have had no shore leave. A missing suspender button often leaves a man in suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Montgomery
Marcelline
Agnes Robertson
Maine Street
D. H. BF. Lafler
State Bank
Cyrus McPike
Rock Island
McPike
W. A. McPike
Kentucky Street
Mary Cham
Bushnell
D. Riedinger
Liberty
Payson
Margaret Baker
Eleventh
Kentucky Streets
St. Louis
Woodriver
Katherine Bimson
R. F. Gunther
Los Angeles
Marguerite Loire
Adeline Creissen
A. J. Brockschmidt
Park Place
Mildred Lewis
Abingdon
C. M
Webb
Snyder
M. Travilla
Lawrence Travilla
Chicago
A. J. Wolf
Ruth
North Fourth Street
Eloise
Evelyn Ferrier
Quincy
Joseph Sharp
Mr. Sharp
Bra Stewart
Maud Dunbar
Mabel Jackson
Addie Thomas
Loraine
Ethel Groves
Miss Thomas
Miss Dunbar
Miss Groves
Quincy High School
Loraine Bank
Fannie Sharp
Mabel Urban
Ruby Read
George Naylor
East Broadway
Missouri Baptist Seminary
Miss Read
Walter Brackensteck
St. Paul College
Concordia
Concordia Theological Seminary
Willis Hardyman
U.S. S. Pittsburgh
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
C. F. Hardyman
Spnice Street
Manzanillo
Salina
Mexico
Pittsburgh
United States
Ben
German Nassau Battleship Believed Sunk by British Submarine
The British submarine B-22, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Robert R. Turner, torpedoed a Nassau class battleship in the North Sea. After a first hit, the ship, escorted by five destroyers, was damaged and Turner reports a second torpedo strike that he believes sank the vessel. The Nassau class includes four ships: Nassau Posen Rheinland and Westfalen built in Wilhelmshaven and completed in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassau
Ondon
Wilhelmshaven
Posen
Rheinland
Westfalen
Robert R. Turner
North Sea
Pershing Reviews Five Thousand Troops At Mexican Expedition
General Pershing led a grand review of 5,000 infantry, cavalry, and artillery at Forge Field near Columbus, New Mexico, praising their discipline and readiness after months of harsh service. The parade featured bands, cavalry, pack mules, and an aeroplane circling above as crews and officers observed the polished equipment and units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
John J. Pershing
Pershing
24Th Infantry
Bugle Corps
Gen. Pershing
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Harvey Fay
Lyman McCarl
Adams County Court
Adams County
McCarl
Adams
John's Park
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Coatsburg
Fay
Charles A. Hawkins
Charles F. Kempt
C. A. Boruff
Edwin G. Young
Lawrence D. Gregory
Circuit Court Room
LaSalle
Joliet
Alvin Keys
Sangamon County
Keys
Helen Lewis
Lewis
George Keys
Springfield
O. G. Addleman
Addleman
U.S
Ilinois
Sims
Pontiac
Illinois
FORGE
Cas
Tina
Chester Felts
Cannet
Eer
Rens Ca
I. Legislation
America
House
Senate
Agricultural College
The
State University
Farmers’ Institute
Hull
Woransa
Efflelersey
Logan Hay
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