City to seek trail markers at cost price
Quincy plans to request trail markers from Good Roads Service at cost and make city markers free of advertising if the ordinance committee prevails at Monday night's council meeting. Aldermen Tompkins McNutt and Ellis with company reps and Corporation Counsel Laghram met Saturday to discuss a five year franchise including advertising rights. The council last met ordered an ordinance draft, safeguards to protect streets, and oversight by the Board of Public Works to place markers safely and possibly require wiring under pavement to avoid pavement damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Good Roads Service Company
Tompkins, McNutt and Ellis
John Laghram
Aad
Board of Public Works
Tree Denies Serious Crash In Narrow Brush With Truck
Friday evening a small tree stopped a Ford truck driven by Walter Lippencott of 427 North Eighteenth Street. His wife and three children were aboard when the vehicle plunged into a ditch after the tree halted it at a 34 degree angle. The occupants escaped serious injury though Mrs. Lippencott suffered cuts. Dr. Grant Irwin attended to them at the scene near the stone bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whit
Walter Lippenentt
North Eighteenth Street
South Eighth Street
Stone Bridge
Lippencott
Grant Irwin
War Camp service seeks aircraft for Baldwin Park salute
Victor Dillon, secretary of War Camp Community Service, asked headquarters in St. Louis on Saturday to send an airplane for the Dig celebration in Baldwin Park on September 13. Preparations also start for a September 8 gathering at Thvirland Park to honor returning soldiers with a modest program. An executive committee allocated $165 from June fundraising for entertaining the soldiers, to be used by colored men for their jalification. A large sum remains to be used for the Fall Round Up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Dillon
War Camp Community Service
St. Louis
Baldwin Park
Thvirland Park
Dr. O. H. Crandall Is In His Home at 301 North Twenty Fourth
Dr. O H Crandall a well known retired physician who practiced medicine in the vicinity for more than forty years is at his home at 301 North Twenty fourth street. He was taken ill Saturday morning and his condition was not much improved in the evening. The doctor is ninety years of age and has always enjoyed remarkably good health. His milling friends hope that the present illness will prove to be only temporary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dro
Crandall
North Twenty-fourth Street
Hirth Farm Sells For 320 An Acre On North Twenty Fourth Street
The 95 acre Hirth farm on North Twenty Fourth Street sold Saturday for 326 an acre to Harvey Keppner of West Point I. cash. William J. Hirth, who has lived there six years, will retire with his wife to Quincy. The property includes a large country home and a high state of cultivation with a wheat crop and corn valued at about 100 per acre. Mrs. Hirth’s daughter Laura is on Lombard College faculty. Mildred and Delmar plan to attend the University of Illinois. W B Smiley handled the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Hirth
Twentyfourth Street
Harvey ‘Keppner
West Point
Hirth
Hirths
Quincy
Laura
Lombard College
Mildred
Delmar
University of Uhnols
W. B. Smiley
Last License Issued Before New Book Opens
Robert W Powell with license number 24548 earned the last marriage license in the old book, issued April 4. Powell married Helen Christ Saturday evening as 246 licenses have been issued since April. Four couples wed Saturday including Lawrence Peterson and Marguerite Palmer of LaGrange, William Henke and Marie McMurray of Keokuk, Bernard Hobbs and Laura Greeman of Quincy, with Powell and Helen Christ of Quincy forming the closing wedding of the old registry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Powell
Billy Smith
Dan Cupid
Mr. Powell
Helen Christ
Court House
Lawrence
E. Peterson
Margeurite Palmer
LaGrange
Wiliam Henke
Marie McMurray
Keokuk
Bernard C. Hobbs
Laura Jean Greeman
Quincy
Helen FE. Christ
Tutt Re-elected State Grandmaster in Mound City Session
J W Tutt of Quincy was re elected state grand master for the grand lodge of the United Brothers of Friendship and the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten in their session August 18 to 22 in Mound City Illinois. Officers elected include J E Bish Chicago deputy grand master Pyanamin H Lucas Chicago state grand secretary J C Steele Mound City grand treasurer R A Byrd Springfield grand secretary of insurance department Edward Duncan grand trustee and chairman of the board Miss Rhods Johnson elected state grand princess There were 859 new certificates issued during the year and 12 charters issued with Wisconsin added to the jurisdiction with a new edge and temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Tutt
Quincy
Grand Lodge of
United Brothers of Friendship
Sisters of the Mysterious Ten
Mound City
J. E. Bish
Chicago
Pyanamin H. Lucas
J.C. Steele
R. A. Byrd
Springfield
Edward Duncan
Rhods Johnson
Winconsin
Iedge
Temple
Demonstration on Hitching Moves to Farm Meeting
Farmer Rusk conducts a meeting next Saturday night at the G A R hall in Williamsville. Discussion centers on multiple hitching with four to six horses on two and three bottom plows. New methods claim to remove the side draft and will be demonstrated on September at the Sidney McGill farm in Hancock County near Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk
G_ A.RB
Wiainville
Sidney McGill
Hancock County
Houston
Look For Man Who Snatched a Purse
Police seek Daniel Heimbach aged 18 after a purse containing 150 dollars was snatched from Miss Kate Bessling near Fourth and Jersey street about 11 30 PM. She identified the suspect who fled and is believed to have left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Heimbach
Kate Bessling
Fourth
Jersey Street
Miss Bessling
Heimbach
One Dewey School Teacher Resigns Amid Leaves Requested
Miss Hilda Mayer has resigned from teaching seventh and eighth grades at Dewey school announced in the Board of Education office. Two leaves of absence were requested: Miss Pauline Thomasson of High School domestic science seeks a year off and Miss Gertrude Adams requests release until December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilda Mayer
Dewey
Board of Education
Pauline Thomasson
Gertrude Adams
Adams County Teachers Institute Opens Monday
Teachers from Adams county and Quincy will attend the Adams County Teachers Institute opening at 9 oclock Monday morning at the High school. Instructors include Prof J W Yoder Dr F D Stutz and Dr M G Brumbaugh with supervision by County Schools Superintendent John D Steiner for the week-long event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Quincy
Teachers’ Institute
J. W. Yoder
F. D. Stutz
M. G. Brumbaugh
John D. Steiner
Two More Arrested Without Licenses
Two more arrests were made Saturday of drivers operating automobiles without licenses. A. I. Schaefer was arrested by Officer Spath for using a license on his car, and Carl Menke was arrested by Officer Reauet for driving an unlicensed car. Roath claims to have just gotten the cars. Menke says he bought his car Saturday morning and was driving it for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schaefer
Spath
Carl Menke
Reauet
Roath
Menke
Brundage Opinion Opposes Deputies Pay Increase
Attorney General Brundage rules that deputy and appointive officer pay cannot be raised after appointment. The ruling’s applicability to Adams County remains undecided, as county boards do not set salaries for officers or deputies. Finance committees would need larger county sums to secure raises, a move deemed unlikely to succeed in Peoria areas per local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brundage
Adams County
Board of Supervisors
Finance Committee
Peoria
Many Automobiles Put On Tax Books
Adams county car owners told the board of review they did not know their autos were not taxed. Officials compared licenses with state records and found about 380 to 400 cars owned by county taxpayers were not listed. Administrators and estates were also summoned as thousands of dollars were added to assessments including vehicles, mortgages, and real estate in several townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Court House
Secretary of State
Adams County
Halbach Schroeder Co Awarded Prize for Tanks Wear Dept
The Halbach Schroeder company was awarded first prize Saturday for the most modern and best equipped tanks wear department in cities with 50 000 population or less. The award was in a national contest by a large infant goods manufacturer and included a photograph of the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbach-Schroeder Company
United States
More Quincy Boys Return to the U. S.
Horownen Aug 24 Soldiers arriving here included Quincy men Private Anton Osterhold of 1403 Spruce street Company H Thirty-eighth infantry casuals and Private Roy Selby of 1221 2 Fifth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horownen
Quincy
Anton Osterhold
Spruce Street
Thirty-eighth Infantry
Roy Selby
Fifth Street
Bar Moving Pictures Made By Unfair Men
Chicago August 24 Managers of moving picture theaters were told to bar all pictures from companies linked to the Producing Managers association. As the actors strike entered a new phase, Thomas Reynolds, president of the Operators union, warned theaters that showing banned films would trigger a walkout. The tenth theater closed Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Moving Picture
Producing Managers’ Association
Thomas Reynolds
Hobby Gets Telegram Protesting Treatment
Governor Hobby received a telegram from NAACP officers protesting the beating of John R. Shilliday of New York. The case involves a per sonal action under Texas law requiring the prosecuting witness to appear. Judge Dave J. Pickle and Constable Hamby led the group. Shilliday, a white man, was ordered to leave Austin after being accused of inciting unrest among African Americans. He departed for St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Hobby
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
John R. Shilliday
New York
Association
Dave J. Pickle
Shilliday
Judge Pickle
Constable Hamby
Ife
St. Louis
Searches Two Years For Piano Finds It
ST LOUIS Aug 24 On the trail of an electric piano sent to a repair shop two years ago George Gittens 1120 Tamm avenue yesterday told policemen he located the missing instrument in a dance hall at an finals resort where it was used for Jazz parties. He caused the arrest of Charities Pilcher 44 a piano repiirer of Florissant avenue Two years ago he said he had given Pilcher the contract for putting the piano in shape Pilcher was to get 60 for the work which was to include transportation to and from the Gittens place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St, Louis
George Gittens
Tamm Avenue
Pilcher
Florissant Avenue
Gittens Place
Contracts Awarded for 30 Adams County Bridges
Contracts for 30 bridges in Adams County totaling 30000 dollars were let to various bidders by County Highway Superintendent L L Boyer. The September board of supervisors will consider half aid provisions, with several bridges listed by township and awarded to named contractors at specified amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
L. L. Boyer
Board of Supervisors
Boyer
Shields
Concord Township
C. HH. Marshall
Big Neck
Keene
Edward C. Meyer
Barnes
Lima
Hoebing
Melrose
Bernard Grave
Siloam
McKee
John Tomlin
Town Hall
Frank Short
Finley Bridge
Houston
Clary
Liberty Township
Meyer & Peters
Volbracht
Reservoir
Camp Point
William Wells
Morton
Honey Creek
Tony Hummel
Martin
Gilmer Township
Schwank
Gilmer
W. T. Kirtley
Distelhorst
Boone
Richfield
Scranton
Payson
W. I. Kirtley
Ferrier
Payson Township
Rowbottom
Mendow
Meyers & Peters
Volbracht-Hokamp
Wufnagel
Columbus
McCleary
Beverly Township
Sims Bridge
Burton Township
Serrel Bridge
W H. Kirtley
Dean
Local Doctors To Attend Big Meeting
Quincy doctors will attend the annual joint meeting of Adams and Pike counties in Illinois and Marion and Pike counties in Missouri, to be held at the St Nn E'Carte club house near Hannibal on August 28. Dr. H. P. Bierne of this city chairs the arrangements committee. A fine program of speakers is planned for 1:30 p.m. A fried chicken dinner will be served to those present at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincey
Adams
Pike
Ilinois
Marion
Missouri
Snn
Hannibal
H. P. Bierne
Barn Fire at Dayton Plant Preserves Four Horses
A Dayton Dowd factory barn on Second and York streets burned Saturday around 9 45 p m causing about 500 dollars in damage. Four dray horses were rescued by head teamster Joe Broogram who entered the blaze through embers to save them. The adjacent frame shed burned and the brick barn walls remained intact. Fire officials noted a possible crossed wire near the frame building as the likely cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton- Dowd
Second and
York Street
Joe Broogram
Broogram
Planning by a crowd for Carthage Fair
Bishop Fawcett of the Chamber of Commerce aims to mobilize a large Quincy Day crowd for the Hancock county fair on August 28. Morris Adler promotes window display cards urging merchants to issue them and pledge Quincy participation. Quincy organizations plan to send representatives to Carthage next Thursday, possibly making the feature permanent for future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop Fawcett
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Hancock County Fair
Morris Adler
Adier
Carthage
Adler
Labor Day River Excursion to Hannibal on Keokuk
On Labor Day a special excursion will leave at two o clock in the afternoon aboard the steamer Keokuk for Hannibal with a two hour stay. Return to Quincy is scheduled for eight o clock. The government boat Lucia was seen passing Quincy on Saturday on her downstream trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Keokuk
Quincy
Lucia
Bay
Muscatine
Old Irving School Razed For New Construction
Old Irving School is being razed to make way for a new facility. Lange Brothers, the contractors, began wrecking the old building on Saturday and expect completion by the next Saturday. Construction will start the following week. Sub-contracts include Sullivan Bros. for plumbing and heating, Gem City for electric and cut stone, F. W. Menke for cut stone, J. Eitf & Son for plastering, and the Hoskins Company for roofing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving School
Lange Brothers
Langs Barthers
Sullivan Bros
Ols Rtetty
Gem City
Electric Commanity
Cut
F. W. Menke
J. Eitf & Son
The
Hoskins Company
Krug Brother Shoots Man. Condition Unchanged
Oscar Krug, shot last Monday evening by his brother Walter Krug, remains in critical condition with no significant improvement noted.
Renew Search After Finding Plane Wreck
SAN DIEGO Calif Aug 23 Short ly after air service aviators search for Lieutenants Frederick H Waterhouse and Clarence Connelly army aviators missing since last week had been abandoned a report was received that the De Haviland airplane had been seen Wednesday forty miles below the Mexican border and flying southward The report was made by C J Adams an American mining man He said the course followed by the airplane would carry it toward the Gulf of California Upon being informed of the story told by Adams officials at Rockwell field announced a search would be conduct ed southward from Campo to San Felipe on the Gulf of California
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Air Service
Frederick H. Waterhouse
Clarence Connelly
de Haviland
C. J. Adams
Gulf of California
Adams
Grocers Pay Fine to Constable Felsing over Short Weight
Joseph G. Damhorst & Son grocers at Eleventh and Broadway paid a $10 fine and costs to Constable Felsing after a warrant was sworn by Mrs. Letha Nerby of 1258 Broadway for short weight. The hearing was continued until next Tuesday. The grocers pleaded guilty and settled the $10 fine and costs when served the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Damhorst
Births Reported From Blessing Hospital and Aurora Couple
Friday morning a daughter was born in Blessing hospital to Mr and Mrs Carl Heinecke of rural route No % Announcement also notes the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Dp E Brown of Aurora Illinois Mrs Brown was formerly Miss Frankie Banks of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blessing Hospital
Carl Heinecke
Quincy Friends
Dp. E. Brown
Aurora, Lll
Brown
Frankie Banks
City
Two Theaters In New York Close Doors In Standstill
Two more theaters the Casino and the Liberty closed Saturday night after a walk out by stage hands and musicians in sympathy with Actors Equity strikers. The strike has closed 23 New York play houses, with three legitimate houses still operating. The independent actors association, led by George M Cohen, met and enrolled over 100 members, naming Cohen president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Casino
Liberty
Actors Equity Association
Independent Actors’ Association
George M. Cohen
Equity Association
Cohan
Quincy Casting Co Changes Ownership
The Quincy Casting company at Fourth and Payson avenue sells its entire property and stock to form a cedar rapids based University Foundry company, moving the former officers to cedar rapids to run it. A new Quincy Casting company will operate locally with Peter F. Miller as president and Arthur W. Liebig as secretary, James Haggerty as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Casting Company
Fourth and
Payson Avenue
Quincy
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
University Foundry Company
Peter F. Miller
336
South Seventh
Paramount Store
Arthur W. Liebig
James Haggerty
David Ross
South Thirteenth Street
Lester Willis
State Street
George Beels, Sr
Deaths and Funerals of George W. Sexauer in Quincy
George W. Sexauer died at home 322 South Tenth Street after a two month illness. Born July 11 1850 in Bahlingen Germany he came to America at 27 and worked for 20 years at Buerkin Kaempen. Survived by widow eight children two grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral from his residence at 2 pm Tuesday with private service, then 230 pm at Salem Church, Woodland Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sexauer
South Tenth Street
Mr. Sexauer
Bahlinges
Daves
Germany
America
3Uerkin & Kaempen
William
Albert
Walter
Arthur
J. R. Roberts
Quincy
Oscar Buldbeck
Chicago
Louisa Sexauer
J. R. Wellman
Charles
Sexauer
Salem Church
Woodland Cemetery
Mrs Ellen White Passes After Short Illness
Mrs Ellen White formerly Miss Ellen Newby daughter of Mrs Emma Newby of this city died Friday morning at Blessing hospital after a short illness. Death was caused by acute neuritis following an operation. She was married in June 1916 to Thos White and is a descendant of Thomas White founder of the Thomas White store foundry. She leaves her husband and a son Thomas Jr. aged 13 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elen White
Ellen White
Ellen Newby
Emma Newby
Blessing Hospital
White
Thos. White
Thomas White
Thomas, Jr
Death of Mrs Adeline Blair at granddaughter’s home
Mrs Adeline Blair died of paralysis at 1:30 Saturday in the home of her granddaughter Mrs George Morey, 432 North Sixth Street. She was 78, born in Indiana, lived in Illinois 70 years, with husband and three children dead. A daughter Mrs G H Ellers and granddaughter Mrs George Morey survive. Lloyd Callaway, Barry undertaker, will conduct funeral in Barry Monday at 2 30 p m after body is shipped Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adeline Blair
George Morey
North Sixth Street
Blair
Indiana
Illlinois
G. H. Ellers
Iiving
Lloyd Callaway
Barry
Minor Police Case Involving Lillian Weltin Arrest
Mrs Lillian Weltin was arrested Saturday night on a vagrancy warrant sworn by Mrs Glen Hadsell of 615 Locust street. Weltin is accused of taking clothes from Hadsell. Officer Heckle arrested her and she remained jailed overnight for lack of bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Weltin
Pierson to Speak at Columbia Chamber Address
Truman Pierson, recently resigning as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, is invited to address the Columbia Missouri Chamber on Monday. His subject will be Organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman Pierson
Chamber of Commerce
Columbia
Hoover Calls For Direct Action in Budapest Crisis
Associated Press reports from Paris note Herbert Hoover telling the council of five that a firm approach is needed in Budapest. He says a club may be required, rejects Hapsburgs and Bolsheviks, and urges decisive action as the Romanian army eyes the Peidl ministry building amid a resigning government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Budapest
Associated Press
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Council of Five
Archduke Joseph
Hapsburgs
Mr. Hoover
Hapsburgers
Jnst
Peidlt
Government men prepare for Wolf trial in Quincy
Federal case targets Fred Wolf Sr and Paul Wolf for allegedly defrauding the government. Washington attorney S. R. Rush leads prosecution with John M. Dougherty and Julins Rosin. Quincy witnesses mobilized. court reporter arranged. Judge FitzHenry to preside in what is described as a major local trial. Wolfs were arrested in 1918 over leather goods contract charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wolf Sr
Paul Wolf
Quincy
S. R. Rush
Washington, D. C
United States
John M. Dougherty
Quincy Hherefore
Rush
Julins Rosin
Springfield
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
J. A. Weinand
Zone Supply
Chicago
Quincey
Weinand
Wolf
Judge FitzHenry
Bloomington
Wolfs
Speeder Crashed Into Mail Boxes At Eubanks Turn
Ed Seckman of Ellington township reports J E Funk of Camp Point sped about 40 mph and struck five mail boxes at the first turn north of Eubanks station Saturday morning. The impact broke the boxes and scattered the mail. Seckman swore out a warrant for Funk's arrest on speeding and reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eubanks Station
Ed Seckman
Ellington Township
J. E. Funk
Camp Point
Seckman
Quincey
Funk
Widow Makes Will Two Days Before Death
Mrs. Mary Krug left all property to her husband Oscar Krug in a will dated August 16 filed by attorney Roy D. Johnson after being shot by her brother Walter Krug. Walter confessed to the murder as Mrs. Krug answered a knock at her North Eleventh street home. Oscar Krug lay seriously ill in St. Mary hospital from a gunshot wound inflicted by Walter Krug.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Krug
Mary Krug
Oscar Krug
Roy D. Johnson
St. Mary Hospital
War Camp official aids discharged men at Clayton event
Victor Dillon executive secretary of the War Camp Community Service returned Saturday after visiting the Old Settlers' association picnic in Clayton. He distributed discharge covers blanks for travel pay and legion membership applications and for Victory buttons, briefing returning service men on War Camp Community Service efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Dillon
War Camp Community Service
Old Settlers’ Association
Clayton
Mr. Dillon
American Legion
War Camp
Weather Summary for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Partly cloudy unsettled conditions with showers possible in southern Illinois and northern Missouri. Cooler in northern areas and central night hours. Monday expected fair with moderate temperatures. River forecast shows a falling trend from Muscatine downstream to Louisiana over the next 43 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Misouri
Port
Muscatine
Louisiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. O. H. Crandall
Abe Martin
Joe Lark
Robert Powell
Lodge
Halbach-Schroeder CO
Halbach-Schroeder Imagps
Quincy Boys
U. S
Dayton
Irving
Krug
Grocers
Felsing
Quincy Casting CO
George Sexauer
Speeder
Mrs. Krug
Ansed
Fieed
Helshi
Chance
St. Paul
Ieet
Davenport
St. Louia
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