Burglar nabbed in Hannibal Kresge store
Police trapped a teenage burglar in the Kresge five and ten store on Main Street Hannibal after a long search. Richard Coleman sixteen from Jacksonville Illinois claimed the he had just arrived that day. He hid behind boxes on the second floor and was booked on burglary charges as hundreds watched the arrest.
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Hannibal
Kresge
Main Street
Richard Coleman
Jacksonville
Ilinois
P. Harris
Center Street
Thomas O'Day
Fine Lecture Makes Sunday Chautauqua Program Interesting
Camp Point reported a large crowd at Batley park for a Sunday chautauqua with Rev. A B Grummon of the M E church preaching on Conscience and Christ. The Camp Point orchestra and Bowen band performed as Mrs Ray Miller led a luncheon and chicken dinner service for about 600 attendees despite a sudden storm. Dr Herbert L Willett spoke on America’s new program, praising wartime unity and the League of Nations. The program closed with musical performances by Dertha Farner concert troupe and Emma Jean Kemp.
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Camp Post
Batley Park
A. B. Grummon
M. E. Church
Grumman
Camp Point
Ray Miller
James Lohr
Paris
Russia
America
Chicago
Philippine Islands
China
Beaume
France
League
England
Dlertha Farner
Hertha Farner
Lome
Itariz
Vander
Sels
Cologne
Denut
Nimes
Los A Angeles Symphony Orchestra
Manedict Opera Company
New York
San Darlo Opera Company
Emma Jean Kemp Soilthoof Teowen
Mr. Lehr
Dp Tacates
Ehaufanaa Association
Caleifornia
Work begins on Taylor Road next month
Marion county court granted permission to the Quincy Taylor road corporation to build a hard road on the Taylor highway. If the $1,350,000 county bond issue passes on September 3, the county will contribute $4.00 per mile. if defeated, full permission and county engineer services are provided. President W H Bennett and directors stated surveys by Ely are the next step. The project aims to connect Marion county with Missouri, benefiting Quincy and local farmers and merchants.
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Marion County
Quincy-Taylor Corporation
W. H. Bennett
Ely
Bennett
Quincy- Taylor Road Corporation
Ouiney-Taylor Road Corporation
Taylor Road
Missouri
Marion Coun
Quincy
Mr. Bennett
W. J. Singleton
George A. Binkert
Jackson R.pearce
Palmyra
Illinois
City of Flowers
Army Navy Balloon Race to open September in St Louis
A balloon race for the U S military championship will start September 4 in St Louis under the Missouri Aeronautlers Society. Each side may enter three balloons.
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Army-Navy
ST. Louis
Army
Navy
United States
Missouri Aeronauiers Society
Federal Engineers Studying Route 31 in Adams County
Residents along Route 31 in Adams County note federal engineers surveying highways from Clayton to Summers Corner about six miles from Quincy. They presume the cross state road will be a federal aid project with federal support, guiding a longer lasting, wider road built to federal standards using the shortest route and best materials.
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Adams County
Clayton
Summer's Corner
Quincy
Route 31
Fowler
Camp Point
Twenty-fourth Street
Capt King and Lieut Vosse Return to U S
Word was received in Quincy that Capt Oscar King and Lieut Pete Vosse have arrived in New York City from overseas service. Both are attached to the Third division with King having served in France commanding a company in the Fourth Infantry and Vosse attached to a company in the Seventh Infantry.
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Quincy
New York City
Oscar King
Spring Street
Pete Vosse
Twelfth
Spruce Streets
King
France
Fourth Infantry
Vosse
Seventh Infantry
Brief Personalities and Local Happenings in Quincy Area
Rudolph Meyer, a Sesqueanna College instructor, serves as organist at Salem church in Prof. Hugo Schuessler’s absence. Schuessler returns from Edwardsville. Local visits include Weilers in Watervliet and Misses Zelle and Grimm from New York. Notes on residents’ travels, illnesses, and social events fill a busy update from Quincy and nearby towns.
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Rudolph Meyer
Sesqueanna College
Salem Church
Hugo Schuessler
Schuessler
Edwardsville
Ill
Weilers
August Warskow
Watervliet
Mich
Fred Henhoff
Springfield
Frank
O'Farrell
Broadway
Mattie van Blair
Keokuk
Ft. Madison
Lydia Zelle
Clara Grimm
New York
W. T. Daker
Little Beatty
Masonic Old Folks
Sullivan
Aurelia Bradney
Weston A. Bradney
Bradney
Quincy
O. H. Crandall
Wiskitchen
John Milgrim
North Second Street
St. Mary Hospital
Carl and
Eugene Specht
St. Louis
Louis Specht
Payson Avenue
Albert Specht
State Street
Walter Specht
State Streets
Pease
George Smith
Darrell
Ruth
Namoi
Marie Scott
Charles
Nelson Mills
Jacksonville
Broom Corn Harvest Opens in Bloomington Area
Broom corn harvest begins in central Tilingsis with first sales around 2300 per ton in Bloomington Illinois. Growers anticipate prices near 490 as yield is large and acreage ahead of former years.
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Bloomington
Theodore Roosevelt to Lead Four Week Legion Speaking Tour
Theodore Roosevelt of New York, a founder of the American Legion, begins a four week tour across the middle and far west under the national speakers bureau. He will promote enrollment, coordinate state work, and discuss the Legion’s aims and accomplishments while visiting Michigan Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Nebraska Iowa Kansas Colorado California Oregon Washington Montana and Idaho.
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Theodore Roosevelt
New York
American Legion
Paris
St. Louis
Joint
National Executive Committee
Middle West
Far West
Legion
Quincy War Camp
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Z. F. F. Herbert
Massachusetts
John W. Inter
Alabama
Mr. Roosevelt
Michigan
Indiana
Winots
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
Springfield
Quincy
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The
Quincy Trades & Labor Assembly
Illinois State Band
Highland
Park
George Schmitt
Maine
Hampshire
State
Sineet Metal Workers’ Union
Plasterers’ Union
Letter Carriers’ Union
Bartenders’ League
Firemen's Union
Garment Workers’ Union
Pattern Makers’ League
Barbers’ Union
Leather Workers’ Union
Tailors’ Union
Machinists’ Union
Retail Clerks’ Union
Tobacco Workers’ Union
Railway Clerks’ Union
Coopers’ Union
Tron Molders’ Union
Woman’s Label League
Brewers’ Union
Beer Bottler’s Union
Street Railway
Pressmen’s Union
Bookbinders’ Union
Moving Picture Machine Operators’ Union
Musicians’ Union
Electrical Workers’ Union
Cigarmakers’ Union
Painters and Decorators’ Union
Carpenters and Joiners’ Union
Bricklayers’ Protective Union
Building Laborers’ Union
Metal Polishers’ Union
Stone Cutters Union
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Ninth
Seventh
Eiihth
Theodore Lbisser
Cheir
George N. Schmitt
Oscar Trine
Frank Niehaus
Henry H. Thesen
Harry Nichols
Henry C. Distelhorst
Frank Gross
Fred Hoelscher
South Side
Athetic Club
Edwin Brown
South Twelfth Street
Temme
Brown
Second Ammunition, Transport Company
Vicks Vaporub
JP VN Temere
Maine Street
Bley ii
AEC Es
Marion County Court
Federal
Capt
Lieut
U. S
Anna Getz
Carl Getz
Payson
H. F. Cook
Peters’ Springs
H. L. Horton
Burton
Cook Home
J. W. Richards
J. L. Swartz
Osteopath
Wells
Billy Rothgeb
Danville
H. P. Rothgeb
North Sixth Street
Will Rothgb
Billy
Elmer Smith
Rock Island
Lawrence Randall
Buffalo
N. Y
Telegraph
Buffalo Telegraph
Ed Randall
William Schaefer
Fifteenth Congressional District
Anna Fifer
Wichita
Kan
George W. Fifer
Ruth Githens
Lora Padgett
Charles Gillespie
Frank X. Fackler
Peoria
Duke Schroer
Herman Rossmiller
Denver
H. H. Rossmiller
St. Agnes
William Fleet
Bellans
N. Fifth St
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