Direct Road to Beardstown Recommended by Committee
The Consolidated Good Roads Association of Quincy urged the State Highway Commission to build the first hard road from Quincy to Springfield via Beardstown using the shortest feasible mileage. The group endorsed the Beardstown Springfield route with flexibility to deviate eastward to benefit Adams County, stressing direct, economical routing for freight and passenger traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Good Roads Association
Quincy
Beardstown
Springfield
State Highway Commission
State Board
Ill
Frank I. Bennett
S. E. Bradt
Clifford Older
Department of Public Works
Division of Highways
Consolidated Good Roads Association of
Adams County
Illinois
Consolidated Good- Roads Association of
Ilinois
Chamber of Commerce
Burton
Liberty
Kellerville
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Mt. Sterling
Consolidated Good Road Association
John J. Fisher
L. B. Boswell
Rudulph Tenk
Thomas M. Beatty
Perry C. Ellis
F. William Neckenkamp, Jr
Palmyra Chautauqua Hosts Banda Roma and Aviator Tribute
Palmyra Missouri saw two Sunday concerts headlined by Luigi Guaglia and Banda Roma drawing large crowds. The program featured aviation hero Major Kay C Bridgeman and a tribute to his war service, with accolades from Captain James Norman Hall. Local residents and visitors, including Rev and Mrs J M Boon and several families, attended as the town celebrated cultural events and remembered wartime pilots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Lugi Guaglia
Banda Roma
Chautauqua
Palmyra Chautauqua
Redpath Vawter
Guaglia
Bohumir Kryl
A. F. Thavin
Signor Quantino
Quaelia
Banda Hromz
America
Sans Souci Park
Chicago
Quaglia
Palermo
Italy
Kay C. Bridgeman
Bridgman
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Ife
Argonne Tforest
Jus
Iniauries
North Sea
Switzeland
Alsatian
Toul
Verdun Argonne
Champagne
Aisne
Somme
Lorraine
Flinders
Afr
Lafayette Flying Corps
Escadrile Lafayette
James Norman Hall
Escadrille la Tayette
Ray Bridgeman
United States Air Force
Lafayette
Captain Hall
Hall
Major Bridgman
Lafayette Escadrille
Escadrille
Martha and
Margaret Taylor
St Joseph
Geo. Neuman
St Louis
Kev
Perry Taylor
Baby
Riezle
Taylor
Maybelle Keller
Mississippi
AL BR. Bover
Colorado Springs
Kokumy
Leadville
Allen Smith
Martinsburg
J.olice
Evelyn Todd
W. A. Todd
Safe Vicinity
Miss Todd
Local visitors share time in Columbia and Kirksville
Miss Billie Hawker a trained nurse returns home to Columbia from St Louis for a vacation. Mr and Mrs Henry Starkel host Mr and Mrs Ralph Goodwin of Kirksville and Mr and Mrs Wm Glendinning plan trips to Colorado to visit relatives this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Billie Hawker
St. Louis
Henry Starkel
Ralph Goodwin
Kirksville
Wm. Glendinning
Sccft
Colorado
Marion Farmers Buy Thresher Outfit And Solve Harvest Puzzle
In Palmyra Missouri Aug 26 a Marion county group formed the Independent Threshing Company to thresh their grain with an International Harvester separator. Members provide ten sacks each season and share duties, with the machine stored in a local building and crew meals simplified. The plan gains Farm Bureau News endorsement and may spread countywide next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Marion County
James Reber
Ed Disslehorst
Anton Hembrook
Jacob Peters
Charles Hoehne
Oliver Rosé
Henry Hoehne
International Harvester
Independent Threshing Company
Hd Disslehorst
Heas
Farm Bureau News
West Ely Farm Bureau Plans Annual Colt and Stock Show
The West Ely Farm Bureau of South River Township will stage its annual colt and stock show at D. A. Leebenbauer's pasture in Palmyra on Friday at 1 PM with 54 premiums for live stock across all categories. Premium lists are circulating as farmers, each a past winner, anticipate another strong event. Also noted is a mishap involving an airplane bound for a Chautauqua appearance that wrecked after tangling with telegraph wires during a prior engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Farm Bureau of
West Ely
South River Township
D. A
Chautauqua
Two pilots injured in incident but not seriously hurt
The machine were both rendered unconscious but neither were seriously injured. Mr Vawter said he could not promise the flight for the chautauqua within ten days and the pilot here is in hospital. Lieutenant Lloyd King arrived from overseas late last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vawter
Lloyd King
Dance Masters Preview Jazz Sidestep At New York Convention
In New York on August 27 the American National Association of Masters of Dancing and the American Society of Professors of Dancing opened a two day convention at the Hotel Astor. The Jazz Sidestep called syncopated by Terpischer drew 60 participants and sparked a push to regulate dancing with a committee to prepare a booklet as welfare groups seek guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Timettle
Hotel Astor
American National Association of Masters of
American Society of Professors of Dancing
Terpischer
Camp Point Chautauqua Guests and Visitations Report
Miss Pauline Behan arrived from Galesburg to visit her mother Mrs Lena Behan for the chautauqua. Dozens of locals in Camp Point and surrounding towns attended visits and gatherings with relatives and friends over the weekend including Mr and Mrs Omer in Missouri and many chautauqua guests. The community also mourned Mary Alter’s death with burial arrangements to Evergreen cemetery in Camp Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Behan
Galesburg
Chautauqua
Lena Behan
Christian Booth
Quincy
John Ward
R. A. Omer
Center
Omer
Missouri
Hudson Rainier
Stanley Ruby
California
Ruby Rainier
Liberty
Harold Rainier
Isa Belle Richmond
Paris
Claire Stevenson
Marinette
Wis
James Pdowning
Springfield
Chautauqqua
John ‘Tautt
Bowen
Otho Gay
Mendon
Harold Nutt
Hester Ann Vaneil
Martha Acklam
Edith Nokes Tenhaeff
la Prairie
Sidney McGill
Suprenia MeGht
Harriett Guy
Charles Sikler
Crenshaw
Floyd Omer
Sam Curry
Sam Curry, Jr
Aurora
Lee Bates
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary Alter
Camp Point
Evergreen Cemetery
Hates
Margaret Kay
William Todd, Jr
Sunday Visitors Gather for Chillicothe Chaутauqua
Chillicothe Illinois hosts a long list of guests including Mr and Mrs William Todd Sr Mrs Mae Nations Macomb Mrs J B Satterfield Plymouth and many others from Gol den Clayton Bowen Augusta Quincy and Chicago who attended Sunday events at local homes and with Mrs Mollie Booth and her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Ill
William Todd
Mae Nations
Macomb
J. B. Satterfield
Plymouth
Harriett Hunsaker
T. T. Burke
Golden
Emily Kline
Harold Dean
St. Louis
Edson Dean
Westbrook
Clayton
Mollie Booth
Swain
Lawrence Randaell
Toraine
Ed. Hornecker
Bowen
Eda Crain
Hess
Augusta
Elsie Blume
Sophia Ahlemiere
Elmer Lummis
John Brown
Quincy
Grosh
Reynolds
Harvey Norris
Hate Norris
Donald
Guldberg
Nathan Myers
Chicago
Mra. Wallace
Pauline
Crawford
Quincy, Or
Mra. Thomas
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Official
Boy Scout Outfitters
Dad
Kazoo
Ace
Giles
Henderson
Buda Motor
Marion
West Ely Farm Bureau
Wayland CO
West Side Square
N. 4Th St
Quincy, Hil
Victor
Edison
Pathe
Brunswick
Sonora
Adard
Edward Johnson
Majestic Bldg
Quincy, HI
Maine
Edward Johnson Music House
T. C. Poling & CO
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