Civic Improvement League asks inspection for torn down buildings
The Quincy council met with most aldermen absent due to Cincinnati fire chiefs convention. The Civic Improvement League requested police fire department inspection of several buildings to condemn ones dep cre ci ated fifty to seventy five percent and order their demolition. A ward alderman urged broader checks in the business district and other petitions followed including vault and cesspool amendments and traffic signaling proposals.
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Civic Improvement League
Abbott
O’brien
McNutt
Schroer
Koehler
Weisenburger
Cincinnati
Bickhaus
Fifth Ward
Quincy
Marriotte
Shreer
Civic Improvement. ‘League
Fire. Department
Ebert
Ross
Jersey Street
Ninth
Spring Street
Eighth
Front Street
Vermont Street
Third
Maine
Hampshire
Front
Twelfth Streets
Vermont
York Streets
Alerman
Boeing
TIZ Foot Relief Ad Promises Instant Pain Free Feet
An old advertisement touts TIZ foot bath as a quick remedy for aching sore tired feet and corns. It promises instant relief, reduced swelling and odor, urging readers to buy a 25 cent box at drugstores and department stores.
Kidney Pills Promise Quick Relief From Ageing Ailments
An old advertisement warns that overworked kidneys cause premature aging and a range of symptoms from rheumatism to stiff joints. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills as restoring kidney health by eliminating uric acid and poisons, claiming prevention of dangerous diseases, via Miller & Arthur Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Eastern Star Alpha chapter to attend funeral
Members of Alpha chapter No 109 OFES are requested to meet at Masonic temple on Wednesday afternoon September 1 at 2 o clock to attend the funeral of our late sister Mrs J L Klemme. Service at St Peters Evangelical church Ninth and York burial Woodland cemetery cars furnished by Mrs Henry Michelmann W M Miss Ella Thomas meyer Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. FE. S
Masonic Temple
St. Péter's Evangelical Church
Corner
Ninth
York
Woodland Cemetery
Henry Michelmann
Ella Thomasmeyer
Hypocrites Placed Under Censors Ban in Quincy
The Quincy Board of Censors banned the film The Hypocrites after church members complained it misrepresents clergy. Theater manager W L Busby defended the production, noting it has been shown elsewhere without issue and denying any wrongdoing. The mayor and police were instructed to enforce the ban, with a decision on opening pending.
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W. L. Busby
Board of Censors
Quincy
Keokuk
Hannibal
Peoria
Minneapolis
New York
W. L. Bushy
Empre-Hippodrome
Busby
Colored Picnic at Sherman Park Announces Emancipation Send-Off
A colored community event announces today at Sherman park across the river. A big fish fry barbecue music by the Quincy colored band and dancing are planned for a general celebration. Invited communities include Canton, La Grange, Monticello, Keokuk and Palmyra with a ministerial turnout. committee members are Walter Scott Ollie Johnson and Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Park
Quincy
Baldwin Park
Canton
la Grange
Monticello
Keokuk
Palmyra
Smith Newton Adams and Others Named as Managers
Smith Newton Adams Ed Fleaner and Jimmie Green listed as principals. Lucille Murray and Claud Washington named as general managers in the organization’s leadership roster.
Local items and notices from the week
Local pick ups advertise chicken supper in Echternkamp Grove on September 1 by Bluff Hall band. Round trip Snyder’s Jitneys fare seventy cents. Henry Wenning, longtime deputy in the office of County Recorder James Buffington, enjoys his annual vacation. Bon Ton stock sale slated in next few days at 607 Maine. Women’s Guild of Vermont Street Baptist church to meet in church parlors on Wednesday afternoon and bring dressed dolls and items for a Christmas box to be sent to a Chinese kindergarten. Mr and Mrs Fred Hoos and Mr and Mrs Leslie Landers of Pittsfield visited Dr and Mrs J E Miller at 1836 Maine Street. 25 relatives attended a feast at the McFarland home for the thirty third anniversary of Mr and Mrs McFarland’s wedding.
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Echternkamp Grove
Bluff Hall
Snyder
Henry Wenning
James Buffington
Maine
Women’ Guild of the
Vermont Street
Baptist Church
Hargchow
China
Fred Hoos
Leslie Landers
Pittsfield
J. E. Miller
Maine - Street
Walter
Mc- Farland
Mc-Farland
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warns Public
Public warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury. Mercury risks destroying smell and harming the whole system when absorbed through mucous surfaces. Reputable physicians should prescribe treatments. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo claims no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Testimonials available, price 75 cents. also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney ,& Co
Weather Responsible For Ig Gole Scores
Detroit August 30 Dudley Midge of St Paul posted a 73 for the afternoon round and finished the 36 hole final qualification of the National Amateur Golf Championship with 152 total par likely the medal score. Only seven of 73 players in the first half of final qualified completed 18 holes under 80 amid a stiff wind and cold. Predictions placed 168 as the qualifying score for the week, while many believed contenders to reach match play finished 82 or worse. Also noted is J S Bales collecting a $10 wolf bounty from the county clerk at Springfield after shooting the animal on Leland farm near Chatham. Wolves scarce in Sangamon county.
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Detroit
Dudley
St. Paul
Bales
Springfield
Leland Farm
Chathaig
Forest Ikills
NJ S
National Tennis Association
West Side
Illinois fish notes blame lampreys for dead river catch
Fishermen along the Vermillion and Salt Fork rivers report many dead and mutilated fish this season. They blame lampreys, eellike vertebrates that attach to fish with a suction mouth and rasp flesh with sharp teeth. All fish are victims, though inland Illinois streams are rarely affected. high water is believed to drive their appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Fork
Ilfitiois
First Woman Granted Kane County Hunting License
Mrs Linda Kleinmeier of Aurora became Kane County's first woman to receive a hunting permit this week. She joined her husband on a hunting expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Kleinmeier
Aurora
Kane County
Muskellunge and bass win at Grindstone Lake fishing camp
J L Barth, vice president of Hinvs Lumber Co of Chicago, fished with grandson Jack Oughet at Grindstone Lake Hayward Wisconsin. Barth landed a 21 pound muskie and a 6 pound bass among over sixty bass caught during a week in the woods. The muskie resisted, taking time to land, while the six pounder required forty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Barth
Hinvs Lumber Company
Chicago
Williams
Campion Grindstone Lake
Hayward
Wis
Barth
Io the Woods
Jack Oughet
Fort Wayne Central League Team Tops Cleveland in Exhibition
Fort Wayne beat the Cleveland Americans 7 to 4 in an exhibition. Catcher Haworth of Cleveland fractured a bone above the right ankle sliding. Score by innings shows Cleveland 200 200 000 4, Fort Wayne 000 000 7x 7. Batteries Brenton, Tones and Haworth. Fohl, Hart, and Beyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Cleveland Americans
Haworth
Cleveland
Ashlae Cleveland
Wayne
Brenton
Tones
Fohl
Hart
Beyers
Sloan's Liniment Advert: Quick Muscle Relief Card
A vintage ad touts Sloan's Liniment for tired aching muscles after hard work. Claims quick, magic-like relief, counter irritant benefits, and easy penetration without rubbing. Endorsed by a grateful user and marketed by druggists with a 2 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
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Third Ward
Koch
Oscar
W. Shannon
R. Walters
Shannon
Hartford Accident and
Finance, Committee and Corporation Counsel
Conrad Eickelmann
Twelfth
Thirteenth
Chestnut
Cherry Streets
Board of Public Works With Power
C. A. Mead
Oak Street
Twenty-seventh
Twenty-eighth
Oak and Lind
Board of Public Works
Alder
Genenbacher
George J. Zumsteg
York Street
Board of ‘Local Improvements
Bernard Schucking
Seventeenth
Lind-streets
Lind. Street
Schucking
Hummert
Board of Local Improvements
Father Driscoll
St. Peter's Church
George F. Miller
Maple Street
Fifth
Board of Local ‘Improvements
Vine Street
Ald
Vine
Department of Public Works
BANL
John Hanoxk
Boston
Hancock
United States
Washington
Massachusetts
Sons of Liberty
Anheuser-Busch
Free Republic
St.louis
U.S.A
Quincy, Ill
Illinois
W. W. Yeger
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
W. W) Yager
Evelyn Seavey
Missouri
Veutral West
Marguerite Chesney
Phoenix
Ariz
Mary ‘Katherine Voorhees
Evanston
Central West
Forest ‘Hill
WW. E. Hofer
Galveston
Market Streets
Market
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