Aged Mother of Mrs King Testifies in Means Trial
In Concord North Carolina on December 1 1931 Mrs Anna L Robinson the aged mother of Mrs Maud A King testified for the prosecution at the Gaston B Means murder trial. She appeared in a wheelchair and clashed with a man named Henry Deitch described as Means bad yankard who urged not to bring the woman into the courtroom. Mrs Robinson described a $125000 trust fund created for her and Mrs King and its revocation by Means and said she could not identify her signature on checks she had cashed. She fainted during testimony while explaining when she learned of her daughter's death. The trial heard that a New York pathologist said Mrs King could not have killed herself and witnesses described the fund and its revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Anna L. Robinson
Maud A. King
Gaston B. Means
Robinson
Asheville
N.C
Melvin
Otto Schulte
New York
King
Leonard Johnson
Robbinson
Means
Food Men Protest Priority For Transportation
Washington action on priority of transportation for food fuel and munitions sparks a tangle. The priority committee chaired by Robert Lovett works to clear the situation. Garfield urged a general order for coal priority while the Food Administration protests prioritizing freight over food. Navy and War Department demands add to the dispute as officials consider war council decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasitngton
Committee On
Robert §. Lovett
Garfield
Eastern
War and Navy Departments
Priority’ Committee
War Council
Woman Leaves Hospital For Husband's Funeral
Mrs Trave Elmore, patient at a Jacksonville hospital, rode in the same express car as her husband Pridas Elmore's body to Ashland for burial after he was killed in a motor accident in St Louis. Grief overwhelmed her and doctors feared for her recovery after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Ashland
St. Lows
Trave Elmore
Pridas
Chicago and Alton
Denies German Negotiations for Argentine Minister Post
BUENOS AIRES says the government denies Germany is negotiating to appoint a minister to Argentina in succession to Count Von Luxburg. The denial refutes a rumor of official talks and succession plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Germany
Appellutis Ig
Argentiina
Count von Luxburg
Jury Disagrees In Canton Case Over Land Deal
In Canton Missouri the jury halted McCutchan versus Lewis after a week long trial with over 80 witnesses. The suit sought specific performance of a contract trading a cottage and Canton lot for a farm with Lewis claiming illiteracy kept him from understanding terms. The case drew wide attention as attorneys for both sides presented dense testimony.
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Canton
McCutchan
Lewis
James McCutchan
James A. Lewis
O. C. Clay
Imlbert
Tilbert
Hibert
Henderson
Reuse
E.R. McKee
I. R. Davis
St. Louis
Emmett Easter
Evangeline Ransom
T. S. Johnson
Monticello
WV. B. Harvey
Moe. Church of
East White Street
Mr. Kaster
N. P. Kaster
Red Cross officer reassures Russia over aid shipments
A Petrograd Red Cross official refutes press claims of an American embargo on aid to Russia. The communication states no official source has announced Red Cross shipments would stop. Since the revolution, plans, including milk and shoes, depend on continued assistance.
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Petrograd
Red Cross
Russia
America
Canada Oversubscribes Victory Loan Bill
TODONTO Dec 1 Canada oversubscribed its 300 million dollar victory loan by about 6.5 million, according to officials. With one day left, provinces’ final reports pending, officials expect reach of 350 million.
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Canada
TOD
Can
Camp Point Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Camp Point residents share holiday visits as guests arrive from Colby Chicago Mendon Mt Sterling and Galesburg. Mrs. Selby Golden calls on friends while Miss Walters returns from Macomb for vacation. Holmes, Turner and Castle families host and visit relatives. church group meets for an afternoon of rooks and refreshments. Everett Miller from Chicago visits Bernice Sutton, with several other families listed in a roundup of social activity.
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Camp Point
Ill
Louis Lefferinghouse
Colby
Kan
Savil Eshom
Minnie Thomas
Chicago
Frank Thomas
Columbus
Lorena Simmons
Augusta
Julia Simmons
Ed Selby
Golden
Camp Point Friends
Homer Smith
Camp Dodge
Nat Smith
L. CO. Sutton
Bernice
Isaac Cutter
Helen Seaton
Mendon
Laura Seaton
Nina Walters
Macomb
Tda Turner
Mt. Sterling
John Williams
William Tistetter
Mary Curry
Carrie Garrett
Christian Church
E. J. Kline
Golden Wednesday
T. T. Burke
Mary
Rook
Jerome Ostetter
Starriet Tuxford
Big Neck
Lena Hudson
Fred Todd
Ethel Castle
Galesburg
Rankin Castle
Everett Miller
Bernice Sutton
Fort Sheridan Head Gets Army Assignment
Fort Sheridan Illinois December 1 Col James A Ryan commander of the second reserve officers training camp is ordered to take command of the trains in the third division at Camp Green Charlotte North Carolina Lieut Col Cromwell Stacey assigned to the 30th Infantry at Camp Green Col Ryan will be a staff member to the major general commanding and will oversee supply engineer sanitary and ammunition trains for the division
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sheridan
James A. Ryan
Camp Green
Charlotte
N.C
Cromwell Stacey
30Th Infantry
Ryan
St Jacobs Oil Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatism
An old advertisement extols St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatism and sore joints. It claims instant relief from pain stiffness and swelling, touts millions of past cures, and recommends a small trial bottle from any drug store for conditions including sciatica neuralgia lumbago backache and sprains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Congress to Authorize New Revenue Source In Early Session
Washington dispatch reports Congress must authorize about five billion dollars from now to July 1 in addition to existing liberty bonds and war taxes. Debates split between bond issues and taxation as the admin favors securities to ease revenue needs, with loans to Allies continuing under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury
Congressional
Violets Today at Heckenkamps and Local Notices
Brief personals and notices from Quincy area. Mrs Frank Dick visits her son Frank at Illinois University in Champaign. Dr Stan nus, ENT specialist. Prof Arthur Diesing gave an organ recital at Zion Lutheran Palmyra. Various locals attend to business and travel. The Quincy laundry moves to North Wirth street. New Gem City Business College enrollees. Upcoming Officers election for Employers Mutual Benefit and Civil Service postings list vacancies. Mrs E N Monroe hosts sister from Seattle visiting first time in twelve years.
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Heckenkamp’'s
Frank Dick
Park Place
Champaign
Frank
Illinois University
Stannus
Hampshire Street
Arthur Diesing
St. Jacobi Lutheran School
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Palmyra
Ic Bunch
Heckenkamp
Nace Martin
Hall
Baring
Quincy
Snyder
Joe Kanaley
Wannibal
J. B. C. Freiburg
Crispin Shoe Company
F. M. Pendleton
Vermont Street
Chicago
North Wirth Street
A. TB. Parker
Spring Street
Zeckenkamp’s
Edward Schauf
Slater, Mo
Belle Harding
Henry P. Haller
South Fourteenth Street
G. D. Wamm
Russell
August Slaller
William Peuster
Robert Painter
LaGrange
LaGrange Indicator
John Finch
Elm Street
Edina
E. C. Peter
Payyson
Mussetter
Mary of
William Nichols
Glenn Johnson
Litte
South Eleventh Street
Mary Luise
Tohnson
Louise Leggett
George Leggett
Johnson
George Thompson
Kewanee
The
Greeters of
Illinois
Parkside Hotel
Paul Limber
Guiney
Warry Walker
Gem City Business College
Z. R. Wells
South Fourth Street
Purley N. Warne
Epworth
Fourth and Lind Streets
Quincy Railway Company
Civil Service
John U Schrage
E. N. Monroe
Maing Street
Mret
John McAffie
Seattle
Wash
Laxative Bromo Quinine Price Increase Notice
Advertising notice announces a 30 cent per box price for Laxative Bromo Quinine the World Famous Cure for Colds and Grip. It cites rising costs of six medicinal extracts and chemicals as the reason for the increase to druggists while noting decades of use and global popularity.
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Advy
Limit distribution of medical serums in Illinois
Springfield December 1 The state board of health will restrict free distribution of diphtheria antitoxin and other vaccines after December 1 to physicians who fully comply with state laws on birth reporting and with disease control regulations. The order aims to strengthen reporting and enforcement to combat communicable diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Board of Health
Department Orden
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Parker
Zeta Lambda Sigma
Culver Stockton College
EL Brodrick
Herry
George Asters
Peters
Edin Wiss
Davenport
Agnes St. Orge
Norris Kautz
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sa’lack
Wiss
Leo St. Onge
Lra Joseph St. Onge
Tremont Avenue
Neeping
Joe Wiss
Edna
Pittsfield
Ili
Estil Miller
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Margaret Miller
A. J. Jex
Robert Mann Woods
Marilla Young
Eva Graves
Peoria
da Hall
George Weaver
Herbert Reinheimer
Detroit
Mich
Charles M. Hirsheimer
Miss Marian
Clara Grigsby
Hayward
Hugo
Lulu
Fannie Quinby
Harry Quinby
Quartermaster’s Corps
France
Marjorie Binns
Margaret Boothby
State Normal
Carl Siegel
Illinois Wesleyan
Ginevra Thomas
Illinois College
Lucy Kientzle
Helen Foote
Normal
Nancy Blair
Barry
George Kelley
Elizabeth Duffield
Floyd Underwood
Leland
Moline
Anna Ward
Pana
M. Kk. Grigsby
Carl Main
George Main
Raymond Knox
Harry Branch
Pred W. Niebur
Leo
Bell-Ans
Franklin Co
W. Riverside Coal Co
J. L. Frese
Meereagas TS
Mantis
Lion
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
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