Blue and White pick Bush captain for 1918 basketball
In a vote at a Wednesday night meeting Bush was elected captain of the Blue and White basketball team. A veteran of last season he is expected to lead the squad to victory in the 1918 schedule as coach Brazelton notes strong practice and an upcoming Jacksonville tournament on March 1 and 2. The article also notes Stupids, Dyspeptics and Boneheads wins and the team standings with Stupids and Dyspeptics atop the league.
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Bush
Blue and White
Brazelton
Jacksonville
Carthage
Stupids
Boneheads
Slickers
Armory
Bowling Bartletts Top Keller Three Game Night
The Bartletts won two of three games against the Kellers at Turner Hall alleys Tuesday night while the Merkels also took two from the Dehners. Final scores were not fully listed in readable text.
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Bartletts
Kellers
Turner Hall
Merkels
Dehners
Hoffman
Nesene
Smyth
Thomas
Rouse
Hendricksen
Steinwedell
Steinbach
Schwartz En
Clark
McKeeey
Deliners
Playvers
Mueller Os Seve
Coyle Deke Ee
R. Nesler Taeeves
Kreighause Eevee
J. Nesler
Csesseve
Merkel Oeneretonas
Ypos
Playera
Ein Veonsseser
Druffel
Palmyra Man Shot Self Undergoes X Ray Test
Lawrence Wallbracht, who accidentally shot himself Tuesday, was taken to Quincy by Dr T A Rozelle on Wednesday for X ray localization of the bullet. Mrs Cora Sharp, valet for fifteen years, died Tuesday at the family residence in Palmyra leaving husband James Sharp La Valle and four children Lola, Oran, Orbil and Mrs Sullivan. Funeral services set for Thursday. Young purchased J W Lemmons residence on Boush Main Street and 40 acre tract behind it for 612,900.
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Palmyra
Lawrence Wallbracht
Quincy
T. A. Rozelle
Cora Sharp
James Sharp
la Valle
Wm. Sullivan
Lola
Oran
Orbil
Sharp
The
Christian Church
Young
J. W. Lemmons
Boush Main Street
Signor Bugerino Performs Leap for Life
Cat Tales reports Signor Bugerino in a high spirited act titled The Leap for Life. The performance features daring acrobatics and crowd engagement as he showcases balance and timing in a vivid stage display.
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Signor Bugerino
Death of Jesse C. Williams Adams Hancock State Senator
Carthage Dec 6 Hon Jesse C Williams aged 98 died at his home in South Fayette street after a long, active life as a merchant and public servant born Aug 22 1819 in Richmond Ky He served as state senator for Hancock and Adams counties in 1870 and was a longtime community leader in Carthage He survived by five children Oscar William Josiah Josiah J Susan and a devoted daughter Funeral plans not yet fixed County Board meets with personnel and school farm reports plus a jail inspection noting needed repairs
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Carthage
Jesse C. Williams
South Fayette Street
Senate
Richmond
Madison County
Richard
Catherine (Holder) Williams
Virginia
Kentucky
Mr. Williams
Col
Richard Calloway
Washington
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Joe Johnson
Williams
Masonic Lodge
Christian Church
Hancock
Adams
Oscar
Fort Stockton
Tex
William TD
Fort Worth
Texas
Josiah J
Kansas City
Jessie Hart
Nora Springs
Susan
Hancock County Board of Supervisors
Walter Wartlett
Durham Township
Reu
E. H. Fleming
Twesten
Bartlett
Board of Supervisors
S. D. Faris
S. D. Weiser
Hancock County
Grand Jury
M. R. Moseley
Ferguson
Mr. Koehler
Jesse Howard Heaton
Ruby Madge Williams
Homer Orr Montgomery
Gregory Landing
Hazel Fox
Oscar Wembhoner
Basco
Elinora Schrader
Food and drink in old Berlin meals 1915
The narrator recalls German food scarcity during World War I. He describes a two mark May 1915 meal in Berlin with three heavy meat courses, all hard to finish, and a lunch at Adlon costing about 14 marks. The account contrasts luxurious service with minimal portions and vague flavors, highlighting wartime dining conditions.
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Germany
Unter den Linden
Berlin
Adlon
Food shortages in wartime Germany described
An Adlon guest recalls how flour, eggs, and sugar vanished during 1915 due to shortages and mobilization for glycerine explosives. Despite bans, a flourless cake and pudding persisted. Other improvised foods failed, some dangerously so, including turnip bread and horse chestnut meals. A German sympathizer notes a fatal stomach cancer linked to malnutrition.
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Adlon
Local Notables and Travel Posts From La Belle Area
Alex Allen a Fort Sheridan second lieutenant visits home for a few days. Mrs. Dorothy McKinney visits St Louis for an extended stay. Mr. and Mrs. Port Hall drive to Columbia to spend Thanksgiving with Miss Louella at Stephen’s college. Rev R W Branfield of Granger preaches at the Presbyterian church. Mrs Milton Taylor heads to Columbia to stay with her parents Mr and Mrs Jameson. Mrs Anna Dailey visits sister Mrs Elizabeth Byers after an extended stay in St Joseph and Kansas City. Harry McReynolds and Raymoth Williams enlist in the navy in St Louis. Mr and Mrs T B Anderson of Edina attend Presbyterian church and visit W B Anderson family.
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Alex Allen
Fort Sheridan
Dorothy McKinney
St Louis
Port Hall
Columbia
Louella
Stephen's College
R. W. Branfield
Granger
Presbyterian Church
Milton Taylor
Jameson
Anna Dailey
Elizabeth Byers
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Harry McReynolds
Raymoth Wiliams
St. Louis
Navy
T. B. Anderson
Edina
Presbyterian
W. B. Anderson
Nancy Ander
16 year old held without bail for father murder in Bardwell
Lillian Wilmuth, age 16, is held without bail in Bardwell Kentucky on a charge of murdering her father who authorities say she shot as he slept last Sunday morning. The article notes a cautionary line about trains and children needing a switch to right their course.
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Cairo
Lillian Wilmouth
Bardwell
Films on Today’s Market At Quincy Belasco and Star
The daily program lists Princess showing Julian Eltinge in The Countess Charming at the Princess theater, The Whip at the Star, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm at the Family, Burton Holmes travelogues, Black Diamond, and Under False Colors with Warde and Eagle. Belasco offers When a Man Sees Red with William Farnum, plus Madam Bo Peep at Savoy and other features at Triangle and Colonial houses. The paper notes today is the last chance in Quincy to see Farnum in Red at Belasco, praising the fight scenes and revenge plot. The Star’s The Whip continues to draw crowds with racing horse intrigue and thrilling train wreck and car chase scenes. The Countess Charming earns praise for Eltinge. the bill includes Lew Hoffman, Rucker and Winifred, Eddie and Ramsden, Corsica and Verdi, and a weekly curtain war reel.
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Julian Eltinge
Paramount Picture
Mary Pickford
Rebecca
Sunny Brook Farm
Paramount
Burton Holmes
Quincey
Frederick Warde
Jeanne Eagle
Belasco
William Farnum
Savoy
Scene Owen
Madam Bo Peep
Dlis
Dumerieff
Quincy
Fox
Farnum
Raymond Nye
Alma Stanton
Irving Cummins
Dion Titheradge
Pretty June Elvid
Lew Hoffman
Rutty Hatter
Rucker
Winifred
Black Batti Ang
Eddie and
Ramsden
Orpheum Vaudeville Replaces Acts This Afternoon
The Orpheum will alter its vaudeville lineup for the remainder of the week with Sunday included. Leading the new program is Sebastian Terrill and Yip Yaps in a comedy cycle act featuring 25 kinds of cycles, along with other acts to follow.
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The
Orpheum
Sebastian Terrill
Yip Yaps
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