Pioneer Jacob Peter of Payson to mark eighty first birthday
Adams County resident Jacob Peter of Payson, a pioneer who helped shape local progress, will celebrate his eighty first birthday. Born in Ohio to German parents, he arrived in the county as a child and spent most of his life on Melrose farm before moving to Payson. He married in March and has eight children living, with many relatives prominent in area business and undertakings. The Peter family notes an unusual longevity with siblings aged 76 to 84 and several still alive.
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Adams County
Jacob Peter
Payson
Ohio
Germany
Melrose
Peter
E.'C. Peter
William Peter
E. .W. Peter
Jacob Peter, Jr
Palmyra
Ezra Peter
Shelbina
R. H. Buckingham
Texas
J. W. Howe
Palmyra Jail News Delivers Serious Local Charges
In Palmyra Missouri on December 7, reports note John Franklin's hotel ownership and birth of a son. Nearby, farmer Fred Hoenes seeks eye treatment in Hannibal after a nail injury. Deputy William Mefford presents four county boarders. Clarence Perkins faces sodomy charges bound over for September term. Ed Bohon aids in a murder. Roger James faces petit larceny. Lewis Bedford linked to deadly weapon. Guy Abbott captured for burglary and larceny, delivered to Sheriff Coens. Tony Rothweiler receives treatment at St Mary's hospital in Quincy. Doctor Underwood ill at home.
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Kenady
Palmyra
John Franklin
Franklin
Franklin European
Fred. Hoenes
Hannibal
William Mefford
Marion
Clarence Perkins
Ed Bohon
Roger James
Lewis Bedford
Mefford
Guy Abbott
Sheriff Coens
Adams County
Tony Rothweiler
St. Mary's Hospital
Quincy
John Wood Post No 96 Elects Officers for Year
The annual election of new officers for John Wood Post No 96 G A R was held in the armory hall last night. Elected were Commander Henry C Turner Senior Vice Commander Michael Cashman Jr Vice Commander Joseph Hoener Surgeon Adam Hild Chaplain S P Good Officer of the guards Henry Smith Quartermaster J Welch Trustees Wm LL Gay. A joint meeting of the post and corps will install officers on the third Tuesday in January. Frank Lawless, a Gilmer farmer, was a visitor yesterday.
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John Wood
G. A.R
Armory Hall
Henry C.turner
Michael.Cashman, Sr
Joseph Hoener
Adam Hild
James M. Brown
S. P. ‘Good
Henry . Smith
J. Welch
Tiel
Quincy Welfare Federation Christmas Aid Plan Reviewed
A year ago Quincy Welfare Federation centralized Christmas fund collection and distribution through a general appeal, agency presents, and a family needs registry. This system prevented duplications and fraud, ensured each relief society received funds, and yielded universal holiday aid. The federation urges renewed support to sustain year round charity and meet urgent winter needs.
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Quincy Welfare Federation
Quincy
Christmas Fund
Liberty Couple Roscoe Boyer Frances Grubb Wed Quietly
Roscoe Boyer and Frances Grubb, both well known Liberty residents, were quietly married yesterday morning by Rev. S B Owings at the East End Christian church parsonage. They left for a short honeymoon to Keokuk area and will reside in Liberty where the groom works as a merchant. The couple are related to county officials, boosting local ties and well wishes.
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Roscoe, Boyer
Frances Grubb
Liberty
S. B. Owings
East End
Louis Boyer
Ernest Grubb
St Peter's Branch Elects Officers in Annual Meeting
The St Peter's branch No 52 W C U held its annual election at the St Boniface club rooms last night electing Leo Wiskirchen as president Joe Schill as vice president Henry Ording as financial secretary Paul Schell as recording secretary Joseph Fischer as treasurer John Sohm as marshal Pete Schell and G B Ricker as trustees The branch is growing rapidly with several new members reported Installation of officers is set for Tuesday January 4 with reports from trustees and the finance committee and arrangements by President Leo Wiskirchen.
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St. Peter’s
W. C.U
St. Boniface Club
Leo Wiskirchen
Joe Schill
Henry Ording
Paul Schell
Joseph Fischer
Shal
Local Temperature Readings From Yesterday
The local temperatures yesterday ranged from 32 at 7 am to 74 at midnight. Measurements list 39 at noon and 42 at 5 pm with a midnight reading of 7.4. Fall of 1 tenth.
Mrs Yeargain Returns from Chicago Visit
Mrs. Yeargain, wife of H. Wm. Yeargain the ticket agent at the C. B. & CO. union depot, returned last night from Chicago where she had been visiting since last Sunday.
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Harry Yeargain
H. Wm. Yeargain
C. B. & CO. Union Depot
Chicago
Barber Charles Cramer Dies After Illness at Quincy Hotel
Charles B. Cramer barber at Koch and Cramer in the Quincy Hotel died last evening at 7 10 after two days of grip and complications. Born December 11 1870 in Mendon Missouri he was 44 years old four days shy of 45. Survived by wife Minnie Lanner and father W R Cramer with five brothers and three sisters. Funeral plans incomplete. Member of First Baptist church.
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Charles B. Cramer
Koch & Cramer
Quincy
South Third Street
Mendon
Cramer
First Baptist Church
Armory league opens with two basketball games
The Armory gym hosted the season opener with two games. Company F defeated First Platoon 12 to 8, and the Officers beat the Band 11 to 10. Home tilt features Officers versus Naval Reserves. Lineups include Meador Sinnock Robertson Long Balzer for Company F and Aull Bissell Stevens Arlington Shumate for First Platoon. Band lineup lists Dickson Meadley Hausman Mayhalt White. Officers feature Johnson Edwards Wingerter Elmore Alexander.
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Armory Basketball League
Armory Gymnasium
Company F
Naval
Meador
Sinnock
Robertson
Long
Balzer
Aull
Bissel
Stevens
Arlington
Shumate
Dickson
Meadley
Hausman
Cy Mayhalt
White
Johnson
Edwards
Wingerter
Elmore
Alexander
Purse Snatched Near Home Leaves Relics Behind
Mrs E P Walmsley of South Eleventh Street was walking toward downtown Saturday evening when a man stepped from behind a tree and grabbed her large pocketbook. The thief escaped with a small purse inside containing little cash and some keepsakes of value, loaning little else to show for the grab.
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E. P. Walmsley
South Eleventh Street
Vets Elect Camp Dewey Officers for 1922 Illinois unit
United Spanish War Veterans Camp Dewey No 72 Illinois met last night and elected officers for the coming year including Commander P G Sadewater senior vice commander John L Long junior vice commander John Donahue adjutant Al Ceander quartermaster Fred W Ackerman chaplain William Wittman inside guard Swan Bolten outside guard. The camp donated a substantial sum for Spanish War veterans orphans at the Normal state home for Christmas, with 437 orphans total and 107 of them orphans of Spanish War veterans. The group seeks better meeting quarters in the new armory and urges outside gifts to boost the Christmas fund.
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State Orphans Home
Normal
Iil
Ladewdter
Himi
South Side Ladies Aid Christmas Whist and Dance
The Ladies Aid of the South Side Boat club held a Christmas whist and dance at the South Side club house, with afternoon and evening sessions. Prizes included live ducks, ferns, an illuminum kettle, and handkerchiefs, awarded to both ladies and gents. music by the O Farrel Brothers, and a late-evening dance followed. The Mississippi Valley Hunters Protective Association meeting was postponed to Friday.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
South Side
Charles Hildebrand
August Wiegman
William Fees
William Nummensen
James Burner
J. ‘Hh. Philmore
William Tdsettel
Louis Schwartz
William Tosettle
Tom Ryan
J. H. Philmore
Anton Meyer
O'Farrell Brothers
Mississippi Valley Hunters’. Protective Association
Local Club Meeting Postponed. Chiddock Boys to Perform
Last evening the MCA association club meeting was postponed for a week due to low attendance. Mrs Evan Frields, president of Chiddock Boys School, will speak and a class from the school will perform at the December meeting of the Woman's Guild at the Presbyterian church this afternoon. The guild studies Quincy philanthropic work with Chaddock School as the afternoon focus, followed by a social hour. Stern's won two of three against Fischer Iron and Steel at Turner Hall bowling alleys, led by Fuhrman's 267 high score and 204 average. The Speed boys beat Romans two of three in their match.
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Association Club
M.C.A
Evan Frields
Chiddock Boys’ School
Woman's Guild of the
Presbyterian Church
Quincy
Chaddock Boys’ School
Stern’s
Fischer Iron and Steel Company
Turner Hall
Fuhrman
Stern
Turkey Dinner Spurs Indoor Golf School Idea at Quincy Club
Quincy Country Club hosted a turkey dinner bringing about a social season close as about 100 members and guests attended. President E B Hillman proposed an indoor winter golf school with prizes for ladies events, Joe Barlow led ceremonies, and trophies were awarded to Mrs Joseph W Emery and others. The plan aims to keep golfers fit and ready for summer, with a qualified instructor to be secured and many members expressing interest.
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Quincy Country Club
E. B. Hillman
Quincy
Joe Barlow
Charles, Demaree
John Guinan
Frank Whitney
E. B.: . Hillman
Barlow
Roy Echtenkamp Marries Nellie Mulcahy in St. Peter's Church
Monday evening at 8 o'clock Roy Echtenkamp and Miss Nellie Mulcahy were united in marriage at St. Peter's Evangelical church with Rev. Paul Langhorst officiating. The groom, son of Mrs. Nattie Echtenkamp, works as an assistant cutter in Sterns tailoring department. The bride, daughter of Mrs. Julia Mulcahy, has been a stenographer at Moorman Manufacturing. The couple will live in the Mulcahy house until after the holidays while they seek a flat. Friends wish them a happy life.
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Roy Echtenkamp
Nellie Mulcahy
Paul Langhorst
Nattie Echtenkamp
State Street
Sterns
Julia K. Mulcahy
South Eighth Street
Moorman Manufacturing Company
Echtenkamp
Mulcahy
Mrs. Bardsley Dies of Heart Trouble
Mrs. Mary Bardsley of 1022 Erin Street died at 4 50 am after a week with valvular heart disease. Born in Montreal July 1 1803 she was 52 and had lived in the city 11 years. She leaves husband George, daughter Nellie, four sons Albert Kenneth Clifford and William Youngreen, a brother William Webster of Oregon Ill, and three sisters. She belonged to the First Baptist Church.
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Mary Bardsley
Erin Street
Bardsley
Montreal
Canada
City
George Bardsley
Miss
Nellie
Albert
Kenneth
Clifford
William Youngreen
William
William, Webster
Oregon, Ill
First Baptist Church
Tuberculosis Death Of Youth Kennth Meehan
Kenneth Meehan twenty, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Meehan of Bluffs, died at home after a year long illness from tuberculosis. He traveled east and west seeking health improvements and medical aid but his condition worsened. A Quincy High School graduate, he had many friends. The family resided in Bluffs two years ago after moving from Hampshire street. Funeral details not yet received.
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Kenneth. Meehan
Quincy High School
Kenneth Meehan
Thomas Meehan
Bluffs
Quincy
Hampshire Street
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Streets
W U Branches Flect Officers At Two St Patrick and Agnes
The St Patrick s branch No 3 W C U elected officers for the year including B H Marks president John Fowley vice president L B Schmitt financial secretary Richard Bauer recording secretary Michael Zimmerman treasurer trustees P F Hayes B McCabe J A Connery and Marshall Installation is planned for January 4 The St Agnes branch No 192 W C U elected Kathryn Otten president John Connell vice president Joseph Hutmacher recording secretary Anna Freese treasurer Gertrude Freese trustees Florence Wiskirchen Anna Schwartz Florence Moenning An installation will be held in January with date TBA The Agnes branch will hold a New Year s Eve whist and social at the Knights of Columbus hall with eight prizes to be awarded.
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St. Patrick's
St. Peter's Hall
B. H. Marks
John Fowley
L. B. Schmitt
Richard Bauer
Michael Zimmerman
P. F. Haye
B. McCabe
J. A. Connery
Marshall
J. Moore
St.Agnes
St. Boniface Club
Kathryn Otten
John Connell
Joseph
Hutmacher
Anna Freese
Emmma Jacoby
Gertrude Freese
Florence “Wiskirchen
Anna. Schwartz
Florence Moenning
Knights of Columbus
Plans for Week of Prayer Unite Quincy Churches
The evangelistic committee of the Quincy Federation of Churches met at First Baptist to plan a week of prayer starting January 29. The plan calls for union meetings in five downtown churches, pending approval by the Ministerial union next Monday to fit each pastor’s schedule.
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Evangelistic Committee
Quincy Federation of Churches
First Baptist Church
Ministerial Union
Auto Driving and Jitney Service in Palmyra Mo
Classified ad notes good cars and careful drivers offering rides to all parts of the county with reasonable terms. Also seeks a pony young and gentle for sale with color age and price details. An auction at 818 State Street Dec 10 features large rugs tables parlor set beds and more with JW Brusso as auctioneer.
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Theodore Kuhn
Palmyra
State Street
Morris
JW. Brusso
Hollander DeGroot Freed. Immigration to Deport
Martin DeGroot a Hollander charged with bringing an alien woman for immoral purposes was discharged in U S district court at Hannibal Missouri. Immigration officials indicate he will likely be deported to Rotterdam. Assistant U S District Attorney Woodward moved for dismissal and Judge Dyer granted it. DeGroot, who cannot speak English, had been jailed for weeks as a federal prisoner. Mrs Os, the woman involved, was ordered deported to Holland with her three children after a stay in Quincy.
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Hannibal
Martin DeGroot
United States
Holland
United States District Court
Immigration Department of the United States
Rotterdam
DeGroot
Aésistant
United States District Attorney
Woodward
St. Louis
David P. Dyer
Dyer
Berryman Henwood
Law
Johnson hearing set for Monday in murder case
New London Missouri December 7 The preliminary hearing for jeweler James L Johnson charged with the murder of George A Salling will be held Monday December 13 at 10 o clock in the morning The hearing was postponed today because an attorney for Johnson could not attend Prosecuting attorney T E Allison and defense attorney J O Allison will appear Johnson supporters and family are expected to be present The case will be before Justice Philip Mayhall
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New London
James L. Johnson
New
Johnson
Missouri
Philip Mayhall
T. E. Allison
J. O. Allison
Two Soldiers Home Couples United in Palmyra
Jacob Stewart and Mrs McKane wed in Palmyra Missouri on Monday afternoon officiated by Justice W T Hayden. The newlyweds return to Quincy and will stay at the Soldiers Home for now. A church bazaar and week long entertainment planned by eight Luther Memorial societies at the Palmyra church drew big preparations with booths named for each weekday and an evening program of music readings and a play by the Young Men’s Bible class. The Illinois State Bank opens its second Christmas Savings Club inviting new members. Tom Carlin of Golden visited the city and Farm Adviser Rusk. Fire Chief Marriotte received a box of cigars from Josephiff and Son for the fire department following a burst kettle incident. Mrs G W Marchand of Monticello shopped here. Carl Ellsworth, 909 South Eleventh, marked his 28th birthday yesterday.
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Soldiers
Jacob Stewart
McKane
Palmyra
W. TF. Hayden
Ilinois State Bank
Tom Carlin
Golden
Rusk
Joseph, Iff and Son
Marriotte
Fire Department
Maing
G. W. Marchand
Monticello
Carl Ellsworth
South Eleventh Streets
Ellsworth
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Jacob Peter OF
E. G. Peter
This City
Marion County
H.C. Turner
Mr. Cashman
Frank Lawless
Gilmer
Clearing House
Roscoe Boyer
ST. Peter's
C. B. Cramer
Man With Mary
Quincy Hotel Shop
A. ©. Koch
FE. Finke
Monarchs
Concordia
Tansmannalleys
Finke
A. Stormer
Bringer
E. Hageman
E. Hoener
Hageman Neen
Seidel
Vollbracht
Atnes
NEW Arimory
Campany Downs
Vets Elect
P. G. Sadewater
United
Quingyan
W. U
St. Patrick’s
St. Agnes
Meeting Church Federation
J. B. Sams
Philadelphia, Mo
U. 8
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