President Wilson greets thousands at Columbus reception
President Wilson set a record by shaking hands with about seven thousand people in the Ohio State Capitol rotunda and more than six thousand inside the reception line. Suffragists led by Mrs. Willis joined the crowd while officials and relatives watched. The evening address focused on strengthening country churches and Christianity as a moral force guiding national life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Judson Harmon
Pomerene
Brumbaugh
Ohio
Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
Capitol
Frank ’'B. Willis
Tumulty
Harmon
Guy H. Woodrow
Columbus
Lloyd
Viina Jane, Hughes
Karb
National Conference of the Commission On Church and Country Life
America
Senators Demand Probe Into Interference With Shipping
Senator Hoke Smith told Senator Lodge that an inquiry should cover all angles of foreign interference with American shipping. He warned of efforts to bury objections with sentimental horror at losses of life, some influenced by profits from ammunition sales. Senator Walsh of Montana noted copper seizures stopped only after Americans agreed to ship under British rules and submitted the British admiralty agreement with an American shipper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoke. Smith
Lodge
Great Britain
Walsh
Montana
Foreign Relations Committee
Harnessmakers to Meet Here
The Tri State Master Harnessmakers association plans its annual gathering in this city on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 18 and 19. Illinois Missouri and Iowa mas ters harnessmakers and dealers are expected in large numbers for business sessions and social events at the Hotel Quincy. Organizers Henry Tholens Henry Thieman and Charles H Adelpohl coordinated last night. The meeting, longtime Quincy tradition, draws hundreds of participants in past years.
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Tri- State
Master Harnessmakers’ Association
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Quincy
Messrs
Henry Tholens
Henry Thieman
Charles H Adelpohl
Death of Mrs G W Hagan of Monroe City
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Skees Hagan aged sixty five died at her Monroe City home after a nine week illness. Born in Kentucky she moved to Missouri as a child and lived on farms near Indian Creek and Scottville before settling in Monroe City. She and G W Hagan married in 1868 and had ten children, eight surviving, including Mrs Jane of Laddonia and Alvin Hagan of Vandalia. Funeral plans are not finalized but services likely Sunday at the Catholic church conducted by Rev Pater Ryan.
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Monroe City
George W. Hagan
Kentucky
Missouri
Indian Creek
Hagan
Mary Elizabeth Skees
G. W. Hagan
Scotteville
John ‘Jane
Laddonia
William Ifurd
Stoutsville
Jerome Mudd
Monroe
Charles Montgomery
Center
Gent Pierceall
Alvin Hagan
Vandalia
William
Gilbert Hagan
Pater Ryan
Cornelia Gruenwald Tours Quincy on Furlough
Are Cornelia Gruenwald a leader of the Women’s Missionary Society of the MEE church in Tadla has come to Quincy on a year’s furlough to recuperate. Her husband Gruenewald came to Quincy last September, where he has been located.
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Cornelia Gruenwald
Soelery
Tadla
Quircy
Gruenewald
Quincy
Diplomatic Crisis With Austria Over Ancona Sinking
Washington notes on the Ancona sinking threaten to sever diplomatic ties with Austria Hungary. Secretary Lansing demands a disavowal of the attack, reparations, and safe passage assurances for noncombatants. An Austrian submarine shelled the Petrolite, boarding and seizing some provisions, prompting questions of neutral rights and international law.
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Washington
Avista
Ancona
Austria
Germany
Lansing
Vienna
Foreign Office
Wilson
Berlin
State Department
Petrolite
Mediterranean
Algiers
Tiis
Real Victor: Vorwaerts Claims U S Will Reap Profit
London reports a Vorwaertz article arguing the United States will gain the most from the war. It says the sudden drop in German exports opens vast trade in South America and a rapid financial rise aided by new American currency laws. Europe’s belligerents keep buying US goods, funding a long campaign while England faces a stronger US contender.
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London
Berlin
South America
United States
England
Germany
Hunsaker Heads to Chicago for Christmas Visit
James W. Hunsaker departed for Chicago last night and will meet friend Herbert Lewis who plans to spend the Christmas holidays with Hunsaker in Quincy.
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James W. Hunsaker
Chicago
Herbert Lewis
Hunsaker
Quincy
Mra August Gunlock Visits Sister in Chicago
Mra August Gunlock traveled to Chicago to spend a few days with her sister Mra August Mayor. She will return with Mr Gunlock, who has remained there several days on business.
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Mra
August Gunlock
Chicago
August
Mr. Gunlock
Army engineer Col Bromwell fatally shoots himself
Lieut.-Col. Charles H. Bromwell, head of the army engineer corps, killed himself at his Honolulu residence. He died about two hours after the shooting. His wife and daughter remain in the United States as the daughter attends school. In Bloomington, Mrs. Charles S. Bromwell was visiting and plans to join her husband in San Francisco before sailing to Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Self
Charles
Bromwell
Army Engineer Corps
United States
Bloomington
M. T. Scott
California
San Francisco
St. Francis Hotel
Scott Bramwell
Harvard
Mildred
Washington, D.C
Unusual Christmas Specials in Town Window Display
Town Topics notes Christmas shoppers are drawn to unusual specials in the west window of Roan Tree China Co. at 520 Maine St. A. O. Taylor, Burlington conductor, returns from a Chicago route. J. C. Bushong travels to Glasgow Ky to visit family. George Vasen heads to Chicago on business. Rabbi Nalohn’s temple talk postponed due to weather. Halbach Schroeder Co announces new line of shirts at $1.00 each. H. M. Schreiber travels to Kansas City on business.
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Roantree China. Co
Maine St
George Vasen
Chicago
Nalohn
North Ninth Street
H. M. Schreiber
Kansas City
Death notice for H H Emminga in Golden NL
H H Emminga died at his home in Golden Newfoundland late Thursday December 9 at 7 35 p m Funeral services will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church Sunday December 12 at 2 p m
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H. H. Emminga
Golden
Immanuel Lutheran
For Rent and Lost Items in Local Listings
Too Late to Classify provides rental notices for rooms with water gas bath and kitchen sink at 644 Maine. Lower four room flat and upper three room flat on Maine near Washington Park are available with utilities and neighborhood noted. Lost leather hand-bag containing money and keys on Hampshire Street. please return to 1640 Vermont Street for reward.
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Maine
Washington Park
Kentucky
Hampshire Street
Vermont St
Cougirs Roward
Funeral for Dr Hinde in Palmyra today
Dr Hub Bard Kavannaugh Hinde a Missouri veteran and Palmyra resident for years died this morning at his daughter’s home in Fulton after pneumonia. He would have been 82 next month and was a notable Methodist lay worker and educator. His career included surgeon and superintendent at the Fulton state insane asylum, president of Howard Payne College, and later a Palmyra druggist. He later retired to a farm near Mexico and then moved to Columbia.
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Palmyra
Hubbard
Kavannaugh Hinde
Missouri
Ernest
Tuttle
Fulton
Methodis
B. FP. Glahn
Hinde
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Sharpsburg
Ohio Wesleyan College
Miami
State Insane Asylum
Howard Payne College
Fayette
Pryor
Mexico
Columbia
High School Students Host Informal Dance At Arcade Hall
Twenty high school students held an informal dance last evening from 9 to 12 o'clock at the Arcade hall. A pleasant time resulted.
Pike county court house destroyed by fire in smoke
Pike county in Missouri loses its two story brick city hall and Common Pleas courthouse to an early morning fire. Fire crews failed to save the building around 2 45 am. Suspected defective flue caused the blaze. The structure valued at 6000 to 7000 dollars with about 3000 dollars insured. Vault records for city and court survived.
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Louisiana
Pike County
Common Pleas
County
Bowling Green
Pike
the Common Pleas
Tank Steamer Petrolite Reaches Algiers After Submarine Attack
The American tank steamer Petrolite, attacked Sunday in the eastern Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine, arrived safely at Algiers with news that the submarine forcibly took its provisions.
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Washington
Petrolite
Mediterranean
Algiers
Meyers to Chicago for Poultry Show and Business
J. W. Meyers departed early today for Chicago combining business with pleasure. He plans to attend the poultry show and visit related events while in the city.
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J. W. Meyers
Chicago
Marlett Leaves Quincy for St Louis on Business
C H Marlett, in Quincy for a day or two on business, departed for St Louis last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.H. Marlett
Quincy
St. Louis
Peace Younggil's Books Secured
Federal authorities took into custody books papers and records of the Labor's Peace to determine if the group urged strikes in munitions plants. Hinton G. Clabaugh received the material after OS L. P. Straube and C. Canode accompanied by Straube’s wife left for New York for further talks.
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Chicago
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Federal Bureau of Investigation
OS L. P. Straube
Clabaugh
Grand Jury
Ale Leged
Straube
Stereotypers’ ‘Union
Chicago Council of the’ Peace Organization
Cotton Shipment Fire Burns 400 Bales at Southern Pacific Piers
Fire at Southern Pacific railway piers in New York destroyed 400 bales of cotton awaiting shipment. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars. Cause unknown. Company would not confirm if the cotton was consigned to a European government.
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New York
Southern ‘Pacific Railway
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Kaiser
Alexander von Nuber
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von ‘Papen
SHOP
Efarly
Waldemar
Greta Ge
Wemakit
Quincy, Keokuk
Mt, Sterling
Hannibal
DR. Hinde
Hall-Court House
Court House
Peace Goungil
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