Record of All Registrants for Sealing and Filing
The local exemption boards begin sealing all registrant records with original cards arranged by classification order. Quincy board work may extend tonight. covers list the contents and order. delinquents and deserters reports sent to the state adjutant general. Records will be sealed, fireproofed, and access limited to authorized orders from the provost marshal general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Virgil Johnston
Crowder
State Adjutant General
American Red Cross
Farm accounting class to aid Adams county farmers
A public school of instruction in farm accounting will be held this Saturday at 1 30 PM in the Farm Bureau convention hall in the Chamber of Commerce. An expert from the State university will demonstrate easy accurate record keeping in the farmer ledger. The talk outlines book value and tax basics and notes hog price guidance for January with $17 50 average and $16 40 minimum while discussing weights and the permit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk
Chamber of Commerce
Whig
State University
Farm Bureau
Convention Hall
The
Food Administration
Peace Celebration Planned Easter Week
A universal peace celebration to be held worldwide April 18 and 19 was planned at a National Women's council meeting in St. Louis. A resolution urged governments to treat women mistreated by invading armies as wounded in war and to confer official recognition publicly. A committee was appointed to consider the idea, with 20 national women’s organizations represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
National Women's Council
National Council of Women
Post Office Keeps Mail Moving Despite Illness
Five clerks and three carriers are off duty due to illness but Postmaster Lummis reports Superintendent Len Schmidt has cleared all pre Christmas mail. Substitutes are working and there is no delay in deliveries. Estate to Husband Probate filing in county court grants husband life estate in whole estate with daughters Eva May Ternill and Nellie Clark set to share remainderman rights after his death or remarriage. Mary Ellen Clark of Houston Township estate details. Ts Stil in Jail Leo Maeehlenfeld held on forged checks. no bid for release. Grand jury due late January. Finance Committee to Meet City considers 2000 toward Boulevard improvement and dram shop license timing. For Wife Abandonment James Tate pleads guilty. probation and $5 weekly support ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lummis
Len Schmidt
Mary Ellen Clark
Houston Township
Eva May Ternill
Nellie Clark
Leo Maeehlenfeld
Inventory in Probate Court for Ida Jenter guardianship
Guardian Emma Knittle files an inventory in probate court showing notes and accounts totaling 48 500 dollars. All items are listed as good investments.
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Ida Jenter Guardanship
Emma Knittle
The
Guardian
War Relief Club Annual Report For Year Ending December Fourth
The War Relief Club reports its year end figures with numerous donations and in kind goods. Cash receipts total 101.20 and expenditures 89.47 leaving a 11.83 balance to aid returning soldiers. Contributions include garments, blankets, curtains, Bibles, Christmas boxes, and sewing machines from various groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAR Relief Club
War Hrelief Club
Red Cross
Miy Drive
American Defense Society
France
Salvation Army
Polis
Friends
Men's Council
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Treasury
R. A. Roberts
Jonan I
East Carthage Man Among Victims Dies of Influenza
Jesse Miller of East Carthage died after a week long illness from influenza. He was the son of Walter and Anna Miller born June 8, 1898. He helped on the farm and was visiting a neighbor when stricken. His mother contracted the disease and died soon after. two brothers also ill. Funeral arrangements noted with Symonds Funeral Friday. The report also mentions James Spangler Symonds dying in Idaho and infant Lester Peyton dying in Ferris with services at Mesa Ridge cemetery. An Hancock circuit court adjournment due to influenza epidemic is also reported.
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Carthage
Deco
Jesse Miller
East
Jesse
Walter
Anna (Brown) Miller
Jume
Theport
Efe
Tracy
Elton
Symonds
Calvary Cemetery
James Spangler Symonds
Buhl
Idaho
C. J. Scofield
Lester Harvey Peyton
Everett P
Eva J. (Abbott) Peyton
Ferris
Mesa Ridge Cemetery
J. W. Porter
Hancock Circuit Court
Plans to hide disloyal leagues emerges in court
Chicago December 14 A mimeographed plan to sustain the Young People’s Socialist league through a secret disguised group if the league were outlawed was shown to the jury in the espionage act conspiracy trial of five Socialist leaders. The letter to Yipsel secretaries dated July 14 1917 outlines creating emergency officers training substitutes and renaming leagues under athlectic or dramatic labels while remaining the same organization.
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Chicago
Young People’s Socialist League
Socialist League
Young Peoples’ Socialist League
Yipsel
William F. Kruse
Defcndants
Clyne
Young People's Socialist League
Ellis Long and Loraine Boy Killed September 16
Keene township service flag to receive a gold star after a cable from France confirms Ellis Long of the Marine Corps died September 15 following earlier reports of wounding. Also notes death of Mrs. BE. Washington, widow of Ivy Washington, and outlines local movements of residents recalling illnesses and returns from SA.T.C. demobilization at Carthage.
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Keene Township
Marine Corps
Loraine
France
A. Bb. Yong
Fllis Long
Injured in shredder engine dies on Friday
Emerson Dec 14 Olney Bowles was fatally injured Thursday at a farm near Emerson when a corn shredder started unexpectedly. His right hand was severed above the wrist, flesh torn to the elbow, and skull fractured. He died at 4 a.m. Friday after suffering. Relatives from Slaywood and others cared for him.
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Emerson
Olney Bowles
Shroeder
Booth
Beryl Tipton
Philadelphia
Gratz Powles
Slaywood
Bowles
Tipton
Jim McVike
Arthur Burk
Shelbyville
Alice McPike
Newark
Leona Bowles
Lucille Smoost
Penidry
Alice Chatfield
North River
Mollie Hoegman
Union
Dee Killibrew
Durham
George MecPike
Quincey
Bertha Dinwiddie
Heasehoel
Gulliam School House
Grace Thorne Tanks
Palmyra
Hannibal
George Parker
Lessie Parker
I. W. Markshbury
Aun
Thurston Banks
le Belle
Brookfield
Pvendry
Ota Watcherson
Willie Brunk
Annie Simuels
Ret Kerrick
Hurdland
Kerrick
Dr. Humphrey
Former German Empress Suffers Another Heart Attack
Kaiserin III. Amsterdam reports the former German empress has had a second severe heart attack and a Berlin doctor has been summoned.
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Kaiserin III
Amsterdam
Berlin
Hired Men 10 Spread Doctrines in WWI Era Claims
Testimony details a secret Berlin to Mexico network run by German agents in the United States before and during World War I. Captain Lester described headquarters at 1123 Broadway and a pass word Burgeemeister to access Dr Albert. Wires linked Sayville station to Nauen and Sayville to Hambur g line offices. Reports mention Hale and Hearst service ties and anti American sentiments.
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Broadway
Lester
George Sylvester Viereck
the Waterland
Dr. Albert
von Bernstorff
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Wolf von Igel
Sayville
Nauen
Germany
United States
Mexico
Brsbane
Lord Northcliffe
Arthur Brisbane
International News Service
Brisbane
England
William Bayard Iale
Gennan Press Bureau
Dernberg
Hale
Army Intelligence Service
Berlin
Hearst
Wilson
America
Walcott
Mr. Hearst
Illinois Central To Electrify In Chicago
Illinois Central will electrify its entire right of way in Chicago as part of plans for a major passenger terminal at 12th Street and the Lake Shore and the lake front parkway linking Grant and Jackson parks. The agreement was reached Friday by railroad representatives amid early construction plans for what would be one of the world’s largest terminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Nec
Illinois Central
12Th Street
Lake Shore
Lake Front Parkway
Grant and
Jackson Parks
Parsons Bills Baby Comedy Richly Mounted at Quincy Theater
Smiling Bill Parsons Capitol comedies present Bill's Baby a lavish two reeler distributed by Goldwyn at Quincy theater. Sets show Press club headquarters and a three story club house draped in national colors. Exterior garage houses four automobiles. Interiors include reception hall parlors and a bungalow studio near Hollywood plant. Parsons brags on monumental expense for elaborate settings to rival big features.
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Bill Parsons
Goldwyn
Quincy
Press Club
Parsons
Hollywood
Cal
Capitol
Bill
Association Favors Long Game Schedule
In Minneapolis on December 14 the American Association owners discussed a 154 game schedule from May 1 to late September. President T. J. Hickey said the plan is favored despite the American League opting for 140 games. Toledo was the only member not fully aligned.
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Minneapolis
American Association
T. J. Hickey
Hickey
Toledo
To the Wife of One who Drinks
To the wife of one who drinks this should reach the eyes of a wife mother or friend of some good man who drinks Huquor to excess and cannot overcome the self running habit let her write to Edward J Woods NA 650 Station F New York NY for confidential information which is likely to bring great joy a complete victory over the drink habit Adv
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Woods
New York
N. Y
Club Misses Meeting as Brensnahan Detained in Chicago
A club did not send representation to the meeting while Roger Brensnahan was detained in Chicago. The absence left the group without its usual spokesperson and delayed key discussions.
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Club
Roger Brensnahan
Chicago
Ely's Cream Balm for Cold and Catarrh Relief
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as fast relief for nasal catarrh and head cold. The cream is applied in the nostrils to soothe inflamed membranes, clear air passages, and relieve congestion, headaches, and postnasal drip. It promises quick comfort and urges asking a druggist for a small bottle.
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Ely
Inside Bath Habit Promises Rosy Complexions For All
A health note urges men and women to drink hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims clear skin vitality and freedom from illness follow internal sanitation, noting the skin absorbs nothing from outside while the bowels expel impurities.
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Bath
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Cdza
Giles
West Side Square
Board of Public Works
Corporation Counsel
James Tate
Fred G. Wolfe
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Ellis Long
Loraine Boy
Washington
BE. M. Washington
Ivy Washington
la Taine Produce Company
Washington and Starris
Loraine Personals
Noble Guseman
M. FL Curless
Aurora
Marlon Morrisson
Kay Gibson
Chester Curless
Hertis Polling
SA. T. C
Everett Poling
Carthage College
Emerson, Missouri
Icks Vaporab
Parkers
Drogwiets
Association
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Third St
Riverside
Franklin County
Ash
Riverside Coal Co, J. &. Frese, Prop
Just
Kurtzmann Player
Giles Bros
Quincy Theater
Ruth Roland
William Duncan
Joe Ryan
Edith Johnson
Larry Lemon
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