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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1916
Page
17
City council members will discuss granting the pension received by late sergeant at arms Burlingame to his children Albert Doe and Miss Katie Mae through the end of the fiscal year.
Alderman Simmonds presented the issue to the city hall committee, which advised sending the matter to the full city council for decision.
Mary V. Snodgras transfers lot 19 in Ursa to Otto D. Andrews Jot for 1300 dollars. William H. Law transfers lots 12 13 14 and 15 in block 9 Walton Heights to James M. Triplett for 3400 dollars.
Born to Mr and Mrs Arthur Herrmann 1634 State street a daughter Tuesday morning. Born to Mr and Mrs B A Meinert 609 Jackson street a daughter Wednesday evening. Born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Scherer 1232 North Sixth Avenue a son Saturday morning. People who make fools of themselves never fail to attract notice.
Funeral services for Mrs. Susan Roe died at her home near Liberty will be held at the Church of Brethren in Liberty. Burial will be in Walker cemetery. Born near Liberty July 21 1849 she was 67. She married Isaih Roe Sept. 4 1877 who died about ten years ago. She leaves two sons William and Ralph both near Liberty and two grandchildren. She was a member of the Church of Brethren.
Mrs. W. A. Goodwin received Friday word from Green City Missouri announcing the death of her son-in-law FE. P. Moore. Mrs. Goodwin and her daughter and son left Saturday for Green City to attend the funeral this afternoon.
Funeral services for Henry G. Garrelts will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the home 529 South Eleventh Street with private services, followed by a 2:30 o'clock service at Salem Church. Burial is set for Green Mount Cemetery.
Funeral services for Ben Ayers will be at 2 30 in the Daugherty chapel with burial at Woodland cemetery. Carl Krause has private services at his home then 2 30 at Salem church and burial at Greenmount. Hannah Wittland's service is at 1 30 at the Monroe home with private services and burial at Woodland cemetery.
Frank Meckes funeral services are planned for 2:30 PM Tuesday at his residence 620 Jefferson. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery. Joseph Dambhorst will host services at 3:30 PM at 1402 Oak Street and 4:00 PM at St Boniface Catholic Church with burial in St Boniface Cemetery. John Engelhart’s funeral was held at 2:30 PM Saturday in Freiburg chapel with Rev. I W Bingaman officiating and burial in Greenmount Cemetery. Bearers were Ed Stuckman George Laake August Apenbrink Alfred Apenbrink James Schwagmeyer John Wilde.
A study by the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering shows rural road improvements raise tillable land values by 1 to 3 times the cost. Surveys in eight counties over five years report increases from 9 to 194 percent, with examples in Spotsylvania and Dinwiddie counties, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.
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