Crowds at Quincy Stores Rally for Christmas Trade
Crowds from Quincy and surrounding towns poured into shops Saturday as merchants report strong Christmas sales. Shoppers from a hundred stations bought in jewelry, clothing, and paper toys while trains carried in and out satisfied patrons. Stores plan limited late hours to ease the rush, with clerks enjoying needed rest after a bustling season.
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Quincy
Palmyra
Griggsville
Cry Goods
Street Car Employes Entertain Dec 22
Quincy Street Railway Employes Mutual Benefit association will hold its annual Christmas entertainment in Arcade hall Tec 22 for members and their families. King will show motion pictures and a gift distribution will be featured. Burgan elected president after a close contest. later election results show Meeaution elected.
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Quincy's Street Railway Employes Mutual Benefit Association
Arcade Hall
Ugh King
Feaures
E. T.burgan
Owen
Abe Martins Polka Barber Shots Gun Incident Report
Abe Martins piece recalls a barber known for cleanliness and a gun incident if you entered his shop. The Tilford Moots home has hosted meat meals twice this week.
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Tilford
Riot alarm at bank turns out to be a misfire
At State Savings Loan and Trust, 8:15 PM Saturday a riot alarm prompted police and a plainclothes man to rush from the station to Hampshire street. Clerks reported calm inside the bank as a tray of silver dollars dropped, triggering the door button and the riot bell, revealing no robbery.
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Bell
Berar
Barr
Beerrt
State Savings Loan & Trust Company Bank
Jimmie Riley
Moss, Rice and Scharnhorst
Hampshire Street
Fourth
Washington Park
Bank
The
Ank
Coppers
Death of 87 Year Old Andrew Burman
Andrew Burman aged 87 died at his daughter Mrs C J Bush 1225 Park Place at 10 48 p m on Saturday night cause senility He was born in Stockhold Sweden November 17 1829 and came to America as a youth He lived in St Louis in the fire business before moving to Quincy 35 years ago and living retired His wife died about 10 years ago He leaves one daughter Mrs C J Bush and one grandchild Kenneth Burman Bush Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Andrew Burman
C. J. Bush
Park Place
Mr. Burman
Stockhold
Sweden
America
St. Louis
Quincy
Kenneth Burman Bush
Mrs Arning Dies of Heart Trouble at Home
Mrs Henrietta Arning aged 79 of 607 Payson avenue died at 10 30 PM Saturday after months of heart trouble she had been bedfast one day She was born January 23 1837 in Lippe Detmelt Germany came to the United States at age 20 widow of William Arning She belonged to Salem church and its Ladies Aid and Mission societies Survived by daughter Miss Julia Funeral arrangements not made.
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Henrietta Arning
Payson Avenue
Lippe Detmelt
Germany
William Arning
Salem Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mission Society
Julia
Federal Court Sessions Not Discontinued in Quincy
A letter to Arthur Lageman from Ross Moore confirms that the March and September federal court sessions in Quincy will continue as usual. The claim that sessions would be held only in Springfield and Peoria was an error.
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Arthur Lageman
Ross Moore
Quincy
Springfield
Peoria
Church Bazaar Nets Sixty Dollars For First Christian
The Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian church held a bazar and home cooking sale at Miller and Arthur drug store Saturday. Proceeds exceeded sixty dollars amid sale of Christmas gifts and baked goods. Committee members included Mrs. FE Peter, Mrs. Sam Potter, and Mrs. W. F. Kirtley. assisted by other Ladies' Aid members. Judge Lyman McCarl attended a lawyers’ district meeting in Monmouth. no court sessions were held. Chancery docket due Monday. Judge Akera requests attorneys with pending cases to attend. The note ends with a quip on taste.
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Cleary
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Christian Church
Miller & Arthur Drug Store
FE. ©. Peter
Sam Potter
W. F. Kirtley
Lyman McCarl
Monmouth
Akera
Seven Counties Represented at Monmouth Bar Meeting
Judge Lyman McCarl of this city elected president of the fourth supreme judicial district Illinois bar association at its first Monmouth gathering. Seven counties attended as George H. Wilson led the committee on constitutions, with Grier, Heylin, and others elected to permanent posts. Bills approved target practice act reforms, court decrees, corporate law, and estate provisions. Luncheon followed at the Commercial club with state officers and notable attendees.
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Lyman McCarl
Bar Association
Fourth Supreme Judicial District of Illinois
Monmouth
George H. Wilson
Judge Grier
Jessie Heylin
Canton
Commercial Club
Allen Stephens
The
State Bar Association
Albert D. Early
Rockford
Association
John F. Voight
Chicago
Quincy
Tudge McCarl
Finley Carrott
Walter H. Bennett
Unguarded Dirt Pile Triggers Auto Wreck
Roy Works, 424 North Eleevath street, struck a large dirt pile left on Fourteenth street between Maine and Hampshire. The pile deflected his car across the street, breaking the windshield and damaging the motor but he was uninjured. Workmen from the Ford Inn towed the car for repairs. no warning light was observed on the dirt pile.
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Roy Works
North
Eleevath Street
Fourteenth Street
Maine
Hampshire Streets
Works
Ford
Weather Summary for Midwest and River Bulletin
Illinois and Missouri forecast partly cloudy to colder Sunday and Monday with fair to cool conditions. River bulletin notes stage readings at Davenport Quincy Hannibal and St Louis with small rises and falls and a forecast of little change except ice gorge effects.
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Illinois
Missouri
Towa
Vanous Points
Davenport
Quincy
Hannibal
St. Louis
Pfanschmidt Enlists in Army After Theft Case
Ray Pfanschmidt chose enlistment in the United States army over trial for stealing two Ford autos from Wichita residents last summer. Prosecutors offered to drop the case if he joined the army. Pfanschmidt enlisted for four years and will be sent to Fort Logan. A stolen Ford delivery car was used by a landscape firm on Wichita streets for a month before discovery.
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Wichita
Kas
Ray Pfanschmidt
United States Army
J. A. Potter
R. B. Hastice
Pfanschmidt
Fort Logan Cole
PULSE Loraine State Bank Elects Officers
In the annual election of officers of the State Bank of Loraine, George H. Steiner was chosen as president, George H. Eastman as vice president, Newell Sapp as cashier, S. C. Bickles as assistant cashier, Ethel Groves as bookkeeper, with a slate of directors including Joe Hartman, J. A. Ausmus, Jacob Klepper, Joab Green and others. Billy Smith suffers a foot injury from a broken bowl incident in the bath tub. Extension work committee of the Y M C A discussed shop meetings and planned a shop social for late January. Miriam Shrine officers were installed in private ceremony. Western Catholic Union to install officers at St Mary’s school. Lester Gorman returned home after hospital operation following a summer accident.
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Loraine State Bank
State Bank of
Loraine
George H. Steiner
George H. Eastman
Newell Sapp
S. C. Bickles
Ethel Groves
Joe Hartman
J. A. Ausmus
Jacob Klepper
Joab Green
G. H. Eastman
Billy Smith
Smith
Lester Gorman
Charles Gorman
Jefferson Street
Lester
St. Mary's Hospital
Quincy Seeks Change to Cross State Trail Route
Thomas M. Beatty, vice president of the A A of A, attends an Illinois Highway Association meeting in Danville to push a route change so the Cross State trail may pass through Quincy. Currently the trail runs from Monroe City east to Hannibal and Jacksonville. Beatty argues Quincy’s size and importance merit the shift to include Quincy on the path from Ocean to Ocean.
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Thomas MN. Beatty
Illlinois Highway Loprovement Association
Danville
Quincy
Ocean
Monroe City
Hannibal
Jacksonville
Beatty
A. A. of A
Land Tracts Auctioned in Riverside Township Sale
Attorney John F. Garner auctioned five small tracts in Riverside township near Quincy from the estate of Josiah H. Platt at the courthouse on Saturday. Prices ranged from $25 to $200 per acre with most purchases by local residents. A tract with a brick house on Bluff brewery road and two acres sold to J. Il. and J. A.
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John F. Garner
Riverside Township
Quincy
Josiah H. Platt
Court House
Bluff Brewery Road
J. Il
J. A
Land parcels auctioned at varying acre prices
Platt bought a lot for 2850 dollars and J A Platt purchased. Swanson acquired 1068 acres at 200 dollars per acre. H G Platt paid 300 dollars per acre for 1328 acres. The largest tract of 35 acres went to E F Stratman at 251 dollars per acre. All four tracts were without improvements.
Health benefits of universal training touted at convention
Washington December 17 At the first annual convention of the Association for Universal Military Training Lieut Gen S B McYoung retired president declared that universal training would greatly improve the health of the nation's young men.
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Washington
Association For Universal Military Training
S. B. McYoung
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