Urban’s Wild Whisky Scramble Before Bonded Warehouse Shutdown
Ott Urban, last liquor dealer to move whisky before the Volstead act clamp and Judge Faris injunction, returns from St Louis with a Croix de Guerre draft as he recalls a 19 day battle to push whisky past revenue stamps and into dealers’ hands. The market boomed as bonds closed and thousands sought profit amid frantic bidding and crowded bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ott
Urban
Washington
Supreme Court
Att
Gaugses
St. Louis
Bezan
Officials meet in Quincy over Burlington right of way
Burlington officials delayed in Quincy as M B Lamp and Traffic and Transportation committee postponed talks. The group discussed restoring full Burlington passenger service by midnight and the Quincy Taylor road corporation request for a 100 foot right of way along the tracks from the river bridge to West Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Quincy
Hannibal
St. Louis
W. E. Puller
Galesburg
Illinois
G. A. Shields
Burlington Station
Lamb
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Bridge
West Quincy
Quincy-Taylor Road Corporation
Taylor Road
George A. Binkert
Leveed
Big Jim to Host Dinner Today for Sheriff Birthday
Sheriff Jim Simmons marks a postponed birthday with a dinner today. Six are invited, including County Clerk W J Smith Judge Fred Wolfe Highway Superintendent L L Boyer Treasurer Frank Jasper and Schools Superintendent Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Simmons
W. J. Smith
Fred Wolfe
L. L. Boyer
Frank Jasper
Steiner
Chamber of Commerce Plans New Membership Drive
H. L. Beard, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce membership committee, will meet Thursday at Hotel Quincy noon to outline a new plan to boost membership without a campaign drive. He hopes the plan will bring in many new members and create a sizable, representative Chamber of Commerce in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Beard
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Wabash Not To Stop At Q Stations
With service resuming on Thursday morning Wabash passenger train No 51 arriving at 10 40 a m will not stop for passengers between Quincy and Camp Point. The train had been making local stops and honoring C B & Q tickets during the general annulment of trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash
Quincy
Camp Point
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs. J. D. Rankin in Burlington
Mrs. J. D. Rankin, nearly 99, widow of Rev. J. D. Rankin pioneer Presbyterian minister, died in Burlington. The Rankin family lived on East Mine Street, owned property there, and she moved to Burling ton to live with a niece after her husband’s death about 20 years ago. Funeral time is unlisted, expected Thursday, with interment at Woodland cemetery beside her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
J. D. Rankin
Quincy
Franklin McCann
Twenty-fifth and
Maine Street
Nerce
Woodland Cemetery
Infant Arnold Death Shocks Peoria Family
The one year and one month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Leo Arnold of Peoria died, with a telegram received by Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold of 1304 North Twelfth Street confirming the death. Details were not provided. The child is survived by her parents, a sister Arlene, and relatives who will attend the funeral in Peoria tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
J. Leo Arnold
Peoria
William Arnold
North Twelfth Street
Arlene
William Long
J. B. Weber
Funeral services for Henry Erdmann held at St Paul Lutheran
Funeral services for the late Henry Erdmann were conducted from the St Paul Evangelical Lutheran church at 1 30 o clock Tuesday with the Rev Leem muis officiating Burial was in Chase cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Erdmann
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church
Leemmuis
Chase Cemetery
Fitzhenry to Rule on Wolf Motion in Conspiracy Case
After a three week trial in September, Fred Wolf Sr and Paul Wolf were convicted of conspiring to defraud the government in leather goods production. A motion for a new trial has not yet been ruled on by Judge Louis FitzHenry, who presided. Weinand said a decision was expected in coming days. Govert reported no word of FitzHenry’s arrival. FitzHenry's home is Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wolf
Paul Wolf
Louis FitzHenry
Quincy
J. A. Weinand
Wolf Plant
War Department
Chicago
S. R. Rush
Wolfs
Rush
FitzHenry
George Govert
The
Judge FitzHenry
Bloomington
Will Be Plenty Of Cars For Quincy
Quincy will receive an adequate number of cars to move all merchandise by week’s end. G A Shields secured 20 cars for Quincy on Monday and 10 more on Tuesday with more expected today. A normal supply should be furnished by week’s end as freight car travel shifts westward to move grain and livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
G. A. Shields
Burlington
Galesburg
Whig
Newsboys Guests Of The Lions At Hotel Quincy
Newsies of the city will be entertained by the Lions club at the Hotel Quincy this evening. A program is planned with A. O. Lindsay J. F. Wellemeyer and Rev. R. H. Hartley in charge. Chester Childs Boy Scout executive will demonstrat e practical training and fire starting without matches. Leaton Irwin donor of the scout home J. F. Wellemeyer and Will Heckencamp will speak. Surprises are promised for the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newsies
Lions Club
Quincy
A. O. Lindsay
J. F. Wellemeyer
Rev. R. H. Hartley
Chester Childs
Leaton Irwin
Will Heckencamp
La Prairie School Hearing on January 17
County Superintendent John Steiner will hear petitions from residents in Houston township and North East township seeking withdrawal from the Community High School district of LaPrairie. Hearings are scheduled for 2:00 PM for 13 1/2 sections in Houston and 4:00 PM for one North East section, at the LaPrairie schoolhouse on Saturday January 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Township
North East
LaPrairie
John Steiner
Third Singing Lesson Held Tonight by Morrison
Prof. Harry B. Morrison of Chicago arrives in Quincy to conduct the third mass singing lesson under Community Service. The session tonight at 232 North Fifth Street will outline a program for serious study to boost Quincy musical activity. A class in spiritual singing will be held for colored residents Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Morrison
Chicago
Quincy
Community Service
North Fifth Street
Morrison
Palmer Urges Conservation To Break High Price War
Wiz calls on the public to exercise economy and quit extravagance. He warns idleness is a crime and urges reducing factional industry disturbances. If workers increase output ten percent and save ten percent, prices could fall twenty percent.
Rotary Christmas Fund Is Given to Associated Bodies
Quin cy Rotary will distribute its annual Christmas fund through Associated Charities after a club vote at Tuesday noon lunch. Judge Lyman McCarl attended, explaining the idea of charitable organization. The luncheon program, led by Charles Breitweiser and others, featured a revenue-raising quiz. Proceeds, plus offerings, may reach $500. Next Tuesday’s luncheon will be a father and son event with novel stunts. Visitors included Walter St. Louis, Will Korn, Rev. W. O. Shank, J. A. S. Ehart, W. E. Long, Orin L. Seifert, W. C. Winkley, Michael Zederbaum, Louis Schwab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy Rotary
Associated Charities
Lyman McCarl
Charles Breitweiser
Ed. Buerkin
Frank Miller
John Fick
A. Otis Arnold
Oscar Keller
Ed. Reighard
Chicago
Rev
W. O. Shank
J. A. S. Ehart
Quincy
W. E. Long
Orin L. Seifert
Kansas City
W. C. Winkley
Michael Zederbaum
Yonkers
New York
Louis Schwab
Harry Hofer Comes Back for Holidays
Former Quincy baseball activities director Harry Hofer visits Quincy with relatives and old friends. He vows he is done with baseball though tempted by offers in the northwest where his Wor tham Wall and Hofer Shows have had success. The carnival, now a third owner, wintering in Portland, Oregon, has toured the southwest and northwest this year with Sid Landcraft earning praise for his work in the carnival world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hofer
Quincy
Hofer
Wortham
Wall
Southwest
Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Chicago
Canada
Sid Landcraft
Sid
Incorporation Papers Filed for Leaton Irwin Farm and Loraine Poultry
Incorporation filings received Tuesday for Edgewood company to operate the Irwin farm with $5,000 capital stock led by Leaton Irwin and including Macau lay Irwin and Anna Grubbsmall as minority holders. A second company, Loraine Poultry and Egg, with $12,000 capital stock, lists Roy Weaver Carthage and others as stockholders and Howell, Weaver, and Ewing named as initial directors with offices in Loraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Company
Irwin
Jim Buffington
Leaton Irwin
Macaulay Irwin
Miss Anna Grubb
Loraine Poultry and Egg Company
Loraine
Roy Weaver
Carthage
M Ewing
Burnside
G. W. Lawrence
West Point
Newell Sapp
Addison Curless
Howard Lawless
J. W. Howell
Soldiers and Sailors Home Health Notes and Updates
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Home reports on staff movements and patient status. Henry Bartley returned from fuméugh and moved 8 to 11, Mary Ertel from 20 to hospital, Sarah Keap noted. John Woods stabilizes, Comrade Hotchkiss active. many residents suffer colds. Comrade Lea remains ill after hospital confinement. Comrade Lock died on furlough and was buried at Keokuk. Discharges and furloughs include Monroe Begerstoff, J M and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick. Out on pass Jonathan Man and Walter Weise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Henry Bartley
Mary Ertel
Sarah Keap
Pass
Johnathan Man
Walter Weise
Monroe Begerstoff
J. M
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Christian Lock
Keokuk
Comrade Lea
John Woods
Hotchkiss
Organizing Committees for Community Service Work in Quincy
A Thursday meeting at Community Service headquarters will organize committees among the colored residents for the work of Community Service in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
County Attorney Case Heads to Court Today
Judge Harry Higbee will hear the county attorney matter brought by Supervisor John Abbott against the county and others in the circuit court this morning. The suit seeks to bar the county officials from employing and paying a county attorney, contending the office is illegal. The case has stirred debate after an appellate ruling earlier this year ordered the circuit court to overrule a demurrer. The dispute also touches a $450 voucher for legal services by John T. Inghram, with Treasurer Frank Jasper resisting payment per State's Attorney Roy Adair's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Higbee
Pittsfield
John Abbott
Abbott
Board of Supervisors
John T. Inghram
Higbee
Roy Johnson
Inghram
Circuit Court
Frank Jasper
Jasper
Roy Adair
Major R C Cotton Leaves The Service
Major Robert Christie Cotton a former Quincy boy has resigned from the army and from the Infantry Association and Infantry Journal. He will join a large California firm after leaving the service. His mother Mrs Elizabeth Cotton will visit Quincy in January with him and his young daughter before they move to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Christie Cotton
Quincy
California
Army
Infantry Association
Infantry Journal
Major Cotton
Robert J. Christie
West Point
Elizabeth Cotton
Washington
Harvey A. Fry
W. C. U. Membership Campaign Plans Made
About forty committeemen from thirteen local branches met at the Illinois State Bank building to hear organizer Frank Darius outline plans for a W. C. U. membership drive. The active drive is hoped to begin after the first of the year with branch endeavors expanding nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. U
Illinois State Bank
Frank Darius
Illinois
Darius
Darins
Melrose
St. Anthony
Daves
Amusing dog raids meat shop while crowd gawks at rabbits
In the business district a small hound jumped to grab rabbits tied at a downtown butcher shop door, drawing a large crowd of adults and children who urged the dog on. The rabbits remained secured and the dog did not succeed. Nearby, Mr. Heckle eyed a fur sale sign and a sleeping black cat under it. Two Quinncy hair pulling workers staged a two week feud ending in a mid day clash with chairs flying as they fought and threatened to settle their dispute later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Heckle
Hampshire Street
Geraldine Farrar
Quincy
Mary Pickford
Community Service Backs Quincy League Baseball Return
The advisory board of Community Service, comprised of Quincy’s leading men, endorses the effort to reinstate Quincy in the Three I league. They vow support and will assist the movement to bring league baseball back to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Service
Quincy
Advisory Board
City schools may open during Christmas holidays in Quincy
Quincy public schools may operate during the Christmas and New Year period if approved by the fuel administration. Fuel administrator Rose Niehaus reported no domestic coal released that day while supplies were scarce at railroad yards. A civic coal committee chaired by Charles Lee Weems met and will reconvene to decide on school openings as the heating plant fights fuel shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Fuel Administration
Rose Niehaus
O'Brien
Springfield Sunap
Wabash
Burlington
Charles Lee Weems
Civic Coal Committee
Quincey
Board of Education
Channon
Finance Committee Awaits Court Action on County Attorney Case
The Adams County Tuberculosis Society sought county interest in the new sanitarium with the Board of Supervisors finance committee. A Theresa Woodruff fund purchase was discussed but no agreement reached. The county attorney case in circuit court loomed, with no action taken and the meeting to continue today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
Circuit
Finance Committee
Board of Supervisors
John T. Inghram
Adams County Tuberculosis Society
Paying Hearings In Court Today On District Assessments
Hearings for paying assessment cases in the Third Fourth and Maine street districts proceed in county court this morning. Few objections had been filed by Monday evening with County Clerk W J Gnantth but objections to numbers 73 and more are expected. Attorney M F Carrott for the C B Q railroad objected to the Third street district assessment amid several others. Some petitions claim notices exceed the frontage owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth
Maine Street
W. J. &Antth
M. F. Carrott
C. B. & Q. Railroad
Third Street
Gem City Camp Elects Officers for 1920
Gem City Camp No. 219 elected officers for 1920 at a regular meeting Tuesday evening. Counsel J. T. Gaines presided with past counsel F. W. Meyer, advisor R. I. Burrows, clerk A. A. Simon, assistant clerk E. Percy Brown, banker W. H. Brown, essort Charles Young, watchman A. E. Lindstrom, sentinel Presley Vincent, trustees C. H. Huseman for three years and J. W. Meyer for one year. A new candidate was initiated and a smoker followed. installation is set for January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem City Camp No
Veaer
J. T. Gaines
F. W. Meyer
R. I. Burrows
A. A. Simon
E. Percy Brown
W. H. Brownessort
Charles Young
A. E. Lindstrom
Presley Vincent
C. H. Huseman
J. W
Western Union Manager Elmer King Sick at Home
Elmer W. King manager of the Western Union offices in Quincy is confined to his home with a severe cold. He has suffered for weeks from a heavy cold and in recent days has been restricted to his residence. He had some fever Tuesday but with care and rest no serious complications are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer W. King
Western Union
Quincy
Mr. King
Real Estate Transfers Involving Local Firms and Owners
Irwin Motors transfers to Taer Paper for $1 covering lots 6 and 7 in block 14 Original Town of Ounce Stamps, listed as $27 500. Mathilda Sommer transfers to Harold C Suman and Esma S M Suman for $1 covering lots 10 and 11 in block 6 Aldo Park add to Quincy. William E and Nora A Conover sell to William B Clark at section 7 Lind Township for $1 800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Motors Company
Taer Paper Company
Mathilda Sommer
Harold C. Suman
Esma
S M. Suman
Aldo
Quincy Fans Face Question of League Baseball Next Year
Al Tearney, president of the Three-Eye and Western League and the undisputed concessionaire of territory under the national agreement, seeks a definite word from Quincy on joining a league next season. Belden Hill of Cedar Rapids favors inclusion and a broader Iowa route. Local fans are eager for baseball after wartime limits. Tearney plans to convene a meeting to parcel territory once Quincy declares intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
al Tearney
Three- Eye
Quincey
Belden Hill
Ceder Rapids
Mr. Hills
Mr. Tearney
Belden
Burlington
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Dubuque
Davenport
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mr.Tearny
Tri-Cities
Hannibal
Keokuk
Springfield
Jacksonville
Hill
Eight Initiated By St. Nicholas Branch
Eight candidates were initiated at the St. Nicholas branch No 1 W.C. U meeting in St Boni face school building Tuesday evening. FOW Heckencamp Jr supreme commander Z J Freiburg supreme treasurer and William K Ott supreme secretary attended and spoke. A smoker and refreshments followed. Branch orchestra selections pleased attendees. Membership drive will begin January 12 with supreme organizer present to inaugurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
W.C. U
St. Boniface
Fow Heckencamp, Jr
Z. J. Freiburg
William K. Ott
Women's Union Labor League Elects Officers at Meeting
The Women's Union Labor League held an officer election at the Labor Temple on Tuesday evening. Elected were President Lula Bisser First Vice President O'Neill Second Vice President Leona Brinkman Recording Secretary Florence Brinkman Financial Secretary Lena Meyer Treasurer Mera Lycta Eliemeir Sergeant at Arms Anna Chesen Doorkeeper Laura Grigs An ice cream social followed. Installations are scheduled for January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Union Labor League
Labor Temple
Oihcers
Lula Bisser
O'Neill
Leona Brinkman
Florence Brinkman
Lena Meyer
Mera Lycta Eliemeir
Amas
Anna Chesen
Laura Grigsby
Aged Woman Found Unconscious After Stroke at Home
Mrs William Crabbe of 1112 North Eleventh Street was found unconscious Tuesday in her home by a male youth. She had suffered a stroke described as cerebral hemorrhage, marking her second attack at an advanced age and described as very serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Crabbe
North Eleventh Street
Weather forecast fragment with unclear dates
Fragmentary weather notes report fair conditions with scattered mentions of Wednesday and Thursday. Local temperatures and river stage readings are partially legible, but specific values are unreadable or garbled.
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Revenue Office
Whisky Srs
Quinn
St. Loui
Abe Martin
Ohio
Pinky Karr
Cincinnati
Big Jim
C. of
Newsboys
Lions
Palmer
Rotary
Carnival Ventures
Leaton Irwin Farm
Judge Higbee
Maj
R. C. Cotton
Gem City Camp
Elmer King
Tearney
Women’s Union Labor League
Thurestus
Rature
Ereiwest
Ranegstar
Sreilinds
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