Sanitation ordinance defeated in stormy council session
A heated city council voted 8 to 5 against a proposed sanitation ordinance amendment setting a stricter 100 foot distance for private vaults. Aldermen Ellis, Myers and others argued for the amendment while Hyatt and others opposed, with disruptions and appeals to citizens influencing debate. The session also addressed Rotary figures and streetcar service before adjourning to December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jidermen McNutt
Hoar, Schanz
Amonds
Lepper, Hyatt, Bickhars
Geers
Jermen Ellis
Smith, Ross, Myers and Napkins
Hyatt c Ame
Schafer
Washington Life Insurance Pany
I Per
Sion
Ellis
Hyatt
Tafter
Duke Schroer
Leo
Ernest Bruer
Oak
Nance
Red Cross Campaign Opens In Adams County Today
The Red Cross launches a one day drive in Adams County with canvassers visiting every home in Quincy and offices for each district. Aimed at 15 million members, the effort asks a dollar per person as a Christmas gift to support soldiers in camps and hospitals.
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RED Cross
Adams.co
Postoffice Rush Has Not Started Yet
The Christmas mail rush is about to begin with clerks preparing for heavy parcel post handling. Parcels weighing booths occupy the lobby as two Quincy youths join the government mail service, Robert Garrison and Elmer Wilson, sons of local residents, to assist during the peak period.
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Quincy
Robert Garrison
K. Garrison
York Street
Elmer Wilson
J. M. Wilson
Charles Bower Joins U S Aviation Corps
Charles Bower formerly on The Whig and Harrisburg Patriot staff has enlisted in the U S aviation section and is stationed in McCook Field Dayton Ohio with the 246th aero squadron. His parents Mr and Mrs C H Bower live in Hannibal.
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Charles Bower
The
Whig
Harrisburg Patriot
Harrisburg
Aviation
United States Army
McCookfield
Dayton
Ohio
246Th Aero Squadron
Bower
Hannibal
C. H. Bower
Negro Clergyman Lectures at Eighth and Elm Church
Rev. Dr. J Francis Robinson field secretary of the national convention spoke to a large crowd at the Eighth and Elm Street Baptist Church Monday night. His lecture titled What We and You Are Up Against in This Country or Shall All Boys Die in Vain was free and the church was crowded.
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J. Francis Robinson
National Convention of the
United States
Europe
Eighth and Elm Street Baptist Church
Quincy Aldermen Split Over Sewer Vault Amendment
Aldermen McNutt opposed the amendment while calling for a 100 percent sewer system, Geers labeled it unfair, Smith supported it citing progress, and Simmonds opposed now but favored later. The discussion focused on vault connections and village property details.
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Alderman McNutt
Quincy
Geers
Alderman
Shrapnel Stars Appear In Hampshire Street Show Window
Three stars mark each Sterns store employee serving in the army or navy as the window display goes up in Hampshire street. John Neumann son of Albert and Mrs Neumann of 730 South Tenth street is praised after a near drowning aboard a battleship duty boat. Several local men report Navy enlistments and reassignments while others face enlistment setbacks at Jefferson Barracks amid a rush of draftees and crowded hotels. Paul Limber returns to Peoria after Navy enlistment and training while Arthur Muehlenfeld fails to enlist due to barracks orders. George Christ escapes Halifax disaster by a day aboard the Minneapolis as it ferries Australian troops. Sergeant Donald Center to resume duty at Camp Logan after furlough.
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Sterns
Hampshire Street
John Neumann
Albert G. Neumann
South Tenth Street
Monnday
Arkansas
Arthur Muehlenfeld
Kentucky Street
Jefferson Barracks
Belleville
Muehlenfeld
St. Louis
George Christ
H. A. Christ
Halifax
U. S
Minneapolis
France
Sailor Son Sends Joyful Cablegram From Azores
Mr and Mrs Hugh E King received a cablegram Monday night from their son Francis a sailor in the U S squadron saying Tam well and happy. The message came from the Azores Islands and follows a prior note from Bermuda on Sept 17.
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Hugh E. King
Francis
Uncle Sam
Azores Islands
Bermuda Islands
Colored Soldiers to Receive Christmas Boxes at Camp Dodge
Two Quincy colored soldiers Al bert Wells and John James at Camp Dodge will get Christmas boxes along with other soldiers. The Current Events club a representative organization of colored women has prepared the boxes with appropriate gifts.
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Quincy
Albert Wells
John James
Camp Dodge
Current Events Club
Navy enlistment holiday leave policy sent to recruiters
A telegram to local Recruiter Wempen directs that all men enlisting now through Christmas may spend the holidays at home. Recruits sent to Great Lakes will be held on waiting orders or transferred only if they cannot subsist at home, with transportation provided if needed. The policy is temporary and transfers are expected to resume soon. Richard Seaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenner Seaton, has been sent east and may go overseas soon. mail should be addressed to him in care of the New York postmaster.
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Tompkins
Elis
Quincy
Washington Park
United States
Myers
Byatt
Alderman Hyatt
Wilson
America
Vanderlip
Red Cross
O. G. Mull
Navy
Hime
Wempen
Great Lakes
Richard Seaton
Kenner Seaton
North Sixth Street
New York
Camp Grant
Canadian visitor plans winter with Quincy kin
Mrs. M N Hess of Rosetown Saskatchewan arrived Sunday to stay with her sister Mrs. Charles Seifert at 1208 State Street for the winter. Her husband will join her in Quincy before Christmas. Mrs. Hess noted 38 below zero when she left Canada. Also visiting are Mrs. August Reeves and her daughter Miss Gustava of Ewing Missouri. Edgar Yates, first assistant chief of the Quincy fire department, suffered neck injuries when a chemical engine collided with a sidewalk near Jersey Street and the Knights of Pythias hall. he remains under a specialist care with recovery expected in about two months.
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M. N. Hess
Rosetown
Saskatchewan
Canada
Charles Seifert
State Street
Quincy
Hess
August Reeves
Gustava
Ewing
Edgar Yates
Yates
Jersey Street
Knights of Pythias Hall
Scots War Veteran Capt. Vickers Captivates Quincy Audience
Captain Leslie Vickers a frail Scottish Presbyterian and former Seaforth Highlander spoke at the Empire theatre in Quincy under the Red Cross. He described war horrors with vivid sincerity and urged donations to the Red Cross while praising American resolve and condemning pro Germans.
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Leslie Vickers
Seaforth Highlanders
Empire Theater
Frances
Paris
Vickers
Red Cross
Quincy
Britain
F. A. McCarty
Loos
Empire
Belgium
France
Capt. Vickers
LaFollette
Reed
Missouri
Rome Arnold
Arnold
Capt
England
Tenafly
N. J
Ile
Quincy High Falls to Gem City in Close Battle
The Gem City Business College basketball team defeated Quincy High School 27 to 25 in a fast game at the YMCA. After a 19 to 12 first half, the college squad surged in the final minutes when substitutes entered, while Quincy gymnasts gain strength from tough practice and aim to triumph in the Hull game on December 22. Coaches Brazeleton and team lineups reflect a tight contest and shifting schedules for junior and senior team games at the armory.
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Gem City Business College
Quincy High School
Brazelton
Hull
Armory
High School
College
Steinbeck
Eisenberg
Thorsen
Stevens
Lummis
Seeley
Farnsworth
Manker
Quincy Fire Damages Furniture On Transfer Wagon
An alarm from Seventh and Maine street reports a fire on a Miller Bros transfer wagon when a driver’s pipe caused the blaze. Fire crews from Nos. 1 and 2 stations responded. no damage occurred. Building progress notes and a marriage license report follow.
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Seventh
Maine Streets
Miller Bros
Sailor Frank Lindsey Visits Quincy Parents from Kansas
Frank Lindsey of the Quincy Naval Reserves on the battleship Kansas visits his parents on South Thirty sixth street. He has gained weight, now over 209 pounds, and will depart Wednesday night to return to the ship. Rev Oliver credited for the Quincy Methodist Christmas edition. editor-in-chief is Rev G F Oliver.
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Frank Lindsey
Quincy
Kansas
D. L. Lindsey
South Thirty-sixth Street
High School notes and Christmas plans at the district
Principal J F Wellemeyer and English teacher Dan Ricketts both rest at home with grip symptoms. The manual training class has completed sixteen desks for the penmanship room while library seating was rearranged for night classes. The High School Girls Council plans a December 24 film at Star theater starring Jack Pickford and Louise Huff, proceeds to aid the Y M C A war fund and a Christmas party for Cheerful Home’s day nursery children. If Sousa’s band arrives for a Wednesday morning assembly, otherwise Thursday will feature regular exercises and a Friday Christmas program with eight numbers. Lettie Gay plans to visit Rockport Illinois for the holidays, while O D Frank and Mrs Frank head to Mt Vernon Indiana for Christmas with the Gano family.
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Star Theater
Jack Pickford
Louise Huff
Sousa
Lettie Gay
Rockport
O.D. Frank
Mrs. Frank
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Gardner Men 10 Get 30 000 as Christmas Bonus
The Gardner Governor company will distribute more than 30000 in Christmas gifts to employees who have served a year or more. Workers earning 40 cents or less per hour get 12 percent of annual earnings while those earning above that rate receive 6 14 percent of yearly wages. La Grange and Quincy plants will benefit with about 500 employees in total. Some soldiers in the La Grange and Quincy plants will receive 12 14 or 6 14 percent of pay from Jan 1, 1916, until military entry.
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Gardner
Quincy
la Grange
Gardner Works
Gardner Company
Downtown streets cleared of slush by city crews
D N Markillie, superintendent of the board of public works, supervised a large force of men with horses and scrapers cleaning the downtown streets. Work was extensive and unfinished Monday. Snow was placed in storm water manholes and catch basins and washed to the river.
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Chris Myer
Campbell Brothers
North Front Street
Finance Committee
Work House Commissioners
Board of Public Works
Comptroller and
United Cereal Mills
Frank Love
National Rivers and Harborg Congress
Railroad Committee
Walton Heights
W. A. Martin
D. N. Markillie
Wage Increase Granted to Stove Plate Molders
More than 450 Quincy stove plate molders received a 25 percent raise after a union and employer conference. The increase, effective Saturday but announced Monday, lifts pay to parity with the value of their output, with the boost applying only to stove plate molders.
House Votes Day on Amendment Fallout in State Legislature
The House records 198 members voting against an amendment. Democrats total 64 and Republicans 62 with independents at 2. Absentee pairs include Stephens and Neely for amendment and Gallivan and Goodwin for against. Total membership stands at 434 with one seat vacant.
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Slayden
Small
Charles D. Smith
Thomas F. Smith
Steele
Sullivan
Talbott
van Dyke
Welty
Wilson
Texas
Baichard
Britten
Cary
Chandler
New York
Clark
Pennsylvania
Classon
Crago
Davidson
Davis
Drukker
Dyer
Edmonds
Benjamin L. Fairchild
Francis
Freeman
Garland
Gillett
Glynn
Graham
Gray
New Jersey
Greene
Massachusetts
Vermont
Haskell
Heater
Hull
Iowa
Juul
Kahn
Kennedy
Rhode Island
Lehrbach i
Lufkin
McArthur
McLaughlin
Madden
Magee
Meeker
Merrett
Moore
Morin
Mudd
Nichols
Michigan
Nolan
Parker
Porter
Ramsey
Roberts
Rodenberg
Sanford
Scott
Siegel
Snyder
Stafford
Swift
Templeton
Tilson
Ware
Voigt
Wisconsin
Waldon
Walsh
Ward
Watson
Winslow
London
Martin
Progressive
Stephens
Nebraska
Neely
West Virginia
Gallivan
Goodwin
Arkansas
Miller
Washington
Taylor
Colorado
Geo. W. Fairchild
Curry
California
House
Marriage Licenses Granted in Nelsonville Area
The record lists Theodore Lawrence Bauer of Nelsonville Missouri and Effie Mae Claus of Nelsonville Mo as marriage licensees, with names William Grabill and Jessie B Grabill of Decatur also appearing in the document. The fragment indicates cross references to local families and a date near late 19th or early 20th century.
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Theodore Lawrence Bauer
Nelson
Ville
Unsettled Weather Across Illinois and Missouri
Illinois and Missouri forecast unsettled Tuesday with small temperature changes. In Illinois the pattern continues into Wednesday with limited cooling or warming. Missouri expects unsettled conditions Tuesday followed by likely fair weather Wednesday and minor temperature shifts.
Local Temperatures and River Stage Report
Readable portions show temperature readings across the day from early morning to night with 27 degrees at midnight. River stage at midnight is 10 or 27 with unclear units and a note on precipitation data remains unreadable.
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Ieee
Acceas
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