Wanted Branch Manager Opens New Quincy Office
An advertisement seeks a Branch Manager for a new Quincy unit of a former steel products firm now producing patriotic work. Requires a capable business man to lead a small sales force, with a $1000 cash bond, Chicago training, and a commission-based earning potential above 5000 annually. Applicants must be prepared to start January 1 and travel to Chicago for instruction before New Year.
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Quincy
Chicago
Advertising
Ill
RENT A FRONT ROOM IN MODERN FURNISHED SAND DISTRICT
Inquiries for a newly furnished front room seeking near in location offer reasonable terms. The ad notes a sand board feature and a close proximity address listed as 237 care Whig, inviting scooping to come with board opportunities.
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Care Whig
New Canton Lodge Nominates Officers for Year
New Canton Lodge No. 821 A F and A M elected officers for the year on December 14. C P Gard was chosen Worshipful Master for the seventh consecutive term with J R Beasley returning for the tenth. A E Longfahl, longtime Junior Warden, is now Senior Warden. Secrecy secretary C E Davis and Tyler J R Easley also named. The lodge reports prosperity and growth.
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New Canton
C. P. Gard
A. E. Longfahl
J. E. Poster
Treauher
C. E. Davis
J. R. Easley
Tyler
Charley Hillings
J. R. Beasley
Army men operate cars claim sparks Kansas City strike
Dec 17 telegram to Secretary of War Bake from R. T. Wood and C. B R. Nelson alleges that soldiers in uniform are driving streetcars during a strike by motormen and conductors. They demand an immediate investigation into the matter.
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Kansas City
United States Army
Bake
R. T. Wood
Kansas Federation of Labor
C. B R. Nelson
Central Labor Union
American War Losses From Illinois Missouri and Iowa
An illinois missouri iowa list records wartime casualties by category with names of fallen soldiers, ranks, and cities such as Oak Park Koshkonong St Louis and Chicago. It details killed in action died of wounds and disease wounded figures and missing in action across the three states.
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Ilinois
Missouri
Iowa
Sydney L. Crowley
Oak Park
Jeffry Shurron
Koshkonong
Moa
Loren Lence
E. St. Louis
US Wagoners
Paul A. Hensen
Chicago
Leon Dandridge
St. Louis
Chas
Lillvik
Clarence E. Schooling
Clark
Henry W. Stade
Carl L. Bennett
Eimer C. Hanson
East
Bethany
Harland Kilborn
Casey
Gee
Williams
Barry
Henry C. Wiskirchen
Ewing
Roy B. Courtney
St. Clair
Walter E. Lundgren
Joseph A. Winauski
Westville
Gustaf H. Blom
Chas. Brown
Norwood
Peter Bransky
Illinois
B. Busey
Urbana
Otto Streheli
Virgil A. Faulkner
Rolla
Curtis Jones
Xenia
George Lucy
Ithicago
Axel W. Nolen
Sycamore
Joseph Worth, Jr
Peter Grivett
Adam Jakubowski
Theo. C. Thorson
Inwood
Frank Hootman
Mirabile
Eddie Kozel
Chicren
Divreane
Ulysses G. Smith
Gideon
Clarence A. Stodghill
Johnson City
Jacob V. Walker
Plattsburg
Charles Wilson
Altamont
Clarence GL Wright
Peoria
Cheater H. Youngberg
Wansaa City
Raymond Iz Ztumerman
Thomas A. Hall
Laraine
Merle A. Tracey
Monmouth
Leo R. Judkins
Kingston
Albert
Merkel
Quincy
Stone Fhillins
Shelbyville
Floyd W. Rains
Seen Tees A Wessemann
la Grange
More Prisoners Arrive from German Camps In France
War department release lists four officers and 76 enlisted men, arriving safely in France from German prison camps. Enlisted names include Charles Ostrander of Twining Michigan Rennie M Sagan of Decker Michigan Otis H Shears of Grant Michigan and Edward R Brown of Ire ton Iowa.
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Washington
France
War Department
Charles Ostrander
Twinning
Mich
Rennie M. Sagan
Decker
Otis H. Shears
Grant
Edward R. Brown
Ireton
Towa
Bright young girl of Lima dies after illness
Bertha Fletcher, age 19, daughter of William and Millie Fletcher of Lima, died Dec 14 after influenza led to pneumonia and spinal meningitis. She taught in local schools and was beloved by students. Survived by parents, two sisters, and a brother. burial at Lima cemetery attended by many. Community mourns as closures and cautions rise amid influenza spread.
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Lima
Bertha Fletcher
William
Millie Fletcher
Beatrice Harris
Loraine
James
Mabel
Bertha
Fawbush
Pewery Room
Aller
Crl Montague
Howard Vinson
George Vinson
Charles Thornton
John Vinson
Bert Brackenstck
Tri State
Carson Bolt
Mia
Minnie Whitney
Lillian Wifendick
Barney Selby
Minnie Myers
J. G
Ava Conover
O. S
Stella Harness
C. A. Nesbit
A.C
Laura Conover
The
Home Protective Association
Charles Brickman
Zachary Taylor
Hale
Conover
Monte Vista
Colo
Juve
Frank Venghaus
Quincy
Clara Rampley
Pubble
Cole
Alex Clapper
Camp Point Notes and Local Tragic Funeral
In Camp Point three residents spent Monday in Quincy including Oscar Hufnagle Jefferson Lewis and several others. John Berrier traveled to Quincy for the funeral of his daughter Mrs Lucy Bounds who died of influenza leaving seven orphans. The service was held at the home of her eldest daughter Mrs Edward Kurk with Rev H J Leemhuis officiating and burial in Greenmount cemetery. Mrs Bounds had lived in Camp Point in youth and attended Maplewood. Mrs Samuel Curry Sr was summoned to Kansas City by telegram for a serious illness.
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Isabelle
Isaac Cutter
A. F
A. M
Quincy
Frank Roberts
Monrose Adams
Myrtle
J. B. Satterfield
Plymouth
Harriett Hunsaker
Edith Brown
Mt. Sterling
Haze Hart
William Stecher
Elmer Selby
Chicago
Camp Point
KH Jeffers
Masonic News
Arcola
Springfield
John C. Wels
Peoria
Mast St. Lois
Martha Welch
David Allen
Garrett Dittman
Harry Duittman
Reva Banton
Merle Haltz
France
Jeose Hunter
Ira Akers
A. KR. Grumman
George Flett
William F. Jones
Isaac Cutler
Neva Nations
Foster Grove
Carl Franahan
Fort Travis
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Texas
Oscar Hufnagle
Fred Tratue
William Little
Jefferson Lewis
O. Sutton
Arthur Goertz
Wm. Morley
John Berrier
Lucy Bounds
Edward Kurk
H. J Leemhuis
Greenmount
Bounds
Maplewood
Samuel Curry
Kansas City
Real estate listings near S Ninth Street and beyond
Multiple properties for sale in near city and countryside zones. Large two story building with basement and two residences at 537 and 839 S Ninth Street, freight elevator, good for manufacturing or business. Acreage near La Grange and Taylor, Missouri with black land and 3 room house plus outbuildings. Vacant lots on Sycamore Street with affordable terms. Wm Kiues property on South 12th Street offers 1 acre with brick house, barn and cultivated land. Buyer incentives include small acreage access and near South Park conveniences.
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South Fourth Street
Jersey St
N. Weat
Sth
State
S. Ninth Street
Hare
la Grange
Mon
Ininion Township
Taylor
Tablus
Sycamore St
Wm. Kiues
South 12Th Street
South Park
Atory
Farms For Sale Near Quincy In 1900s Style Listing
Numerous farms listed south and near Quincy with acres ranging from 30 to 270. Properties include timber, wheat and clover land, several improved with houses, barns, silos, and wells. Prices vary from 3 200 to 225 per acre plus a 6 000 and 6 200 fixed sale for smaller plots. Contact Uoren C. Cox Wells Building Quincy Illinois for exchanges or offers.
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Ron
Werth
Peoria
Quincy
North Sth
Hard Road
Camp Paint
Golden
Uoren C. Cox
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Moree Drug Co
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Tribune Annex
Minneapolis, Minn
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Elmer A. Meyer
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Navy
Meyer and
Peters
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DR. Welsch
Hampshire St. Quincy
Work Over Furniture Co
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Elm St
Angelo Studio
Orpheum
Lepper
Wier Tire
6Th and
Vermont
Daugherty & Co
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Harry Pocka
Hamp
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M. Goldberg
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North 5Th Street
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T.C Poling & CO
T. C. Poling
Samuel Woods
T. C. Poling, Jr
Blackstone Bidg
Sixth
New Canton, Ill
Stampe
R. Lampshira
Egal
Ricker National Bank of Quincy
Tlinois
J. Ricker
Ratiafactior Guuaranteed Bank
Gaulien Lebacen Ca
Duke Ren
Senn
Joneses
Dawgunit
James BE
Withers
Fiobert L. Jarbee
Clarence
Gerhard M. Hummert
Lloyd J. Cox
Trenton
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