All Coal Released As It Arrives In City
Coal restrictions in Quincy were lifted after a telegram from the fuel administration, allowing immediate release and delivery to consignees. Freight officials expect rail lines to meet demand, with six car loads of steam coal in Burlington yards and Wabash releases aiding local dealers and the city heating plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Quincy
G. A. Shields
C. B. & Q. Railroad
W. E. Fuller
Galesburg
F. L. Johnson
The
Fuel Administration
Chicago
Burlington Lines
Shields
Burlington Railroad
Eastern
F. W. Chumbley
Civic Coal Committee
Quincey
Mel Tutter
Dewers
Barington Yards
American Strawboard Company
Wabashi Railroad
Wabash
Gardner-Governor Company
Pipe and Fick Coal Companie
Priday
Tame
Mek Coal Mpany
Mutica
Quincyv Coal Company
Timp
South Side Boat Club names 1920 officers
The South Side Boat Club held its Friday night meeting electing Joseph Waldhaus president Carl Bucher vice president Clarence Gail financial secretary Sam Griffith recording secretary August Bergmann treasurer Albert Wiesen born captain Roy Hussong lieutenant and Fred Luthin sergeant at arms. Trustees named William Green Lawrence Muegge Warren Hartzell. Delegates chosen for Central States Rowing Association meeting January 10 and Southwestern Association meeting in St. Louis in February. Major discussion on forming Great Lakes Rowing Association with Grand Rapids Detroit Chicago Peoria and St. Louis. Grand Rapids to host January organizing meeting. Winter dances planned. committee named for St Valentine dance. North Siders elect Jed Feld president and other officers. Four new members added. Rabbitt lunch provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Joseph Waldhaus
Carl Bucher
Clarence Gail
Sam Griffith
August Bergmann
Albert Wiesenborn
Roy Hussong
Fred Luthin
William Green
Lawrence Muegge
Warren Hartzell
Central States Rowing Association
South Side
Elmer Mutz
Southwestern Association
St. Louis
Quincy
Central Association
Grand Rapids Boat Club
Grand Rapids
Mich
Great Lakes Rowing Association
Liwniday
Detroit
Chicago
Peoria
Albert Mucpgee
Gold Fellowship
North
Manuial
Pryan Purdy
Casper Schwab
Walter Ringer
George Bu Hert
Laawrence Hormann
Rober Luckenbiil
Jack Bowen
Amt
Aldis Lavienon
Anns
Jed Feld
Walter Grimmer
Neal Sielemann
CPM Towine As
Central Assatian
Boat Club
Ape Motel
Queen Maigabeth Named After Empress Elizabeth of Austria
Beletan lore notes Queen Maigabeth is the aunt coddaughter of the ordered Empress Elizabeth of Austria, making the Beletan namesake connected to the Habsburg line through a royal aunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maigabeth
No definite action taken on baseball by Legion post
No definite action was taken to organize a baseball team by the Henry Hill Post of the American Legion Friday evening due to small attendance and an unheated armory. The report notes difficulties in gathering players but expects team organization in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hill Post
American Legion
In probate court actions listed in rough inventory
Administratrix Alice E McFadon filed a probate inventory noting real estate in Newins addition and coastal household furniture valued with a $1500 claim. Mary Klauser, administrator for Joseph Klauser heirs, reported personal property and estate assets tied to two heirs, with a $4000 bequest. Edward H Bermison Sr’s estate saw a $4000 allocation. Venture shows Cox's addition real estate valued at $850 and notes totaling $2000. Mary Bernbreck, administratrix for James Bembreck, reported chattels valued at $455.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. McFadon
Anna
Guaven
Edward H. Bermison
Berndsen
Cox
Quincy
James Bembreck
Mary Bernbreck
Jeweler Keeps Booze In Safe Considers It On Par With Diamonds
Frederick Dienstbier of St Louis keeps a six inch door safe with a burglar alarm at 320 North Sixth Street. He plans twin safes for stock and liquor, storing whisky wine and rum downtown and at home to deter burglars who prefer liquor to jewelry. He notes a break in Oct 14 and says after Prohibition liquor will be available for his personal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Frederick Dienstbier
Dienstbier
North Sixth Street
Quincys Chances For New Factory Are Looking Good
A special factory committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the company auditor reviewed a midwest manufacturer’s interest in Quincy as a potential site. Five factory proposals are under study with hopes to attract two or more manufacturers, if feasible, within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
Quincy
Rankin will filed in county court
The will of Mrs. Philimela P. Rankin, filed in county court, bequeaths sums to relatives and Presbyterian groups. Dated February 28, 1912 with a codicil August 31, 1918, it directs real estate sales, specific legacies to Evans and Rankin heirs, adjustments for Evans death, and several church and missions bequests. Franklin McCann named executor. Rankin died recent week, buried in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philimela P. Rankin
Rankin
Mary K. Evans
Evanston
Julia Evans
Miss Rankin
Lilly P. Case
Evans
Presbyterian Board of Relief For
Philadelphia
Board of Foreign Missions of
The
Presbyterian Church
Board of Home Missions
Church
Board of Missions
Fredman
Runah Miller Cleared of Deserter Charge by Navy
Runah Miller son of Mr and Mrs W H Miller was wrongly reported a deserter by the Navy department. A letter from Captain N Y Blackwood explains the error and states Miller reported for duty November 17 1919 at the naval hospital and that transfer papers were sent in error to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runah Miller
W. H. Miller
Navy Department
N.Y. Blackwood
U.S
Nanaplegy
Runah
Naval Service
Quincy
Runah I. Miller
Naval Hospital
Naval Operating Base
Tlameston Roads
New York
Jimmie
Mit. Bhickwood
Moc
Stens
American Flags On All Christmas Trees Movement Grows
A Dayton Ohio effort to place small American flags atop every Christmas tree gains momentum. The American Legion is reviewing the proposal and intends to advocate for the plan nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Universal Rea
American Legion
Gem City Business College holiday closing announced
Gem City Business College will close Tuesday for the holidays and reopen January 38. Officials cited a rare attendance record matched only in 1907 and expect enrollment to rise when the second term starts January 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem City Business College
Gem City
Mother Convicted for Neglect in County Court Case
Mrs Savannah Spicher was found guilty by a jury Friday afternoon of contributing to the dependency of her three children. Testimony described a filthy home and lack of soap and proper care. The father, earning 24 dollars weekly, testified he could not care for all three babies alone. The oldest, Elsa Tee, five, and three-year-old Lawrence Franklin, entertained in the courtroom while the youngsters awaited disposition. The sentence carries a fine up to 200 dollars or up to one year in the workhouse or jail, or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Spicher
J. Frank Garner
Spicher
John Coens
Thomas Nolan
Coens
Nolan
Vine Street
Rose Libby
Saran Miller
Lithy
E'sa Tee
Lawrence Franklin
Elsa
Nuisance Abated At The Gas House Flats
Health Commissioner Fred Becker reports nuisance abatement at the Gas House Flats on Ninth and Jersey streets. A. Trapp faced a warrant for maintaining nuisance, later withdrawn after Leo Ullrich was found not owner of the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Trapp
Ninth
Jersey Streets
Fred Becker
Leo Ullrich
Ulrich
Detective L D Harvey Quits Quinney Police Force
L D Harvey, a detective with the Quinney police department, submitted his resignation to Chief of Detectives Prof Scharnhorst Friday afternoon and it was accepted. The reason was not disclosed. He has served since the start of the current city administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LD. Harvey
Quinney Police Department
Prof Scharnhorst
Harvey
King
Hoover
Lowden
Coolidge
Bay
Bacon
Watson
Indiana
Tohnsen
Poindexter
Iis Ster
Caiming
Inspection Tour Sparks Army Recruiting Call in Bloomington
Quincy's Pulse reports on Bloomington during a regular inspection tour of the local army recruiting office. Captain Skinner says Germany needs bandmasters and Panama enlistments are open for warm climates. Fruit growers in Adams County meet at William C. Chatten’s farm on North Twelfth Street Tuesday. State entomologist W. P. Flint will discuss fruit diseases and sprays. A roof fire at 222 South Sixth Street caused by sparks from a tire damaged the building. Crewe from Nas, 2 and 3 stations responded and saved the blaze with minor damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skinner
Bloomington
Army
Germany
Panama
Adams County
William C. Chatten
North Twelfth Street
W. P. Flint
Rhodes
South Sixth Street
Crewe
Nas
Marriage Licenses Listed for Four Couples
Paul E. Robertson aged 25 of Council Bluffs Ta and Miss Nelle Taylor aged 22 of Taylor Mo. Roy C. Graves aged 21 of Lewistown Mo and Miss Sadie B. Day aged 19 of Lewistown Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Robertson
Council Bluffs
Nelle Taylor
Taylor
Roy C. Graves
Lewistown
Sadie B. Day
Night School Sessions Resume on Der 29
Night school classes will be resumed on the evening of Der. 29. Loss of time will be made up if possible by the corps of teachers, and it is requested that every student be present for the evening.
Believe Tom Smith Dead Before Auto Went Into Ditch
Relatives and witnesses largely agree Tom B. Smith died before his car plunged from a twelve foot embankment near Rock Creek station Thursday afternoon. Smith, in poor health, was a longtime, careful driver. Coroner's inquest noted possible heart trouble or apoplexy. hands released from wheel before the crash. Funeral plans await distant children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom B. Smith
Rock Creek Station
Mr. Smith
Groves
Smith
Community School Boards Named Today
Election of members for boards of education in four Adams county Community High districts is held today. Burton La Prairie Camp Point have five candidates each. Golden has twelve candidates for five seats. Names include Whitney Scranton Wheeler Weihl Dean Paxton Morton Flesner Gronewold Dutton Huntz Meatheringham Brakensick Jones Morton Sahland Wallace Thrig Goldenstein Hawkins Poling Behrens Adair King Paston Sharrow Selby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Education
Adams County
Burton
la Prairie
Camp Point
Golden
J. Frank Whitney
Hiram J. Scranton
H. W. Wheeler
Charles Weihl
George C. Dean
LaPrairie
J. OW. Paxton
Key A. Morton
George W. Flesner
H. J. Gronewold
J. J. Dutton
Jesse R. Huntz
John E. Meatheringham
Hentry F. Brakensick
William F. Jones
William Z. Morton
F. E. Sahland
Clarence A. Wallace
John It. Thrig
Aitman W. Goldenstein
C. L. Hawkins
Charles Poling
M. G. Behrens
Arthur P. Adair
Harry M. King
IL. C. Paston
E.J. Sharrow
Freeman Selby
Athletic Captains Named At Y M C A
Y M C A selects captains for upcoming athletic contests to start December 29 and run fifteen weeks. Junior classes list captains Curtis Ippenzen Donald Bushnell James Riddle Virgil Berbinger Joseph Best Lloyd Hutchinson William Winkler William Curtis Harold Cordsimon Prep captains Harry Sullivan Edgar Ernst Harold Deduhn Employed class A Frank Johnson Lewis Pottle Albert Buckle Charles Walker Employed class B William Fleer Jessie Guyatt Charles Walkitt John Bond Chaddock Boys' school to name two teams. captains to be chosen Monday. Membership drive aims to push boys department to 400. current total 266.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Ippenzen
Donald Bushnell
James Riddle
Virgil Berbinger
Joseph Best
Lioyd Hutchinson
William Winkler
William Curtis
Harold Cordsimon
Harry Sullivan
Edgar Ernst
Harold Deduhn
Playing with Fire Burns Liberty Official
Ern est Z. Grubb, chairman of the board of supervisors, was burned in Liberty when he threw rags soaked with gasoline into a stove. The resulting explosion burned his face and hands but, as of Friday, doctors believed his eyes were not endangered. The blaze was quickly extinguished by fire extinguishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Z. Grubb
Board of Supervisors
Liberty
Mr. Grubb
Car Cranked By Worker Ruins Door at Hampshire Street
A runaway automobile torn from its hinges at 718 Hampshire Street damaged the entrance to the Quincey Battery and Electrical Testing Co. as an employee left the car in gear and the operator William Damhurst cranked it in reverse. The vehicle reversed across Hampshire Street nearly hitting St Boniface School fence. The car remained undamaged. door damage estimated at $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rinaway Automobile
Hampshire Street
Quincey Battery and Electrical Testing Company
William Damhurst
Damhorst
St Bonifaci School
Tractor school draws many at Spring Street garage
The two day tractor school at the Spring street garage drew a good turnout with talks and demonstrations. D. D. Miller of Racing Wisconsin served as principal speaker, joined by O. R. Harrison and J. E. Midkiff of a tractor company. Plows and grain separators were discussed as sessions continue this evening and conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spring Street
D. D. Miller
Racing
Wis
O. R. Harrison
J. E. Midkiff
Deaths and Funerals Miss Anna Benton
Miss Anna Benton daughter of D C Benton a Melrose resident died in Saunee Tennessee where she was connected with an Episcopal school after a period of illness. L P Wheeler and family of South Thirty Sixth street learned of her passing. Cousins include Mrs N F P Dayton Joel Benton of this city and Henry Scarborough Hallie Spencer of Payson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Benton
D.C. Benton
Melrose
L. P. Wheeler
South Thirty- Sixth Street
Miss Wheeler
Wheeler
Saunee
Tenn
Episcopal School
Nf. FP. Dayton
Joel Benton
Ety
Henry Scarborough
Hallie Spencer
Payson
Miss Benton
Quincy Fare Hearing Standoff Delays City Officials
Quincy men Mayor P J O'Brien and Corporation Counsel J T Inghram did not return from a Springfield hearing on the Quincy street railway seven cent fare. The proceeding before the public utilities commission continued as railway experts argued the seven cent fare was justified while city officials argued contempt for failure to complete ordered improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. O'Brien
J. T. Inghram
Public Utilities Commission
Springfield
Quincy Street Railway Company
Quincy
Walter A. Shaw
Inghram
John L. Bowles
James A. Knowlton
Peoria
W. J. Adelpohl
W. A. Martin
PL J. O'Brien
John T. Inghram
Adelpuhl
Shaw
Utilities Commission
Taghram
Mr. Inghram
Adams Taxes Rise As Lands Value Climb In 1919
Adams county is among twelve Hanaiis counties showing more than a twenty percent increase in land assessment from 1918 to 1919. The county’s assessment ratio stands at 40.48 percent of the county’s average true land value of 124.25 dollars per acre. Hancock county also posts a over twenty percent rise, with average land value 154 dollars per acre and an assessment ratio of 42.08 percent. The figures appear in tables prepared by the United States railroad administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Hanais
Adams
Hancock County
United States Railroad Administration
Quincy Vaudeville Man Barry Townsley Visits Quincy
Reath Lackey known as Barry Townsley visits Quincy with his parents Mr. and Mrs Grant Lackey at 309 1-3 South Enelith Street. He recently came from Milwaukee after a season at the Schubert theater city and plans a row act during his stay before proceeding to the Pacific coast venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reath Lackey
Barry Townsley
Grant Lackey
South
Enelith Street
Mr. Lackey
Milwaukee
Schubert Theater Crty
Quines
Pac Porbicet
Kiith Co
Examination at Fowler for Post Master Post
The federal civil service commission has called an examination to be held in this city on January 10 for a Class I postmaster to serve at Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowler
Fedial Civil Service Commission
London Post Scores League Debacle Over Lloyd George
London papers blame Lloyd George for U S league stance. Morning Post says term to the crown concerns American policy and criticizes Wilson's actions as disastrous. Orient events in Constantinople and Turkey are noted as forcing allies to act, while Turkish life is deemed endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Post
George
London
United States
Chiara Upston
Lloyd George
Spese
House of Commons
Morning Post
American Senate
League of Nations
Lloyd-Cgee- Tye
Wronc
D Presiddest Wilson
Turkey
Etrade VA
Near East
Lowden Strong King Says and Booked 10 Wir
The article portrays Lowden backers in Washington with King predicting a Broad Midwest candidacy. It notes Hoover Coolidge and Bacon set momentum, with acreage of speculation on McKinley era names and a cautious view of the league of nations. The piece sketches King’s health, district visits, and ongoing Capitol intrigue amid presidential talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowden Strong King
Wilsen
Washington
King
Mr. King
McKinley
Shurtleff
Chiperfield
Cook County
Charles S. Deneen
League of Nations
Electric Wheel Defeated by Otis in YMCA Indoor Baseball
Otis Elevator walloped the Electric Wheel in indoor YMCA baseball Friday night, 10. Batteries Van steel and Holder for Otis, Reim burg and Freese for Electric. In a second game YMC Avstrow edged Dewey Community 6 to 5 with Bate Mever Wegs for VY and Otte Chewning for the opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Elevator
Vansteel
Holder
Otis
Reimburg
Freese
Y. M. C. Avstrow
Dewey
Bate
Mever
Wegs
Very
E. Otte
Chewning
Iron Molders Name Officers for New Year
Iron molders elect officers for the coming year. G Fries is vice president with George Meer as financial secretary Teney Rosenels treasurer Ed Peoners corresponding secretary T Lo Murphree recording secretary Mo Leindecker conductor Fred Wresten inner guard Pred Apis Otis oe es Elmer Mutz and Paul Murphy named to posts in the ensuing year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ts Ution
G. Fries
George Meer
Teney Rosenels Treas
Peoners
T. Lo Murphree
Mo Leindecker
Fred Wresten
Apis Otis Oees
Elmer Mutz
Paul Murphy Feuf
Fifty Members Added to Plumb League
Fifty members were admitted to the Plumb League during a January meeting. The local organization welcomed new entrants and outlined upcoming events and responsibilities for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumb League
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boat Clubs
Abe Martin
Sam Gompera
Navy
L. D. Harvey
Detective Force
Tom Smith
Y. M
Ernie Grubb
Edward J. King
Bing
Ouiney
Trevel Newcomb
Iron Molders
I. S
Missouri
the Heidbreder
South Twitt Street
Orlook
Woodlang Cemetery
Emin M. ‘Ots
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