Quincy Exemption Board Classifies More Registrants for Army Service
The Quincy exemption board has classified additional men for military service. It warns that unlocated or unreturned questionnaire names will be posted as desertions, prompting relatives to affidavits stating relation and current service address. Recent classifications list numerous individuals across multiple classes and include many names and initials.
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Quincy Board
Quincy
Camp Dedee
Quinex Board
Real Estate Transfers and Life Events in Quincy and Surroundings
Real estate transfers list James Shank and others to Lydia Crowder and others with sums up to 6400. Other transfers include Musick to Trent for 6400 and Borders to Brown, Niehaus to Scherer, Poling to Poling, Angell, Boling transfers, and Summer to Anna with small parcels. Marriage licenses show multiple couples from Springfield, Amboy, Ursa, Loraine, Home, and Camp Point. Probate notes record John Hazlett estate balance and conservatorship data. Births report five newborns at addresses on North Third, Monroe, Elm, Broadway, and surrounding streets in December.
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James Shank
Lydia A. Crowder
Consd
Charles W. Musick
Lula B. Trent
Poling
Cruttenden’s
Quincy
Jessie M. Brown
Addie L. Borders
Thomas A
Etta Scherer
Frank
Minnie Niehaus
Theodore C
Ella ‘A. Poling
T. Chester Poling
Nash
Daniel J
M. E. Boling
Robert Smith
Columbus
John H. Summer
Anna Summer
Block 32
Keyes
Victor Leroy Morgan
Springfield
Alta K. Wright
Robert F. Thrasher
Amboy
Ina Zelma Allen
LaBelle
Fred Warning
Ursa
Pansy Anderson
Jesse Frank McNay
Loraine
Mary Iona Long
Herman August Reckers
Fowler
Lottie Fierge
Camp Point
Ernest Christ Binggett
Kas
Verna Gibson
John Hazlett
Nannie Geibert
Samuel Johnson
North Third Street
John J. Ward
Monroe Street
George Seifert
Elm Street
Frank N. Smith
Broadway
Neurone Prescription 99 claims rapid rheumatic relief
An advertising notice promotes Neutrone Prescription 99 for rheumatic stiffness and inflamed joints. It promises quick relief within a week or two when taken four times daily, with prices 60 cents to $1.00 and mail orders available. Sold in Quincy at Owl Drug Store, 125 North Sixth Street.
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Quincy
Owl Drug Store
N. 6Th St
Operation to Save Lad's Sight Ends With Eye Removal
Dr W D Stevenson performed surgery at St Marys hospital on little Billy Smith son of Mr and Mrs William Crooks Smith to remove the right eye after a knife accident while decorating a Christmas tree. The aim was to save the remaining eye. Stevenson, a prominent eye specialist, was visiting Flora TL and is stationed at Camp Sherman near Chillicothe Ohio. He advised removal and returned to Flora before returning to his army post.
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W. D. Stevenson
Little Billy Smith
St. Mary's Hospital
William Crooks Smith
Maine Street
Flora
Dr. Stevenson
Quincy
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
Stevenson
Oversubscribe K C War Fund Drives District Unity
A district report notes Knights of Columbus councils oversubscribing the war camp fund with totals for Kewanee Monmouth Macomb Nauvoo Galesburg and Quincy. It lauds Catholic and non Catholic support and credits local press for coverage. J J Moriarty urges display of the Red Cross emblem as a patriotic gesture.
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Knights of Columbus
Kewanee
Monmouth
Macomb Wise
Nauvoo
Quincy Council
Quincy Press
Quincy Herald, Journal and Whig
Red Cross
J. J. Moriarty
Eldon Clutch Honored by Logan Soldiers in 1917
Letters from Battery D 79th Field Artillery Camp Logan Houston acknowledge Eldon F Clutch first class private and praised his soldierly conduct and rising promise. They extend condolences to his parents and note a board will decide disposition of his personal effects and require a death certificate and affidavit of how he died.
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Idea
Camp Logan
Quincy
Houston
Texas
Clutch
79Th Field Artillery
Tex
Eldon F. Clutch
70Th Field Artillery
Battery ‘D
Battery “D
William H. Pickett
Chester R. Bruce
Wiliam R. Dougherty
Broadway
George Sawtelle
Must Pay War Tax Now If You Dance
More than 800 people paid the first government war tax on dancing at the O'Farrell Brothers' Christmas night Armory event. The tax adds 3 cents to each gentleman’s ticket and 1 cent to each ladies ticket, with the tax often included in the man’s price when he attends with a woman, making tickets 40 and 10 cents respectively. The tax applies to future dances except charitable ones, as the orchestra travels to Shelbina, Turner hall, FPirtel's hall, and the Labor Temple for upcoming events tonight and over the weekend.
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O'Farrell Brothers
Armory
Chrissmas
Shelbina
Turner Hall
Turn-Verein Society
Fpirtel
Quit Meat If Your Kidneys Act Badly Advised Cure
An advertisement urges readers to quit meat if kidney problems arise and to take four tablespoons of Jad Salts daily in water. It claims the lithia blend, made from grape acid and lemon juice, flushes and stimulates clogged kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and treats urinary and bladder disorders. The ad promotes Jad Salts as inexpensive and safe for regular use to keep kidneys active.
Garner Seeks Congressional Nomination in Fifteenth District
Judge J Frank Garner former mayor and county judge plans to win the congressional nomination from Edward J King in the fifteenth district He cites loyalty to country and opposition to King after a war vote as core of his platform Local Republicans welcome his candidacy while Knox Henry and Fulton counties loom as decisive factors in the race.
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J. Frank Garner
Edward J. King
Galesburg
Gamer
Austria
Judge Garner
Adams County
Knox
Henry
Fulton
King
United States
Germany
Garner
Champion Speller Seeks State Honors
Edith Grady a 13 year old student from Happy Hollow near Kellerville travels to Springfield to represent Adams County in the state spelling contest. She is joined by her father J H Grady and County Superintendent John Steiner. Edith says she cannot predict the exact word but feels prepared for the competition.
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Edith Grady
Happy Hollow
Kellerville
Springfield
Adams County
J. H. Grady
John Steiner
Edith
Red Cross Drive Reaches Most Homes in Quincy Area
Campaigning by Red Cross workers in Quincy and Adams county added over $9,000 to local contributions with momentum toward $10,000. Mrs. O. G. Mull says the drive is nearly finished as workers visit overlooked homes and city donations continue to arrive. Royal team workers finish remaining canvassing while officials prepare final tallies.
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Red Cross
Quincy
Adams County
O. G. Mull
Royal Team
Stop in Quincy to Wed on Way to Ohio
Ernest Christ Binggeli and Miss Verna Gibson married Wednesday afternoon by County Judge Lyman McCarl in Quincy on their way from Home Kansas to Fort Sherman Ohio to visit the groom’s sick brother. The couple, unattended, are both from prominent Home families and the groom is 21 with the bride three years younger. No details were given and elopement rumors persist as Judge McCarl also officiated two other weddings that day in Amboy and LaBelle.
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Ernest Christ Binggeli
Verna Gibson
Kas
Fort Sherman
Ohio
Lyman McCarl
Quincy
Burlington
McCarl
Robert Thrasher
Amboy
Ina Zelma Allen
LaBelle
Fred Warning
Marriage records spark holiday licensing quirk in Mississippi
Miss Panty Anderson and another bridegroom, both farmers from Urea, appear in a Christmas follow up noting six licenses issued in one day. Deputy County Clerk Joe Whitefield jokes the season of giving fuels Cupid’s activity. Separately, western Canada government plans rail-freight for breeding cattle and sheep to prevent herd depletion, sometimes at reduced or free rates with government aid.
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Panty Anderson
Urea
Cupid
Joe Whitefield
Canada
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for Catarrh
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a 35 year proven remedy that cures catarrh by cleansing the blood and healing mucous surfaces. Claims dramatic health improvement after short use and offers testimonials free. Promotes J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as sellers.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Onfo
Ali Druggiste
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