Upward Swing Lifts Rail Stocks After Wilson Plan Endorsement
New York December 23 Wall Street cheered President Wilsons plan for government operation of the railroads as stocks and bonds surged in a sweeping upturn. Rail shares rose 5 to 10 points, dividend issues 12 to 18, and nondividend stocks 3 to 13. Bonds gained, led by Erie and convertible issues of western and southern lines amid broader market optimism. Short sellers covered heavily while profits and later profit taking kept prices near highs.
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New York
Wall Street
Wilson
Washington
Eries
Dominion
Stock Exchange
Cat Tales and Wives Return Home
Fragmentary notes show Walter Hampshire and family referenced with a social gathering by Mrs. C. P. Wagy. A Methodist church Ald society met on Wednesday. The text mentions wishing for a wife and a lighthearted tone about domestic life.
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Walter Hampshire
Familly
TheeAld Society of the Methodist Church
C. P. Wagy
Record of Trading and Banking Sentiment Shifts
Sales approximated 1,200,000 shares mark the largest bull turnover since early in the year. Conservative banking interests hesitate to opine on the government task due to new, difficult problems. They see encouragement for the financial situation in the plan to assure earnings and maintain railroad properties.
Anign Young Folks Surprise Friends Canton Wedding
Miss Linnie Reise Montgomery wed Raymond C. Lange in a six o clock ring ceremony at Mrs. James Nelson’s Canton home. Lange, formerly Stockton Culver coach, is now superintendent of Lange Canning in Eau Claire. Couple plans to settle in Eau Claire after a quiet, surprised nuptials. Be careful of the man who has a cuff and persuasive voice.
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Canton
Linnie Reise Montgomery
Addie Montgomery
Raymond C. Lange
James Nelson
George Peters
The
Christian Church
Stockton-Culver University
Lange Canning Company
Eau Claire
Wis
Mrs. Lange
Eau Claire, Wis
Quacy and Payson Meet at Y Today
The Blue and White basketball teams from Quincy face Payson High School's first and second squads in the Y.M.C.A. gym this afternoon. Payson requested two games as they have two teams. Quincy has not beaten this season. No admission charged. Lineups list Farnsworth, Timme, Fick, Welch, Bush, Van Steel, Hokamp among others.
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Payson High School
Brazelton
Quincy
Steinbeck
Farnsworth
Gielouts-Gele
Timmer, Lummis
Seeeee Fick
Welch
Bush
Farrar van Steel
City of Nagpur Wrecked off Delago Bay
The British steamer City of Nagpur of 8,331 tons was wrecked in Delago Bay, Portuguese East Africa, with 259 passengers saved along with the cargo. Built in Belfast in 1914, she belonged to the Ellerman Line of Liverpool and operated in the eastern service.
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London
Nagpur
Delago Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Times
Lisbon
City of Nagpur
Belfast
Ellerman Line
Liverpool
Rheumatism Mastered by New Serum Treatment
Free consultation offered by Dr. Welsch at 6314 Hampstead Street Quincy Illinois promotes a serum treatment as a stomach friendly option for rheumatism.
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DR. Welsch
St. Quincy, Ill
Holiday Visitors and Local News Items in Springfield Area
Springfield residents host relatives and visiting servicemen from Great Lakes and Jacksonville. students return home for holidays from Macomb Bloomington and Galesburg. several social events and church notices including Sunday school officers elected for 1918 and a new baby born at Passavant hospital. Notables include Arden Northup and Anna Driscoll visiting family, and Mrs. Nelle Lindsay directing church entertainments.
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Fred Dunniway
Springfield
Glenn Ferguson
Great Lakes
Aa. PL Ferguson
Floyd Syrele
Jacksonville
Iva
France
Arden Northup
Stephen Northup
Lucy Dunham
Decatur
Dorothy Warton
Bloomington
Mildred Turnbull
Ruth Bennett
Macomb
Beatrice Northug
Galesburg
Twisie Winn
Margaret Yates
Milwaukee
Wis
Miriam Stead
Vatnsville
Ohio
Kenny Williamson
Joss Wills
Champaigen
Frank Dickingon
Vernon Plummer
Normal
Anna Driscoll
Dennis
Familly
WH Birch
Harry Ingalls
Red Cross
Jufus Davis
Passavant Hospital
David
Eligabeth Bashforth
Helen
St. Louis
Floyd Butterfield
Amos Lutterfield
M. F
Nelle Lindsay
Elmer la. Wis
Geveneth Chenowella
MNL
Elmer Davis
Frank Lindsay
Charles Root
Dottie Bradbury
Marjorie Lindsay
Geveneth Chenoweth
Misa Faye Vandeventer
Beulah Eliott
Karl Chenoweth
8S. J. Wilson
Home Department
Marrietti Hamonds
H. Briggs
Holiday Visitors From Wesleyan and Area Schools
Horace Williams and several teachers and students from Wesleyan University in Bloomington and nearby towns spend holiday vacations with their families. A birthday surprise marked Miss Emma Clark turning 18. Mr and Mrs A Q McCoy visit Springfield with J M McCoy family during the week. The article lists other local teachers home for holidays and a Christmas gathering with Howard Robinson and family in Mere dosia.
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Horace Wiliams
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Emma Clark
Missouri
Erma Curran
Methodist Seminary
Aurora
Hazel Robinson
Macomb Normal
Eugene and
Trarold Vandeventer
State Normal
Normal
Ill
A. Q. McCoy
J. M. McCoy
Springfield
Susie Root
Carrollton High School
Geveneth Chenoweth
Meredosia
Lela Trone
Elveston
Bernice Chenoweth
Stutland
Amy Martin
Griggsville
I. G. Berger
Howard Robinson
Eva Chenoweth
Bernice
Quincy
Christmas Visitor Notes Across Towns
Christmas visits fill Hull and nearby towns as families like Lionberger Stratton Schmalshof and McCumber gather relatives. The Red Cross plans a New Year Eve soup supper. weddings and funerals, trips to Quincy and Chicago, and various homecomings are noted among residents and visitors.
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Charles Lionberger
Hull
Claude Stratton
Camp Dodge
Irving Schmalshof
Co. P. Wagg
Rev. McCumber
John Michaels
Grant Thompson
Shiloh
Roy Seeley
Quincy
M. E
Idella Waters
Ethly
Cal Fusselman
Goodland
Kan
Phillip Wagg
Linnie Richmond Hill
Chicago
Anna Harris
George Clark
Golden
John Wary, &Sr
Film offerings at local theatres include several 1 and 5 reel titles
Today’s cinema highlights feature Helen Gibson in The Perilous Leap and Louise Glaum in The Sweetheart of the Doomed, plus five reel Twange The Bookworn Turns. Marie Walcamp and Eddie Polo star in The Human Targets with A Good Little Bad Boy, while Ben Turpin and Louise Fazenda headline Mutual Weekly war news and Are Waitresses Life. Tyrone Powers appears in The Plan ter at Savoy, Madame Petrova in The Exile at Princess, and Virginia Pearson in All for a Husband at Belasco. Star presents Man Trap and Bluebird.
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Quincy
Helen Gibson
LRO
Family
Louise Glaum
Triangle
Colonial
Marie Walcamp
Eddie Polo
Gem
Mutual Weekly
Ben Turpin
Louise Fazenda
Waitresses
Orpheum Opens With Baker Magazine Girls in New Bill
Doe Baker headlines the Orpheum show with his Magazine Girls and Polly Walker. A half dozen ballet girls sing and dance while four other acts include Selbini and Grovini’s cycling routine, Lorin and Fuller singing and talking, Lew Wells with satire and sax, and the Three Londons aerialists in a thrilling finale.
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Doe Baker
Orpheum
Baker
Polly Walker
William Selbini
Jeanetta Grovini
Corker
Lorin and
Fuller
Spring
Lew Wells
the Kaiser
Wilson
Empire The Toymaker's Dream at the Empire
The Toymaker's Dream comes to the Empire Sunday with a rich mix of mirth, melody, and strong cast. One day matinee and next Sunday feature an abundance of scenery and vivid costumes. The program also highlights themes of gender equality contrasted with current double standards in the play The Other Man's Wife, praised for masterful handling by Lambert.
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Toymaker's Dream
the Empire
Terpsichor
Toymaker
Drg
Tim
Lambert
Empire
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Cc. H. Weiss
Maine ST
J. W. Daniels
G. H. Leisen
Hirsh
Wick
Coats
Plymouth
Dicky Dippy’s
Sinnott
CAT Tales
Tam
Huey
Otis Elevator Company
Otis
All Stars
Quacy
Payson
Adams County
Griggsville, Ill
Versailles, Ill
Plainville, Ill
GEM Today
Mack Sennett Paramount Comedy
Savoy
Tyrone Powers
Princess
Madame Petrova
Paramount Picture
Peter E. Pinkelman
Prop
William Cushman
Tre
Harmie Am Tila
Horus
Toymaker Dream
Bea
Song
Ely
Cincinnatithority
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