One Hundred Nineteen Sent to Work House in 1916 Labor
Quincy police arrested 786 people in 1916 up to December 1, averaging 2,108 daily. Of those, 304 paid fines totaling 2,558.55 on 40 charges. Dispositions included workhouse, probation, discharge, and city-limits exclusions. The workhouse inmates logged 5,534 days.
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Quincy
House of Ill Fame
House of Corrections
Aanto
P. W. Reardon
House of Correction
W. C
Retail Trade Prosperity in Quincy 1916 Surge
Quincy merchants report a strong 1916 turnover with estimates of an 10 to 18 percent rise over 1915. Widespread employment, higher farm prices, and larger orders from manufacturers boosted retail demand, drawing more families to the city and lifting bank clearances by over nine million dollars.
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Quincy
Distinguished pallbearers named for Whitridge funeral
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Theodore Roosevelt will be among the honorary pallbearers at the funeral of Frederick W. Whitridge, railroad lawyer and political economist, who died Saturday in New York. Also named are Joseph R. Choate United States Judge E H La Combe and J P Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cecil Spring-Rice
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph R. Choate
United States
E. H. Lacombe
J. P. Morgan
Tay
Frederick W. Whitridge
Whitridge
Worth Attention of Women in Kidney Health Claim
A testimonial from Mrs. T. J. Bucknell of Hardy Nebraska credits Foley Kidney Pills with aiding recovery from lumbago and rheumatic pains tied to weakened kidneys. The note highlights fatigue, eye puffiness, backache, and bone ache as kidney trouble cues. Miller & Arthur Drug Co.
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T. J. Bucknell
Route 1
Hardy, Neb
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
City to push 1917 as year of improvements
City plans show 1917 as a building year with paving and sewer projects. Budget discussions may advance municipal lighting, a new band stand in Washington park, and an all-night street lighting plan, with paving on South Sixth Street, lower Broadway, and Eighteenth Street slated alongside sewer work in the north area.
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Washington Park
Washington Square
Committee On Lights
Post
South Sixth Street
Lower Broadway
Eighteenth Street
Quincy
Park Improvements Planned In Quincy For 1916
Quincy plans a busy year of park work including a new South Park shelter house in bungalow style, tennis courts at Indian Mound Sunset and Riverview, flooded lake basins, and a future 30 acre park. Lawrence Wells leads the effort with additions to Parker Heights and Riverview, tree trimming, road widening, and new tool houses across all parks.
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Quincy
South Park
Indian Mound
Sunset
Riverview
Lawrence Wells
B. F. Berrian
Berrian
Berrian Park
Or. I. Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
E. J. Parker
Parker Heights
Second
Chestnut Streets
Riverview Park
Sunset Park
Indian Mound Park
Madison
South Parka
1916 Expenditures on Paving Sewers and Sidewalks
Expenditures were processed through the board of public works and the board of local improvements. Paving covered Fourteenth Street State to Broadway and other streets with a total paving cost of 40 254 79. Sewer work included Washington Vine and Fourteenth streets totaling 10 368 49. Sidewalks were laid though not yet itemized. The year 1916 show a slight increase over 1915 in overall improvement spending.
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Board of Public Works
Board of Local Improvements
Fourteenth Street
State
Broadway
Vine Street
Eighteenth
South Twelfth Street
Front Street
Hickory
Sullivan Alley
Washington Street
Cedar Street
Bayne to Open Factory Near Bushnell Illinois
George G. Bayne plans a new manufacturing plant near Bushnell to produce demountable rim belts and auto accessories. The 90,200 foot facility at the junction of T. P. and W roads will cost about 50,000 dollars and start with around 75 workers, with potential expansion. Previously in Quincy as Safety Manufacturing, Bayne will move operations to the Bushnell site.
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Bushnell
Quincy
George G. Bayne
Bayne Manufacturing Company
The
Safety Manufacturing Company
Illinois State Bank
T. P. and
Bayne
Former Quincy Boy to the Philippines
Shamp Walker receives a Christmas postal card from Major Harry D. Blasland of the Nineteenth Infantry U.S. troops en route to the Philippines where he was recently ordered. The card was mailed in Honolulu where the ship carrying the troops stopped to coal up. Major Blasland is a former Quincy boy known locally. He had been in the United States only briefly before the transfer back to the islands.
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Shamp Walker
Harry D. Blasland
Nineteenth Infantry
U.S
Philippines
Honolulu
Major Blasland
Quincy
Fifteen Deaths in Soldiers Home in December
Fifteen deaths occurred in the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home during December according to a report by Superintendent Andrews. The list includes William W. Nitcher of the 6th New York Cavalry aged 83 and several Illinois units among ages 72 to 89, plus Missouri cavalry members and two women.
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Andrews
William W. Nitcher
6Th
N. Y. Cavalry
George Barker
28Th
Iinois Infantry
Chester W. Shaw
1011St Illinois Infantry
Nicholas von Burg
9Th
Ilinois Infantry
John Bird
153Rd Illinois Infantry
John G. Brown
30Th
N. J. Infantry
Lafayette Arnold
129Th Illinois Infantry
Cuthbert Walters
52Nd
Illinois Infantry
Charles H. Hutchings
4Th
Illinois Cavalry
Francisco B. John
14Th
William W. McMullen
3Rd
Missouri Cavalry
Benjamin F. Galloupe
16Th
William Schmidt
Gertrude Hotchkiss
Jane Hilliard
Holidays End Trip and Local News From Pittsfield
Families travel for holidays to Chicago and Detroit while others stay local in Pittsfield Illinois. The Sangamon court case related to Perry telephone is affirmed. A new $1100 concrete bridge is planned at New Canton over Kiser Creek. Local clubs and residents prepare for the Farm and Good Roads meeting and a Modern Woodmen pow wow.
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Fam
Dave Brungeick
Chicago
Detroit
Mich
Philip Chaimberlain
Lisberry
Mra
Aaron Chamberlain
el Dara
Marian Hirsheimer
T. A. Curliss
Supreme Court
Sangamon Circuit Court
State Utilities Commission
Perry Telephone
New Canton
Quincy
St. Louis
George Griffith
Kiser Creek
Pike County
Clay
Hayden
General Assembly
Springfield
Dorothy Donaho
Macomb
Pittsfield
Nellie
Mildred Kibler
Clayton Kibler
Familly
Elimer Doocy
Oren Nicholson
F. N. Wells
Merle Barber
Henderson
F. W. Niebur
Redding
Charles W. Coughlan
the Times
St. Joseph
Coughlan
John
Bentley
Nell Manton
Maysville
Millikin
Morris Seamon
Germany
Elmer Shelton
Kan
Revival services set in Christian church with visiting ministers
Funeral attendees from Reeaneon and area gather for the forms of relatives in an automobile accident before the week. Revival opens Monday with Rev Taylor leading as several ministers from nearby towns assist. Rev M K Griffeth of Versailles and others from Bows Timewell Clayton provide addresses through Friday or Saturday. local pastors plan additional talks. Community notices also report residents relocating homes and visiting relatives.
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H. C. Todd
Reeaneon
Galesburg
J. I. Pool
J. H. Dennis
Christian Church
M. K. Griffeth
Vets Sailles
S. H. Hope
Bows
W. A.’ Taylor Timewell
Frost
Clayton
Mr. Walls
Charles Ehnie
Jacksonville
Arthur Hendricks
South Dackota
John McKean
Hobbs
Perry
Russel Smiths
Roy
Gas fumes kill Pennsylvania Railroad official in Germantown
O. J. Deerousse, assistant to the president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, died after inhaling gasoline fumes near his home in Germantown on Monday. He was nearby attaching a 1917 plate to a car when the accident occurred.
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Philadelphia
O. J. Deerousse
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Germantown
Settlement Seen In Clothing Workers Strike
In New York on January 2, a settlement of the 50,000 member Amalgamated Clothing Workers strike was predicted. Union president Sidney Hillman said the outlook was very hopeful.
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New York
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Sidney Hillman
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
A 19th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment that cures catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces. The claim offers a $100 reward for any case that fails to cure and provides testimonials, with F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio as the sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Quincy’s Pulse to Entertain Children
More than 300 stockings filled with candy nuts and oranges will greet children at the Salvation Army hall Monday night. Each child will receive a toy from town stores, with a program mainly by Salvation Army Sunday school children and a Christmas tree on New Year’s night drawing three to four hundred youngsters.
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Salvation Army Hall
Salvation Army
Army Hall
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Travelers’ Protective Association
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