William Mitchell Pleads Guilty in Missouri Bank Robbery
William Mitchell, the 17 or 18 year old alleged bank robber from Taylor, Missouri, admitted guilt in Palmyra after a Friday arraignment. Bond set at 2000 dollars, no surety. He faces possible parole or reform school. authorities vow tough sentencing. Bank loss estimated just over $100 with cash recovered from the suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘ Mitchell
Taylor Mo. State Bank
Palmyra
W. E. Johnson
Jal
Abcen
Marion County
Mitchell
Lewistown
Quincy Grocers Bench Inventory For 1917 Compliance
Quincy grocers are completing government stock inventories with blanks obtainable from Charles J. Brand in Washington DC. Any stock valued at $250 or more by end of 1917 must be inventoried, with deadlines set for mid January. The orders cover grocers hotels restaurants steamship lines railways and various institutions and residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles J. Brand
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
John Schaad Naved to Assist Wenning in Tax Duplicates
John Schaad has been selected by City Treasurer Henry Wenning to assist in the collection of taxes by taking out the tax duplicates. Wenning will later name field deputies. they must be approved by the city council if satisfactory to the aldermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schanf
Henry Wenning
Wenning
John Tunis of Quincy Dies in Peoria Visit
John Tunis aged 71 from Quincy arrived Monday to visit cousin George Tunis in Peoria Illinois. He died Thursday afternoon at George Tunis's home, with heart trouble listed as the probable cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tunis
Quincy
Man
Peoria
George Tunis
Abe Martin on folks who mock fried mush and old tales
Abe Martin comments on pretenders who scorn fried mush and return to old habits. The column spotlights small town quirks, ridicule of new fashions, and nostalgic humor about life and meals, with a folksy voice characteristic of the era.
Bernard H. Miller Seventy in Quincy Tribute
Bernard H. Miller veteran druggist of Quincy turns seventy today. Born in northern Germany on January 4 1848 he came to America as a child and grew up with the town. He studied at St Louis College of Pharmacy and opened in Quincy in 1864 later joining Miller and Arthur now at their present location. A lifelong resident with deep fraternal ties and a wide circle of friends, his longevity is celebrated by the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard H. Miller
Berard H. Miller
Quincy
Ben” Miller
Newsboy
Hale
Ben
Germany
Mr. Miller
Prussia
America
New Orleans
Mississippi
Miller
Quincy Whig
St. Louis College of Pharmacy
St. Louis
Ben Miller
Ninth
B Broad
Fifth
Maine
Miller and Arthur
Toma Miller
County Board Seeks Draft Information From Exemption Board
Seventeen conscripts under Liberty exemption board have not returned questionnaires. The county board asks for immediate forwarding of data on listed individuals including William R. Rose and others. It also urges careful filling of forms especially for agricultural deferments, citizenship details, and birth places to avoid extra trips by conscripts and witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exemption Board At
Liberty
William R. Rose
Clarence O. Chase
Riverside
Alvin Adair
Quincy
Clyde Stillman
Payson
Howard Ross Davis
Ralph I. Mixer
Baylis
Donald A. Thompson
Mendon
Ernest Summers
Floyd Hull
Barry
William Arthur Gallamore
Fred Heidbreder
William Heidbreder
Paul G. Hermann
Fred Valen
Ursa
Horace T. Dillon
Benjamin Baker
John A. Walker
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Anna Craig
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Craig were held Thursday at 1 pm from 833 Jackson Street with Rev A W Fruechte officiating. Burial was in Greenmount cemetery. Floral offerings praised. many friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Craig
Jackson Street
A. W. Fruechte
Greenmount Cemetery
Caspar Greeman
South Ninth Street
Paul Langhorst
John Wood Post
Mr. Greeman
Mary Fox
James B. D. Fox
H. C. Sterling
Spring Street
F. A. McCarty
Vermont Street
M. E
W. B. Smiley
J. H. Kelker
Springfield
Funeral services for Henry Schmidt at 2 PM Sunday
Henry Schmidt’s funeral will be conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock from August Stormer’s undertaking parlors. Friends of the family are invited. Rev. W. C. A. Martens of St. John's Lutheran church will lead the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schmidt
August Stormer
W. C. A. Martens
St. John's Lutheran Church
Walters Held for Hurdl and Killing
Edina report on the murder of Carl Hart in Hurdl and last Monday night shows Sherman Barnhill discharged after testimony found no involvement. Sam Walters held on $5,000 bond and released after furnishing it. Trial set for the June term. hearing drew a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edina
Sam Walters
Sherman Barnhill
Carl Hart
Hurdland
Barnhill
Walters
Tag Your Shovel Day In Quincy Atop January 30 Event
Quincy schools invited to join Tag Your Shovel Day on January 30. About 21 million school children nationwide urged to cooperate. Mayor Thompson and Supt Gill expected to proclaim a holiday. posters and tags prepared to promote coal conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
John A. Thompson
C. M. Gill
Uncle Sam
Wilson
Real Estate Transfers and Marriage Licenses Listed
Real estate transfers show George F. Loos and wife to Arthur Loos for two parcels in sections 1 and 26 with a $5,000 consideration. Marriage licenses issued for Walter H. Herberline and Grace M. Foster, both adults, and Emil A. Cramm and Selma L. Snelle, both adults, in Ursa and Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Loos
Arthur Loos
Walter H. Herberline
Liberty
Grace M. Foster
Kingston
Emil A. Cramm
Ursa
Selma L. Snelle
Probate Court Notes and Births From City Board Files
William A. Cate named administrator of Letah McBride estate with $1000 bond. Neil Sapp named administrator of James B. Turner estate with $4000 bond. Inventory of Mary E. Taylor estate shows cash $676 and notes $5530. Guardianship report by Wilbert Beckman shows receipts 602. disbursements 120.40. balance 481.60. Inventory lists cash 120 and $40 to Wilbert, Elmer, Ethel, Ruth, and Anna Beckman. Births reported to city health board include a son born to George H. Vollbracht at 823 Monroe on Dec 5. son to Alfred Steitz at 1128 Chestnut on Dec 13. daughter to Leonard L. Hiler at 633 Washington on Dec 14. son to Barney G. Maas at 617 North Twenty-second on Dec 20. daughter to Harry Victor Bradney at 918 North Twelfth on Dec 28. daughter to August H. Schmitt at 1437 South Twelfth on Dec 12. son to Charles A. Neal at 1337 South Twelfth on Dec 7. son to Harry A. Stein kamp at 1428 Vine on Dec 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Cate
Letah McBride
Neil Sapp
James B. Turner
Mary E. Taylor
Wilbert Beckman
Wilbert
Elmer
Ethel
Ruth
Anna Beckman
City Board of Health
George H. Vollbracht
Monroe
Alfred Steitz
Chestnut Stret
Leonard L. Hiler
Washington
Barney G. Maas
North Twenty-second Street
Harry Victor Bradney
North Twelfth Street
August H. Schmitt
South Twelfth Street
Charles A. Neal
Harry A. Steinkamp
Vine Street
King Stops in Quincy on Way to Washington
Congressman Edward J. King visited Quincy on Thursday meeting veterans at the Soldiers' Home and prominent Republicans at Hotel Newcomb. He predicted the war could last five years with millions of troops and funds needed, praised public officials’ efforts, and urged higher pay for mail carriers and railway clerks while noting small Illinois factories could boost wartime supply. He expected to return to Washington around Feb. 5 and again after September primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. King
Quincy
Newcomb
King
Washington
Congress
House
Congressman King
America
Senate
Miss Rankin
Navy
Admiral McGowan
Illinois
Workers discharge man after insult to soldiers in Waterloo
Waterloo Iowa January 4 Frank Bruner a machinist at Illinois Central railroad shops earned a rough reception after declaring that eighty five per cent of American soldiers are bums. Shopmen assaulted him striking him and painting him yellow before the company fired him. A United States commissioner remarked he got off easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Frank Bruner
Illinois Central Railroad
Unite States
Y Volly Ball Teams Organized For YMCA Tourney
The YMCA volleyball tournament opens next Thursday night with six teams formed. Wendorff leads a squad including Wendorff Schwindler Baker Strow Brown Mackinson Craig Garrett Kessel Schwartz. Creetenton fields Erickson F Lusk Forse Mongan Polling Damen Haxel Nebling Winters Fuelbier. Grummon?s crew lists Grummon Walden Anderson Lusk Schrang Pieper Chipman Eichenauer Koehler Smith. Hinchman's group includes Mull er Musselman Whitney Goldburg Harting Cox Gill Kessel Hallenberg. Ott assembles Ott Channon Brazer ton Bond Haxel Sullivan Crain Garrett Melton Stuart. Nelson's club features Nelson Sweet Kramer D Musselman G Musselman Stear Boyd Kerkering Peters Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendorff
Schwindeler
Baker
Strow
Brown
Mackinson
Craig
Garret
Kessel
Schwartz
Creetenton
Erickson
F. Lusk
Forse
Mongan
Polling
Damen
Haxel
Nebling
Winters
Fuelbier
Grummon
Walden
Anderson
J. Lusk
Schrang
Pieper
Chipman
Eichenauer
Koehler
Smith
Hinchman
Muller
T. Musselman
Whitney
Goldburg
Harting
Cox
Gill
Schallenberg
Ott
Channon
Brazerton
Bond
Sullivan
Gas Lantern Explosion Hurts Payson Man at Meeting
E. L. Lawrence suffered severe facial and head burns when a gasoline lantern exploded during the Adams County Mutual Insurance annual meeting and oyster supper in Payson. Over 100 people were present. quick actions by bystanders contained a small fire and kept order as medical aid arrived. Dr. Gabriel treated Lawrence and expects his condition to improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Lawrence
Payson
Adams County Mutual Insurance Company
State Street Bank
Lawrence
Gabriel of
C. E. Gabriel
Gabriel
Brokers Demand Sugar Brokers Retained
Nationwide petitions circulate urging that the American Sugar Company operate with brokers. Quincy wholesalers sign a protest against the company’s plan and oppose continuing Earl D. Babst on the U S sugar commission of the Food Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
American Sugar Company
Congress
Quincy
Big Sugar Company
Earl D. Babst
International Sugar Commission
United States Food Administration
Orpheum bill offers varied vaudeville delights at theatre
A diverse lineup at the Orpheum features De Bourg sisters from France with baffling magic and a saber illusion in Quincy fashion. Lamey and Pearson deliver comedy singing and dancing while Del More and Moore perform a quick change sketch titled Before and After in a Ford jitney setting. Hugo Lutyens impersonates a Swedish evangelist in English to a Swedish audience, Morris S. Silver leads The Ragapation Five with Miss Lillian Bernard soloing, and versatile Jimmy Rizzo impresses on multiple instruments. The program closes with strong word-of-mouth and January feature acts planned by the management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum Theater
de Bourg Sisters
France
Quincy
Lamey
Pearson
del More
Moore
Hugo Lutyens
Morris S. Silver
Ragapation Five
Lillian Bernard
Jimmy Rizzo
Orpheum
Max Bloom
Western railroads will not cut trains
Chicago January 4 Western railroads have not decided on radical reductions in passenger service, says R J Aishton president of the Chicago and Northwestern after a executives meeting. He notes passenger travel in the western territory is heavier than ever, driven by government business. A committee of railway officials is studying the situation to decide what services can be maintained without inconvenience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Western
R. J. Aishton
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Local youths enlist in Army and Navy. others in training
Shrapnel and M Schofield of Lewistown Mo enlist in coast artillery and head to Jefferson Barracks for final exam. Sergeant Langsford urges enlistments in engineers reserve corps. Fred Ballard and Glenn Groves of Plymouth Ill enlist as apprentice seamen and travel to Peoria then await orders to Great Lakes. Edward Hedrick visits before joining University of Illinois ground school for aviator training. Frank Woltering’s brothers Ed and Albert serving aboard Kansas send a Christmas dinner bill of fare and Red Cross box note. Thomas Hill in Camp Logan Texas improves from a broken leg and hopes for furlough, while Myron Miles of Hannibal spends time in Quincy on way back to Great Lakes naval station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble M. Schofield
Lewistown
Coast Artillery
Jefferson Barracks
Langsford
Army
Engineers Reserve Corps
Fred $. Ballard
Plymouth
Navy
Peoria
Glenn I. Groves
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Edward J. Hedrick
Loraine
Ill
Quincy
University of Illinois
Frank Woltering
Scovill Company
Albert
Kansas
Red Cross
Myron Miles
Hannibal
W. E. Miles
Quincy, Hoffmann Freed on Vagrancy Charge
Hoffman cleared of vagrancy in police court after proving harness he was charged with stealing is his own property. He was accused of attempting to sell it to Dr. L. G. Pottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Joe Hoffman
German Trooper Warmer Uniforms Revealed
The U S senate military committee heard cloth expert M E Driscoll describe German trooper gear in the gray dawn as fifty percent heavier warmer and more costly than American uniforms. A stained scrap from the first German prisoner’s overcoat was shown to explore whether shoddy wool blends affect soldier protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Senate Military Committee
M. E. Driscoll
Raritan
N. J
Border bandits kill three in Marfa raid
Marfa Texas January 4 Mexican bandits raided the Brite ranch miles southwest of here. Military authorities received details of the attack but reported only that three persons were killed. No further particulars were provided about the raiders or casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Texas
Brite Ranch
Here
Martane
Wanted Colored Porter at Quincy Theater
Classified notice requests a colored porter for Quincy Theater. Call the theater before noon to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
Quincy Theater
Worthy Boys of Quincy Will Be Honored Guests
Quincy Ad club to host a banquet February 7 at Newcomb hotel for boys aged 10 to 16 as part of a brotherhood program. Each boy will be paired with a club member who will sponsor and escort him, with a local or visiting speaker planned. The event aims to foster lasting friendships and community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Quincy Ad Club
Newcomb
Ad Club
Chamber of Commerce Glee Club Banquet Announces Plans
The Chamber of Commerce Glee Club will hold a banquet at the Hotel Newcomb on Tuesday evening January 8 at 6 30. Plans for the year will be discussed and a post dinner rehearsal will be held in the hotel parlors. Directors include Henry S. Anderson, H G Anderson as president, and Roscoe C Murray as secretary. The club comprises 35 members who are prominent business men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Glee Club
Newcomb
Henry S. Anderson
Glee Club
H. G. Anderson
Roscoe C. Murray
Answers Requested in I W W Conspiracy Case in Chicago
George F. Van derveer, attorney for 106 alleged I W W members, appeared in Judge Landiscourt and withdrew not guilty pleas. He filed bills of particulars for 67 defendants, demurrers for 83, and pleas in abatement for 23, delaying trial until March term. The government may face indictments tested for legality and specificity, while defense argues indictments do not name the men as I W W members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George F. Vanderveer
Landiscourt
Illinois Weather Outlook With Snow and Warmer Temps
The forecast notes snow with a slowly rising temperature on Friday and cloudy conditions on Saturday. Mostly cloudy with rising temperatures Friday, light winds from the east, and generally fair, moderate temperatures Saturday. Towns show partly cloudy Friday and Saturday, warmer in the east and central areas Friday, colder Saturday in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Local Temperature Readings Recorded Yesterday
Temperature data from yesterday shows ranges with partial OCR reads. Midnight and noon values appear, including a river stage note at midnight. Readable items indicate a numeric spread but many fragments remain unclear.
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Jailalmyra, Mo
Bankers’, Association
Taylor Bank
State Reformatory
Boonville
William Mefford
Quincy Grocers
John Schaaf Naved
Abe Martin
Ene Baig
Ben H. Miller
Council of National Defense
George A. Saiire
Army of the Air
Brocers
Western Railroads
Thomas Hill
Camp Logan
Houston
Independent Workers
J. W. Tutts
North Eighth Street
Prairie Benevolent Society
Arcade Hall
Arthur Roy
Chester Martin
Carl Altgilberts
A Hermeling
Anton Roehl
Ben Terwelp
Charles Clarke
W. A. Jackson
Nadac Cleaners
C. OF C. Glee Club
Men
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