Stranger salesman arrested for forgery in Hampshire saloon
F M Evans, a visiting salesman for a monument firm, was arrested after posing as a Daugherty Co. check signer. Ben Tensing of Ben's and Al's saloon confronted him when a second $15 forged check was found on Evans after a chase toward Daugherty's home. The incident followed a failed attempt to cash the first check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Evans
Monument Company
Ben Tensing
Ben
Hampshire
Seventh
Eighth
Evans
Daugherty & Co. Monument Concern
Tensing
J. F. Daugherty
Daugherty Company
Griggsville Fire Loss Not Heavy Last Year
Fire wardens report Griggsville fires in 1915 caused total loss of 1845 dollars. Incidents include Stead Bros. lard house with 600 loss and Harvey Phillips death from burns, North school building damage about 25, Ed Reed dwelling damage about 324, and Ben Hanner home destroyed for 1200. Fire apparatus listed as two chemical engines a water pump and a hook and ladder truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. LY. Jester
Griggsville
Stead Bros. Lard
HH. L. Bartholomew
Harvey Phillips
Ed Reed
Ben Hanner
PF. D. Dunniwas
Lester King
Henry Bowering
Virgil Foreman
I. J. Lytle
R.J. Tester
Active 1915 for the Woman's Guild
The Vermont Street Baptist church Woman's guild held its annual meeting in the church parlors. Reports showed the guild in good condition with twelve sections reporting their yearly activities. Receipts were $195.67 and disbursements $485.46, leaving a balance of $1021. The current officers will serve until October when the church year begins after a previous congregational action changed the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Guild
Vermont Street Baptist Church
Irish Anger Over Draft Terms Across United Kingdom
London dispatch notes deep Irish opposition to the conscription measure. A resolution drafted by Sir Edward Carson condemns omitting Ireland as an insult to royal and patriotic elements and a breach of equal sacrifice among all His Majesty’s subjects in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ulaey
Edward Carson
Treland
United Kingdom
James Jones Dies of Pneumonia at Soldiers Home Hospital
James Jones died at 12 16 am Wednesday at the Soldiers Home Hospital from pneumonia. Born in Kentucky 72 years ago he served in Co I 149th Illinois Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Home Hospital
James Jones
Mr. Jones
Kentucky
Co. I. Dlyt
Illinois Infantry
Obituary for John E Learned Veteran of Vermont Artillery
John E Learned died at Soldiers' Home Hospital from a complication of diseases on Wednesday morning aged 77. Born in Vermont he served in Company M First Vermont Heavy Artillery. He is survived by daughter Alta Learned, a nurse in the city. Funeral arrangements note he previously lived in Bluffs and will be taken there for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Learned
Soldiers' Home
Vermont
Co. M. First Vermont Heavy Artillery
Alta Learned
Learned
Bluffs
Mrs Ella McNeall Dies After Brief Illness in Paloma
Mrs Ella McNeall wife of Wilbur H McNeall rural mail carrier of Paloma died at her Paloma home after a brief illness. She was born April 2 1868 near Columbus and resided in the county most of her life. Survived by husband son Charles H McNeall of this city two daughters Pearl and Erma five sisters and two brothers. A son and other relatives learned of her passing as they were summoned to her bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella McNeall
Wilbur H. McNeall
Paloma
McNeall
Columbus
Charles TH. MecNeall
Pearl
Erma
Adam Rutledge
R. E. McNeall
C. B. Cannon
Clarence Allen
R. J. Picher
Creede
Calo
Perry Patterson
Wahpeton
S D
Derwond Rutledge
This City
Frank Rutledge
Camp Paint
Burial of Mrs. Margaret Jim Mison in Palmyra Mo
The remains will be shipped to Palmyra Missouri this morning for a funeral at nine o'clock from the Methodist church. Burial is set in Pleasant Hill cemetery six miles west of Palmyra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Jimmison
Palmyra
MM. E
Pleasant Thill
William Hufendick Dies In Quincy At 53
William Hufendick a well known Quincy resident died yesterday morning at 7 30 at his home 824 Jefferson street after an illness of twelve days during which pneumonia developed. He was born in Quincy 53 years ago and spent his life there. A cooper by trade he had worked 24 years for Herman Hokamp. He is survived by a brother Henry and two sisters Mrs John Pedermeyer and Mrs William Wittland all of Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
William Hufendick
Jefferson Street
Atlock
Hfe
Herman Hokamp
Fenry
John Pedermeyer
William Wittland
Death of Charles Ro Boyle at Brashear Mo
Charles Ro Boyle of Brashear Missouri died on a Tuesday evening aboard an OK train en route to his home. He was 59, a native of Ohio, and had been a patient at St Mary's hospital. Tuberculosis and heart trouble caused his death. relatives were present. He is survived by two brothers William and Robert and three sisters Mrs Mc Donergan Mrs CT Sweeney and Mrs Jutta Eagan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CR & Q
Charles Ro Boyle
Brashear
St Mary's Hospital
Butte, Mont
Mre
CT Sweeney
Montgomery
Ala
Jutta Eagan
Funeral of Miss Hapke at family home service held
The funeral of Miss Lillian Tapke occurred yesterday afternoon at 2 30 at the family home 327 South Twelfth street Rev George A Buttrick of the Congregational church officiated Burial took place at Greenmount cemetery Hymns were sung by Judge and Mrs Z Fo Garner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Tapke
South Twelfth Street
George A. Buttrick
Greenmount Cemetery
Z. Fo Garner
Mrs Lula Badgley Dies After Stroke at St Mary's
Mrs Lula Badgley aged about fifty died after a paralytic stroke at St Mary's hospital where she had been treated since last Friday. Born in Meredosia she lived in Quinney for eight years and was married to FL Radeley about 32 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Badgley
Broadway Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Meredosia
FL. Radeley
Quinney
Death of Carl Peter at St Mary's Hospital
Carl Peter of Moline died yesterday at St Marys hospital after suffering from tuberculosis He was 26 years old and is survived by a sister in Melne who has been notified of the death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hospital
Frank Buchanan arraigned on strike conspiracy charges
New York Tan 6 Congress member Frank Buchanan of Tisinois surrendered Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to conspiring to foment strikes in munition plants. He was released on $5,000 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tan
Frank Buchanan
Tisinois
Peace by Education in Youth for Peace Series
Rev. George Buttrick of First Congregational Church argues peace rests on human brotherhood and education. He rejects war as biological fate, urges teaching peace to students, and says Christianity has not failed but proves peace requires preparation and enlightenment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Buttrick
First Congregational Church
First Presbyterian Church
Butie
Mr. Buttrick
Buttrick
Americans on Board Persia No Survivors
Washington dispatch reports official details on the Persia sinking are pending. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing weigh facts as consuls are urged to hasten evidence gathering to determine if a torpedo sank the ship and who fired it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Wilson
Alexandria
Volks Zeitung
Washington
Lansing
United States
State Department
Department
Enormous Russian Armies Advance to Revel and Rail Hub
Enormous Russian southern armies drive toward Revel and the Volama railway center near Petrograd. The railway hub links Austro-German central forces with their southern wing, prompting the Anetro-German sides to fight hard to hold the lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Tan
Revel
Voloyma
Former Marshal Hildrup Dies at 98 in Illinois
Former United States marshal for the northern district of Tina's, Jan 6 Tesse Hildrup, died Wednesday at the John C King home. A longtime Illinois political figure, he served in the constitutional convention of 1870 and several terms in the state legislature, passing away at age 98.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cihcagq
Tesse Hildrup
United States
Tina's
John C King
Hildrup
Illinois
Salary boost for removal east from Dupont plant
William Broughton, a DuPont Powder Co. foreman in Hopewell Virginia, received a 50 percent salary increase and $800 moving allowance to relocate from Tacoma Washington to Hopewell due to wartime demand for munitions. He and his wife and four children traveled with a palmyra Missouri contact meeting in Quincy yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Broughton
Nelsonville
Quincy
Hopewell
Broughton
Dupont Powder Company
Tacoma
Wash
Dupont Company
Braughton
John T. White
Palmyra
Chaddock Aid Plans Colonial Tea Benefit
Chaddock Aid society, meeting at the school, approved a Colonial tea on Thursday afternoon Feb. 24 for the Chaddock school. Treasurer Alberta Massie reported all bills paid with a balance of 1016.64. The fund will fund furnishing the new dormitory, via an executive committee of Waibach Massie and Eva Frields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaddock School
Chaddock Aid Society
Robert Halbach
W. A. Schwindeler
Alberta Massie
Waibach
Massie
Eva Frields
Baptists Elect At Business Meeting
Reports were read from church societies and committees at a congregational meeting of the First Baptist Church last night. Five deacons were elected and Charles McNeil appointed to fill the vacancy from Charles Cramer’s death on the committee to organize a new central Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Charles McNeil
Charles Cramer
Central Baptist Church
Benevolent Fund
R. ©. Taylor
J. T. Gaines
William Kipp
W. A. Smith
William Schaffner
National Americans Install Officers at Meeting
A semi monthly National Americans No 20 gathered in the G A R hall Wednesday night for officer installation and routine business. Elected officers include President W C Wills Vice president Jennie Baum Chaplain Marv Woodward Secretary treasurer L C Hendrickson Marshal Ernest Baum Assistant marshal Dora Woodworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 20
G A. R. Hall
W. C Wills
Jennie [E Baum
Marv Woodward
L C Hendrickson
Ernest Baum
Dora Mo Woodworth
Brewers Win Two Of Three Against Molders
Brewers defeat Molders two games to one at Labor temple bowling alleys. Final scores show Molders 645 620 624 total 189? Brewers 764 719 ??? Rising totals indicate Brewers took two wins while dropping the last game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Brewers
Molders
Naval Affairs Committee Opens Defense Program Hearings
Washington January 6 hearings on the national defense program began as the House Naval Affairs Committee opened the annual naval appropriation bills. Tomorrow the military committee will hold its first hearing and hear a detailed statement from Secretary Garrison on the army’s portion of the preparedness plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Military
Garrison
Army
Foley Kidney Pills Promised Relief For Kidney Ailments
Solomen Reaquette of Plat River Missouri says two years ago back pain followed by kidney trouble vanished after using Foley Kidney Pills. The advertisement claims pills remove waste causing backache headache rheumatic pains puffiness under eyes blurred vision and disturbed sleep. Miller Arthur Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomen Reaquette
Plat River
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Ca
First annual dance at South Side draws hundreds
Between 350 and 400 persons attend the first annual dance of the Mississippi Valley Hunters Protective Association at the South Side Boat Club. Dancing and music by O'Farrell Brothers ensured a successful evening. Committee included Luthin, Lymanstall, Batson, Hartzell, Weisenburger, Peck, and Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Valley Hunters Protective Association
South Side Boat Club
O'Farrell Brothers
Fred Luthin
A. Lymanstall
Geo. Batson
Warren Hartzell
A. G. Weisenburger
Charles Peck
Robert Christ
South Side
Ladies’ Aid Society
Rackett
South Side Boat Club Dramatic Club
Maxey Remains Wabash Agent Despite Order
Jan. 5 I L Maxey the Wabash agent here who was told his services could end after January in 1916 received a letter re signing the first order and asked to continue his duties. The news pleased many as Maxey had diligent service and a petition to headquarters protested his removal. The reversal shows united action by the business community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
I. L. Maxey
Noticce Ao
Es Mane
Maxey
Local Pickups And City Clerk License Totals
A report shows 112 saloon licenses issued in the six months to start the year by City Clerk Duke Schroer. A note lists 139 spots in effect last six months, with delinquent owners needing Peewee permits before Friday or face closure. Salem church board held a routine meeting with Ed Schroeder president Herman Arends secretary and Ho Moosan treasurer. The Cheverfal home boys club gathered to discuss upcoming work. Stone Masons No. met in the Labor temple for monthly business. A complimentary naval reserves dance is planned for next Tuesday at the Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Schroer
Ed Schroeder
Herman Arends
Ho Moosan
Cheverfal
Labor Temple
Naval
Amnory
Next Hotel Meet Goes to Champaign
Harry Walker of the Hotel Quincy returned from Decatur where he attended the Illinois State Hotel Clerks Association convention. He said the gathering was the largest in the group's history and that Champaign won the bid to host next year. Beardsley hotel will be headquarters with a monster banquet presided by Walker. National Secretary Warriner and Crain of the Pullerton Lodge attended as distinguished guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Walker
Quincy
Decatur
Ilinois State Hotel Clerks’ Association
the Whig
Champaign
Peoria
Danville
Beardsley
Walker
W. S. Warriner
Denver
Col
Crain
Pullerton
Chicago
Neutrality Debate in Senate Divides on Arms Embargo
Senate discussion on neutrality continues with Senators Reed Works Lodge and O Gorman debating whether the United States can embargo munitions while remaining neutral. Lodge argues open markets and nonentanglement. critics warn such actions could draw the nation into war. Executive session is proposed to close the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Works
United States
Europe
Lodge
O Gurman
Flitchcock
O'Gorman
Hitchcock
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Tobland
Lordge
Liege
Sepateor
Goran
Massachussetts
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Unitarian Society Annual Meeting Highlights Strong Year
General activity across church departments marked the annual meeting last evening after a dinner by Mrs. Samuel Eldred and the Women's Alliance. Judge Mears presided as moderator. reports showed a successful year with a healthy balance and about $300 across societies. Dr. Lyman Greenman noted three weddings and ten deaths. missions, fairs, and various charitable works were reported by multiple groups. Officers elected included Trustees Lyman McCart Otto Mohrenstecher Samuel Eldred E. F. Bradford Arthur Turner Treasurer John Bert Clerk Mrs. Lyman McCart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Unitarian Society
Samuel Eldred
Women’s Alliance
Judge Mears
Lyman Greenman
D. D. Steiner
Women's Alliance
Industrial Society
Woodland
King’s Daughters
Athletic Society
Nahlat” Society
Lyman McCart
Otto Mohrenstecher
E. F. Bradford
Arthur Turner
John Bert
Wanted stenographer and boarders advertised in old notice
WANTED stenographer for half or full days for one or two weeks or longer State experience if any and salary expected Address 233 care Whig Boarders wanted at 1110 Hampshire Street First class table board nicely furnished rooms with heat Investigate ss
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Whig
Hampshire Street
Weather forecast and temperature readings across states
Fair and somewhat colder Thursday then rising temperatures Friday across Missouri and Iowa. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 12 to 63 with notes on river stages and overnight values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Iowa
Rise Falls In Flow At River Below Werew Lomsana
The river below Werew Lomsana rose slowly over a 24 hour period, with pace easing as the day progressed. Local observers noted gradual increases in water level and flow rate as rainfall persisted upstream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peresaai
Lomsana
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Abe Martin
Miss Hapke
Moliner
Buchanan
Youth For Peace
Chaddock
Baptists
Musselman
T. E. Musselman
Gifford Henry
Macomb
Frank Howard
Ralph Hodges
Chestnut Street
Wabash
Senate
Reed
Senator Lodge
O’gorman
Britain
Titchcock
Great Britain
Great Brian
Unitarians
17Th St
Ohio St
Tersey
Kinder
Hook
James McKinnay
Stern
Vanous Points
Davenport
Keokuk
Hannibal St. Louis
Carr
Memphis
O'sang
Mo Sen Ie
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