Charles Voss Named Superintendent At Quincy Pattern Plant
Charles L. Voss begins duties as superintendent of the Quincy Pattern Co at Sixth and State streets today. A retired Air Force era pattern and airplane inspector, he returns to his boyhood home after years in Peoria Philadelphia and war service. He is brother to Emil Voss of the Whig Press and will reside in Quincy with his family after leaving government work.
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Charles L. Voss
Quincy Pattern Co
State Streets
United States Airplane Service
Mr. Voss
Emil Voss
Whig Press Room
Quincy
Peoria
Philadelphia
Abram Cox Store Company
Voss
League Island Naval Station
St Nicholas Branch Officers Installed at Western Catholic Union
St Nicholas branch No 1 of the Western Catholic Union installed newly elected officers on Thursday evening. Officers installed include B Sullivan as president Joe Motzenbacher as vice president A J Brock as recording secretary J Henry Jansen as financial secretary J B Glass as treasurer Michael Reinert and Henry Steinkamp among others.
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St. Nicholas
Western Catholic Union
B. Sullivan
Joe Motzenbacher
A. J. Brock
J. Henry Jansen
J. B. Glass
Michael Reinert
Henry Steinkamp
Folen Trustees Host Social Evening and Refreshments
J. H. Folen and trustees hosted a social evening for members with refreshments served and time spent in fellowship.
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J. H. Folen
Local Personal News Highlights Visits and Updates
Mr and Mrs George Lux and two children return to Detroit after visiting friends and relatives. James Martin arrives from Springfield to visit his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs John Martin. Fern Alexander of Vine Street improves from typhoid fever. Melvin Williams returns from Kansas City to help his ailing father John Williams. Miss Gertrude Moller visits Miss Marie Schaefer in St Louis. H A Fry improves from a recent illness.
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George Lux
Detroit
James Martin
Springfield
John Martin
South Fifth Street
Fern Alexander
Vine Street
Melvin Williams
South Seventh Street
John Williams
Kansas City
Gertrude Moller
Jefferson Street
Marie Schaefer
St. Louis
H. A. Fry
North Sixth Street
Maude Powell Dies After Nervous Collapse in Uniontown
Maude Powell, famed violinist, died in a Uniontown hotel after a nervous breakdown led to the cancellation of a concert. Born in Peru Illinois, she rose to worldwide fame as a child prodigy and later formed the Maude Powell String Quartet. She married Godfrey Turner of London in 1900.
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Uniontown
Maude Powell
Berets
New York
United States
Europe
Middle West
Peru
Ill
Leipsic
Paris
Berlin
Orpheum Debuts Corrine Griffith in The Tower of Jewels
Corrine Griffith stars as Emily Cottrell in The Tower of Jewels at the Orpheum with a suspenseful romance and a cadre of crooks. A millionaire, his ward, and his son weave a tale of refinement, love, and marriage amid three vaudeville acts and athletic feats.
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Corrine Griffith
Vitagraph
Orpheum
Emily Cottrell
Ward
Dooley
Tane
Skipper
Kennedy
Reyes
Open Steamer's Sea Cocks In Effort To Save Boat From Fire
Hoboken N J Jan 9 the former transport St Louis was scuttled by opening sea cocks to halt a raging fire that gutted the vessel from stem to stern after a seven hour battle. Two workers were overcome by smoke but all others escaped. The ship moored at Fletcher's docks during a six week refit for re entry into American Line service.
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Hoboken
N. J
St. Louis
Kroonland
Fletcher’s Docks
American Line
Chicago And Omaha Fliers Break Down
Chicago and Omaha airmail service started Thursday with limited success. Pilot Walter Smith completed the trip from Chicago carrying 400 pounds of mail and ten pounds of meat, arriving at the western terminal in record time while eastbound pilot Parr Nutter suffered a broken cam shaft at Monroe Town and was halted. Nutter reported six sacks of mail and a pig were on the flight, the pig consigned to Major Reed.
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Clhcago
Chicago
Omaha
Nebr
Walter Smith
Parr Nutter
Monroe
Town
Reed
Wilde Wins by Wide Margin in St Louis Bout
English flyweight champion Jimmy Wilde defeated Johnny Babe Asher in a round no decision bout. The event took place in St. Louis on January 9. Paris reportedly hosts 25,000 clairvoyants and seers amid a surge of fortune telling interest.
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ST. Louis
Jimmy Wilde
Johnny “Babe”. Asher
Paris
Ford
Fire in Mason City store district checked
Fire originating in Roy Gardner’s store house threatened the business district of Mason City. The Times-Banner and several adjoining buildings were destroyed. A high wind complicated the blaze but by late night it was under control. Bloomington was asked to assist.
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Mason City
Roy Gardner
Cty
Times-Banner
Bloomington
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N. Fifth St
St. Licusis
Orpheum Theater
Bliss
Alonzo O. Bliss Co
Washington, D, Cc
Landis
Wilde
H. Pocras
Hampshire
Coca
Eixtra
Bhan
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