Census Takers Urged to Include Every Name in Quincy
J M Winters of Quincy National Bank addressed census enumerators at the federal courthouse urging meticulous recording of every name within the city limits to ensure accurate population data. He warned that miscounts would reflect on the city and stressed proper documentation of birthplaces and naturalization status despite difficulties with foreign-born residents and language barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Winters
Quincy National Bank
Federal Court Room
Quincy
No Lesson Held in Singing Thursday
Professor Murrison visited Quins ey Thursday to conduct Community Singing but was called to Way Mednes and left early. The class was not hurt and he will return to Daines next Wednesday for the regular lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrison
Quinsey
Mednes
Oty Eary
Daines
Akers to Decide Who Will Receive Meyers Deposits
Judge Albert Akers heard arguments in circuit court on who holds right to 1200 dollars in a Ricker National Bank deposit. The dispute pits Mrs. Mary Brown, joint tenant on the passbook with Pearson Meyers, against John Meyers administrator of Meyers estate. The bank seeks a ruling to avoid dual payments amid a separate $2000 suit by Mrs. Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brown
Burton Township
John Meyers
Pearson R Meyers
Ricker National Bank
Albert Akers
Brown
Meyers
Pearson Meyers
Mr. Meyers
Ricker Bank
Hotel Quincy Hosts Major Conventions This Month
Hotel Quincy will host key meetings for the Master Plumbers of Hlinvis January 19 to 21, the Western Hitniis Lumber Association January 20, and the Adams County Medical Association dinner January 1. The Musicians union plans a January 1 event, with joint dinner meetings expected to fill hotel facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Hlinvis
Hitniis Lumber
Adams County Medical
Deaths and Funerals Alden R Elder
Alden R Elder died at home on Chestnut Street Thursday afternoon after a two week illness from pneumonia. He lived in Centerville and had two prior marriages. For 40 years he ran a shop at Twenty second and two streets, retiring in October. Survived by wife, son John, three daughters, Berton Stover of Chicago, Miss Evdimoma and Miss Mecha Tider, and one grandchild. Member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden R. Elder
Alien Roe Elder
Aly
Chestnut Street
Weloek
van Bern A
Centerville
Widole
Tohn
Str
Berton Stover
Shaw family attends funeral of Joseph Dickey
J M Shaw and daughters left Thursday night for Coutterville TL to attend the funeral of Mrs Shaw's father Joseph Dickey. Dickey 83 died of paralysis. He often visited in Quincy. The funeral will be held Saturday morning from the home.
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J M. Shaw
North Sixth Street
Coutterville
Mrs Shaw
Joseph Dickey
Shaw
Balside
Mr. Shaw
Madge
St. Lewis
Mr. Dickey
Quincy
Dr Torrence Dies After Illness in Ottumwa Hospital
Dr Lo Torrence, longtime physician reared in Quincy and Adams County, died at St. Joseph’s hospital Ottumwa after a two month illness. He underwent an operation December 24 but did not improve and died during a second operation. He was 70. He moved from Quincy to New Salem then Blakesburg where he practiced for about 40 years. The body will be taken to Blakesburg for Sunday funeral services. Surviving are his widow, two daughters, four sons all in Iowa, one sister Mrs. J F Crump of Quincy and several nephews. He was last in Quincy in July to visit his sister. Funeral services planned in Blakesburg.
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Lo Torrence
Quincey
Adams County
St. Joseph's Hospital
Ottumwa
Torrence
Bertain Burton
Aadams County
Quincy
Outiney
John Terese
New Salem
Pike County
Blakesburg
Towa
J. F. Crump
A. A. Richardson
T. Richantes
FD. Richardsean
Caines
Richardson
Kansas City
Terrence
McKinley Tossah McKinley Dies at 82 in Soldiers Home
Joseph McKinley Tossah McKinley aged 82 formerly of Company T First Illinois Light Artillery died in the Soldiers Home Thursday morning of old age. He is survived by a niece Mrs Laura Owens of Farmer City Illinois. Burial will be in Home Cemetery today.
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Joseph McKinley
Tossah McKinley
Company T
First Illinois Light Artillery
Soliders
Laura Owens
Farmer
City
Illinois
Loftis Bros 10 Begin Jewelry Store in Quincy
Loftis Brothers and Company plan to open a Quincy jewelry store at Fifth and Maine after winning the Brown stock auction. A $125,000 stock of diamonds and fine jewelry will be displayed, linking Quincy to Loftis’s national chain of 48 stores. James Melhermey leads the opening with future plans for a 10–12 person sales team and permanent management.
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Loftis Bros. and Company
Thomas A. Brown
Quincy
Fifth
Maine
America
Loftis Company
Brown
Fast Express
Loftis
J. B. Gordon
Boston
D. E. Lepsky
St. Joseph
Meo
Tienry Ifass
Milan
Walter Sturhan
Leftis
Quinney
Quincey
Hargest
James F. Melhermey
Loftis Compan
Chicago
Chicgo
Brown Jewelry Company
Chalmer Gray Remains Unconscious After Street Accident
Chalmer W. Gray, driver for Knollenberg Mills, lay unconscious at St. Mary Hospital after falling from a wagon on Eleventh and Hampshire. Dr. Brenner reports a critical condition with a base brain concussion. an immediate operation stopped bleeding and saved his life. Gray is 50 years old.
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Chalmer W. Gray
Knollenberg Mills
Eleventh
Hampshire Street
St. Mary Hospital
Flt. Brenner
Gray
Brenner
Weather forecast and river stage report fragment
The fragment notes unsettled conditions Friday with snow in eastern and contracted areas and generally fair weather with light rain and rising temperatures in the west. It also mentions a warming trend Saturday, local temperatures from yesterday, and a river stage reading around midnight with various unreadable figures.
Now's The Time To Buy Savings Stamps
Judge Lyman McCarl, chairman of War Savings Stamps in Adams county, argues that the dollar has fallen about forty percent in value since the war began. He warns of postwar inflation and says investing in War Saving Stamps now could yield about forty percent purchasing power gain in five years plus four percent interest compounded quarterly, with no taxes on the gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman McCarl
Adams County
Burton Residents Seek Withdrawal From Community High School District
Burton township residents filed a petition with County Superintendent John Steiner to withdraw land in the south quarter of section 19, the south half of section 20, and the west half of section 33, from the Community High School District and place it in the non high school district. The petition follows a narrow voter outcome in a recent district proposition and a hearing date has not been set.
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John Steiner
Burton Township
Burton
T. E. Musselman Receives Notable Writing Reward
T. E. Musselman, long regarded as an authority on birds, is now a magazine writer after receiving a substantial check from Country Life of New York City for a recently contributed article and photographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Musselman
Country Life’ of
New York City
Mr. Musselman
W F Berghofer Dies After Illness at 3 Summers
William O P Berghofer a noted Qourmess manufacturer and business man died at his home in La Grange after an eight day illness. Born Palmyra Missouri November 8 1848 he grew up there and learned tinsmithing in Quincy. He operated a tin shop in Slater before returning to Quincy in 1888 to found a sheet metal works that expanded locally.
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William O P. Pferghofer
South Fourteenth Street
Mr. Berghofer
Palmyra
Henry Berghofer
la Grange
Prussia
Palm
Berghofer Firm Leader Pioneered Quincy Tin Work
Obituary notes James Berghofer a Quincey tin and sheet metal pioneer who built the 510 Jersey street plant in 1891. He partnered with Alexander Ohneus later dissolved, then with son in law E. E. Mitchell. Survived by wife Mary Nismeyer two children Mrs E W Mitchell and J H Berghofer and three brothers. Funeral private from Kentucky Street Methodist Church with Masons in Woodland Cemetery.
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Quincy
Berghofer
Jersey Street
Alexander Ohneus
E. E. Mitchell
Mary Nismeyer
Ashton
el C'S
Iserghofer
Rodney Lodge
Arcent Free
Methodist Church
Ele
Kentucky Street Methodist Church
Woodland Cemetery
Judge Orr To Hear The Moke Case Today
Judge Orr of Carthage will hear the Moke case today in Quinew. The charge is child abandonment involving Jesse Mets. County Judge Pred Wolfe says the case has prejudice on the defendants and will proceed to a jury after defendants plead guilty on Thursday. William Sigheck and Merle McKinney are among those involved. Sigheck faces support obligations and McKinney faces related matters.
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Warren Orr
Carthage
Quinew
Ming Ta Hea
Jesse Mets
Judes
Wolfe
Mertle McKinney
Willam Cilagher Hk
Mr. McKinney
Willam Siagheck
Moore
Milton Breder Suffers Eye Burn In Battery Shop Accident
Milton Breder, manager of the Presto Battery service, sustained a painful burn to his eye and face Wednesday afternoon while cutting terminals off an old storage battery. Nitrogen acid from the sulphuric acid mixture exploded, wounding him. initial fears of blindness faded as the burn proved less severe than expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Breeder
Presto
Vollbrachts Freed Of Arson Charge
William and Arthur Vollbracht were acquitted by a Pittsfield jury after the court directed a not guilty verdict amid lack of incriminating evidence in a case arising from a fire at their implement shop on May 22, 1918. Indictments for conspiracy followed the blaze, with defense by Walter Bennett of Quincy and the firm Williams and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Arthur Volbracht
Pittsfield
Walter Bennett
Quincy
Arthur
Soo
Williams and Williams
Volbrachts
Pulse Still In City Jail After Overcoat Theft
Sir Bartlett, al ias Harold Hoffman, the youth who stole Eugene Johnston's overcoat from the Pligh school, remains jailed in Quincy. He was fined $4 in police court and sent a telegram Thursday morning seeking remittance of 350 for his release. Tarver G. Riggs plans a Panama trip with bankers, while Adams County Medical Society holds its annual banquet Monday evening with leading physicians and wives invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Bartlett
Harold Hoffman
Eugene Johnston
Bartlett
Tehttives
Kansas
Adams County Medical Society
City Attorney Term Confusion Clarified and Execution Issued
The term of City Attorney John Wheelock runs to May 1921, despite reports of a 1920 expiration tied to a new appointment law. Sheriff Jim Simmons served a $6,500 judgment against T Nichols and Olive E Nichols from Mercantile Trust & Savings Bank, with final papers signed Thursday.
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John Wheelock
Wheelock
Jim Simmons
T. ©. Nichols
Olive E. Nichols
Mercantile Trust &and Savings Bank
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