Should Build Standpipe This Year Quincy Citizens Say
Influential Quincey residents urge city council to authorize $80,000 for a standpipe and water system upgrades in Walton Heights to ensure adequate pressure for toilets, schools, and factories. Leaders including J H Bastert and Fire Chief Marriott stress health and fire protection, while others note wartime labor limits and growth in the district.
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Walton Heights
Whig—Council
Quincy
Whig
Water Works Commissioners
M. K. Germann
Board of Education
Marriott
Dewey
J. M. Winters
Walton Trendts
George Marriott
Fire Department
Dewey School
Quines
Deswen Schoool
United States
J. H. Bastert
Tam
T. C. Poling
Quincey
Herman Jochem
Morel Nothing Company
Toam
Oak Street
Twentyfourth
Elm Street
Otis Arnold
Telmois
Real estate stamps rule shifts under treasury order
A government treasury letter to County Recorder James Buffington requires stamps to cover the full value of property transfers. Previously encumbrances could be deducted from value. now the actual consideration must be recorded, changing how mortgages affect reported prices.
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Treasury Department
James Buffington
Cold City Helpers Work Amid Freezing Weather
In frigid Quincy, Overseer Carl Hofmeister and Probation Officer Thomas Nolan juggle appeals for aid from county and Associated Charities. With low clothing and bedding stocks, volunteers urge donations while many residents seek warmth and food.
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Carl Hofmeister
Thomas Nolan
Quincy
County
Associated Charities
Seizes Coal Cars in Yards for Power Plant
Bloomington January 13 Fuel Administrator Spencer E Wing served two coal cars in the Big Four yards and delivered them to the Bloomington and Normal Power and Heating plant after the company had only four hours of fuel. Severe cold and snow forced all business houses to close early and church services to be suspended. City schools closed for a week and coal was taken from one school to aid households in need.
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Bloomington
Spencer E. Wing
Bloomington and Normal
City Heat Coal Supply Lasts Until Tomorrow
Frigid weather relief comes as Quincy reports adequate coal for city heating until Monday and railroads plan to resume limited service by Sunday night. Manager Hf O Channon says three coal cars secured. post office and police will avoid outages. Temperature near zero, with readings dropping to 20 below on Friday night and several trains delayed or canceled on the Burlington and Wabash lines.
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Burlington and
Wabash
Hf. O. Channon
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Company
Channon
Quincy
Unitarian Church
Tom Johns
Baylis
Bayls
Burlington
Chicago
St. St Laws
Kansas City
Hannibal
Missouri
Town
Here
Eli
Carthage
Ursa
Fred Brinkoetter
Pump Station
Lawyers to preach thrift in factories in War Savings drive
Quincy lawyers will meet at the courthouse with George N. Wilson to plan noon hour talks in factories and foundries as part of the War Savings campaign. John E. Wall, county thrift chairman, says good speakers will visit large industrial plants to explain weekly savings in war stamps.
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Quincy
Court House
George N. Wilson
John E. Wall
Deaths and Funerals Miss Elsie Darlington
Miss Elsie Darlington former resident of Elm Street Quincy died in a St Louis hospital the first of the week after an appendectomy She was 34 born near Camp Point Her father formerly worked as an insurance agent in Quincy The funeral was held Thursday in St Louis Elizabeth Heitholt funeral Monday at noon from William Kaltenbach home Fall Creek and at 1 from Bluff Hall church Burial in church cemetery Friends invited to attend
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Elsie Darlington
Elm Street
Quincy
St. Louis
Camp Point
Elizabeth Heitholt
William Kaltenbach
Fall Creek
Bluff Hall Church
Funeral services for Kathryn Anderson this afternoon
Kathryn Anderson is to be laid to rest this afternoon at 2 o'clock from her home at 2000 Prairie Avenue. Rev. F. A. McCarty, pastor of Vermont Street Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery.
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Kathryn Anderson
Prairie Avenue
F. A. McCarty
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Graceland Cemetery
Bertha Pyles Funeral Held at South Front Street
The funeral for Bertha Pyles was conducted Saturday afternoon at 3:30 from her South Front street home. Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery.
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Bertha Pyles
South Front Street
Woodland Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Gramke set Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Gramke will be held Tuesday at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic church on the Columbus road with her son Rev Lembrechts officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
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Margaret Gramke
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Columbus Road
Rev. Lembrechts
Funeral held for Daniel H. O Neal at 2 30 Saturday
The funeral for Daniel H. O Neal was conducted Saturday at 2:30 PM from his residence 1419 North Sixth Street with Rev R H Hartley officiating. Singers Mrs E W Rusk and Mrs W O B Smiley joined attendees including brothers-in-law George W Garrett of Macon Missouri and S H Cleaver of Brookfield Missouri, and sister Mrs F B Jackson of Macon. Burial followed in Woodland Cemetery with bearers Elmer King Thomas Smith W E Kendall William Schermerhorn J A Andrews and Erde Beatty.
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Daniel H. O'Neal
Daniel ST. O'Neal
North Sixth Street
R. H. Hartley
Presbyterian Church
E. W. Rusk
W. OB. Smiley
George W. Garrett
Macon
S. H. Cleaver
Brookfield
Funeral services for Charles Lambrechts held at residence
Charles Lambrechts funeral was held Saturday at 3 PM from 1326 State Street with Rev. H J Leemhuis officiating. The Salem church quartet sang and burial followed at Woodland cemetery. Bearers were Walter Heidbreder G W Menke Herman Hokamp Walter Fick OW Niemeyer and William Herbst. Attending were Mrs Ida Wagner of Kansas City a daughter and Henry Stark of Mt Sterling.
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Charles Lambrechts
State Street
H. J. Leemhuis
Salem Church
Woodland Cemetery
Walter Heidbreder
G. W. Menke
Herman Hokamp
Walter Fick
OW. Niemeyer
William Herbst
Ida Wagner
Kansas City
Henry Stark
Mt. Sterling
Henry Montage Funeral Services Delayed by Weather
Funeral services for Henry Montage were postponed from Saturday to Monday at 1 30 oclock at Herman Stormers undertaking parlors due to severe weather and delayed trains that kept relatives from arriving.
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Henry Montage
Herman Stormer
Hull Mh Lumber manager joins Moller-Vanden Room firm
E. C. Wright, manager of the Hull Mh. Lumber company, has accepted a position with the Moller-Vanden Room company and will assume his duties between January 15 and February 1.
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E. C. Wright
Hull Mh. Lumber Company
Moller-Vanden Room Company
Local man threatens Dutch act to avoid draft
Frank Vaeckle, 27, of Elm and Linda streets, says he will refuse service if forced into the army. Arrested Saturday by Policeman Henry Rangert for failing to register under the draft act. He claims three years in the U S army and vows not to shoulder a gun again. He works at Electric Wheel Works.
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United States Army
Frank Vaeckle
Maertz Lane
Elm
Linda Streets
Henry Rangert
Yaeckle
I. Otis Humphreys
United States District Court
Springfield
Quinegan
Uncle Sam
Electric
Pirates of Penzance to be staged by Knights of Columbus
The Empire Hippodrome will host the Pirates of Penzance on February 4 and 5 under Knights of Columbus auspices to aid the war campaign fund. John Shields Dierkes directs with Richard Mack as Richard the pirate chief and Major General Stanley played by Elmer Britt.
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John Shields Dierkes
Richard
Rudolph Winking Samuel
Richard Mack Frederick
Seth Vtereeveeseees
Edgar Mais
Stanley
AMMNY
Ccs
Eee
Elmer Britt Edward
Ode
Thomas Lenant
Mabel
Bess Dean Kate
Gen. Stanley
Nlortense
Kohl Edith
Margie Morris Taabel
Eek
Margaret Ernst
Mae Rernbrock
Gertrude Freiburg
Alvina Fox
Marie Heintz
Helen Struck
Dorothy Feld
Margaret Danner
Margaret Reed
Mabel Vansteel
Regina Weisenhorn
Cornelia Reinert
Helen Stroot
Genevieve Michael
Isabelle Terwische
Jessie Siepker
Trene Ehrhardt
Mary Adams
Gertrude Winking
Suffering Families Need Prompt Relief in Quincy
Cold weather has strained the Associated Charities as bedding clothing coal and food fall short for many women and children. Eugenia Dudley pleads for clothing blankets and bedding to help families survive winter. Call 912-W to arrange wagon pickups from Cheerful Home.
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Associated Charities
Eugenia Dudley
Quincy
Quincey
Miss Dudley
Snowbound in Wabash train for twenty five hours
More than 100 passengers were snowbound on a Wabash passenger train in Baylis Illinois for twenty five hours from Friday afternoon until Saturday afternoon as a freight loco blocked progress and eight foot drifts built up. Relief engines moved the train to Hannibal by Saturday evening. Four locomotives aided the rescue.
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Mercury
Baylis
Quinevans
Burlington
Couth
Hannibal
Orlock
Quincy
St. Louis
Rawlis
Hadley
T. W. Grasshaff
The
Whig
Pittsfield
Maysville
Whig Circulation Rises to 11500 This Sunday
The Sunday Whig reports a circulation of 11 500 this morning with 3000 extra copies ordered by local newsdealers. It marks the largest Sunday circulation ever attained by the paper.
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Whig
Weather report of river temperatures and stages
Local temperatures yesterday at 5 pm and midnight show river stage readings with values of 16 below, 2 below, and 1 below zero. The report lists times 7 am, noon, and midnight with corresponding river stage figures.
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Abe Martin
Chamber of Commercce
Pierson
Wheeler
G. Sneed
Schmidt and Sneed
Ben C. Groetting
Maine Street
Messrs. Sneed and Groetting
Seventh and
Maine Streets
Fifth
Vermont Street
George Benz
Payson
Benz
Gabriel
Bill Hayner
Navy
Bill
William ,Bushman
Lee Blackbur
Canton
Mississippi River
Peoria
Tilmnois
John Barleycorn
Ben Saunders
Ben
Hampshire Street
Central States Amateur Rowing Association
South Side Boat Club
City Heat
LOSY
Ford Car
Reliance Tea Company
Manhattan
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