Red Cross Knit Wear Aids Boys At Camp Dodge
Red Cross knitted wear from Des Moines area volunteers helped soldiers at Camp Dodge during a severe Iowa cold snap. A 23 below zero cold wave forced one hour guard shifts and increased frostbite risk, but the sweaters helmets and wristlets limited injuries while the base hospital remained crowded with recruits battling common illnesses.
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Red Cross
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Register and Leader
A Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Trouble
An old forwarded advertisement proclaims Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder issues on both men and women. It claims to dissolve gravel, cure diabetes, back pain, rheumatism, and irregularities, and to regulate bladder troubles in children. One bottle lasts two months and is often curative. Includes mail order option and testimonial requests.
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Texas Wonder
FE. W. Hall
Olive St. St. Louia
Adv
Measles and other childhood diseases flood base hospital
A base hospital treating 950 confined cases on Saturday, far exceeding its 600 bed capacity. Measles and mumps dominate the ward alongside scarlet fever and diphtheria while quarantines cover about thirty barracks and blocks between Twentieth and Twenty-second streets. Most illnesses are mild with few deaths, though pneumonia affects many Negro troops. The loss includes First Lieutenant S. B. Riboldt, 43, Cedar Rapids physician in the medical reserve, ill for two months.
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S. B. Riboldt
Cedar Rapids
Medical Reserve Corps
Riboldt
51St
Classification Ends This Week for Army Draft Registrants
Quincy exemption board members said classification of draft registrants will be completed by week’s end. Questionnaires have been mailed and are to be returned by Thursday, final classifications to five classes by Thursday night. About twenty men per day join physical exams. passing results place them in General Service for fighting or Limited Service for nonfrontline war roles.
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Quincy
Federal
Dairy Industry Promotion Work Funds Raised in Canton
Canton businessmen and neighboring farmers subscribed 825 dollars in support of the Northeast Missouri Dairy promotion movement. The event, held in the Odd Fellows hall amid a banquet and meeting, featured J W H Wood as toastmaster and remarks from E J Trosper, Harry A Scheidker, and P P Merrill. The act praised the association's efforts to boost dairying, crop yields, and farm conditions in northeast Missouri.
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Canton
Missouri
Northeast Missouri Industrial and Agricultural Association
Northeast Missouri Agricultural Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
J. W H. Wood
E. J. Trosper
Northeast Missouri
Harry A. Scheidker
Hannibal
Liebman in Court on State Warrant
A. J. Liebman, fish and poultry dealer, faced a state warrant served Monday afternoon by deputy state game and fish warden Charles Clarke. Charged with possessing dressed buffalo fish under fifteen inches for sale, the case was sworn before Judge P. W. Reardon. Liebman planned to appear today before the judge.
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A. J. Liebman
Charles Clarke
Liebman
P. W. Reardon
Clarke
Reardon
Real Estate Transfers and Probate Notes in Quincy
Real estate transfers list Frank Weems and wife to Anna Love It 30 Otis sub addition Quincy for 1500. William H. Winner to Ambrose Young and wife It 20 ft It 10 block 2 Cox Bushnell addition Quincy for 10. John T Ball and wife to James E Whittaker It 4 bik 14 Prospect Place Quincy for 3000. Immanuel Settler et al to Adolph Pullman It 2 bik 4 Prospect Place Quincy for 1400. Probate notes show James McDaniels named administrator Emma McDaniels estate with 400 bond. Thomas Clute estate receipts 288.34 disbursements same. Anna Greeman named administratrix Casper Greeman estate with 200 bond. Births list multiple families in Quincy area including several new babies at Blessing hospital and various street addresses. Fortunate is the girl who can sing with also the girl who knows she can't.
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Frank Weems
Anna Love
Otis
Quincy
William H. Winner
Ambrose Young
Cox & Bushnell
John T. Ball
James E. Whittaker
Prospect Place
Immanuel Settler
Adolph Pullman
James McDaniels
Emma McDaniels
Thomas Clute
Anna Greeman
Casper Greeman
Deaths and Funerals George Weisenburger
George Weisenburger longtime Adams county resident died Sunday at 2 PM at 1300 State Street after a two week illness. Born June 20 1834 in Bavaria he was 83. Survived by six daughters and a son and a sister in Philadelphia plus eight grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at 2 PM from the residence with private burial at Greenmount cemetery. George Benz death follows with services pending.
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George Weisenburger
Adams County
State Street
Bavaria
Strassburg
Rhine
United States
Quincy
Payson
Margaret Grimm
Josephine Fuhrmann
Frederick Bock
Minnie
Louise
Anna
Adelaide Weisenburger
Philip Bock
George
Philadelphia
Germany
Greenmount Cemetery
George Benz
Mr. Benz
Melrose Township
St. Antonius Church
Men's Society
St. Aloysius Orphans’ Society
William Rockhole
Melrose
John Meyer
Ida Benz
Joseph
Frank
Hannibal
Bertha Helmer
Sophia Herbert
Mary Benz
Death notices of Brierton Kathryn Anderson Montage and Heitholt
Chester Brierton aged 15 dies at 9 this morning after lifelong illness. Funeral at 11 30 from home with Rev W O Shank. burial in Camp Point. Kathryn Anderson dies in Illinois with service at 2 00 from residence Prairie Avenue. burial Graceland. Henry Montage funeral at 1 30 from Herman Stormer parlors. burial Greenmount. Elizabeth Heitholt funeral services noted.
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Chester Brierton
J. F. Brierton
Hampshire Street
Camp Point
T. J. Brierton
Clayton
W. O. Shank
Central Baptist Church
Kathryn Anderson
O. E. Anderson
Prairie Avenue
F. A. McCarty
Vermont Street
M. E
Graceland Cemetery
E. W. Vogel
M. B. Getty
Ed Thomas
Garnet Smith
Henry Montage
Herman Stormer
H. J. Leemhuis
Salem Church
Greenmount Cemetery
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure
Readers learn of a guaranteed cure for catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally. The makers offer 100 dollars to any case it cannot cure and invite requests for testimonials from FY. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
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Hall
Funeral services held for Heitholt at Bluff Hall Church
Heitholt was held Monday noon from William Kaltenbach’s Fall Creek home and at 1 pm from Bluff Hall church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Heitholt
William Kaltenbach
Fall Creek
Bluff Hall
Funeral services for Margaret Gramke held at St Joseph's
Funeral services for Mrs Margaret Gramke were conducted at 10 o clock this morning at St Joseph s Catholic church on the Columbus road with Rev Father Lembrechts officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Margaret Gramke
St.Joseph's Catholic Church
Columbus Road
Father Lembrechts
City Street Car Share Reported for 1917
The city of Quincy will receive 4276.41 as the 2 percent share of street car company gross receipts for 1917, announced by W A Martin, superintendent. The 1916 share was 4331.68. The 1917 receipts list cash fares 153209.20, ticket sales 58480.55, special car revenue 223.45, mail revenue, and other miscellaneous receipts totaling 213820.55.
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Quincy
Street Car Company
W. A. Martin
Martin Folows
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Texas
Quincy Exemption Board
Eureka
Quincy Gas, Electric & Htg. Co
Charles O. Smith
York Street
Robert Whitaker
Palmyra
Blessing Hospital
Luther L. Richards
North Twelfth Street
William Guy Noll
Maine Street
Joseph Herzog
South Tenth Street
Peter J. Peters
Joseph P. Peters
William John Wavering
North Eleventh Street
Fortunate
Elizabeth Heitholt
Elizabeth
Ricker National Bank
Resnol
Baltimore, Md
Coats
Wooltex
Gossard
Gossard Co
Cadejio
Imperial
W. T. Duker Co
Cretonne
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