Milby Riggins Moore Riggins Moore Carthage Briefs
Funeral services for Fred E. Milby were held at the Christian church with burial in Moss Ridge. Monroe Riggins died at 69 after a week of pneumonia. Mrs. Mary J. Moore died in Jacksonville aged 71 and was laid to Moss Ridge. Reports from Carthage note visits by Frank Johngot Jo Botts and Sam Talbot Sr. Martha Washington dinner plans and Willing Workers activity. Missionary board updates cover Alma Horney Bertha Lacock and Miss Elsberry remarks. Rapids City I O O F trustees certified. Adoption petition for Francis McKenna filed by Gibson family.
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Carthage
Fred E. Milby
Christian Church
E. M. Smith
Urial
Moss Ridge Cemetery
Monroe Riggins
Oak Grove
Mr. Riggins
Hancock County
Jesse
Sally Ann Riggins
Flomer
Cleveland
John
Macomb
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mary
J. Moore
Mary J. Moore
Moore
Jacksonville
J. W. Williams
A. H. Wright
C. J. Seo Hield
Moss Ridge
Frank Johngot
Joe Botts
Sam R. Talbot
St. Marys
Martha Washington
Alma Horney
J. W. Porter
State Board
India
Chicago Watersity
Ethel Elsberry
Herman Burling
McCall
Burling
Richard P. Prendergast
Streator
Mollie Prendergast
Penfield
Rapids City
Hamilton
Scott
O. E. Kirby
Frank Reiter
Lewis Herold
H. B. Kinkade
Thomas Slugging
E. W. Hosford
C. P
Alva J
Hazel B. Gibson
Francis McKenna
Harry
Pearl McKenna
Charles Francis Gibson
Calf Club plans and cattle purchases by Palmyra bank
B C Settles, Jersey breeding expert, has been hired by the First National Bank of Palmyra to select and buy registered Jersey heifers for a new Boys and Girls Calf club. He will visit Kentucky and Tennessee to inspect herds, with about 150 head expected to be purchased this spring. Also noted are local movements of cattle, a kitchen stove explosion injuring nothing but property, and the burial of George W Milton with Odd Fellows and family in attendance.
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Palmyra
B. C. Settles
First National Bank of
My. Settles
Kentucky
Tennessee
Lawrence Leggett
Jefferson
Fred Johnson
Shelbyville
Chicago
Arthur Keller
J. D. Wallbracht
North Main Street
Jas. Dingle
Thos
Fitzgerald
George
Charley
Rollo Lear
M. Booth
Theo. Finglehart
Peoples Mill
Odd Fellows Lodge No
F. W. Smith
Thad Smith
Frank Heinze
Marold Ueinzg
Greenwood Cemetery
Pike county grand jurors named for April term
The Pike county court names grand jurors for the April term including August Hand Lewis Roberts Go W Moore Stephen Renaud J Booth Pearl Harvey Six James A Farrand Edward Panstone William Fields red Baldwin Samuel Yrammer J B Moore Robert Burbridge John W Guthrie T T Hill John Baker Fred Priestly James Richardson Edward Lippencott Willian Billings Watter B Stoke and others. The notice also lists visiting relatives and residents from several states who will be in Pittsfield for the holidays and visits with local families.
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Pittsfield
Ill
Pike County
August Hand
Chambersburg
Lewis Roberts
Valley City
Go W. Moore
Detroit
Stephen Renaud
Muntegina
J. & Booth
Pearl
Harvey Six
Perry
James A. Farrand
Griggsville
Edward Panstone
Newburg
William Fields
Hardin
Franklin
Nebo
Red Baldwin
Fairmount
Samuel Yrammer
Bavils
Alary Lestie
W. E. Leashon
Henry Altmilter
Raylik
Lipscomb
Texas
Mra. Edward &Mart
Deer Todge
Mont
Edwin Johnston
Emart
Jacksonville
Gertrude Palmer
Lester
Tron Mountain
Mitch
Palmer
Anna Ward
Bvanalon
George Webster
Elliott Baker
M. D. Wing
J. DP. Hess
Springfield
Frank
Lowden
Illnois
Paul Fetty
Baby
Elizabeth Saylier
Topeka
Kas
Petty
Santa Fe Sehool
Tie
Henessey
Misa Filiza Williams
Walpole
John MckKenna
Katherine Stead
J. H. Pierson
North Madison Street
Gardner Attacks Ford in Detroit War Notes Speech
Congressman A P Gardner of Massachusetts rebuked Henry Ford as an anti war pacifist in a Detroit real estate board address. He warned against ceding war declaring power to a European court and urged finishing the present war to secure democracy, arguing that the League to Enforce Peace would place U S policy before European and Asiatic lawyers. Gardner warned that a court could force U S intervention and questioned Mexico and other conflicts under such a plan.
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Detroit
Mich
A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Henry Ford
Gardner
Ford
Europe
Congress
Amiens
Prussia
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Franklin Pierce
Jackson
Cleveland
League
William Howard Taft
Lansing
Taft
Mr. Taft
United States
International pact doubt and postwar arming fears voiced
A columnist argues that nations disregard treaties amid conflict and cites examples from the Mexican war and Texas annexation. He questions pacifist pressure and warns against financial interests steering anti-armament sentiment, naming Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford as influences. The piece frames U S leverage in territorial growth and urges caution with arbitration and disarmament.
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Ternational Court
Germany
Uncle Sam
Texas
Mexico
Croesus
Andrew Carnegie
Henry Ford
Ford
Fire guts major Rock Island stores in early Monday blaze
The business district of Rock Island faced a severe fire that gutted Cleeman & Salzmann furniture store and the Des Moines Brewing company storehouse. Fire departments from Moline and Davenport aided the local unit to prevent spread. Losses are estimated at $160,000.
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Rock Island
Cleeman & Salzmann
Des Moines Brewing Company
Moline
Davenport
Jacksonville Hotel Owner Burned In Fire
Jan. 16 report says Capt. Alexander Smith a 77 year old hotel owner and Civil War veteran died in a fire that destroyed his Jacksonville residence. He escaped briefly when flames were spotted but returned to recover papers and was trapped.
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Jacksonville
Alexander Smith
Amusements Today listings for Orpheum Vaudeville and films
The column lists show dates and venues for amusements including Orpheum Vaudeville programs with The Mystery of My Lady's Boudoir and Nanet of the Wilds. It also features Princess with Children of the Feud starring Dorothy Gish, Belasco Valeska Suratt in The Victim, Bavoy The Heart of Tara, Gem Dollars and Scents at Lone some Lake, and Family The Diamond Runner plus Quincy Howard Estabrook and Barbara Tenant in The Butterfly.
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Orpheum
Pauline Frederick
Dorothy Gish
Belasco
Valeska Suratt
Bavoy
Tara
Lonesome Lake
Quincy
Howard Estabrook
Barbara Tenant
Highland Park Rube Party Roller Carnival Promises Laughs
Highland Park skaters prepare for the first roller skating carnival at Highland rink on Wednesday evening titled a Rube Party. Four prizes await the best comical costumes as grotesque antics and a grand march precede prize awards. More skating events and the city title contest draw many entries for a lively week.
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Highland Rink
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Quick Relief
An old advertisement claims constipation causes dull skin and poor vitality. The text touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative taken at bedtime to produce a full morning bowel movement and restore energy, urging readers to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
Moonshine Plot Trials Set For Fort Smith Court
Four former Internal Revenue Service officers and several others face a term of court in Fort Smith for alleged moonshine conspiracy ties dating back to 1910s. Cases involve Hartman, Grider, Casper, Spradling, Lurber, McCoy, Williams and others from North Carolina, Arkansas, Missouri, and beyond. Prosecutors cite untaxed liquor movements and a distillery reactivation with new equipment and sewer-connected vats to evade taxes.
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Fort Smith
Ark
United States Internal Revenue Service
United States Court
Thomas
Mev Oy
Internal Revenue
Asheville
Nol
James H. Lurber
Atlanta, Co
AL VW
Willams
Payetteville
Ami Newton C. Spradding
Aurora
Gauger
Guy L. Hartman
Farmington
N. C
Moses B. Brock
Salisbury
J. W. Grider
Sonora
John L. Casper
Sulety
Leavenworth
Kan
Casper
North Carolina
Hartman
Kansan
Mexico
Seoul
Pershing
Coalanthus
Wartman
United States Grand Jury
Spradling
Lurber
McCoy
Grider
Arkansas River
Father of Roy O. West Dies in Georgetown Home
Pleasant West, father of Roy O. West former Republican national committeeman for Illinois, died at his Georgetown Illinois home where he was born in 1844. A Civil War veteran, he spent forty years in the lumber business. A short illness preceded his death.
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Roy O. West
Chicago
Pleasant West
Illinois
Georgetown, Iil
Mr. West
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Endorsed
A customer testimonial from Summerville Georgia touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a fast acting cure for colds coughs and croup. The ad claims it heals inflamed membranes loosens phlegm relaxes airways and eases breathing with a note from W F Thomas supporting its effectiveness. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. carries the product.
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Foley
W. F. Thomas
Summerville
Miller & Arthur Drug Ca
Texas Cities Under Heavy Snow Mantle Stuns Dallas
Northend Central Texas shovels out after one of the era’s heaviest snowstorms. Dallas records 7.1 inches, with only two later snows exceeding it, 7.5 in 1906 and eight in 1915, as streetcar crews struggle without sweepers amid persistent snowfall.
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Dallas
Texas
Weather Bureau
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Fred E.ilby
F. King, M.D
Deta
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
Savoy Hotel
He &. Grant
Salko
Reed
Service Next
Calf Club
Jersey
Palmyra Bank
Labor
Young Women’s Christian Home
Woodruff Property
Broadway
Princess Today
Georgie Stone
Triangle-Fine Arts Play
Rock Island Fire Guts
William Fox
Highland Park
Red Feather
Roberta Vvilson
Frank Whitson
Universal Players
Fort Smith, Ark
Ayia Ay Aey Tay Geen Cheee
Savoy Today
Tatra
Reel Master Picture
GEM Today
Dollara & Scents
Keystone
Puthe Comedy
Peter E. Pinkelmann
Prop
Princess
Virginia Mountains
Rube
Bluebird
Harry D. Carey
Edith Johnson
Marc Fenton
L. C. Shumway
Lee Hill
Petey Milne
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