Quincy Board Hearing Promised For Street Railway Case
The Illinois State Board of Public Utilities will hold a Monday morning hearing at Quincy City Hall on the street railway seven cent fare request. City officials urged strong civic representation, stressing board courtesy and public interest in fair justice, with manufacturers and workers invited to attend.
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State Board of Public Utilities
Quincy
Springfield
Quincey Street Railway Company
Oumey
Niderman Perry Co Ellis
Thaois Municipal
Chicago
Othe Board
City Hall
Walton Heights
Othe
Public Utilities Board
S Ee
Peoples Inter
Public Utiives Commission
Inter Corporations
Quincy veterans in France and homeward bound
Quincy soldiers in France send word of demobilization and future arrivals while others return home from overseas. Discharges from Camp Grant and Camp Lewis echo through the town as families and Red Cross volunteers greet returning service members and celebrate postwar plans.
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Frank Jellison
Quincy
Quartermaster's Corp
Camp
Lewis
Wash
Another Fine Farm Changed Hands Friday
CoO Delaplain sold a brick house with a good barn and saving land to Jake Kraft Wall in Pike county for 21000. The farm lies about miles south of Coatsburg and due north of Columbus. Kraft to take possession soon after the purchase from Torberts, who owned it weeks earlier.
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Delaplain
Stern Bley
Jake
Kraft Wall
Pike County
Torberts
Kraft
Coatsburg
Lomile
Columbus
Miss Edith Akers Named Secretary of Red Cross
Miss Edith Akers is appointed secretary of the Adams county Red Cross chapter succeeding Mrs M Edward Pawcett whose duties became too heavy with other tasks. Akers will work from the Red Cross office in the Chamber of Commerce handling correspondence, membership lists, magazine subscriptions and extensive routine work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Akers
Adame County
Red Cross
M. Edward Pawcett
Miss Akers
Chamber of Commerce
Toeu
Celebration of Day Victory on Wednesday Night
A statewide prohibition victory celebration was planned for Wednesday at the Vermont Street Methodist church with nationwide speakers, music, and rejoicing. Organizers from the Anti-Saloon League, W C T U, Prohibition Party and Quincy Ministerial Association held planning at Collins Plow Co. on Friday evening. H B Dines named chairman, I J Schmiedeskamp secretary, with several vice presidents to be chosen. Public invited. program to begin at 7:30 pm. ministers and Sunday school superintendents urged to promote the event locally.
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United States
Vermont Street Methodist
Anti-Saloon League
Prohibition Party
Quincy Ministerial Association
Collins Plow Company
H. B. Dines
Quincy
Ackins County
Vermont Street
Judicial meeting in Bushnell today plans convention
Alderman Perry C Ellis and Attorney Frank Garner head to Bushnell to join a Republican judiciary committee in the fourteenth judicial district. They aim to set date and place for a convention to nominate a candidate to succeed George A Cooke who recently resigned from the supreme court. The election is set for April 1 under Gov Lawden. The meeting will decide delegate apportionment by county and likely use the last gubernatorial vote as a basis. In McDonough county Ple Elting is named to replace a late member on the judiciary committee.
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Perry C. Ellis
Frank Garner
Bushnell Tal Trance
Republican Judiciary Committee
Feuthdr Judheral
George A. Cooke
Supreme Court
Gov
Lawden
Its
Judiciary Committee
Garner
George TH. Wilson
O. Lowden
Bushnell
Macomb
McDonough
Elting
Mail Now Accepted For Alsace Lorraine From U S Post
Letters to residents of Alsace or Lorraine, long banned, may now be sent from the United States. The Berne international bureau says the French office will onward-dispatch mail under postal union rules, letters and cards to Alsace or Lorraine allowed. parcels not included. Also notes Se stamps required for Brazil mail. Domestic rates apply to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, the British Isles, and several Caribbean and Pacific locations.
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Alsace
Lorraine
United States
Postoffice
Alsace and Lorraine
International Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Postal Union
Lorrane
Brazil
Brasil
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Bahamas
Barbadoes
British Guinea
British Honduras
Dominican Republi
West Indies
Leeward Islands
New Poundland
New Zealand
Trinidad
Probate Court Estates Report and Inventory Summary
In probate court records Henry Sickman estate shows receipts and disbursements totaling 327 dollars. Drucilla Seward estate inventory lists real estate of unquoted value and cash amounting to 2338.49 dollars.
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Henry Sickman
Drucilla Seward
Highways Talk Slated Between Pike Hancock Areas
Representatives from Pike and Hancock counties will meet with Chamber of Commerce directors next Wednesday at 1 30 PM to discuss proposed routes for the 60 million dollar bond roads from Quincy to Pittsfield and Quincy to Carthage. Local residents seek agreement on county highway paths amid strong opinion over route choices known as the North and South roads. The Quincy Chamber of Commerce directors approved the gathering, stating it is a matter for Adams and neighboring counties to decide and that local business men do not wish to take sides.
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Pike and
Hancock Counties
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Quincy
Pittsfield
Carthage
Pike
Hancock County
State Highway Commission
Adams
Maximum Club Again Proves Popular Here
Quincyans and Adams county residents join the War Savings stamps drive with a $1,000 War Stamps club led by Postmaster Elmer Lumimis. Nine members enrolled in 1919 include M. S. Cabell, J. W. Sinnock, L. A. Craft, Elizabeth Craft, Excelsior Stove & Manufacturing Co., Frank H. Krueger, Emma R. Heatherington, LeRoy Heatherington, and Mid West Fire Insurance Co.
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York Street
J. W. Sinnock
Hampshire
L. A. Craft
Elizabeth Craft
Excelsior Stove & Manufacturing Company
Frank H. Krueger
State Street
Emma R. Heatherington
South Fourteenth Street
LeRoy Heatherington
Mid West Fire Insurance Company
Public Utilities Inspector condemns deplorable Quincy street car service
C N Posegate an inspector for the Public Utilities Commission says patrons deserve better service and that current rolling stock and methods justify opposition to a 7 cent fare increase. He and fellow inspectors plan further on site reviews before a Monday hearing in City Hall, with Mayor Thompson joining on a test ride to assess lines including South Fourth and Gardner Governor works. The Gardner line letters urge improved service before any fare rise.
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Quincy Street Railway Company
C. N. Posegate
Public Utilities Commission
Gardner Governor Works
Thompson
Posegate
Walton Heights
Quincy
Commission
South Fourth Street
Gardner
John A. Thompson
Gardner Governor Company
J. W. Gardner
P. S
Railway Mail Clerks Re-elect Old Officers
Gem City lodge No 0 Brotherhood of Railway Mail clerks re elected officers at a La bor Temple meeting. The C B and Q railroad division has 45 members. New officers: president A W Dalhaus, vice president Joseph Stein kamp, secretary Wallace Beck, treasurer Albert Fletcher, sergeant at arms George Gilbert, chaplain H L Dempsey, inside sergeant at arms J Hessing, outside sergeant at arms E Collins.
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Gem City Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway Mail
Labor Temple
C. B. & Q. Railroad
A. W. Dalhaus
Joseph Steinkamp
Wallace Beck
Albert Fletcher
George Gilbert
H. L. Dempsey
Insde
J. Hessing
E. Collins
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Fair conditions expected Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change across the region. Local readings show yesterday's highs and lows near the mid 30s to mid 40s with river stage around 3.9 feet at midnight.
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Illinois
Missouri
Towa
Feegeeewers
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