City Accepts Oehlman Quarry Deed for Park Plan
The city gains the Oehlman tract north of the city on the north bottom road, to be used as a quarry until stone is removed and then turned into a public playground named Oehlman park. A 400 foot strip with a spring is reserved for potential lake development and preservation. The measure passed on Alderman Bolles's motion with thanks to Mr and Mrs Oehlman. A railway committee meeting about complaints against Quincy Railway is set for Wednesday at 8 p.m. and street cleaner proposals from Baker Manufacturing of Springfield are presented.
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Charles Oehlman
Oehlman
North Bottom Road
Alderman Bolles
Oehrman
Quincy Railway
Ross
WA. Martin
C. Elsey
Baker Manufacturing Company
Springfield
Chicago Friends Honor B. J. Coens
Bernard J. Coens and Ed Heouihan will be honored February 4 at a LaSalle hotel dinner hosted by friends. The event will send them off for a future venture tied to Ruppert Shoe Co. They are praised as progressive young Chicagoans with strong community spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard J. Coens
Quincy
Sheriff Coens
Ed Heouihan
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Evette Ruppert Shoe Company
Mr. Houlihan
Knights of Columbus
Dave Wall
Coens and
Houlihan
CAPT H S BROWN DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Captain Horace S Brown a pioneer Hamilton Hancock County resident and former Quincy man died Sunday in Long Beach California He was born in Carthage and about 60 years old He taught school in his youth and later moved to Quincy about 20 years ago Funeral services will be held in Long Beach today and the body will be returned to Quincy in early spring accompanied by his daughter Katherine Brown the author
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace S. Brown
Hamilton
Hancock County
Quincy
Long Beach
Cal
Capt. Brown
Katherine Brown
California
Carthage
Lumbermen Meet Today in Quincy
The Western Illinois Lumber Dealers' club holds its quarterly meeting at the Hotel Quincy this afternoon and evening. Mayor W. K. Abbott will give the opening address. G. W. Angel of Keokuk will respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Illinois Lumber Dealers’ Club
Quincy
W. K. Abbott
G. W. Angel of
Keokuk
Abe Martin and Thong of Drums Mark Drummer at Wake
Mrs. Tip on Brd reports her father died today. He was a promising checker player in his youth but later grew indifferent. The note combines a playful Abe Martin line with a family obituary.
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Tip
Brd
Davis-Cleaver Co prepares creamery in town
Davis-Cleaver Produce firm redesigns the rear of its building at Fourth and Vermont to house a new creamery plant. The operation aims to produce 25,000 to 30,000 pounds of butter weekly, with later capacity up to 60,000 pounds using four workers and modern sanitary machinery. Milk sales will not be part of the business.
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Davis-Cleaver Produce Company
Jl Fourth
Vermont
Sconce Pleads Guilty in Assault Case at Circuit Court
Charles Sconce pled guilty to assault to kill after jury was impaneled in circuit court. He asked mercy of the court and probation. Judge Akers took the plea under advisement. Indicted for cutting two men in a South Quincy bottoms fight. Trial docket lists People vs Clarke burglary and larceny, vs Ives assault, and other cases. The petit jury panel was completed with local residents named from Quincy and surrounding townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sconce
Sconce
Akers
South Quincy
People
Clarke
Lves
Green Y Wutchison
Jodie Allen
Neassak
van Alstine
Christ
Ben Disseler
HH. Gay
Guiney
Lot
G. TL. Winking
PB. A. Christ
J. W. Dirkus
F.C. Fake
Yraunk
John Nesenhoener
Seventh Ward
Quincy
S Henry Schaffnit
John Vogel
Melrose
W.W. Cook
Enry
AM Afeidon Frency Beck
William Helland
Ben Ketters
Albert Qohnemus
Walter Schuette
Riverside
Louis Post
Clayton
Clarence Dickhut
Camp Point
John Felsman
Henry Kuhlman
Honey Creek
Fred Oiker, Sr
Richfield
Benjamin Bryant
Payson
Arthur Echternkamp
Fred Stollberg
Fall Creek
Quincy Fans pick reps to attend Three-Eye meeting in Chicago
Charles H Adelphol and Perry C Fillis will depart tonight to join the Three-Eye Central and Western league owners confab in Chicago. They will advocate retaining the Three-Fyn league and act on instructions from the last fans meeting. Oscar Shannon, former local franchise owner, attends as secretary and will announce the franchise change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Adelphol
Perry C. Fillis
Quincy
Chicago
Oscar Shannon
Falling Walls Give First Alarm of Fire
Deer Ridge Missouri Tan 23 when a fire started in the home of Charles Miller near Williamstown Mrs Miller who was home alone did not notice that anything was wrong until the house was falling in None of the household goods were damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Ridge
Tan
Charles Miller
Williamstown
Property Transfers Across Several Townships This Month
Charles Goertz transfers to John Goertz a parcel in section 18 township 28 range 5 west for 6000 dollars. Frederick Qolfthern of Richfield sells to Cloyd and George Oickers a lot in section 21 township 38 range 6 west for 4000 dollars. Richard Bentley and others to Thomas E. Lane sells lots 1 2 and 8 in block 76 of John Woods addition. Christopher Herrman sells to John F. Hemme lot 18 in block 12 Prospect place for 5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goertz
John Goertz
Frederick Qolfthern
Richfield
Cloyd
George Oickers
Richard Bentley
Thomas E. Lane
John Woods
Christopher Herrman
John F. Hemme
Prospect Place
Macon Woman Louisa Boggs Dies in Macon Missouri
Louisa Boggs aged 92, a cousin of Ulysses S. Grant who once cared for Grant’s three children in St Louis while he led Union forces, died in Macon on Monday.
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Macon
Louisa Boggs
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
St. Louis
Funeral Monday for Piper child in Griggsville
Richard Piper, the infant son of Mr and Mrs Rollo Piper, died after a week long illness at Our Saviours hospital in Jacksonville. The funeral held Monday afternoon was followed by burial in the city cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggsville
Richard
Rollo Piper
Our Saviour's Hospital
Jacksonville
City Cemetery
How to Check That Cold The Pine Tar Honey Remedy
A vintage advert claims cold relief with Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey. It promises to stop sneezes and sniffles, loosen phlegm, clear bronchia tubes, soothe sore throat, and kill germs with antiseptic qualities. It cites relief for croup, whooping cough, and chronic bronchial affliction, with 25 cent price at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Three Year Old Plays With Dynamite Foundin Barnyard
Griggsville Illinois January 23 Jerry F Carnes reports discovery of a stick of dynamite in his barnyard four miles southwest of the city. His three year old son found it while at play and carried it to the house. The mother, unaware, offered to burn it in the cook stove but the child insisted it was a toy. The father identified the object at once and wonders how it came to be in the driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggsville
Ill
Jerry F. Carnes
Mr. Carnes
State aid proposal for county farm advisers gains support
A Springfield farmers and breeders convention backed a bill to provide each county with an incorporated farmers club or farm bureau 1200 annually to hire high quality advisers. The plan aims to strengthen county farm organizations in low salary areas and reduce local costs, with Gov Lowden to receive services from farmer and breeder associations to advance farming interests. An executive five member committee will monitor bills affecting farming and livestock, while Farmer Rusk attended Urbana meetings on county advisers and the university short course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Club Organization
Farm Bureau
Springfield
Farmers’ and Breeders
Adams
London
Lowden
Joint Legislative Committee
General Assembly
Graduating Recital Tonight By Rome Arnold
Mrs Rome Arnold presents Rose Mary Hade in a graduating song recital at Quincy College of Music starting at 8 15 pm. The program includes Mozart Voi che sapete Le Nozze di Figaro Brahms Wiegenlied Rimsky Korsakov Snowflake's Arietta Snegourotchka Gounod Ah Je veux vivre and more with Miss Enna Chumbley as accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome Arnold
Rose Mary Hade
Quincy College of Music
Shepherd Leh
Snow-Flake
Snegourotchka
Enna Chumbley
Green Starts On Southwest Speaking Trip
Quincy business figure Green of Hartzell Cavanaugh and Green leaves at 12 55 am for a speaking tour through the southwest. He will address advertising groups in Kansas City Missouri Oklahoma City Oklahoma and a joint Joplin Neosho club meeting at Neosho. He also speaks at Alpha Delta Sigma at the University of Missouri. He hopes to return Friday night or Saturday. Officers at St. Anthony branch W C U No 30 installed by Supreme President F W Heckenkamp Jr. Also notes crowded high school forging and auto departments. Deputy tax collectors begin today with list of names. Real estate taxes payable at collector’s office. Grand chapter school of instruction to be held in Galesburg Illinois March 23 24 25. representatives from western Illinois expected.
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Green
Will P. Green
Hartzell
Cavanaugh
Ad Club
Southwest
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Okla
Joplin
Neosho
Alpha Delta Sigma
Univerity of
Missouri
Ues
St. Anthony Branch
St. Mary's Hall
F. W. Heckenkamp, Jr
Gus Kamp
Joe Twiehaus
L. Metse
B. Metse
J. Heisler
B. Heuer
A. Zimmerman
H. Requet
QO. F. Robb
J. Kerkhoff
T. C. Heckle
Horeman Miller
Sam Baldwin
Henry Felsing
M. O’brien
School of Instruction
J. E. Caldwell
Royal Arch Masonry of
Tilinoia
C. Lawrence Wells
Quincey
Charles IT. Gaushell
Orinev
Elinois
Galesburg
Nlinois
Landcraft Dies Suddenly Former Hannibal & St. Joseph Conductor
Sidney P. Landcraft longtime railroad employee and Sheridan Stove Company secretary died at 2231 Oak Street after a noon stroke. Born December 27, 1848 in Hannibal, he started as a train boy in 1863 and advanced to conductor by 1873. He leaves two children, two grandchildren, and was active in Masonry and local church affairs. No funeral plans announced.
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Sidney P. Landcraft
Sheridan Stove Co
Hannibal
Hannibal & St. Joseph
Stove Company
Landcraft
Sheridan Stove Company
Cincinnati
William 5
Letitia Landcraft
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Richmond
St. Louis
Marian E. Elwood
Archibald
Maran Elwood
Scotland
Richard R. Moore
Saint Lambert
Quebec
Sidney H. Landcraft
Quincy
Sidney
Martha Moore
The Four Husbands at the Orpheum Vaudeville
The Orpheum Monday night presented The Four Husbands a Will Waugh and Will RB Friedfinder vaudeville piece set on a tropical island in the Gault of Mexico. The show features a quartet of brides and a lively chorus of beauty in bathing costume and iridescent gowns, with strong repartee and upbeat music, delivering a brisk two act program for Dry circuit audiences.
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Orpheum
Will Waugh
Will RB. Friedfinder
Gault
Mexico
American
Hough
Chimney Fires Keep Firemen Jumping About
Numerous calls from Sunday and Monday kept the local fire department busy with minor damage. Chimney blazes accounted for most alarms, including those at Brenner apartments and homes on Third and Kentucky, Twelfth and Vine, Seventh and Kentucky, and the home of E Stewart on Fifth and State. Fire crews from several stations managed quick responses. one roof fire at E Stewart caused about four dollars in damage.
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Twentieth
Hampshire Streets
Tenth
Brenner
Pete Pinklieman
Third
Kentucky Streets
Herman Dunham
Twelfth
Vine Streets
W. C. Bradley
Pete Miller
Seventh
Kentucky
Fifth and State Streets
E. Stewart
Putting It Over minstrel show guided by Darnaby in Quincy
The WLC musical comedy and first-part minstrel show led by J W Darnaby held first rehearsals with male chorus songs chosen to suit dancing. A second stage behind the main troupe will feature aesthetic dances as they sing. Local women will perform solo dances and tambourine numbers. Council members and many volunteers support the effort. Two Bible classes will be organized at the Y M C A with sessions at 6:15 luncheon and 6:45 start. R O Gibbons and H W Cranmer lead discussions.
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WLC
J. W. Darnaby
Quincy
R. O. Gibbons
Christ
H. W. Cranmer
Dr Otis Trotter To Take Rest From Practice
Ill health forces Dr. Otis Trotter to suspend his Quincy dental practice and rest in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Guy Nations will run the Quincy office at 6344 Fl Hampshire during the absence, whose duration depends on Trotter’s health amid bronchitis and stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio, Texas
Dr. Nations
Otis Trotter
Quincy
San Antonio
Texas
Guy Nations
Trotter
Deficiency exams loom for high school seniors
Busy days at the high school as deficiency exams are announced for Thursday and Friday. No regular classes on those days. students without exams receive a two day holiday. Senior class to hold a meeting today followed by a girls' class meeting. Basketball victory over Hannibal spurs student celebration and support. Petitions filed by four candidates for assistant supervisors and one for constable. Howard Green jailed 12 days for assault with intent to kill. Recital by Miss Rose Hade tonight at 8:15 in the Quincey College of Music hall. County court not in session due to Judge MecCarl's absence. will reopen tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal High School
Workhouse
Howard Green
Jim Green
Aero Club invites C of C to Pan American exposition
The Aero Club of America sent an invitation to the Chamber of Commerce to attend the first Pan American exposition to be held at Central Palace in New York February 8 to 15, asking the chamber to send a representative. Mrs Geston seeks divorce from John Geston in circuit court claiming habitual drunkenness. they married April 1, 1911 in Hannibal and separated Sept 13, 1912, with custody of two children requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club
C. of C
Central Palace
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Aero Club of America
President's peace speech sparks foreign policy debate
The president urged a world peace built on equal rights and a force to guarantee it, warning the Old World against interference. Senators and Republicans questioned immediate action but acknowledged possible future diplomatic steps and treaty needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Falfour
Coperess
United States
Rerah
Lodge
Aulthe
Repubican
Senate
City considers early salary fix for officials
The council will, via ordinance committee, fix salaries for mayor aldermen and other officers at the next meeting. Debate centers on whether to raise pay, with Rosa and others noting some offices may overpay while Simmonds opposes any alderman raise. An amendment to city code regarding the treasurer duties passed. A resident seeks legal action over repeated flooding of her cellar. Mayor Abbott's garbage disposal plan prompts study and potential funding via a special tax levy. The mayor will join coal price talks in Springfield on Jan 24.
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Koehler
Simmonds
Alderman Simmonds
Aldermar Rosa
Emma
Pranklin
WE Abbott
Coal Investigation Committee
Municipal League Committee
Springfield
Capitol
Judge Perry Refuses Birthday Statistics
Judge C. F. Perry, aged 21 plus, speaks on his birthday cake and discretion on a pension issue. Records show he moved to Quincy as a youth, served five years as police magistrate, worked ten years as city editor, and became Chamber of Commerce secretary in 1905. Local business leaders credit his energy and tact with the chamber’s notable progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Perry
Quincey
Chamber of Commerce
Perry
Weather Outlook For Illinois and Missouri
Illinois predicts increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions Tuesday with light snow possible on Tuesday or Wednesday. Missouri expects rising clouds and possible light snow in the afternoon or night, then a Wednesday turning partly cloudy and colder in the northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Local Temperature Update in River Forecast
A fall and river forecast indicates the water level will remain steady or rise only slightly over the next 43 hours. The riser is expected to stay at current levels with minimal movement.
Kidney Pills Publicized By Miller and Arthur Drug Co
Seventy year old patient with severe kidney trouble writes that other treatments failed. He credits Boley Kidney Pills as the best remedy after trying several therapies and notes the pills produced significant relief. Miller and Arthur Drug Co. promote the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
Springfield
Backas
Moa
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
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H. S. Brown
Abe Martin
Davis-Cleaver CO
Petit Jury
Charles H. Adelpht
Perry C. Ellis
Local
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P. Landcrat
Hannibal & St. Joe Railroad
Masonic Fraternity
Monroe City
Quincy Lodge of Masons
Kaw Valley Division of Railroad Conductors
Good Shepherd Church
Fred P. Tavier
John Sehani
George Milbert
J.C. Walker
John P. Hayes
MecCarl
Lombard University
America
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Austro-Hungary
Balkans
Europe
Solons
Ross and Simmonds
Judge Perry
Boas
River Bulletin
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