Bloomington to Host 1919 Illinois Engineers Convention
Bloomington wins the 1919 Illinois Society of Engineers convention as officers are elected led by J G Melluish president. Other officers named include J W Dappert as vice president and W P Bushnell and S A Greeley as trustees amid talks on cantonments and drainage laws.
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Bloomington
Illinois Society of Engineers
J. G. Melluish
Quincy
Engineers’ Society
J. W. Dappert
Taylorville
W. P. Bushnell
S. A. Greeley
Chicago
W. D. Gerber
Chamber of Commerce
Hugh King
Ralph Perry
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Ife
L. I. Williams
Habermeyer
Oiners Department of Public Works and
Buiblings
Cephas Holmes
Maconth
Tats
A. L. Wetster
E. Z. Chamberlain
Miles S. Gilbert
Pittsfield
Pridge
G F. Burch
Cairo
A. H. Beitman
J. A. Reeves
Oak Park
Finois
BU. Piepmneter
High School Girls Win Game 6 to 3
In a fast basketball game the High School girls from the Y W C A defeated Cheerful Home’s team 6 to 3 at the Cheerful Home gym Thursday night. This marked the second season victory for YWCA girls over Cheerful Home. lineups include Dresher and Wessel for Cheerful Home and Wilzeuski Schutte Plausbrough for YWCA with key plays noted.
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Cheerful Home
Cheerful Tome
Tiddius
Wessel
Dotfinstenner
Boes Schallenberg
Wwlzeuski Schutte
Eve S
Wilzeuski Plausbrough
Oc Co
Business Men Volley Ball Draw Big Crowd At Y M C A
A large crowd watched the business men volley ball games at the YMCA gym Thursday night. Cruttenden swept Wendorf, Nelson took three from Hinchman, and Ott won two of three from Grammion. Standings show Cruttenden six wins three losses led by Nelson Ott and Wendorf tied five and four. Premier Lloyd George invited Irish convention leaders to meet with the cabinet in London on January 25.
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Nelson
Hinchman
Ott
Grammion
Cruttenden
Wendorf
Veseoese
Grumman
London
Lloyd George
Grand Jury Reports Favorable View of Workhouse
The grand jury told Judge Albert Akers the workhouse is sanitary and clean with no prisoner complaints about treatment, food, or lodging. It notes shackles have been dispensed with and marks the first such report since Akers took the bench 14 years ago, receiving court gratitude.
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Akers
Grand Jury
Albert Akers
St Mary's nurse vanishes amid hospital rumors
Rumor claims Sister Wiegbertha of St Marys hospital disappeared Tuesday night but authorities and the medical staff have not confirmed the report. A longtime operating room assistant, she wore order robes on duty and left in civilian clothes. Her removal would trigger renewal of vows. Sisters of the Poor of St Francis are based in Dayton, Ohio.
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Wiegbertha
St. Mary’s Hospital
Order of Sisters of the Poor of
St. Francis
Sisters of the Tract of St. Francis
Dayton
Olio
Royal Neighbors Install Officers in Eagles Hall
The Oak camp of the Royal Neighbors installed officers Thursday night in Eagles Hall before a large audience. Mrs. Nina Nettles opened the ceremony with Mrs. Alice Wachenheim as ceremonial marshal and Mrs. Mary French as installing chancellor. The event featured a procession of named officers and a presentation to Mrs. Cora Brooks, followed by bouquets and a dance.
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Royal Neizhberg
Eagles’ Hall
Nina Nettles
Alice Wachenheim
Mary French
Edna Schaffner
Matilda Meyer
Jennie Hampton
Edith Hardyman
Tulla Curtis
Mabel Morford
Elsie Goldeberry
Inner Sentinel
Sycis Reitman
Outer Sentinel
Cora Dennison
Lillian Bochenfeld
Brenner and
Germann
Lorene Meyer
Cora Brooks
Sergeant Lungsford Weds in Hannibal
Miss Velma McQuaid of Lorain wed Sergeant John E. Lungsford U S A in Hannibal Missouri last Saturday after a Palmyra license. Lungsford heads the army recruiting station in Quincy and has served many years with a strong record for securing recruits.
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Hannibal. Mo
Velma McQuaid
Loraine
John E. Lungsford
U.S. A
Hannibal
Palmyra
Lungsford
Army
Quincy
Hi Y Club Names Officers for 1918
The Hi Y club of the Y MLC A held a special meeting and elected officers. President Harold Bush, vice president William Steinbeck, treasurer and secretary William Mollering. Two weeks hence the club will serve a supper at the Y and initiate a large class into the new organization.
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Y. Mlc. A
Harold Bush
William Steinbeck
William Mollering
Orpheum Vaudeville Lineup Delights Town Travel
The Orpheum presents five refined vaudeville acts for the week with William Trainor & Co on prison life comedy and music, Logan & Geneva dancing on a tight wire, Viola Lewis & Co delivering singing and violin, Gaston Palmer juggling new feats, Charles Glocard monologue and piano bits, plus a Current EventsWorld war review.
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The
Orpheum
William Trainor & Co
Logan
Geneva
Viola Lewis & Co
Knickerbockers
Gaston Palmer
Charles Glcott
Ile
Man brought 10 Quincy admits being deserter
James Slite collected cash from merchants in Quincy after posing as a lieutenant. Purchases totaled $60 from second hand dealer and pawnbroker, plus a $10 hotel bill, $25 in cafe meal tickets, and various small spendings including candy, changes from multiple checks, and items such as handbag silk socks, silk shirts valued at $20 and $30 in change from a $50 credit, a diamond ring for $20, a watch at $15 with $5 change from a $40 payment from jewelry store.
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James Slite
Quincy
Deserter Hite aka Lang Held Over Army Fraud Case
James Henry Hite alias L B Lang a 17 year old deserter from Fort Sill was brought to Quincy by Chief Louis Melton after he used an army uniform and officer insignia to cash fake checks in multiple stores. He told of a romance with Mimic World performer Hattie Scheff and said he planned a Champaign arrest before police intervened and notified his Webster Grove parents.
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James Henry Hite
L. B. Lang
United States Army
Quincy
Champaign
Louis Melton
Uncle Sam
Hite
Mimic World Company
Orpheum
Chief Melton
Pat Piercy
Henry Meise
Fort Sill
Iite
Regular Army
Okla
Webster Grove
St. Louis
Hattie Scheff
Hattie
Mimic World
Ounnery
Vite
Tite
Bie Ben Road
Co I
188Th U.S. Infantry
Thite
Logansport
Hertling Sees Early Brest-Litovsk Peace Reach
Berlin reports Count Von Hertling addressing the Reichstag says he still hopes Brest-Litovsk peace talks will conclude satisfactorily soon. The German chancellor stresses commitment to an early peace as World War I continues.
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Hertling
Berlin
London
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Brest-Litovsk
Ain't Mad At Nobody In Germany Says Draft Evasion
Ernest Givens, a Black man, told police he would not object to going to war but resents the idea of being shot for dodging the draft. He sought exemption after failing to fill out his questionnaire under the selective draft law. He blamed delays and expected exemption from the government and said he would face the consequences rather than flee across the water.
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Ernest Givens
Germany
Ernest
Givens
Exemption Board
Sublett
Wilson
Roberts
Kaiser
Congress
Veke
Morgan
Civil Service Exams in Quincy on Feb 8
Competitive exams for stenographer typewriter stenographer and typewriter will be held Feb 8 starting at 6 pm in Quincy. The six city event offers Washington DC department vacancies with entrance salaries from 1 0 to 1200 dollars a year.
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Quincy
United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
War Department
Orchestra to Play as Game Is Played
The Quincy High School orchestra will provide music at the Y M C A for a basketball doubleheader Saturday night. The Barry High and Quincy High teams meet in the main game after an 8 o'clock preliminary between junior and senior players.
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Barry High School
Quincy High School
Y. M. CA
Quincy
Barry
Quincy Youth Arrested for Drunkenness After “Packages”
Dewey Hastings, 19, Mendon, was arrested Thursday afternoon for being drunk while carrying whiskey in his stomach and pocket. Police may investigate who supplied the liquor to the youth.
Advertisement tease hints at hidden notice on page ten
A clipped advert invites readers to consider Delaplain's notice on page ten. The brief hints at something of interest if the reader chooses to read, implying a potential public or commercial item without detailing its nature.
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Delaplain
Kirksville Officials Arrested for Alleged Disloyal Remarks
Four prominent Kirksville and Adair county men were arrested on federal warrants in Kirksville for uttering disloyal remarks against President Wilson and the United States. Sublette, Roberts, Hertel, and Gocke face charges. hearings set in Hannibal. bonds expected.
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Kirksville
Adair County
United States
William BB. Fahy
Monroe City
Afc
Wilson
I. E. Sublette
W. H. Hertel
G. J. Gueke
Edina
Fahy
Hannibal
Quincey
Albert R Smith
KD. Frankford
Gocke
Oyster ship delays hit Quincy markets import slump
Heavy eastern snows freeze oyster beds delaying shipments to Quincy and forcing dealers to cite frozen beds as the reason. Local fish remain scarce with carp and catfish available, while prices list various seafood items including oysters, shad, salmon and shellfish with per pint and per quart rates.
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Quincey
Enlistments Fill Navy and Army Quotas This Week
Shrapnel and Robert E. Dick of 635 Broadway enlisted Thursday as machinist in the aviation section of the navy. John R. Smith of 424 North Eighth street and Edgar W. Baum of 720 Jersey street joined as apprentice seamen. Edward R. Neal of Monmouth enlisted in the stevedore regiment and left for Newport News, Virginia. Lea Morris of Memphis, Missouri, on furlough from Camp Funston visited the city. Edward Bell on furlough from Camp Logan reported southern camp troops drilling for gas and stepping toward a spring drive in France. The setts soldier married Nina Frances Mahnair Wednesday night.
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Robert E. Dick
Broadway
Navy
John R. Smith
North Eighth Street
Edgar W. Baum
Jersey Street
Edward R. Neal
Monmouth
Newport News
Edward Bell
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
France
Nina Frances Mahnair
Wheelock Landed In France As Aide To AEF Letter Says
Lieut John G Wheelock of this city has landed in France according to a letter received from him. He gives his address with the second division FLA OL RC American expeditionary forces. Ed Guegel and a comrade from Augusta IL were on the battlestivp Rhode Island and hoped to return to Rome on a short furlough but were disappointed. The letter, written Jan 0, notes the ship was frozen in Philadelphia and shore leaves were not granted for 30 days, delaying the sailors plans. they expect furlough next spring.
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John G. Wheelock
France
al. Heckle
FLA OL RC
Ed Guegel
Augusta
Battlestivp
Rhode Island
Rome
Alle Heisler
Jan. Qo
Philadelphia
Alnois
Burleson Renominated as Postmaster General
President Wilson sent to the senate a renomination of Postmaster-General Burleson. The nomination was confirmed in minutes after the senate entered executive session.
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Burleson
Senate
Washington
Wilson
Card of Thanks from the Coard Family
The children of Mrs. Alice Coard express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and passing of their mother.
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Alice Coard
Widow receives major estate share in Aldo Summer settlement
In county court a final settlement of Aldo Summer estate reports total receipts of 140 747 17 and disbursements 21 200 26. The widow receives 119 538 91 for life, restating stock holdings including 72913 shares drug company, 500 preferred stock, and other assets. Florence Johnson receives 2000 as codicil adjusted bequest.
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Aldo Summer
Lampshire
Vermont
Drug Company
Miller & Arthur Drug Company
Quincey Store Foundry
Streckfus Steamboat Lines
Quincy Country Club
Florence Johnson
Masonic Temple Directors Meet in Annual Session
The annual meeting of the Masonic Temple association directors was held Wednesday night. Reports show debt on the Quincy Masons building is being reduced. Officers re-elected: President Emmett Howard treasurer Charles Oehrman secretary C Irwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple Association
Quincy Masons
Emmett Howard
Charles Oehlman
Irwin
Howard
Oehlman
W. L. King
Bodley Lodge
Charles Oehrman
Yserman Lodge
C.H. Wood
Quincy Lodge
S. Irwin
Lambert Lodge
Paul G. Duncan
Quincy
Expect Big Wheat Yield in Pike County
Farmers in Pike County predict the greatest spring wheat yield the county has ever known. Charles Domapang, a local real estate agent, reported the outlook to Quinges on Thursday. Last year fields averaged as high as sixty four bushels per acre with similar prospects now.
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Pike County
Charles Domapang
Delapfainm
Weather forecast for Illinois Missouri and town
Illinois expects partly cloudy skies with snow in the north on Friday and a colder night followed by generally fair and much colder conditions Saturday. Missouri forecast calls for a cold Friday night and a Saturday with partly cloudy skies and much colder air. The town section notes a cold wave at night in the north and west, with Saturday forecast to be largely fair and colder and winds from the northwest increasing.
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Illinois
Missouri
Town
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Greeley
Michigan
Wisconsin
Tinos
Wopb
Bushnell AL
Fineis
Lowden
Gerber
Edmund T. Perkins
Judicial District Bar Association
Court House
Illinois Highway Improvement Association
W. G. Edens
Highway Association
Truman T. Pierson
George D. Levi
J. G. Mullish
Chatten
Enoch R. Chatten
LL Barschbraun
Chicas
Eaton
G. N. Reiter
C. M. Powell
Portland Cement Association
MR. Thayer
J. A. Abrams
Lewis Institute
Frank Windes
Winnetka
William Ord
J. Fixmer
Board of Local Improvements
Abe Martin
Tilford
St Mary’s
Man
James Hite
Whig
Hampshire
Vhildren
George Beilstein
Near Payson
Flossie Cleft
Rolla
Roy Peters
Paulina
Anna
William
Walter Beilstein
Willam
Walter Bei
William Cardon
York Street
John Channon
Channon
Quincy Gas & Electric Company
Maine
Tie
Ilis
New York
Lea Morris
Memphis, Mo
Sammies
Camp Funston
Memphis
Summer
Masonic Temple
Ww A
McMein, Quincy Commandery
Laumett
Quines Consistory
Pike CO
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