World of Needs Whig Want Ads Chronicle Local Notices
Southeast Pike county plans a major wolf drive to protect crops across Hardin Pearl Monezauma and Detroit townships. Local residents visit Chicago and St Louis for family and business, while new hires and moves local shots include Edith Colvin joining Master in Chancery Doocy’s office and Charles Bailey relocating to El Dorado.
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Charles
Johnson
John H. Rainwater
Clarence
Julius
Chicago
Pike County
Hardin
Pearl
Monezuma
Detroit
Frank R. Harder
St. Louis
John Woods
Howe
East St. Louis
Wheeler Foote
Florida
Rebecca Jamesson
Teresa Howell
Ursa
George Decker
Bluffs
Harold Worman
Roger Parks
Richard Frazier
Edith Colvin
Edward Doocy
Charlea Bailey
el Dorado
Kan
Albert Strauss
Samuel Williams
Hiroutt College of Jacksonville
Hardin’ Westlake
Oquawka
Robert Meloan
Trappers urged to seek top prices for furs and hides
Rosen & Subeck at 918 Hampshire B8t offer the highest prices before shipping or selling furs and hides. Phone 613 for details.
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Vm. Dennish
Hampshire
Quincy
Ill
Rosen & Subeck
Proverbial Reflections on Conduct and Temperance
A compact collection of maxims on character and behavior. Observations warn that true kindness matters, greatness earned lasts, and popularity bought is hollow. Cautions against overindulgence, waste of time, and self-accountability feature across concise, period-voice observations.
Illnesses and visits fill Camp Point notes
A long list of local residents and visitors from Camp Point and nearby towns is recorded. The entries mention influenza and scarlet fever cases, hospital and clinic visits, travels to Quincy and Clayton, anniversaries and family news, plus business and social notes about residents and relatives across the region.
Local notices of moves and illnesses in Palmyra area
Henry Dunn plans a sale and will relocate to Palmyra to establish a new home. Murl Waller suffers from appendicitis while Gudie Turnbough visits her father in Poplar Bluff. Tom Marksbury resumes teaching after a long absence due to illness. Multiple farm transfers occur as families move, sell property, and take up new residences in the region. Several residents report illness. school closes due to sickness. neighbors visit and care for one another.
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Peoria
Rock Island
Quincy
North 6Th St
Henry Dunn
Palmyra
Murl Waller
Gudie Turnbough
Poplar Bluff
Melvin Libbee
Tom Marksbury
Dunn
Clarence Thomas
Philadelphia
Allyn Young
Iilinola
Monroe
John Chatfield
Billia McPike
Beryl Tipton
Joe Ballanger
Hannibal
Geo. Vickrey
Sid Parker
Grover Coleman
Henry Lunn
Leavig
Newt Pierce
Camp Point
C. Sparks
Hen Wilheit
Mr. Wilhutt
Gilmer Township
Harry Wilhott
H. B. Thomas
Ben Witholt
Ed Shubardt
Kraft
Hull
Johnson
Frank Martin
Singfried
Ferris
Local notices and personal updates from the era
Fred Halpin travels to Lovington Thi for a garage post after illness. Lucretia Lacy in St Louis plans an operation before returning. Maude Brenner spends the week with sister-in-law Mrs Earl Brenner and child in Auburn, with Mrs Harry Johnson of Decatur also mentioned.
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Fred Halpin
Lovington
Thi
Lucretia Lacy
St. Louis
Maude Brenner Iis
Earl Brenner
Auburn
Harry Johnson
Decatur
1200 Acre Macon County Farm Lands Auction
Powers estate offers 1200 acres of Macon County farm land for all buyers. Auctioneer Alexander McIntosh of Decatur Illinois will conduct the sale from the Powers Building at 210 Powers Building Decatur IL. Land suitable for crops and livestock with potential for development. (Note: multiple entities present)
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Macon County
Powers Building
Decatur, IL
Pershing Referred With British Title In Honours List
New York January 25 The British Who's Who 1919 lists General Sir John Joseph Pershing G C B A as commander in chief of the American expeditionary force in France. King George awarded the Grand Cross of the Bath on July 17 1918 and presented the decoration in August. The honor would make him a knight but it was honorary and as he is not a British subject he could not use the title Sir.
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New York
France
John Joseph Pershing
G. C. BA
King George
Order of the Bath
Pershing
Fliers Of Note Back On Ship Calmares
NEW YORK January 25 Major Victor C Parker of Flint Michigan who has served on the Italian front and Lieut A H Keith of Athens Texas a member of the French aviation service returned on the Calamares Lieut Keith was shot down last August after seven weeks of service as an observer while flying above Noyon He wore the Croix De Guerre The hospital ship Mercy landed her 390 sick and wounded Newspaper men were not allowed on board the Mercy and the identity of the wounded could not be obtained
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New York
Victor C. Parker
Flint
Mich
A. H. Keith
Athens
Texas
Keith
Noyon
Mercy
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M-45
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Care Whig
Totel
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Washington
Universal Focus
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Fasine
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J. K. Cumberland
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L-53
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6Th Bt
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J. B. Murphy
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RH. L. Fairbrother
Sixth Ave
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G. R. Cottrell
Wells Bldg
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Hull Garage
SAYVE
Ford
Smith Farm
Maine St. Central
Ford Station
W. F. McCready
North Sixth Ave
A. M. Barel
Stern Bldg
City of City
Springfield
Spruce St
Lewistown
Hal R
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Deeter
Liberty
Stauffer
Griggsville
Loren C. Cox
The
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Hampshire ST
Quincy Savings & Loan Office
T.C. Poling & CO
T. C. Poling
Samuel Woods
T. C. Poling, Jr
Blackstone Bldg
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Medill
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Hannibal, Mo
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Koetter Mattress Co
Elm St
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Edward Schutte
Bauhaus, Zwick & Co
Illinois
Wm. Bauhaus
Christian Zwick
Daugherty & Co
Maine
Iil
State Loan Co
Weiler Bros
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J. B. Stauffer
Fred Deeter
FE. Best
Maine Street
Sam Brooks
Chambersburg
Fred Bergman
Perry, Ill
Tom Dunham
Griggsville, MI
Fred Irvin
Griggsville, Ill
Camp Point, Ill
Ed Warmker
Clayton
Ethel
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Will Norris
Amea Erke
Lula
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Virginia
Loraine
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Ridder
Milton McVay
Sam McVay
Perry
Lon Babb
Clyde
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la Prairie
H. Grady
Kellerville
Edith
Martha Acklam
Garnet Eckert
Guy Poland
Louie Lefringhouse
Colby
Kansas
Thomas County
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Rheinold Schuhradt
Will Cramore
California
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Lawrence Terry
Mona Mae
Ralph Terry
Eugene
Everett Beckett
Shelbina
Elmer
New Castle
Ind
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Paloma
Arthur Gooding
Finley Carrott
Elmer Adams
Lost Prairie
Frank Mensendike
Ellen Ward
Ella Brierton
Will Steiner
Brookfield
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Tex
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Fowler
al Horner
Alvin Dickhut
Russell Maynard
William Davis
Hudson Rainier
Bert Castle
Galesburg
Frank Roberts
Quinty
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Daniel Hunsaker
Garnet Lohr
Columbus
Francis Taylor
W. W. McHatton
Val Strickler
Mound City
Bertha McCarty
Hf. Michels
Keokuk
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. FP. Church
Elizabeth Grimes
Misa Mildred Reynolds
A. R. Grumman
George Felsman
Steffenville
Louis Felsman
Nancy Sells
Jacksonville
M. H. Casey
Mary Smith
Center School
Judith Booth
Arthur Graves
Everett Stabler
Will Harris
Charles Shultz
Genevieve
Dick Shake
Coatsburg
William Asher
J. L. Myers
Mt. Sterling
Leonard Hoke
Carthage
Kir
F. D. Smith
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Dan Corrigan
Florence Downing
Golden
A. I. Smith
Ira Akers
Frank Wright
Oscar Smith
Roy
Maurice Nations
Polly
Cliff Sterrett
Ima
Missouri
Kisdly
MD Hisbald
AGEAT
Columbus, III
Pittsfield, Ill
Greatland Auction
Macon County Court House
Decatur, Ill
Pdecatur
Bearsdale
Huston
Oreana
Alexander McIntosh
Sir John J. Pershing
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