Traveling men hear Pierson and Wall in Quincy
A joint session of the Travelers Protective Association and United Commercial Travelers met at Elks hall in Quincy with under 75 attendees due to bad weather. Attendees heard talks by John E. Wall and Truman T. Pierson on thrift stamps and boosting Quincy, with emphasis on traveling salesmen promoting the city through their routes and the Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers’ Protective Association
United Commercial ‘Travelers
Elks’ Hall
John E. Wall
Truman T. Pierson
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Perry C. Ellis
J. J. Moriarity
Moriarity
Riverview Park
Hackman
Quincy
Wall
New Jersey
Chamber of Commerce
Julius Caesar
Specialist Dr Chapman Arrives as Quincey Physio Healer
Specialist Dr Chapman is the only physio medical physician to visit Quincey. His treatments assist nature to heal the skin in a remarkable manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman
Quincey
August Street's New Residence at Twentieth and Spring
August Street's new home at Twentieth and Spring streets in Quincy will be completed within weeks. The eight room brick dwelling features a large central hall, a broad porch, and a 20 by 26 foot living room with fine woodwork. Four bedrooms occupy the second floor, all finished in quarter sawn oak. Architect Martin J. Geise. builders Henry Brinks & Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Street
Twentieth and
Spring Streets
Quincy
Twentieth Street
Martin J. Geise
Henry Brinks & Son
Cooperation strengthens city through Chamber spokes
The passage argues that loyal citizens and organizations should cooperate for progress. Quincy is likened to a wheel with the Chamber of Commerce as hub and other groups as spokes, each bearing responsibility. Cooperation strengthens all, while maintaining each entity’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Quincy
Automobile liability and agency in sales disputes in court
A motor vehicle case notes that a driver is not liable for a guest’s injuries when the guest knew the route and failed to warn the driver. It cites Jacobs v Jacobs and records on fraudulent mortgages in stock goods sales. A bank loan case, Border National Bank v Coupland, involves automobile display and sale rights. A plaintiff buyer bases trust on an agent’s apparent authority in a car sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Rev. St. Tex
Border Nat. Bank
Coupland
Vlaintiff
Plaintiff
Tield
Automobile litigation and negligence precedents cited
The excerpt cites multiple cases on auto defects waiving rescission rights, driver use of streetcar tracks, contributory negligence in railroad crossings, and storage of cars near public streets. Key rulings involve Sherman vs. Auto Bankers, J. S. Case Threshing Mach. Co. vs. Rachel, Langford vs. San Diego Electric By. Co., Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Co. vs. Williams, and Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville By. Co. vs. Phorl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Threshing Mach. Co
Rachel
S. W
Texas
Langford
San Diego
Yazoo
Mississippi
Valley Av. Co
Willams
Miss
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
By. Co
Phorl
N. E
Ind
Chicago Auto Show Opens with Gov Lowden Address
Chicago's 18th annual automobile show opened Saturday with Gov. Lowden delivering the address. The exhibit features nearly the entire American auto industry with 400 cars from 93 makes on display and 258 accessory and motoring paraphernalia makers represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lowden
Visits and Moves Round Griggsville Illinois Community
Griggsville Illinois residents share visits and relocations from Pittsfield to Lamar Missouri to Perry and Quincy. Mrs Helen Berry visited her parents while Miss Mary Katch stayed with Miss fessa Mullady. Emma Hoke returned from Lamar with her son William Spiker family. Edward Spiker and Mary Dorsey family host in Perry. Fostered by Doane family plans to move to southern Texas for health. Beulah Cadwell and Mrs Northup travel to Quincy. Wabash night operator Beon Stead injured, Arthur Stauffer filling vacancy. Joe Wade hosts a gathering. Ray Thackerway welcomed guests in their country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Berry
Pittsfield
Joshua Dunham
Mary Katch
Fessa Mullady
Mary Hoke
Emma
Lamar
Willam
Edward Spiker
Perry
Mary Dorsey
Anson Northup
Beulah Cadwell
Quincy
Vel Doane
Fred Grill
Texas
Fred Doane
Mr. Doane
Ezra Doane
Redeccr Leach
John Weber
Beon Stead
Arthur Stauffer
Joe Wade
Ray Thackerway
New Dewey School Finest Structure in City
The 1917 Dewey school in Quincy’s Walton Heights district opens as a model institution praised by Gary Indiana educators. Built by Buerkin & Kaempen, designed by George P. Behrensmeyer, the 120 by 180 foot two story brick structure houses nine classrooms a large auditorium manual training domestic science gym and library with optimal lighting and ventilation. Principal ER. N. Stacy and seven teachers will lead the new campus costing about 90000 dollars to complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey
Quincy
Walton Heights
United States
Gary
Ind
Board of Education
Quincey
Buerkin & Kaempen
George P. Behrensmeyer
St. Louis
Chicago
Illinois
ER. N. Stacy
Dinner Honors McKinney Moving to Neoga NL
A dinner Wednesday evening honored Mr and Mrs Robert McKinney who are moving to Neoga NL where he will oversee the Watson orchards. His brother Harry will relocate from Quincy to fill the vacancy. Miss Margaret Waters visits friends in Quincy and Hannibal. Charles Atwood and daughter Faye attended the funeral of his mother Mrs Emerson Bloyd in Bluffs Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McKinney
Neoga
Watson Orchards
Harry
Quincy
Margaret Waters
Hannibal
Charles Atwood
Faye
Emerson Bloyd
Bluffs
Wood’s Near Imperishable Nature Defined in Abridged Claim
Wood is nearly imperishable and, if safeguarded from organisms, both animal and vegetable, it will essentially endure indefinitely.
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Pierson
John Wall
G. W. Chapman
Nner
4Th Street
Quincy Cleaning and Dyeing Co
Sherman Vs
Auto Bankers
N.Y. S
Maine
Overland Automobile CO
F. R. Luskmer
New Dewey School
Warners
Me Bes
Warner's Sale Remedica Co
Rochester, N. Y
Kessell’s
Willard
Willard Service
Clough-Reihm CO
18Th
Broadway
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