New Road Routes Set As Adams County Hears Public
Adams county residents press for changes to the proposed state aid road plan as the state aid committee meets in Quincy and Springfield. Delegations from Coatsburg Columbus Mendon Clayton North East and Keene seek route changes to improve countywide accessibility. The plan envisions about 20 miles of state aid roads with a potential bond issue of near one million dollars.
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Illinois Highway Commission
Springfield
State Aid
Adams County
L. L. Boyer
Quincy
State Aid Committee
Highway Commission
Court House
State Commission
James Cook
Board of Supervisors
Boyer
Coatsburg
Columbus
Mendon
Clayton
North East
Keene Townships
Liberty
Camp Point
Columbus Township
Man
Bernard
Gilmer
Burton
Bloomfield
Paloma
Mendon Township
Keene Township
Loraine
Augusta
Abe Martin quites writin to his mother over white paper
Abe Martin reports his friend Mr. Fernie Bud has stopped writing to his mother due to the east of white paper. A quoted Vue from Fawn Lippincut compares the public to a simple elephant unable to gauge its own strength, risking the egg trust.
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Fernie Bud
Fawn Lippincut
Claire Seeks New Trial After Murder Verdict
Elmer Claire, convicted of murdering Thomas Dennison by a jury Saturday, seeks a new trial as Judge Akers opens circuit court. Attorneys filed the motion Tuesday. the state will oppose. Also noted are sentences for Lucian Murray, Jodie Alten, George W Clark, and Charles Sconce on related charges in a string of court actions.
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Elmer Claire
Thomas Dennison
Akers
Claire
Ovenrs
Lucian Murray
Bennie Murray
Jodie Alten
Chester
George W. Clark
HY Thiemann
Charles Sconce
Lewis Miller
Penitentiars
Experts to Inspect Farm Books in Burton Today
Farmers from Burton township will bring farm account books to Burton town hall for inspection and guidance on the agricultural college system of farm book keeping. Experts Farmer Risk T C MM Case and FE V Bruington will review books issued last spring and explain the system. Similar sessions recently held in Mendon and Camp Point drew strong attendance.
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Burton Township
Agricultural College
Burton Town Hall
T. C. MM. Case
FE. V. Bruington
Farm Management Department
The
Mendon
Camp Point
Hartman Will Args Loraine Wife Executor In Probate
Joe Hartman of Loraine leaves all property to his wife Rose Hartman appointed executrix. August Berringer guardian for Bertha Berringer. Judge McVarl names Steven Lawlor conservator for Sarah R Heidrichs. Estate of Henry Krath nan shows real estate valued 1500 and cash 191. Nancy A Wible excentrix reports on Albert Wible estate with receipts 85100 and legacy 4729.85.
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Joe Hartman
Loraine
Rose Hartman
August Berringer
Bertha Berringer
McVarl
Steven Lawlor
Sarah R. Heidrichs
Henry Krathnan
Woods
Nancy A. Wible
Albert Wible
Self
Sheriff Asked to Locate 73YearOld Miller North of Quincy
Relatives on Tuesday urged Sheriff Coens to start a search for James M. Miller a 73 year old wood chopper who lived north of Quincy He may have fallen ill in the woods and perished from the cold He is five feet eight inches tall weighs 160 pounds and uses a cane He wore a black plush cap blue trousers and a gray overcoat Recent notes mention hot and cold earth zones beneath the surface.
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Coens
James M. Miller
Quincy
Miller
Haxel Proposes 755 Miles of Adams County Roads Plan
Dr C C Haxel of Fowler outlines a two part program to build 755 miles of gravel roads in Adams County. He would bond for 1 million dollars to construct 305 miles under state aid and use county funds to add 450 miles of county aid roads, funded by township and state allotments, with a county highway department and separate county aid and state aid road committees. He cites figures, road widths, and series phases to outline the plan and gain committee support.
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C. C. Haxel
Fowler
Adams County
Road Committee
Haxel
State Aid Roads Committee
Board of Supervisors
W Winvis State Highway Commission
Teaces Cook
State Aid Road Committee
Adkins County
Quincyans Meet in Chicago Court
Harry W. Gage and Charles W. Penfield, former Quincy boys, are cited in the Chicago Times regarding a bankruptcy matter. Judge Landis vacated a discharge order from 1915 after Gage disclosed over $40,000 in bank deposits belonging to Mrs. Gage and a $1,100 automobile tied to his wife. Gage filed a bankruptcy petition in May 1915 for $800.
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Harry W. Gage
Charles W. Penfield
Quincy
Chicago
Leland Avenue
Landis
Gage
Otto Schusterman
Advertising man S C Chapman joins Reib stores group
S C Chapman, an experienced Chicago advertising man, began work in Quincy Tuesday for J J Reib. He will oversee advertising for the three Reib stores in Quincy, Hannibal, and Peoria. Chapman previously worked at Sears Roebuck and later Carson Pire and Scott of Chicago. He is a high degree Mason and active in Rotary.
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S.C. Chapman
Chicago
Quincy
J. J. Reib
Reib
Annibal
Peoria
Sears, Roebuelk
Carson, Pire and Scott
Tle
Rotary
Saloonmen Enter Please of Not Guilty
Charles Adelpohl William J Mutz and B W Padgett the saloon men charged in informations filed Monday by States Attorney Adair with violating the Sunday closing law by keeping a tippling house open on Sunday were arraigned in county court Tuesday and entered pleas of not guilty Each defendant gave a 200 bond to answer when the cases are called in county court The date of the trials has not been fixed.
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Charles Adelpohl
William J. Mutz
B. W. Padgett
Adair
Tippling House
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Theresia Kaltanbach
We express heartfelt gratitude to relatives neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy shown during the illness and death of our beloved mother and grandmother Mrs Theresia Kaltanbach The children and grandchildren
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Theresia Kaltanbach
Wanted Her Baby Sent to Quincy By Parcel Post
A stranger in Centralia sought parcel post rates to ship her infant to Quincy. At Brown and Mays drug store she was told rates were unknown. Miss Gladys Herleman and Mr. Brown directed her to the express office, noting sending an infant by parcel post is impossible.
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Quincy
Brown and Mays
Gladys Herleman
Miss Herleman
Mr. Brown
Centralia
Adams County Needs More Spirit for Roads Boom
I J Furel urged Adams county to emulate coast push and improve roads in the court house Tuesday. Earel, back from a 5000 mile trip, praised coast vigor and urged local effort, saying Adams county could lead the world with a booming spirit and shared investment.
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Adams County
I. J
Jeff) Furel
Court House
Earel
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Riverside Township
Daho
W C T U Convention to Meet in McDonough Pike Counties
The Quincys Pulse reports the W C T U business meeting reviewing the Thursday convention of McDonough Brown Adams Hancock and Pike counties. State president Miss Helen Hood and state secretary Miss Ithel Marshall are planned attendees along with other officers. Mrs H B Dines led the session. Sheriff Recovers Auto from Fowler. car left by a traveling man was found and returned by Sheriff John Coens after Dr C C Haxel identified its whereabouts. Frank A Start and C F Marshall sail to Galesburg on an inspection trip with Chicago officials aboard a Burlington special train. John Go Clough and C F Marshall depart for Chicago to visit the auto show and Willard Battery convention.
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McDonough
Brown
Adams
Hancock
Pike
Helen Hood
Ithel Marshall
H. B. Dines
John Coens
Fowler
M. L. Meadow
West Quincy
C. C. Haxel
Frank A. Start
Quincy
Burlington
Galesburg
Chicago
John Go Clough
C. F. Marshall
Clough-Reithm Automobile Garage
Willard Battery Company
Weather calendar predicts cold midwest February
Cottrell claims his calendar has proved infallible and foresees blustery cold with heavy snow and 10 below zero snaps across the midwest in February. Quincy hosts next annual Illinois civil engineers convention after inviting Webster P. Bushnell. meeting in Chicago for last week approved Quincy as site. General Henry R. Hill is eyed as a mayoral candidate upon return from the south, per Judge Garner. A burglary attempt at J. H. Schnitker meat market yielded no robbery. ten pounds of beef were taken. Saloon proprietor 1 Potts is fined for disturbing the peace after a patron caused windows to be broken. Madge Hays also fined. Rev. W. C. Shank praised by C. A. Lewis in a letter describing their Portland years.
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Colder
Cottrel
George H. Cottrell
Middle West
Quincy
Illinois State Association of Civil Engineers
Chicago
Webster P. Bushnell
Quincey
Chamber of Commerce
Taxi Crash in Hampshire Street Intersection
An automobile driven by Dr. L A Nickerson traveling west on Hampshire Street struck a Krueger taxi at Eleventh Street. Taxi driver E A Thesen sustained slight bruises as the taxi front caved in and the car axle sprung.
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L. A. Nickerson
Hampshire Street
Krueger
E. A. Thesen
Pinch Back Coat Clue Lands Burglar In Custody
Charles McCoy alias Roy Roy of Springfield was arrested for burglarizing the Shontze home at 1612 Broadway. A pinch back overcoat with a buckle, seen leaving the scene, led detectives Koch Bumster and Scharnhorst to arrest him in a Hampshire Street restaurant where two watches rings an expensive lavalier and cash were found in his clothes.
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Charles McCoy
Roy Roy
Springfield
David Shontze
Broadway
Koch
Bumster and Scharnhorst
McCoy
Hampshire Street
Shontze
Shuntze
Buckle
Scharnhorst
Rumster
Quincy Rotary Hosts Guests at Tuesday Lunch
Quincy Rotary welcomed numerous guests at a Tuesday noon meeting. Edgar Wisherd spoke on fish and seafoods, noting his firm's Quincy business since 1880. Guests included A C Fell hake and others from local firms and national companies, with plans for joint meetings and a new Omaha Optical branch in Quincy.
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Quincy Rotary
Edgar Wisherd
Quincy
Kern
Rotary
S B C Athletic Meet Tuesday Night
Twenty two members of the South Side Boat club met in the gymnasium Tuesday evening for the semi weekly athletic exercises under Capt. Lymenstall. One basketball game and three volley ball games were played along with medicine ball throwing bag punching rowing machine exercises and other workouts. A smoker with piano music followed the gymnastics. There will be no meet Thursday night.
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South Side Boat Club
Capt. Lymenstall
Fire at Bowen grocery store destroys stock and causes damages
A blaze discovered around 5:13 a.m. at O A Cossart grocery in Bowen was put out with help from residents. Damages were about 600 dollars. Owner of the building is A H Bartholomew and Cossart owns the stock, having purchased it in April. Also noted is Mrs. Eliza L. Smith of 30 North Seventh Street gravely ill at home with reports of a critical condition and imminent death.
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Bartholomew
Eliza L. Smith
North Seventh Street
Smith
Garner declines a second mayoral bid in Quincy race
Former Quincy mayor and Republican candidate J Frank Garner says he will not enter this year’s mayoral race. He cites sacrifices and inadequate pay for a business man to neglect other work. Earl Caldwell Out announces candidacy for city treasurer, with petition to be filed soon. Caldwell is connected to the Quincy Phonograph and Art Company and formerly with the naval reserve, plus active in Masonic circles.
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J. Frank Garner
Quincy
Earl Caldwell
J. Earl Caldwell
Wil
Quincey Phonograph and Art Company
Caldwell
Naval Reserve
Gem City Moose Lodge forms booster club and plans initiations
Gem City lodge No 986 Loyal Order of Moose held its meeting electing County Clerk Billy Smith as booster club chairman. Forty one applications were approved with 21 by Archie Pape. Plans included initiations on Feb 6 and Feb 13, a big lunch, and a potential baseball club. Ben Starck chairs the prelims for the new bowling teams. A whist and dance is set for this evening and another on Feb 14. Marvellous Frazier, a lodge member, recently returned from vaudeville and will perform at an upcoming minstrel show.
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Gem City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Minster Booster Club
Billy Smith
Archie Pape
Ben Starck
Moose
Moose Heart Legion
Marvellous Frazier
Frazier
Death of Halsey M. Rogers After Long Illness
Halsey M. Rogers died Monday morning at the Soldiers Home hospital in Quincy after years of illness and a prior wreck injury. A Civil War veteran born in Port Byron New Mexico he was 68 and leaves two sisters in Galesburg. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 30 in the Olive Street home with Rev N T Allen. Interment in Linwood cemetery.
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Halsey M. Rogers
Soldiers Home Hospital
Galesburg Republican Register
Rogers
Falsey M. Rogers
Soldiers
Quincy
Town Central
Express Messenger
Peoria
Marie Sloan
H. T. Miles
Olive Street
F. A. Hyde
Mary and
Cherry Streets
Mites
N. T. Allen
Linwood Cemetery
Deeds and Court Commitments From Quincy Area
Deeds recorded Albert H. Krall to William Krall and Albert H. Bergman to E A Bergman and Theodore Poling to John A Mass cover lots and blocks in Quincy. Leonidas Thompson to Hugh Meyers conveys one acre out Into Mendon. A 12 year old, Sent to St Charles Thomas Sincot, delinquent, committed to boys training school by Judge McCain. An English invention for concrete flooring or roofing features riveted water tight joints.
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Albert H. Krall
William Krall
John Woods
Quincey
Albert H. Bergman
E. A. Bergman
Kehenbrinks
Quincy
Leonidas Thompson
Hugh Meyers
Mendon
Theodore Poling
John A. Mass
W. Poling
Cruttenden
St. Charles
Thomas Sincot
McCain
Bay
Quincy Streets
Mustered Out in Two Weeks for Illinois Troops
The Third Illinois infantry, home from the Mexican border, arrived at Springfield en route to Fort Sheridan for muster out. A car wreck in East St. Louis caused no serious injuries. quarantine at Fort Sheridan will last ten days, then barracks two weeks before discharge. Generals Hill and Will connected to local mayoral talk. Hill’s candidacy deemed unlikely until arrival. The unit then moved on to Chicago from San Antonio to Fort Sheridan.
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Illinois
Springfield
Fort Sheridan
Third
Ilinois Infantry
Freeport
Fil
Hill
Henry Will
Associated Press
Chicago
Cincago
Third Illinois Infantry
San Antonio
Funeral services for Mrs Linehan
Funeral services for Hettie R Linehan held at Finley residence chapel with Rev. E Muckley and Rev S Brinkman officiating. She died New Year’s morning at her daughter’s home in Portland. Survived by three daughters Mrs J Harvey Johnson Mrs Lloyd R Smith and Mrs E Nelson Allen. Interment Riverview. Pallbearers listed.
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Hettie R. Linehan
Faemierie
Quincy
Whig
Portland Sunday Journal
J. Harvey Johnson
Finley Residence
Christian Church
E. §. Muckley
S. Brinkman
English Lutheran Church
B. L. Markee
Jesus
John Montag
Oglesby Young
F. H. Damminsch
P. H. Stevenson
A. W. Moore
R. E. Bristow
Players All Set for K. C. Show
Directors notes that after one night of practice the Kansas City company in Putting It Over are ready for opening night. J A Darnaby says rehearsal went smoothly and any extra time would risk fatigue as the cast is set for the curtain tonight.
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K. C
J. A. Darnaby
Weather Prospects Across Midwest Regions
Illinois forecasts show rain or snow in the north and rain in the south on Wednesday, turning to snow and colder conditions with strong winds Thursday. Missouri faces snow and sharp cold by Wednesday afternoon or night, with a cold wave in the west and unsettled, severely cold Thursday with strong winds. Iowa expects snow and cooler conditions Wednesday with a south and west cold wave, followed by partly cloudy, severely cold Thursday with strong northerly winds.
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Missouri
Iowa
Local Temperature Readings Yesterday
Local temperatures yesterday ranged across various values with the highest near 43 and lower readings around 30. The brief notes include scattered numbers and illegible fragments, indicating regional readings without a clear city or date.
River Bulletin Stages Forecast At Keokuk and Quincy
River forecast shows minor changes in the next 26 hours with flood conditions at multiple stations. Stage readings list Keokuk and Quincy, with heights near 3.8 and 0.3 feet respectively, indicating modest rises amid general river activity.
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Keokuk
Quincy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adams County Board of Supervisors
Oscar Arntzen
James B. Cook
Robert McIntyre
Erlington
Cook
North East Township
State and Board of Supervisors
Abe Martin
S. C. Chapman
I. J. Earel
California
Hilt
Henry R. Fill
J. H. Schnitker
Maine Street
Potts
Front Street
Madge Hays
Hays
W. O. Shank
C. A. Lewis
Vermont Street
Wisherd
A. C. Fellhake
W. T. Duker
Frank N. Weems
Charles W. Leffingwell
International Harvester Company
G. S. Powell
Philadelphia
Aldo Sommer Company
J. J. C. Hale
Prof
Behrensmeyer
Gem City Business College
Mr. Chapman
Reid
Carson
Pirie Scott and Company
Catman
Buda Company
Odell
R. Sf. Wahlgren
Omaha Optical Company
Ed Reighard
Ralph Willis
Willis
Galesburg Rotary Club
Wahlgren
Omaha Rotary Club
S.B.C
Bowen
Garner
Gen. Hill
East St. Louis
Mrs. Linehan
Vate Whig
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