Who Owns Fish Washed Out of Private Water
In CHAMBERSBURG IL July 5 a circuit court case questions who owns fish from McGee creek levee waters. Wade Irving and Ed Dennis leased a lake and shipped minnows to markets, with Talbert seeking proceeds from the sale. Debates over lease legality and district ownership probe if fish belong to commissioners, Irving & Dennis, landowners, state, or God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambersburg
McGee Creek
Higbee
Wade Irving
McGee
Ed K. Dennis
Irving
Dennis
E. B. Talbert
McGee Creek Fevee
Orson Brooks
John B. Stone
Talbert
William
Barry Mumford
Depiig
Arg
Alderson Ake Dices
Ed Dennis
McGee District
Fie
Illinois
Illinois River
McGee Creek Levee
Irving & Dennis
Augusta area notes rise in social and school matters
Augusta residents host and visit relatives across towns including Golden, Plymouth and Rock Island. Albert Holmes named Golden High School principal for the coming term, with prior service at Bowen School. Various residents travel for business, family visits, and shopping as churches plan union services and a band concert enlivens town.
Birthday Celebrations and Local News From Epworth League
Mr and Mrs Fuller host Epworth league milestone for Violet Fuller and Wilbur Morrow born June 30. About one hundred guests enjoy ice cream and cake as lanterns glow along decorated tables. Lizzie Allen suffers finger amputation at a cream separator and gets stitched. Funeral services for Mr Clem Stoker, age 87, held Sunday with Rev Howerton. Stoker’s sister Mrs Sarah Workman had died recently. Various relatives attend from Williamstown Colony Knox City and nearby, with other local notices of illness and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Fuller
Epworth League
Violet
Wilbur Morrow
Lizzie Allen
Carter
LaBelle
Lizzie
Williamstown
Colony
Knox City
Clem Stoker
Howerton
Stoker
C. A. Workman
Sarah Workman
Cecil Towles
Ereei Day
St. Louis
Plainville Visitors Share Newsful Week
Mrs. Charles Fusselman and daughter visited in Plainville with Mr. and Mrs. James Hendricks on Wednesday. Mrs. Eliza Williams, sister of Mrs. Orvilla Flicks, is from Oklahoma visiting for a few weeks. Al Hartshorn returned home from Hamilton where he visited his daughter. John Redman hauled hogs to Hill for Aura Redman. The past week has brought July weather farmers need. clover and hay harvest has begun. Dr. Aleshire was called to see Mrs. Al Moore who is ill. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Redman called on Aura Redman and wife Sunday. Mrs. Mike Flicks and daughter in law and Mrs. Louie Vicker of Barry called on Mrs. Flicks Thursday. Mrs. William and June Rice visited J. E. Redman and Carrie Redman Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy of Barry visited her daughter, Mrs. Martha Campbell, Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fusselman
Plainville
James Hendricks
Eliza Williams
Orvilla F Licks
Oklahoma
al. Hartshorn
Hamilton
Ailein McCrory
John Redman
Hhill
Aura Redman
Dr. Aleshire
al. Moore
Grover Redman
Mike Flicks
Louie Vicker
Barry
Flicks
William
June Rice
J. E. Redman
Carrie Redman
John Quincy
Martha Campbell
Henry Davis
Near
Rushville
Quincy
Haxel
William Heaton
Cora
Madeline Kemp
Elmer Dempsey
Marie
Myrtle Haley
Mt. Sterling
Frank Seckman
Bessie Farrell
William Pilcher
William Davis
F. M. Tweedell
Coatsburg
George Petre
C. F. Hubert
Fred Heins
Winnifred
Minnie
Anna Smith
Grace
Mary Tweedell
Edwin Whittler
Harry Walbring
Heaton
Wilkes Bilcher
Ee An Illiam Pilcher Jr
Camp Point
Roy Aneal
William Aneal
Local visits span Tioga to Quincy in Biographical Recap
Mr and Mrs Lewis Bruenger of Teoria and Mrs Farnsworth of Cissna Park visit relatives. Mil waukee visitors Julius Barth call on Mrs Lading. Staal family spends Sunday with Jingst near Sutter. Enaminger and Troutvetter attend Carthage, Weiler and Frazier shop in Quincy. Shildman families guests of Shildman near Sutter and West Point. Ed Anderson and Ida Fay visit Stillwell. Hazel Lihredrich sees Carrie Eshom near Lima. Lawrence Kolzenburg visits Keokuk for business. Van Anderson and family visit R Vradenburg near Haines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Fay
A. Elston
Stillwell
Hazel Lihredrich
Carrie Eshom
Lima
Lawrence Kolzenburg
Keokuk
van Anderson
R. Vradenburg
Ifaines
War Widows in England to Be Remarried Abroad
Salvation Army launches a plan to move war widows from the British Isles to overseas dominions to remarry. A $1,000,000 fund would cover emigration costs averaging 75 dollars for a single woman and 200 dollars for a family of three, aiming to resettle about 5,000 widows and 10,000 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Isles
Empire
Dominions
Salvation Army
Trading Horses Yet Always Aiming For The Best
A terse aphorism notes that men who trade horses expect to win but understand the odds against them, estimating roughly a hundred to one in their favor. The line captures a gambler’s mindset about bargaining and risk in equine exchanges.
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments in men and women and regulate bladder issues in children. It promises mail autographed treatment for $1 and offers testimonials. Dr. Al W. Hall advertises at 2928 Olive Street, St. Louis, Missouri, with distribution by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
al W. Hall
Olivre Street
J. Louis, Mo
Philadelphia Missouri Newsnotes and Social Roundup
The column records visits and travels of residents and visitors around Philadelphia and Nelsonville, naming Thelma Chipman, Dolores Haggard, Lola Hanger, Gladys Thomas Wednes day, Maude Hamilton and Lenella Gooch, Bessie Norfleet, Anna Mayme, Clay Gibbons, Raymond McKamey, C. E. Leggett, Walter Leggett, Kathryn Waller, Rose Stewart, Evelyn McPike, Opal Crane, T. J. Crane, and other locals. It notes social events including an ice cream social by Baptist church members with crowds from Hannibal Palmyra Emerson and Warren, plus numerous calls on neighbors, visits with kin, and travel to Palmyra, Warren, Hunnewell, Emerson, and Quincy areas. Weather briefly mentions extreme warm spell benefiting crops with rain needed for plowing. A Hannibal team is slated to play Philadelphia next Sunday, July 9, and several entries mention aging, health notes and recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thelma Chipman
Nelsonville
Dolores Haggard
Lola Hanger
Gladys Thomas
Maude Hamilton
Lenella Gooch
Mra
M. J. Callahan
Palmyra
Bud Ragar
Charles Chipman
Bessie Norfleet
Anna Mayme
Clay Gibbons
Raymond McKamey
C. E. Leggett
Walter
Kathryn Waller
Robert Gibbons
Kate Sams
Robert Sams
Rose Stewart
Carson Babb
Emden
Gertrude Crane
John Jackson
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Hannibal
Emerson and Warren
Ed Kerrick
Howard Cort
O Cort
J. B. Sams
A. P. McPike
Cliff Freeman
Raymond Phillips
Warren
Thelma McClintic
Golden Ball
Miss Ball
Russell Phillips
Pearl
Oma
Wylie Coleman
Gene Ragar
Joe Powell
Ilinois
Elmer Powell
Dudley Hutcherson
New Mexico
Francis Powell
Primrose, Hock
William
William Crane
Aubry Allen
Anna M. Phillips
Maxine Glasscock
Juliet Tipton
B. F. Lake
Eugene McGlassen
Edith Potter
Misses McGlassen
T. J. Crane
Lula
Bertha Dinwiddie
William Tipton
Carl Frederick
Guy Vanlandingham
G. H. Terril
Tittle Geraldine Crane
Emmett Rhodes
Neals, Donnelson, Woods
Mr. South of Maywood
Drexel Martin
Burton Stanley
James Rhodes
Lafe Hutcherson
Perry Ill Chronicle of Local People and Events
Local notes itemize visits and arrivals in Perry Illinois including Myrtle Six from Hull NL staying with brother Harvey Six, Chicago guests Logan Mulline and son, J. Cockill buying a car, trips to Quincy by Dunn Hoethin Reid and Vanpelt, births to Frank Meats and William Leich families, a wagon accident injuring Miss John A Reid and Hazel, deaths of Mrs Frank Baldwin of Hannibal, Missouri, funeral details, Prof Keith from Chicago visiting, Lois Willard accompanying Louella Yockey home, Vertrees renting property, Mrs W C Hume and Catherine Burd visiting from Oklahoma City, Mrs Nancy Remington planning move, Rev Bartine of Pittsfield visiting, and other mild local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry, Ill
Myrtle Six
Hull
Harvey
Logan Mulline
Chicago
J. ©. Cockill
Dr. Dunn
Charles Hoethin
John A. Reid
Earl Vanpelt
Quincy
Frank Meats
William Leich
Hazel
Frank Baldwin
Hannibal
Baldwin
Perry
Laomi Gerard
George Gerard
John James
Harvey McLoughlin
Prof
Keith
Lois Willard
la Prairie
Louella Yockey
Vertrees
F. C. Moore
Hardy
Chambersburg
James Gerard
Palmyra Notes Quiet Fourth and Local Visits
Miss Frankie Connell of Hannibal visited the court house in Palmyra, while Alf McPike of Philadelphia was there on business. A quiet Fourth was observed in Palmyra, with many attending a Hannibal baseball game and families picnic at North and South rivers. Mrs. J. F. Renshaw and Miss Alma Lane were guests of relatives, and Miss Jeannette Howard plans a summer visit with Cincinnati relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Frankie Connell
Hannibal
Court House
Alf McPike
Philadelphia
Madeline Drummond
Emily Allison
Sewanee
Tenn
Rothweiler
South River
J. F. Renshaw
Monroe City
Ben Stevenson
Alma Lane
William DeGarigs
Rattbal
Frank W. Lana
Gome
Presbyterian Church
West Virginia
Jeannette Howard
Cigcanati, O
Paying pensions to the blind in Pike County
Pike County pays out 1500 dollars yearly for blind pensions under a July 1 1915 law. Ten residents receive 150 dollars annually each, while 27 applications have been filed and 17 rejected. The list includes B P Williams Griggsville Theodore Kra mer Pittsfield and others. Camp Dunne visits and local social notes follow with multiple residents mentioned.
Conferees Agree On Harbors Bill Amount
Conferees on the river and harbor appropriation bill have accepted a measure totaling 42,886,085 dollars. The House had approved 39,600,000 dollars, while the Senate favored 44,000,000 dollars. Amendments include adjustments to Mississippi and Lake Michigan water use and river improvements.
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Washington
House
Senate
Lake Michigan
Hilinois
Hllinois
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Prices For Hay And Grain From Local Markets
Detailed price list for hay and grain products, livestock, and by products from local market sources. Includes wheat, corn, oats, straw, alfalfa, clover, flour, animal feed, hogs, sheep, poultry, eggs, butter, hides, wool, and related commodities with varied price ranges and bulk measures. Includes notes on local stock yards and butcher quotations.
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Ing
MIL
Knollenbeling Company
Geo
Graham
Bolles & Rogers
Western
Med
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Alcorn Ke Hunt
Oxtal
Newz
Mares
Ercel
Fox River
Clark County
Bee
Walter Dare
Z. L. Adams
Ica
Adda
E. H. Roberts
Helen Bounceville
A. W. Carmack
Robert Allen
Augusta
III
W. L Smith
Golden
Albert Holmes
Golden High School
Bowen School
Ernest Reaugh
Carthage
Harriet White
Plymouth
Lewis Toby
A. O. Howd
Mildred
Ethel Wood
Jean Foote
Mra Mattic
Fred Leach
Frederick
Rock Island
Anna Danz
Theodore Balfour
Sarah Gorden
Greeley
Colo
Albert Estes
R. B. Roberts
Tosie DeGroot
Brimfield
Julia Gordon
Great Falls
Mont
Charles Gordon
Ruth Burner
Galdine Hurdle
Lester Fahey
Ollie Fahey
Blayche Davis
Urbana
Tit
Iame
Nancy Davis
Carol
Mattie
Dr. Camp
Brooklyn
Albert Boderhamer
Vera
Edward Wade
Deer Ridge, MO
Richfield, III
England
Wien
Earl Deering
Hester
Rev
J. R. Rhodes
Fowler, III
Pike County
Pittsfield
B. P. Williams
Griggsville
Theodore Kramer
Robert F. Watson
Nebo
Mary P Barnett
Edna Benson
Kinderhook
Jackson Clatterbuck
Mary A. DeRouse
Baylis
Hester Fox
William Wyreman
New Salem
Martin Kelly
Camp Dunne
Springfield
Ross Shaw
Charles and
Harold
Otto Gicker
J. H. Barber
Floyd Atlen
Elmer Jex
Henry Strauss
Selby Foreman
Helen
Bernice Peters
Bert Hayes
Pike
Robert Lyles
Cook
Kansas City
Lyles
Woods
Detroit
Mich
Lucinda Madison
Minnie Coby
State Institution For the Blind
Jacksonville
C. I. Doss
John Holman
King Mill
Anderson
Ray N. Anderson
Fern Robison
Otis Lovell
Harry Beedle
Frank Troutner
Mike Carroll
Morris Turner
Victor Williams
Frank Shadel
F. L. Hanscom
Congregational Church
Knights of the Silver Key
Little Blue Creek
Charles Carey
Bertram McKnight
Loren Hanscom
Tom Binns
Russell Nicecum
Earl Bradshaw
Presley Williamson
Clayton Williams
Winthrop
Hooper
Stribinger
Dickason
el Dara
Stribingers
Mary Lloyd
Toe Gully
Gertie Brummel
Charles Durr
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Q. Stock Yards
Car Lot
Home Butchery Company
Maine Street
Raattea
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