First Sociability Run Proves Great Success
Grimed with dust yet jubilant the Quincyans returned home from the Cham ber of Commerce first sociability run covering over 100 miles through southern Adams and northern Pike counties. Stops in nine towns featured welcome crowds, lemonade, and friendly chats as banks, offices, and shops hosted visitors. The tour emphasized local crops, countryside beauty, and town pride with stops from Payson to Marblehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Adams County
Pike County
Quincy
Abott
Abbott
Charlotte Abbott
Rebecca K. Perry
C. F. Perry
Maine Street
Judge Perry
J. R. Pearce
Bankers
Maine
Paygon
Payson
Pfanschmidt
W. C. Cosgrove
Charles Gabriel
Dr. E. Gabriel
William Habbighurst
George Warne
E. P. Maher
Payson Times
Charles Cosgrove
C. L. Martin
Kinderhook
Barry
Illinois
Conan
Frank Retallic
First National Bank
Frank Re
Blair
Ed Lake
W. W. McDonell
W. N. Bart
Ray Ware
W. S. Gillie
D. Williamson
John
New Canton
Kaiser Creek
J. R. Early
R. Matkinson
H. Koeller
W. G. Brown
Max Jacobson
M. D. Massie
G. A. Gilbert
R. BE. Funk
Frank Hopkins
New Canton Press
Abe Martins Quip on Marriage and City Life
Local humor mentions Abe Martin noting it is cheaper to marry a girl who cannot plan than to stay downtown. Pinky Kerr reportedly bought a $12 suit at Indynaplus yesterday while attempting to cross the street as if he had lived there, reflecting small town satire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinky Kerr
Indynaplus Yisterday
Red View and Elsie Janis Tie in Plymout h Races
Red View owned by William Fields of this city broke even with Elsie Janis owned by A H McWhinney of Macomb in Plymouth races on Wednesday. The horses wore out and the purse was split. Red View placed second in heat one, won heat two and heat three, and was second in heat four. fifth heat time was 2 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red View
William Fields
Elsie Janis
A. H. McWhinney
Macomb
Plymouth
Japs Reach Finals In Missouri Valley Doubles
In St Louis Japan’s Mikami and Kumagae defeated Van Ruppert and Gautier to advance to the finals of the Missouri Valley sectional doubles. Kumagai also advanced to the semi finals in Central States singles.
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ST. Louis
van Ruppert
Gautier
Mikami
Kumagae
Japan
Kumagie
Bluejacket Moves to Cincinnati Under Reds Sanction
Jon Bluejacket, suspended by Bloomington for not obeying club rules, will be transferred to the Cincinnati Reds if Gerry Herrmann approves the deal. Bloomington would receive cash if Bluejacket proves successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Bluejacket
Bloomington
Cincinnati Reds
Gerry Herrmann
Bluejacket
Brig. Gen. Hill Now In Command Of Illinois Troops
Brigadier General Henry R. Hill is reported in command of the Illinois forces in San Antonio Texas after General D. Jack Foster fell ill and was sent to a hospital. In Quincy military news centers on Naval reserves drill and Company F recruiting for rifle range duty. Col. Center will inspect Wednesday night. machine guns reportedly delayed and may not arrive until Springfield encampment ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Hill
San Antonio
Tex
Hill
D. Jack Foster
Quincy
Naval
Col. C. D. Center
Springfield
Tables Are Turned On The Plaintiff
Sherman McGovern sought to fine neighbor William Carter for peace disturbance in police court on Thursday. Evidence showed McGovern as aggressor. Carter discharged and later charged McGovern with assault by hammer. Engels couple fined for peace disturbance. Luther Goodwin fined for assault on a bartender. Denny avoided prosecution after apology. Moecker fined. John Smith fined for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman McGovern
William Carter
McGovern
Carter
State Street
Second
Third Streets
Anton Engels
Louise Engels
Herman Enghauser
Engels
Enghauser
North Tenth Street
Cherry
Cedar Streets
Goodwin
Luther Goodwin
John B. Daly
Franklin House
Eugene Denny
Joseph Forsthove
Denny
Forsthove
William Moecker
Snyder Company
William Ryan
Moecker
John Smith
Three Fire Alarms Reported Thursday Afternoon and Evening
Fire department responded to three alarms on Thursday. At 1:40 p.m. engines 2 and 7 found paper and trash burning behind a barn at 721 North Sixth Street, quickly controlled with no damage. At 5:25 p.m. engines 2, 3 and 8 tackled grass burning in an alley between Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets and Jersey and York. Later at 7:53 p.m. engines 2 and 6 investigated rubbish burning in the alley behind Bush Foundry and Metal Wheel Company. they were not needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Sixth Street
W. T. Snyder
Jersey
York
Broadway
Spring
Bush Foundry and Metal Wheel Company
Country Donations Help Feed Forty War-Affected Children
Forty children are fed daily at the Cheerful Home nursery with fruits and vegetables donated from rural friends. Children whose mothers are at work during the day receive a substantial dinner, and those who can pay five cents do so. others eat for free. Members of the militia and naval reserves begin receiving $42 yearly from July 1, with $1 paid for each of 42 annual drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerful Home
United States
Osmon B. Gordon to Observe 71st Birthday Today
Osmon B. Gordon of 205 South Sixteenth Street connected with Gordon Shoe company will observe his seventy first birthday anniversary today. Born in Fremont New Hampshire on July 7 1845 he came west in the year 18h.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmon B. Gordon
South Sixteenth Street
Gordon Shoe Company
Mr. Gordon
Fremont
N. H
P. B. Williams
South Eighteenth Street
Former Quincy Man Drowns at Hannibal
Arthur Krueger 28 formerly of Quincy and now of Hannibal drowned in a slough opposite Hannibal Thursday afternoon after cramps struck while he swam back toward his party. He leaves a wife and two young children. His brothers Benjamin Charles and Harry of Hannibal were with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Krueger
Hannibal
Mr. Krueger
Shepherd
van Buren Street
Benjamin
Charles
Harry
Somers 15 Returns From Peoria to Quincy Bay
The U S S Somers steamed into Quincy bay at 4 PM Thursday from Peoria marking a record trip. The voyage faced low water and shifting channels en route but the return trip went without mishap. Preparations for a Cuba cruise and the final reserves drill were held at the armory last night with complete equipment issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. S
Scholarships Awarded To Payson High Graduates
Miss Merle Blauser and Miss Margaret Elliott, graduates of Payson High School, received the Charles W. Seymour Memorial scholarships at Knox College Galesburg. The awards, among three funded by H. M. Seymour of Payson, honor Charles W. Seymour and his wish for Payson graduates to pursue higher education or teaching. The donor, a Knox College alumnus, endowed the gifts after the Payson Memorial High School was named in his honor following Charles Seymour's accidental death from a baseball injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson
Merle Blauser
Margaret Elliott
Charles W. Seymour
Knox College
Galesburg
H. M. Seymour
Payson High School
Seymour
Knox
Charles
River Ripples Steamboat Movements Reported
The Quincy arrives from St Louis at 10 am to St Paul with a good passenger list. Dubuque travels from Keokuk at 9 am toward St Louis. Helen Blair travels Davenport to return by 3 pm. Keokuk steamer due at 10:30 am from Keokuk, leaves at 3 pm. Dubuque to arrive from St Louis at 6 am Saturday, bound for Keokuk and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
St. Louis
St. Paul
Dubuque
Keokuk
Helen Blair
Davenport
Burlington
Wasteriay
Fi Quincey
Hannibal
Louisiana
Births and local notes from Ewing and Clayton
Birth announcements report a son born to Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Terpening of Ewing Missouri at Hannibal hospital on Wednesday night. Another birth to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy at 837 Vermont Street, a son, Thursday morning. Fall Creek Township notes show Farmer Rusk on the Rogers farm as part of a general farm inspection. a telegram to County Recorder James Buffington conveyed the Terpening news. Cora Seibel of Clayton leaves for Ward Colorado to stay two months. Mr. Rusk’s father ill with typhoid in Columbia. wife and daughter accompanying him in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Terpening
Ewing, Mo
Hannibal Hospital
Fall Creek Township
Rusk
E. A. Rogers
Quincy
E. Bryant
Misa Cora Seibel
Clayton
Ward
Colorado
Reverend T L Smith Elected President at Decatur Convention
The Wood River Baptist Sunday School convention in Antioch Baptist church Decatur elected Rev. T L Smith of Quincy as president. Notable visitors included Rev E H Fletcher of Chicago and Rev Ernest Hall of Atlanta with several other ministers. officers also installed on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Smith
Quincy, Ill
Teachers’ Institute
Wood River Baptist Sunday School Convention
Antioch Baptist Church
Decatur
Wood River Sunday School
E. H. Fletcher
Chicago
F. Pennick
Kewanee
B. M. Scott
Galesburg
E. H. Borden
B. D
Beaumont
Tex
Ernest Hall
Atlanta
G. C. Mason
Alton
F. Snowden
Paris
Florence Cook
Quincy
James Crockett
Quincy Pulse Held on Serious Charge
John Heideman a Riverside township farmer was arraigned on a bastardy charge brought by Phoebe Brown. Heideman in poor health from tuberculosis had hearing continued to July 15 and was released on own recognizance. Three of Mrs. Browns legitimate children were recently declared dependent in county court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heideman
Riverside Township
E. J. Bonney
Phoebe Brown
Babe
Heideman
St Louis conference backs drainage aid in Mississippi lands
Drainage commissioners from over 130000 acres around Quincy and other districts urged the Mississippi River Commission to grant United States funds for levee construction. Officials like Col Townsend and Col C M Thompson heard maps, profiles and cost estimates from district representatives. A related bill advancing aid in Congress drew cautious support as floods threaten floodplain farms and river navigation benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Cairo
Mississippi River Commission
St. Louis
United States
Col. C. McD. Thompson
Engineer Corps
United States Army
Col. Townsend
Congress
House
Senate
Mississippi
Kingdom of Reclamation
J. H. Best
Ilinois State Bank
Fabius River
Quincy
Best
Jacob Harmon
Fabius
Missouri
Marion County
Orpet Case Nears Close With Expert Testimony
Testimony from chemists and an alienist framed the endgame as Orpet’s trial nears closure. Experts debated whether greenhouse poison matched cyanide potassium or sodium cyanide and whether a surface film could leave no stain on Marion’s coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpet
Young Orpet
Marion
Hevener
E. O Orpet
French
Lake Forest
Hevenor
David RR. Joslyn
Ralph J. Cady
Dr. McNally
Wesener
Ur Krohn
Weather forecast for Midwest states this Friday and Saturday
Illinois fair in north and central regions with rain and cooler in extreme south. Taton Friday through Saturday shows rain and cooler with increasing northeast winds. Missouri fair with rising cloudiness in north and rain and cooler in south, then rain and cooler in north with northeast winds. Iowa fair Friday and Saturday with increasing cloudiness and some shower potential in western and southern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
River Forecast Narrow Changes Across Region
The river from below Warsaw to Quincey will change little while from Hannibal to Louisiana it will fall slowly over the next 36 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Quincey
Hannibal
Louisiana
Laborers Wanted at North Front Street Site
Laborers sought early this morning at S14 North Front St between 4 and 6.00am. Wages 2k per day. Interested workers should call 606-7. Reward offered. Paver and plate work noted. details from Maine Street area near 10th. July 6 noted as Thursday afternoon.
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North Front St
Maine Street
Tfth
Asd
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Northern Pike
Plainville
Fusselman, Carter & Waters General
Frank Waters
Earl Fusselman
A. M. Carter
A. P. Seeley
Harry Madison
The
L. Chasteen
Edyvar Lippincott
Henry Hoffmeister
E. E. Ellis
Ray Cooley
T. R. Kemp
Rockport
Ji. W. Haines
C. S. Rupert
W. H. Goodwin
W. A. Maher
Hull
J. F. Lacey
A. N. Althoff
George Loy
Everett Lawrence
Russell Florence
Pall Creek
Marblehead
Fall Creek
W. J. Singleton
Harvey Riggs
Harry Heidbreder
J. L. Duker
F. W. Crane
Mayor Abbott
W. K. Abbott
Rebecca Perry
Otis Arnold
CC. Crooks
C. C. Crooks
W. T. Eddys
George Levi
J. B. Thomas
Charles Eichenaur
William Nichols
Frank Baldon
Peintz
Nicholas
Herman Heintz
C.S. Ryan
W. O A. Martin
W. A. Martin
William Schlagenhaus
Robert Switver
G. O. Thompson
Fisk Tire
Fort
Fiske Automobile Tire Agency
Abe Martin
Cincinnati
Brig. Gen. Hill
Gen. Foster
S. McGovern
W. Carter
Slough
U.S
Somers
Peoria
Cuba
Quincy Colored
Baptist Teachers’ Institute
E. Wallace
Monmouth
Laura Lafayette
Jacksonville
J. Anderson
East St. Louis
Ora Owens
Georgia Osby
J. Johnson
Idella Phillips
Arion Maennercher
Arion Park
Turner Hall
Loclock
Quincy Power Boat Club
Jake A. Kellum
North Dakota
Clifford Kelly
N. J
Orpheum
Larry Finch
Finch
Secret Service
Company FP
G W. Hill
Orpheum Theater
Porter Dunbar
Kentucky Street
Attorney Glahn
B. F. Glahn
Palmyra
Gregory
Edmund D. Perkins
Lima Lake
South Quines
William Severns
South Quincy
John Inghram
Lima Lake District
I. C. Gay
Say
Elsberry
Wilkerson
Krohn
River Bullet
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