Chamber Of Commerce to Work With Farm Association
A gathering praised the collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce and the Farm Improvement Association. Leaders from both groups spoke of a joint program, with Farm Improvement leading activities and inviting Chamber members. The new building will house the farm adviser on its second floor, signaling closer cooperation and shared aims.
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Chamber of Commerce
Camp Point
L. By -Léaper
Lima
J.B. Thomas
Columbus
D. H. Meyers
Mendon
George
Dean
Adams
J. Ebs ‘Meatheringham
Camp Poist
Rusk
C.F. “Perry
Improvement Association
Theta
Farm Improvement ‘Association
Farm
Committees Seek Additional Funds for Street Work
City council, board of supervisors, and Melrose township report Twenty fourth street from State to Harrison needs 1000 to complete improving. So far 200 by city, 200 by supervisors, and 130 by Melrose approved. City to supply macadam free. bids to be invited and contract let. Road remains badly paved with exposed cobblestone and large stones. A heavy steam roller with drag tags may be tried to crush rocks.
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City Council
Board of Supervisors
Melrose Township
Twenty-fourth
State
Harrison Streets
Melrose
City Court Docket Tops Week with 18 Day Workhouse Sentence
Judge P W Reardon presided over a large city court docket described as the biggest in weeks. George Allen, charged by his wife Sadie Allen with assault, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 days at the workhouse after stating he could not pay a $50 fine plus costs.
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P. W. Reardon
George Allen
Sadie Allen
Arrest reports list vagrancy and assault cases
Officers pressed vagrancy charges but lacked evidence. Leo Miles of Indiana, living in Oklahoma, was fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by accosting girls on the streets and was to telegraph home for funds. Mat Murphy, named in detective notes, was found guilty and fined five dollars plus costs. Alfred Bishop faced a state warrant for assault and was found not guilty. Albert Hoenner’s assault case was dismissed.
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Leo. Miles
Oklahoma
Mat. Murphy
Scharnhorst
Alfred, Bishop
Albert Hoe
Ner
Cutting Scrape at Payson Ends in Stabbing Incident
Robert E. Cunningham is held in the county jail on a charge related to a dispute at a Payson tent show. Harry De Grace was stabbed in the back with a dirk, a serious wound. Cunningham, a cripple, fled after the altercation but was arrested at the Franklin hotel. Deputy Sheriff Frey took him into custody while Fred Gillhouse prepared to bring De Grace to town for county court action. The State's Attorney was alerted and a warrant sworn for Cunningham. The case will undergo a thorough county court investigation.
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Robert E. Cunningham
Harry de Grace
Payson
Aroise
Walfe
Nlarming
Cunningham
Frey
Franklin Hotel
Fred ‘Gillhouse
de Grice
Architect Turned Circus Clown Brings Johnson to Quincy
Harvey Johnson, veteran clown and former Chicago architect, headlines Hagenbeck-Wallace circus in Quincy on Monday July 19. Johnson, who spent fifteen years drafting and supervising building projects, left the show grounds to study clowns and create staged stunts. now tours with a crew of 49 assisting clowns and performs acts like The Suffragette Parade and Broadway After Dark.
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Harvey Johnson
Hagenbeck-Wallace
Quincy
Johnson
Chicago
Public Library
Borhan Coliseum
Grimaldi
Buffoor S
Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
Mr. Johnson
Matt
Jeff
Chauncey Thode Killed in Auto Crash Near Davenport
Chauncey Thode, 25, a well known Davenport liquor dealer, was killed last night when his automobile high speeded and bounced over a railroad track three miles west of the city. He was driving with two demonstrators in a car he planned to buy. He leaves a widow.
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Chauncey
Thode
Davenport
Henry Thode Company
Johnson passport refusal shocks London crowd
London officials report Jack Johnson the negro fighter has had his U S passport renewal refused by the embassy on grounds he is a fugitive from justice. The incident follows similar actions by other continental embassies drawing widespread attention.
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London
Johnson
Newwal
Rock Island Jitney Bus Drivers Prepare Legal Fight
At Industrial hall yesterday S R Kenworthy was hired to defend eighty jitney bus drivers in a case before the public utilities commission at Springfield July 20. The Tri City Railway seeks an injunction to bar jitneys on streets parallel to rail lines. Friends plan a fundraising effort at Prospect Park to pay the defense attorney.
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Rock Island
Industrial Hall
S. R. Kenworthy
Public Utilities Commission
Springfield
Tri-City Railway Company
Prospect
Railway “Com
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Quincy SI Createst Clothing
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