Quincy 1916 17 School Budget Drafted for $224135
Quincy school board approves 1916 17 budget totaling 224135 dollars with 174185 educational and 50000 building funds. levy planned at 215000. repairs and salaries itemized. Bauman retires after this year. new hires include Roger Well and Edgar Schaefer. janitors and engineers assigned to schools. contracts for coal wood and laundry awarded.
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John L. Pipe Company
Pure Ice Company
Quincy Laundry Company
Paul Darragh
Tanter
Jefferson
Danville Golf Opens With Low Round by Simpson
Th 9 July 12 Told that Simpson of Galesburg posted the low score in qualifying for the Central Winds golf tournament at Danville. Weems and Goff notables with 76 and Ta, other players from multiple cities advanced to the championship round. Sixteen players qualified for the Na Muckle Doon, Unee Doon and Nil Desperandum cups as tennis singles begin at 9 this morning.
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Danville
Tokn Simpson
Galesburg
Weems
Quinney
Goff
Johns
Decatur
Vance
Peoria
Cass
Bunker
White
Stillwell
Quincy
Ramey
Champaign
Sinneck
Roberts
Spaulding
Walton
Workman
Springfield
Heat slows the infantile paralysis fight in New York
Intense heat worsens the epidemic toll with 195 new cases reported as health authorities push the fight against infantile paralysis. Officials credit cooperative city efforts for preventing geographic spread while most patients remain in hospitals. Also, a wagon accident injures a city scavenger driver at Front and Hampshire streets, his arm gashed by a nail but he continues working.
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New York
Repairs to Be Made in Quincy's Schools
The committee on building and grounds lists 1916 17 improvements for Quincy schools. Items cover new ceilings and ventilation at multiple buildings, window repairs, desks and seating adjustments, toilets and showers, fence and wall work, blackboards, lighting, door hardware, and boiler upgrades. The board approved all but two items, deferring Webster telephone system and Franklin school showers pending testing at Lincoln and Jefferson.
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Tigh and Webster
Mary Woods
Adams
Joseph Mushold Berrian
William Ho Miller
Dewey
Martin Post
Emerson
James Bryant
Franklin
Robert Burrows
Ligh
Charles FE. Kaltenbach
Kate Sanders
Irving
George Thompson
Jackson
Hugh A. Davis
Jefferson
George J. Smith
Lincoln
Samuel Swearingen
Madison
Louis W. Lodig
Washington
Thomas Gordon
Webster
Edward Pookes
Webster School
Irving School
Root
Jackson School
Eighth Street
Madison School
Washington School
von Duplin
High School
New Irving
Franklin and Webster
Franklin School
Budget request outlines 1916 17 school year expenses
The school board committee on salaries and finance submitted the annual 1916 17 budget detailing funds for building, maintenance, and various departments. It lists bond redemptions 12500 interest 9756 repairs 22020 playgrounds 150 and salaries for teachers 133500 janitors 12765 tenant officer 1080 business manager 1500 superintendent 3750 plus supplies and utilities totaling 234185.
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Quincy
Auman
Board of Education
D. L. Musselman
Colorado
Committee On Finance
General School
Bauman
eNom
Reese
Fweiehiaade
Bagatin
Chaos in Mexico City drives Mrs. Burton Wilson home
Mrs Burton Wilson fled Mexico City amid chaotic conditions and famine among peons. She reached her sister Mrs James M Ir win in Quincy with three younger children who had been sent from New York. Two older boys stayed at a summer camp in the New York mountains while Mr Wilson remained in Mexico City. She recalls Mexicans looting American homes when conditions worsen and notes Mexican paper money is nearly valueless. An incident with a grocer over currency ended with the grocer demanding gold from a safe full of paper money.
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Mexico City
Burton Wilson
United States
James M. Irwin
Quincey
New York
Wilson
Henry on Campaign Tour Through Galesburg District
Wer G Henry of Camp Point Republican nominee for state board of equalization spends several days in Galesburg with headquarters there. He is touring the district as local Republicans accompany him on a trip through the northern part of the county Monday.
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Wer G. Henry
Camp Point
State Board of Equalization
Galesburg
Galesbure Repubicans
Henry
Cannon Ball Trail Officers Meet in Galesburg
Officers of the Cannon Ball Trail Association of Illinois will hold their annual meeting at the Galesburg club on Thursday afternoon. New officers will be chosen and plans discussed to remark the trail with reinforced concrete posts and to mark telegraph and telephone poles along the route from Chicago to Quincy via Galesburg. Illinois Branch funds will be spent on improvements statewide. The officers attending include Charles A. Webster, J. N. Heflin, Harvey G. Riggs, Thomas M. Beatty, R. N. Crawford, W. McChintock, William eta Aurora, John M. Stahl, E. P. Lovejoy, and Dr. S. C. Stremmel.
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Cannon Ball Trail Association of Illinois
Galesburg Club
Chas. A. Webster
Illinois Branch
Ilinois
Chicago
Quincy
Galesburg
Charles A. Webster
J. N. Heflin
Kewanee
Harvey G. Riggs
Thomas M. Beatty
Davnes
R. N. Crawford
Mendota
W. McChintock
Galva
William Eta Aurora
John M. Stahl
E. P. Lovejoy
Princeton
Dr. S.C. Stremmel
Macomb
Young Women's Christian Home board weighs new building
Several locations were discussed but no definite decision on a new home for the Young Women's Christian Home. The board plans a fall purchase with a town canvass to raise funds as the current facility houses 14 boarders and many are refused due to space. New members include Dr. Mina Westhold Miss Pauline Pittmann Miss Dorothy Bader Mrs. Frank Menke and Ars Toole with auxiliary members Miss Liggett and Mrs. Mc Nay present.
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Young Women’s Christian Home
Mina Westhold
Pauline Pittmann
Dorothy Bader
Frank Menke
Ars. Toole
Miss Liggett
Camp Point
McNay
Ursa
Forms Company Opens Car Distribution in Macomb
Leaton Trwin of the Irwin Overland company forms a new firm to distribute Overland cars in Macomb. The venture leases an entire building for showrooms and will establish one of the first sales stations in the state. Officers include President Leaton Trwin and Manager C. Z. Harrah with sales manager Wowames and service manager Cc CF Asher.
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Leaton Trwin
Irwin-Overland Company
Macomb
Cne
Ouinev
C. Z. Harrah
Rarskhnelt
WoWames
Maanemb
Cc CF Asher
Troops Enjoy Swim in Pool During Quincy Stop
Battery E of the New York Second Field Artillery and other units paused in Quincy on their way to the Mexican border. Soldiers rested for hours, swam in the Y M C A pool or the Mississippi, fed horses, and cooked an evening mess beside the tracks. Army officers coordinated bathing, watering horses, and dispatches as trains moved toward Kansas City.
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Quincy
Battery E
New York
Second
New York Field Artillery
Rhode Island
Wright
Mississippi River
Koch
Mammoth Army
Battery D
Fox River
Quincey
Sullivan
New York City
Yonkers
N.Y
G. OA. Wingate
Chicago
Company F 10 Be Inspected Tonight
Lieut. Col. C. D. Center of the Fifth Infantry will inspect Company F in the Armory tonight. All members are requested to attend and sign the federal oath. Oath enlists them in the U S government service and may trigger transfers or reassignment. Those who take the oath earn 42 dollars per year after 42 drills.
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C. D. Center
Fifth Infantry
United States
Chearney White Edges Matt Wols in Five Round Stop
In Boston on Tuesday Chearney White of Chicago defeated Matt Wols in the fifth round of their twelve round bout. White halted the contest to prevent further punishment as the referee stepped in stopping the fight. The bout ended with White claiming victory.
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Boston
Tue
Chearney White
Chicago
Matt Wols
Fa- V
Tuesday
Allen To Be Candidate For Fifteenth District Seat
Attorney Edward P. Allen of this city plans to run for representative in congress from the Fifteenth district. He will likely be unopposed in the September primary, with no opponent expected. Allen, who was nominated two years ago but defeated by Edward J. King, is a young attorney now actively pursuing petitions and a districtwide automobile campaign beginning early in September.
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Edward P. Allen
Congress
Fifteenth
Ren
T. E. Bottenberg
Rushville
Messrs. Allen
Bottenberg
Allen
Edward J. King
Galesburg
King
Alten
Medtin
Detective to Bring Local Thief From Springfield
Detective Fred Scharnhorst leaves Tuesday for Springfield to secure Roy Marsden, dubbed the poor box thief, for prosecution here. Chief Moms offers to turn Marsden over to Adams county authorities if they wish to prosecute. Marsden admits stealing 96 dollars from Quincy Catholic churches. he will be brought back to this city today.
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Fred Scharnhorst
Springfield
Roy Marsden
Moms
Adams County
Marsden
Quincy
Morris
New Officers Installed for Protective Order of the West
Officers elected for the Protective Order of the West were installed at a Knights of Pythias hall meeting Sunday evening. After the meeting, a luncheon was served to members, wives, and friends. Installed: President Morris Osehiman, Vice president Jake Lecher, Outer guard Dave Schmetiimaan, Inside guard Sam Saubeck. Remaining officers to be elected at the first January meeting.
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Protective Order of the West
Knights of Pythias
Morris Osehiman
Jake Lecher
Dave Schmetiimaan
Sam Saubeck
Ruepper Set to Return to Quinny Team
Ruepper is expected back with the Quinny squad soon after a loan to Bur hogten of the Central assecution. The return comes as the season nears its end with Ruepper showing form in recent games and Mrs Welch Woasd of Dae Mo asserting the move.
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Ruepper
Wubert
Owill
Qivney
Tle
Burhogten
Welch
Mendon School Petition Denied in High School Case
Judge Albert Akers denied a petition by Mendon residents to dissolve the Mendon township board of education and set aside the high school election that authorized a town ship high school and $30,000 in bonds. The suit argued district contiguity, while the court ordered denial and allowed appeal. A second quo warranto suit seeks to dissolve the Prairie college and Elwood school districts consolidation in Concord township, with petitions alleging illegal election and consolidation. The Vivian Boyles Harry Boyles divorce case was dismissed by the complainant.
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Albert Akers
Mendon
Mendon Township
Ouiney
Honey Creek
Ilegal
Board of Education
Akers
State Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Fred W. Pain
Barbara Schmidt
John A. Brick
August M. Schmidt
Edward Norwell
Concord Townsh Iip
Wilson
Schmiedeskamp
Vivian Boyles
Harry Boyles
Nellie Piper Shows Slight Improvement After Accident
Eight year old Nellie Piper daughter of John Piper of 210 North Pour Street was struck by an automobile on Hampshire Street between Fifth and Sixth streets Monday afternoon. She had a high fever Tuesday but doctors believe the fever arose from the excitement of the accident and expect a full recovery.
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Nellie Piper
John Piper
North Pour Street
Hampshire Street
Fifth
Sixth
Birth announced for Marblehead couple
Born to Mr and Mrs Morgan near Marblehead a daughter Tuesday morning.
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Mrs. Morgan
Marblehead
Weather Outlook for Illinois Iowa Missouri and Nearby
The forecast calls for generally warm conditions in Illinois Missouri and Iowa with continuation through Wednesday and likely Thursday. Iowa should see fair skies with slight cooling in the north and western portions on Wednesday.
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Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
River Forecast Passages From Warsaw To Hannibal
River forecast notes a stationary stage from Warsaw downstream to Hannibal with a slow rise and potential slight fall toward Wednesday. From Hannibal to Louisiana the water level is expected to fall gradually, reaching a stationary state again by midweek.
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Warsaw
Hannibal
Risa
Lousiana
For Sale: One Pearl Table and Cushions
Classified ad fragment offers a dining table with nine cushions for £3600 and mentions miscellaneous cushions and items. Text is garbled with unclear details and pricing.
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