Notice of Letting for Gravel Hauling on Bottom Road
Sealed bids will be received to resurface Bottom Road from Quincy city limits to Cedar Creek iron bridge about 2000 feet with a six inch gravel layer eight feet wide. Gravel furnished free to contractor. Plans at County Superintendent of Highways office in Quincy Illinois. Letting at 2:00 p m Saturday July 28 1917. Commissioners Fred Drebes John Bexton F Cook. Town Clerk J A Platt.
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Quincy
Cedar Creek
Court House
Illinois
Fred Drebes
John Bexton
F. Cook
Commissioners of Highways
J. A. Platt
Social and Funeral Notices From La Belle Area
Mrs F F Gaviel and daughter of Quincy visit relatives. Richard Sanford and family from New ark attend Presbyterian service. Various visits by Miss Lenora Vansike Kirksville and others. funeral for Martha Ewart after fatal Cody accident. burial at La Belle cemetery. Epworth League hosts Mary Sherman Roberts birthday with ice cream and cake.
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F. F. Gaviel
Quincy
O. H. Hall
Richard Sanford
Newark
Minnie Bolten
Charley Knight
Tecumseh
Okla
N. W. Simpson
Jefferson City
Irene Harlan
Lenora Vansike
Kirksville
John Irwin
Stacy
Joe Hunolt
Moberly
R. H. Seamon
James McDaniel
Hamilton
Sykes, Mont
Julian Ellis
Christian Church
J. H. Coll
Shelbina
la Belle
Ike Btce
Knox City
Claude Peterson
Dr. Thompson
Memphis
Walter Feilibert
Monticello
Sherman Roberts
Epworth League
Miss Mary
Social and Family Notes From Liberty Illinois Region
Several Liberty residents share visits and outings. Mrs Lyman Carn’s siblings spent Sunday with her. Miss Hill of Quincy visited Miss Susie Hartrick and about 20 youths attended a Friday surprise. Mr and Mrs Fred Pracht Ralph Roe and families shopped in Quincy Thursday. Henry Vollmer and Jacob Putz traveled to Chicago Monday. Mrs Philip Amen and daughters Edith Margaret Alice and son Donald visited Ed Clark family Sunday. Mrs Frank Keller and Bryan visited her mother Mrs James Holeman Friday. Fanny Browning fell and broke her ankle on the sidewalk in front of M E Graff’s residence Sunday evening.
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Siloam Springs
Lyman Carn
Miss Hill
Quincy
Susie Hartrick
Fred Pracht
Ralph Roe
Henry Vollmer
Jacob Putz
Chicago
Philip Amen
Edith
Margaret
Alice
Donald
Ed Clark
Frank Keller
Bryan
James Holeman
Fanny Browning
M. E. Graff
Wireless controlled mine perfected at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore July 17 Dr J B Whitehead of Johns Hopkins University Electrical School is reported to have perfected an electrically controlled mine discharged by a wireless apparatus at a distance. A powerful electrical battery could direct the mine and explode it on command, potentially destroying submarines. An instrument to determine submarine position and distance is also reported.
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Baltimore
J. B. Whitehead
Johns Hopkins University Electrical School
Whitehead
Social notes from Deer Ridge and area
Miss Fay Hawkins entertained Miss Bucille Thompson of La Belle last week. Bert House and Hugh Lavelle headed to North Dakota to harvest wheat. Miss Anna Rouse visited her brother-in-law Albert Anderson. Miss Dora Shinn of La Belle visited her brother Mann Shinn. Mrs. Porter of Newark stayed with J. B. McReynolds and family amid illness until death from stomach trouble. Funeral for Bettie Wilson conducted by Rev. Everly. remains taken to La Belle for interment. La Belle undertaker officiated. auto hearse followed.
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Fay Hawkins
Bucille Thompson
la Belle
Hawkins
Bert House
Hugh Lavelle
North Dakota
Anna Rouse
Albert Anderson
Wing
Dora Shinn
Mann Shinn
Porter
Newark
Thee
J. B. McReynolds
Wilson
Rev
Everly
Knox City
Bettie Wilson
Apple Growers Meet and Local Notices in New Canton
Attendees from New Canton and surrounding towns joined a Curd orchard gathering near Laver ton Missouri last Tuesday led by W H and E T Howard H Walter Edward Koeller C E Davis John Kendrick Sam Kendrick Jesse Foster and Dan Bolin in cars A Household Science club canning demonstration by Misa Luro Rankin of Fall Creek drew crowds Thursday afternoon and Friday all day Multiple local residents including Mrs Blossom Gay and children visited kin in Horton while Mrs Smith of 111 suffers muscular rheumatism Others traveled to Quincy for work repairs or hospital visits with oat harvesting nearing and wheat of fair quality Doctors and Red Cross workers were noted among community activities in Pittsfield Mexico and Bowling Green along with continued threshing and piano tuning in the week Core names include Rankin Kendrick Koeller Bolin and Stanley among others.
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Laverton
W. H
E. T. Howard
H. Walter
Edward Koeller
C. E. Davis
John
Sam Kendrick
Jesse Foster
Dan Bolin
Misa Luro Rankim
Fall Creek
Household Science Club
Town Hall
Blossom Gay
Horton
A. D. Smith
Smith
Ed Uppinghouse
Lucille Robb
George Fisher
Quincy
Leslie
Blessing
Jane Dutcher
Kate Hopkins
Lucy Laird
Elizabeth Atkinson
Pittsfield
Red Cross
Edna Ebmeier
St. Louis
G. H. Hrammeall
Noelia Stanley
Rockport
Mia
Bille Kendrick
Billis, Jr
Evalyna McIntire
Mexico
Bartels
Ivah Stanley
Timewell relations travel as kin visit camps and Clayton
Mr and Mrs Herbert Craig traveled to Camp Point on Tuesday to see their brother Jesse Hunter who has been ill but is recovering Mrs Pat Lovin and her two children Grace and Ethel visited Clayton on Thursday to spend the day with Mrs Lovins brother Silas Hodgson and family The I T S gave a farewell social
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Craig
Camp Point
Jesse Hunter
Pat Lovin
Grace
Ethel
Clayton
Grace Johnson to leave for Jacksonville soon
Grace Johnson is preparing for a departure to Jacksonville. A social round-up notes Mr and Mrs Lee Myers and Mr and Mrs Hoy Watkins of Mt Sterling spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Albert Loss. Mrs Emma P Bradney of Jacksonville visiting sister Mrs D P Johnson. Henry Harwood of Camp Fotnat visited Afra Harwood's mother Mrs Frank Bowen.
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Grace Johnson
Jacksonville
Lee Myers
Hoy Watkins
Mt. Sterling
Albert Loss
Emma P Bradney
D. P. Johnson
Henry Harwood
Camp Fotnat
Afra Harwood
Frank Bowen
Agnes Lucas
Clayton
Peterg
Irvin Belmeyer
Davis
Quincy Munday
Hamilton
St. Mary's Hospital
Wendell Lucas
Rose Verring
Charles Purdum
Macomb
Walter Watera
Emma Bradney
D. P Johnson
Fred Manny
Brown Co
Nora Childers
Quincy
Board of Supervisors
Elmore Bowen
Chapinaturday
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H. D. Twin
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Jen C. Cox
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J. HH Hanly
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Wayne City
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T. C. Poling
Samuel Woods
C. Poling, Jr
Blackstone Bng., Sixth and Vermont
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Phono
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Elm St
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