Quincy schools seek 329000 for operation next year
The Quincy Board of Education filed a tax levy with the county clerk showing 329000 needed for operation in 1919 1920, 57000 more than last year, due to teacher pay increases. Educational tax is 225000 and building 104000, with total near the two percent limit under a recent law change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Board of Education
Charles M. Gill
Board of Review
Supt. Gill
Quincey
Marine Veterans Seek Reenlistment After Discharge
Lloyd E Rowsey of 520 South Third Street enlisted June 13 for special limited duty in France and was honorably discharged at Quantico Virginia because the overseas quota was filled before him He plans to reenlist in China and praises Marine life He also served in the Army George J Redmond enlisted in the Marine aviation service and will depart for St Louis next Monday for final examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd E. Rowsey
South Third Street
Marine Service
France
Quanico
Virginia
Marines
China
Marine Life Fine
The
Anny
George J. Redmond
the Marine
St. Leuis
River traffic notes Bessie M Kinser Chevrolet movements
The Bessie M bound for Mackney's Schute is in Quincy with hull repairs in dry dock. Kinser due from Hannibal had not yet arrived. Five Chevrolet cars were brought from St Louis on the Alabama to Clough Reihm and five more were sent to river ports. Clough plans twelve Chevrolets on the Alabama next trip and shipments along the Clinots river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie M
Quincy
Mackney
Schute
Warsaw
St. Paul
Kinser
Hannibal
Chevrolet
St. Louis
Alabama
Clough Reihm Company
Clough
Clinots River
Invincible Wins Dramatic Barge Race On Sunset Course
The Invincible crew from South Side Boat Club edged the River-Scorchers by a boat length in a two minute forty five second six oared event from the ferry landing to the peat club. Coxswain Wisenburger urged the crew as spectators cheered while both boats featured last minute picks and strong finish. A 100 yard youth swimming race preceded the event with Lawrence Bornmann and Russell Jansen battling to the line, while a second boys race was postponed due to darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Peat Club
State Street
Wiesenburger
Lawrence Bornmann
Russell Jansen
Charles Green
Riekly Grover
G. Balson
Hermann Arp
F. Luthin
Tom Kearney
William Green
William Hartzell
al Wisenburger
Death of Payson man Charles E. Gabriel
Charles E. Gabriel of Payson Illinois died suddenly at home after a long illness. He was born February 18 1865 in Payson and spent his life there. He was a longtime undertaker postmaster and bank cashier and was active in the Masonic lodge and I O O F. He married Maggie Hall in 1901 and is survived by his wife one sister and three brothers. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Payson Methodist church with interment in Payson cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Gabriel
Payson
Illinois
Hinsdale
E. J. Gabriel
Quincy
George Gabriel
Mr. Gabriel
William R
Sarah E. Collins Gabriel
Adams County
Himeis
Maggie Hall
Camp Point
Ilinois
S. F. Hall
Gabriel
Effie Dunlavy
Bloomington
Nebraska
George G. Gabriel
Halbach-Schroeder
Quincey
Frank R. Gabriel
Keokuk
Methodist Church
Payson Cemetery
Funeral Services for James Bledsoe Held at Family Home
Funeral services for James Bledsoe were held at the family home 511 Chestnut Street at 10 30 Thursday morning with Rev. Robert Van Meigs officiating and Mrs J E Giles singing The interment followed at Green Mount Cemetery Out of town attendees included John Bledsoe of Kansas City and Mr Gilbert and Mrs Neff of Hannibal Mo Bearers were A Harris H TD Park I A Haynes and F W Knollenberg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bledsoe
Chestnut Street
Robert van Meigs
J. E. Giles
Greenmount Cemetery
John Bledsoe
Kansas City
Gilbert
Neff
I. A. Haynes
F W. Knollenberg
Two More Flats Are Being Furnished City
John T. Richardson adds two flats to a 10 room frame building at 1652 Kentucky Street Quincy turning it into two modern rental units. Levi Stater of La Grange raises the building to place a stone foundation. The stucco exterior will be attractive and include modern conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Richardson
North Twelfth Street
Quincey
Kentucky Street
Levi Stater
la Grange
Comedy at Grace M E Church Delights Large Audience
The Blonde Person a cheerful comedy by the Standard Readers Missionary Society at Grace M E Church drew a large appreciative crowd Thursday night. Six players staged the light farce with skill and humor, led by Miss Theresa Parson and five co performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Erson
Grace M. E
Standard Rearers Missionary Society
Theresa Parson
Taura Beckman
Helma Wolmgren
Marion Albertson
Cuba Jenking
Jerry Akera
Bandits' Stolen Buick Found Near Clapper Missouri
Three fugitives who escaped from jail in Pittsfield by car theft were tracked to Clap per in Monroe County Missouri. Night Chief Martin Day reported the vehicle’s discovery and sighting of three khaki shirted youths boarding a freight train near the M E T railroad at eight in the morning. Sheriff Davis, pursuing from Palmyra toward Clapper, was notified of the car find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
Finos
Clapper
Monroe County
Martin Day
Hannibal
Davis
Pike County
Palmyra
Pursuit of three bandits crosses state lines after escape
Pursuit from Pittsfield to Quincy shifts as officials in Illinois and Missouri chase three highway robbers who escaped from the city calaboose. Names given are Nick Dietrich Edward Ryan and William Gough. Deputies plan interception in Quincy after Marblehead warning of khaki shirted men in an old car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calaboose
Pittsfield
Ilinois
Missouri
Palmyra
Kansas City
Davis
Pike County
Quincy
Kinderhook
Hannibal
East Hannibal
J. D. Johnson
Pearl
Kansas
Nick Dietrich
Edward Ryan
William Gough
Dietrich
Connery
Reinhold
Marblehead
South Eighth Street
Simmons
Captain Scharnhorst
Lower Bottom
Lions club to unveil official banner for Lionism
President J Frank Garner appoints a committee Martin J Geise George Thompson and George Ernst with full powers to design and present a banner bearing the Lions emblem for display at every club meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Garner
The
Lions Club
Martin J Geise
George Thompson
George Ernst
Rural Mail Carriers Will Meet Saturday
Rural mail carriers from Quincy will hold a Saturday evening meeting at the post office. Delegates Charles Wagner and Mr Adair will report on the state rural mail carriers convention held in Peoria on July 11 and 12. All county rural mail carriers are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Charles Wagner
Adair
Peoria
Prominent Soloists Chosen In Park Sing
Mrs. John T. Inghram and Mrs. George Reeves will be soloists with Andrew Musholt leading a community singing at Washington Park. The event follows a successful season and will occur after the Illinois State band concert at 8 45 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Inghram
George Reeves
Andrew Musholt
Washington Park
Illinois
Bids 100 high fire apparatus not purchased
Quincy fire department bids, opened Thursday, rejected all bids to motorize the department. Mayor O'Brien and officials cite higher than expected prices driven by steel costs and wages, with plans to wait for better conditions before buying specified apparatus.
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O'Brien
Quincy Fire Department
Bergmann
Central Fire Station
Marriotte
Finance Committee
Quincy
America
Hero
Commissioners and Finance Committee
Notice to Packard and Franklin Owners
E C Long confirms his shop at 1037 1039 Maine street remains active for Packard and Franklin service and sales while continuing aluminum piston production. He denies discontinuing vehicle service to focus solely on pistons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
Franklin
Quincy
E. C. Long
Maine Street
Fugitive Worthington Captured After Two Month Search
John W. Worthington a Chicago area fugitive wanted for theft of $135,000 in securities from the Critten dan company Pittsburgh was captured in Vancouver according to word received. The United States Secret Service and Department of Justice had pursued him for two months under federal postal law indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Northington
Crittendan Company
Pittsburgh
Vancouver
BO Oc
United States Secret Service
Department of Justice
Worthington
Mumper Seeks Fees in Two August Term Court Actions
David W. Mumper sues attorney Walter Bennett for 650 and 700 dollars in two cases over fees owed for services as administrator of Louise M. Murphy and Anna E. Hopkins estates. Court history shows initial allowances reduced on appeal. Mumper now requests 5 percent interest from 1914 on both amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Mumper
Walter Bennett
Mumper
Bennett Mumper
Louise M. Murphy
Bennett
Anna E. Hopkins
W C C S Seeks Jobs For Returning Soldiers
Knights of Columbus representative L A Morest, aiding War Camp Community Service, seeks employers with open positions for returning service men in sales, driving, clerical work, and mechanics. Contact War Camp Community Service at 232 North Fifth Street. Letters invited for participation in the St Louis athletic meet and theater tickets available at no cost for Belasco or Orpheum theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights’ of Columbus
L. A
Office of War Camp Community Service
Belasco
Orpheum
Quincy Sewe rs Cleanin g Delays Extend to Year
Mayor O'Brien says it will take a year to clean all sewers in Quincy despite the Board of Public Works plans to work through the summer. A storm and sanitary sewer on Washington street between Sixth and Seventh was clogged and workmen dug openings to reach the pipe, now nearly finished. Payson avenue storm sewer between Eighth and Tenth, backed up by rain, is repaired and in fair shape. Several other minor sewer troubles were fixed recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Brien
Quincy
Board of Public Works
Washington Street
Sixth
Payson Avenue
Eighth
Tenth Streets
Teaching Certificate Candidates Number 43 in Quincy Tests
Teaching certificate candidates, mostly young women, number 43, took exams Thursday in Quincy at Gem City Business College under County Superintendent John M Steiner and Miss Fern Burrows. Certificates of all grades will be issued. few pursued beyond second grade. Examinations continue today from 8:30 AM in the eight common branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Gem City Business College
John M. Steiner
Fern Burrows
City considers sites for new central fire station
Finance committee and board of fire commissioners meet Friday night to discuss tentative sites at City Market Square and the old Franklin School lot. Advocates push for one site but a decision is not expected that night as plans for the building must be prepared first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Board of Fire Commissioners
City Market Square
Franklin School
Central Station
Three More Autoists Placed Under Arrest
Three men were arrested Thursday night on charges of violating automobile traffic regulations. George Naylor, a farmer, was arrested by Patrolman Schepers for driving a car without a license. He paid a fine at police headquarters and was released. Carl Morris and J C Stillions, arrested by Motorcycle Patrolman Jerry Akers for driving cars without using dimmers, will be tried in police court today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Naylor
Schepers
Carl Morris
J. C Stillions
Jerry Akers
Private John D. Entrup Returns Home With Discharge
Private John D. Entrup son of Mr and Mrs Henry Entrup of 1221 Jersey street has returned home with his army discharge. He was mustered out at Camp Grant after a fur lough in southern France and Spain. He left Marseilles June 27 and arrived in New York July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Entrup
Henry Entrup
Jersey Street
Camp Grant
France
Spain
Marseilles
New York
Highland Park Night Spot Promises Big Dance
Highland tonight features Miss Brady a fine professional jazz singer with the Rialto Jazz Band performing popular numbers. The dance expects a larger turnout than Wednesday’s Grab Bag dance with over three hundred couples already noted in Highland since the dry spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland
Brady
Licenses to Hunt Now Available From County Clerk
County Clerk Billy Smith reports hunting license blanks arrived Thursday. Five men secured licenses, headed by W. Keaton of Marblehead. Illinois residents pay 1 plus 73 cents license and 25 cents clerk, non residents 10.50 total. licenses expire March 31 1920. Trappers must report fur sales within 30 days after expiration. Turtle protection limits take or kill to turtles over ten inches. undersized turtles must be returned to water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Smith
W. Keaton
Marblehead
Illinois
United States
Ilinoig
Department of Agriculture
Game and Fish Code of
Children of St Peter Sunday School Picnic
The Evangelical church held its annual outing in South Park with 100 plus children. A downtown parade of decorated cars preceded games and a picnic dinner served by the women’s group. Winners included Edgar Stuckmann, Romeo Zink, Marie Blume, Margaret Ringer and Irma Miller with several races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter
Evangelical Sunday School
South Park
Quincy
August F. Warshow
Edgar Stuckmann
Romeo Zink
Henry Ellerbusch
Marie Blume
Margaret Ringer
Irma Miller
Paul Gieke
Henry Stuckmann
Paul Giekes
Naval Reserves May Enlist As Regulars
A navy secretary order allows any naval reserve on active or inactive duty to transfer to the regular navy on request. Transferees receive extra pay for reenlistment and citizenship, plus four months gratuity on honorable discharge. prior transfer grants one month of leave. Enlistments for wartime service can be extended by one to four years with same rights. Transportation to the Mary recruiting station in Quincy provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Reserve
Mary
Quincy
Boyer Plans Two New Bridges Across County Lines
County Superintendent of Highways L L Boyer visited Beverly township and Lima Lake drainage district to inspect bridges. He will ask the September Board of Supervisors to fund a Beverly Adams Pike county line bridge named the McCready bridge with Pike county paying half. He also plans anew for the Vimann bridge at Lima pending fall action after prior failed attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Boyer
Beverly Township
Lima Lake Drainage District
Board of Supervisors
Boyer
Beverly
Adams
Pike County
McCready
Vimann
Lima
Real Estate Transfers in Quin cy and Nearby Townships
Property records show transfers including Theodore Polingz to Florence Durst in Quin cy for 3500 and Theodore C Poling to Joel Kenton for 7.15 dollars, plus multiple deeds in Payson Mendon Camp Point and Lawndale townships. Other transfers involve Frank Melea to C Loyal Anderson for 7.50 and Flora V Heckman’s Quincy Show Gala dealings for 2080, with several lot and block designations in Quincy subdivisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore
Polingz
Florence E. Durst
Moulin
Quincy
Frank Melea
C. Loyal Anderson
Wifs
Payson
Henry Muegge
Nainah Muegge
Harry Muevze
Mendon
Poling
Cass
Flora V. Heckman
Amos H. Palsar
Susan E. Balsar
Powler
Theodore C Poling
Joel Kenton
Lawndale
Mary L. Little
Martha J. Reed
Camp Point
Marriage Licenses Issued in Quincy Youth Couple Seeks Consent
Steve Dridos 22 of Quincy and Miss Helen Arlington 16 of Quincy obtain marriage licensure with consent of mother in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Dridos
Quincy
Helen Arlington
Henry R Hill Post Forms Constitution At Meeting
Nearly 100 attendees at the Henry R Hill American Legion third meeting adopt a constitution and by laws. Temporary officers are re elected and plans include social events and an athletic meet in St Louis with a Quincy team. The post awaits permanent charter after state meeting, with membership growing and extensions county wide encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. In
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce
Roger Wells
MacCaulay Irwin
Lawrence D. Smith
Ralph J. Keller
M. J. Braxmeier
Donald Best
Lawrence Foltz
Lewis Lusk
Victor Dillon
St. Louis
War Camp Community Service
Western Athletic Association of America
Quincy
Hannibal
St. Charles
Keokuk
East St. Louis
Fort Madison
Weather and river outlook for Illinois and Missouri
Illinois and Missouri forecast fair and slightly warmer on Friday and Saturday with possible afternoon showers. River from below Muscatine to Louisiana is expected to fall slowly over several days, declining about 0.2 to 0.4 foot in the next 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Muscatine
Louisiana
Funeral notice for Miss Nana Morris at St Peter's Church
Funeral services for Miss Nana Morris will be held Saturday morning at 8 o'clock in St Peter's Church. Friends are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Nana Sere
Nana Morris
St. Peter's Church
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Maccabees
Highland Park
Abe Martin
Myrt Grimes
Miss Fawn Lippincut
Grace M. E. Church
Meyer-Reighard- Higgins Garment Company
Turnverein
Goldie Chambers
Grace Badger
Division of Visitation of Children
Department of Public Welfare
Badger
Carthage
Jacksonville
B. C
North Side Boat Club
Park Sing
White Co
Seagrave Co
White Company
Robinson Fire Apparatus Mfg. Co
Ahrens Fox Engine Co
American la France Co
Four Wheel Drive Co
Vermont Street
American-La France Co
Add
City
W.C.C. S
Shrapnell
Henry R. Hill
Minneapolis
Office of the
North Fifth Street
MacCauley Irwin
Henry R. Hill Post
River State
Keet
St Paul
Davenport
Ottumwa
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