Centage Agreement Halts New Rate Plans
City council hears proposed percentage deal on gas and electric rates with Quincy Gas Elec company. Attorney Stephens of Springfield outlines a written proposition. debate centers on city losing percentage and need for Public Utilities Commission action.
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Quincy
Attorneytephens
Springfield
Stephens
Mpany
Ding
Neil
An O'Brien
Ey Stephens
City E Company
Public Utilities Commission
Theke Commission
Steph
Two youths arrested in saloon stock theft case
E Faith and Otterbach were arrested on vagrancy charges after a raid on the Occidental saloon in Hampshire street. Missing stock from Ruff Brewing Co remained hidden in a Gem City pool room basement, prompting police searches and more arrests expected today.
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E. Faith
Otterbach
Occidental
Hampshire Street
Ruff Brewing Company
Brewing Company
John Coleman
Gem City
A. H. Pennoyer
NO POOR SERVICE FOUND AT TELEPHONE OFFICE
City council committee investigating alleged poor service called at the telephone company office but found no data to support complaints. Manager J E Halligan toured the plant, explaining the daily workload of about 40,000 calls and a small number of complaints.
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Telephone Company
J. E. Halligan
Halligan
Gas Blast Kills Sixteen Workers in Lake Erie Tunnel
Imprisoned in a new water works tunnel under Lake Erie a gas explosion claimed sixteen lives. Rescue crews rushed to the outer crib five miles from shore with hing motors to save workers if alive. Survival considered hopeless. bodies expected to be recovered.
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Cleveland
New Water Works
Lake Erie
Alfalfa Campaign Opens in Adams County
Alfalfa promotion opens in Fall Creek and Payson townships with Prof. E T Ebersol directing in place of Dr W L Burlison. Ebersol, with University of Illinois ties, plans 24 meetings this week featuring field demos and lantern-slide lectures on alfalfa growing and benefits.
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Adams County
Fall Creek Township
E. T. Ebersol
Rusk
W. L. Burlison
Ebersol
Farm Crops Department
University of Illinois
College of Agriculture
Burlison
H. Rankin
T. O. Moore
Payson Township
Payson
E D. Humphrey
Melrose Township
George C. Dean
Burton Township
Tenhouse Fawn
Liberty Township
Kingston
State Agricultural Department
R Burlison
Moellering Boy Severely Cut at YMCA Door
Carl Moellering son of Mr and Mrs Henry Moellering suffered severe cuts to an arm after his hand went through a glass YMCA elevator door on a Sunday afternoon. The boy, riding a freight elevator with friends, was on the third floor when the accident occurred. He was taken to St Mary's hospital but returned home that evening and may be unable to use his arm for some time.
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Carl Moellering
Henry Moellering
Moellering
St. Mary's Hospital
Mrs W Skinner Ill in St Louis Missouri
Mrs R E Brady of 317 North Seventh street left Monday for St Louis after a telegram said her mother Mrs William Skinner of that city was dying. Mrs Skinner has been in poor health for months and had stayed with Brady last winter, later returning home improved.
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R. E. Brady
North Seventh Street
St. Louis
William Skinner
Skinner
Brady
Oliver Stickney
J. M. Wilson
William Scott
la Loraine
Joseph and
Andrew Wilson
Chamber of Commerce Glee Club Delivers Fine Concert
The Chamber of Commerce Glee club performed a strong program Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 in Southpark. A large crowd enjoyed familiar songs led by director Charles Weiler with 33 voices.
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Chamber of Commerce
Southpark
Charles Weiler
Rotary Club Meeting At Hotel Quincy Today
Rotarians will meet at the Hotel Quincy at noon to hear Cincinnati convention reports and set a new date for the postponed Rotary picnic. Plans include amusements, refreshments, and transportation arrangements. Will Ruff of the Big Lake Fishing and Hunting Club had an invitation, and the picnic had been moved due to conflicts.
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Rotary Club
Quincy
Cincinnati
Rotary
Will Ruff
Big Lake
Funeral for Sister Anna Freiburg This Morning
Fraternal orders and church groups gather for Sister Anna Freiburg’s funeral. Procession starts at 1225 Maine Street at 8 o’clock then proceeds to St Boniface Church at 8 30. Frances Futterer, Chief Ranger, notes invitation to St Marys St Peters St Roses St Franciss courts.
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Immaculate Conception
St. Francis Church
St. Peter's
St. Rose
St. Angela's
St Mary's Courts
Anna Freiburg
Maine Street
St. Boniface Church
Frances Futterer
Cottonwoods 10 Vote Defeats Nuisance Ordinance
In a Monday city council vote seven members opposed and six for, a proposed amendment to declare cottonwood trees a nuisance was defeated. Arguments centered on legality and potential lawsuits, with Alderman Boe ing leading the opposition and McNutt Koehler Thompson Schanz Ross Lepper voting for passage. The ordinance would have banned planting and required removal when seed blew onto streets.
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Supreme Court
Boeing
McNutt
Koehler
Thompson
Schanz
Ross
Lepper
Hyatt
Bolles
Board of Public Works
Abbott
Ben Laurick
Fire Department
Charles McCarty
Hugh B. Connors
Everett Moore
Board of Health
Police Department
Charles Duncan
Edward Stuckman
Elm Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Hyatt and
Rickhaus
Tenth
Eleventh
Chestnut
Broadway
Owen
Seventh
Vennont Streets
S S Association Quarterly Meeting at Christ Evangelical
Reports of the state convention held in Springfield in June will be read at the third quarterly meeting of the Quincy Sunday school association in Christ Evangelical church at 7 45 p m Thursday evening. W K Githens is president and a key worker. Amelia Eichenauer will discuss elementary work, J M Dunlap Junior department, I W Bingaman Teen Age department, Garnett J Smith organized class work, Florence Holtkamp of Columbus will speak on The Standard for the Elementary Department and Why We Should Measure Up to It.
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Springfield
Quincy Sunday School Association
Christ Evangelical Church
Eleventh
State Streets
W. K. Githens
Amelia Eichenauer
J. M. Dunlap
I. W. Bingaman
Garnett
Birth announcement for Hammon son in Blessing hospital
Born to Mr and Mrs P A Hammon of Iowa City Iowa a son in Blessing hospital at 7 15 oclock Monday morning.
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P. A. Hammon
Iowa City
Blessing Hospital
Fifth Infantry Regimental Encampment Rumors
Rumors circulate about an encampment of the Fifth Infantry at Camp Dunne before August 2. Company F drilled well under Captain Wingerter, with regular drills and special recruit and non- commissioned officer training evenings. Decatur reports the Mueller Factory band may join as the Fifth Regiment band.
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Fifth Infantry
Camp Dunne
Wingerter
Decatur
Mueller Factory
Fifth Regiment
Change in Quincy Laundry stockholders at August 1
Frank H. Weems announced he may acquire control of the Quincy Laundry before August 1. Negotiations over a stockholder change have been ongoing. Joel Benton, current manager, to be relieved of heavier duties but remain as manager after August 1. The company will keep its corporate name and stay at Sixth and Vermont streets.
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Frank H. Weems
Quincy Laundry Company
Mr. Weems
Quincy
Joel Benton
Henry Rogers lands nine day term for drunken disorder
Henry Rogers a farm laborer from Peru Indiana drew nine days in the workhouse after a drunken Saturday. He also faced charges for destroying city property and nuisance behavior on the streets. Ernest Walford was discharged on vagrancy, Charles Scone paid fine for drunkenness. Thomas Woellens fined for cruelty to animals after jabbing a horse with a pitch fork.
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Henry Rogers
Peru
Ind
Ernest Walford
Charles Scone
Thomas Woellens
Archer Rogers Home Sold To John Guinan In Lawndale
John Guinan bought the Archer Rogers residence at 131 East Avenue Lawndale for 12000 dollars. The Rog ers will move to the Warfield home at Sixteenth and Maine purchased from John L. Stillwell along with a 30 foot by 160 foot frontage strip for 3000 dollars. The Rogers plan to be joined by E I Martin and wife in the Warfield residence.
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John Guinan
Archer Rogers
East Avenue
Lawndale
O. K. Train Hits Car Killing Three Near Kirksville
H. Glen Hanson of West Point was driving the car struck by an O. K. passenger train near Kirksville Missouri on Saturday afternoon. Three companions died and a fourth was seriously injured. Hanson who visited this city five months ago leaves a widow and three children. A hedge fence reportedly blocked the driver’s view of the crossing.
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O. K
H. Glen Hanson
West Point
F. G. Butler
Kirksville
Hanson
Smith Ends Tour of Fifteenth District
Col Frank L Smith returned home Saturday night after a swing through Adams Schuyler Fulton Knox and Henry counties with Pike in the Twentieth district added. He said rain did not hinder the trip and that he spoke with voters man to man learning how they plan to vote on primary day noting voters intend to nominate for governor and other offices themselves.
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Dwight, Hi
Frank L. Smith
Adams, Schuyler
Fulton, Knox and
Henry
Pike County
Col Smith
Illinois
Quincy Will Not Get Machine Guns
Four machine guns destined for the Fifth Illinois infantry at Quincy were moved from U S arsenals in Springfield Mass and Rock Island to be sent to San Antonio Texas for border use. The War Department ordered their forwarding due to urgent border need and because the Quincy company failed to meet federal requirements.
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Springfield
Fifth Illinois Infantry
Quincy
U. S
Mass
Rock Island
San Antonio
Tex
War Department
Quincy Company
Quincy Lyceum Dates and Local Happenings
In Quincy this week H W Crawmer received suggestive dates for the Y M C A lyceum course to be staged at the Empire theater next winter. Other items note fishing trips near Pearl Illinois by Paul Brady Elmer Feld and Roy Hoffman, a couple taken to the county home, and the Painters and Decorators union picnic in Sherman Park with invited contractors.
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H. W. Crawmer
Quincy Young People’s Lyceum Association
Empire Theater
Paul Brady
Kentucky Street
Elmer Feld
Roy Hoffman
Pearl
Quincey
Painters and Decorators’ Union
Sherman Park
Quincy Endures Record Heat With No Prostrations
Quincy logged its hottest day of the year at 104 degrees on Monday, two degrees above any prior day. The city has faced a month with no measurable rain, drought widening, while land and reputation suffer from the lack of precipitation. no prostrations were reported.
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Quincy
Mercury
F. W. Brinkoetter
Tali
Loren Cox buys WaldI stock in Hampshire street auction
Loren C Cox purchased the remaining stock and fixtures of the Waldin Jewelry store in the Rogers building Hampshire street between Sixth and Seventh streets Monday afternoon. He paid 761 for the stock and fixtures after the articles were bid individually and then offered as a whole. Cox's final bid of 760 exceeded the total of individual bids and he secured the goods. Attorney Philly Schlagenhauf is the bankruptcy trustee who oversaw the sale.
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Loren C. Cox
Waldin
Rogers Building
Hampshire Street
Philly Schlagenhanf
Henry Bittleson Celebrates 88th Birthday in Quincy
Members of Vermont Street church Brotherhood Bible class joined Henry Bittleson at his rooms 233 North Fourth street to mark his 88th birthday. Born in London July 24, 1828, he moved to America at 16, lived in Ellington township, then Quincy then Chicago as a tinsmith and real estate man. He enlisted in 1861 with the Tenth Illinois volunteers and served four years in the Civil War. His wife died in 1891. he has kept house since. He has two brothers and two sisters: Mrs. Sarah McClelland 91 of Quincy Charles Bittleson 91 of Coeur d'Alene Alfred Bittleson 69 of Palmyra and Mrs. Emily Long 85 of Quincy.
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Brotherhood Bible
Vermont Street Church
Henry Bittleson
North Fourth Street
Mr. Bittleson
London
England
America
Ellington Township
Quincey
Quincy National Bank
Illnois Volunteers
Quincy
Chicago
Bittleson
Sarah McClelland
Charles Bittleson
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Alfred Bittleson
Palmyra
Emily Long
Yellow Butterfly club holds all day lake outing
About 32 members of the Yellow Butterfly club, composed of south side fellows, enjoyed an all day outing at Kate's Lake south of the city. Members traveled by transfer wagons and taxis, leaving at 6 am and returning at 9 pm. A big noon dinner and a similar supper program followed the day of outings.
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Yellow Butterfly Club
South Side Fellows
Kate's Lake
Weather Outlook For Illinois Missouri And Iowa This Week
Weather outlook reports generally fair and continued warmth across Illinois Missouri and Iowa. Tuesday and Wednesday expected with slight cooling near Lake Michigan Tuesday in Illinois. All three states show warm trend with stable conditions across the midweek period.
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Lake Michigan
Missouri
Iowa
River Forecast Near Warsaw Louisiana In 48 Hours
Fall river outlook from the Warsaw Louisiana area warns of changes over the next 48 hours as water levels and flow patterns adjust. Authorities expect typical late season fluctuations with potential minor flooding risks along low banks and nearby properties. Residents are advised to monitor updates and heed any local guidance.
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Rive
Warsaw
Louisiana
St. Paul
Keokuk
Quincy
Hannibal
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Kansas City
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