Advocates Classification Would Divide City For Paving
A local writer argues for bonding Quincy for 500000 to finance street improvements. He proposes a four tier pavement plan including wood blocks bricks granitoid gravel and oil binder with rebates to property owners and a 33 1 3 percent city share for all classes. He urges annual bonds with a contingency fund to repair holes promptly and to accelerate street upgrades across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. Hyatt
Arthur Dunn
Quincy
United States
Woodbine Twineth
Maine Street
Griggsville Fair Awards Announced
Despite rain dampening attendance the Griggsville Illinois valley fair drew praise from directors and spectators. Track events impressed, with prizes awarded in Breeders Ring for horses and poultry, plus numerous preserves and canned fruit ribbons won by Nannie Pence, Mrs. Kircher, and others across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griggsville
The
Fair Association
Cc. Enham
J.jordan
J. Jordan
F. D. Dunham
Geo. Carnes
Jordan
D. Dunham
W. J. Wassel
Nannie Pence
C. Kircher
A. P. Ferguson
Plymouth Rock
P. Hatch
E .B
R. Jester
H. Sargeant
Quincy Faces Debt for City Improvements
The writer denounces streets as mudbound and urges bond funding to fix the city. Describing Quincy as rich yet in debt, they compare borrowing to a governor’s costly actions and urge readers to consider a $5,000 bond over five years to move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Lutheran Pastor Delivers Sermon in Pittsfield
In Pittsfield on Sunday evening Rev L W Nordsick of the Lutheran church led the union service in court house square as Protestant churches rotate sermons. Next Sunday Rev Fred L Hanscom of the Congregational church is slated to preach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsfield
L. W. Nordsick
Lutheran Church
Court House Square
Fred L. Hanscom
Congregational Church
Reports Denied Over Chile Earthquake Damage Claims
Official dispatches to the Chilean embassy reject reports from Santiago of a major earthquake causing extensive damage to Chilean cities. The statement urges reliance on verified information and cautions against sensational speculation.
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Washington
Santiago
Boer Who Fought Against Great Britain Joins for War in France
Henry D. Craemer of Monroe Louisiana joins British recruiting in New York to enlist for France. He bears two scars from the Battle of Ladysmith in the South Africa war and posed at the recruiting station after being accepted.
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Great Britain
France
Henry O-Cracmel
Henry D. Craemer
Monroe
South Africa
New York
United States
Battle of
Ladysmith
How a Navy 14 Inch Gun Is Built and Fired
A 14 inch gun is built from eight or ten steel tubes heated red to fit tightly then drawn. Inner grooves impart shell rotation and erosion from firing causes crystallization and possible danger. The gun’s life is about 1500 shots with retubing costing around 25000 dollars. A shell weighs 1400 pounds, is five feet long, and can sink a battleship twelve miles away, delivering 2600 feet per second and 65,687 foot-tons of energy.
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Mt. Everest
Women Register for War's Work in Palmyra
Palmyra, July 31. Registration day for women over sixteen was a house to house effort securing loyalty pledges and readiness to serve in emergencies. About one thousand registration cards will be returned. A mass meeting in circuit court room featured Red Cross talk by George Simmons and remarks by Sidney J. Roy. Committees formed for the national defense effort and local Palmyra registration with a range of township and ward chairs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmyra
Circuit Court Room
Woman's Committee of National
Columbia
R. L. Doherty
Woman's Committee of National Defense
K. W. Mackey
Bettie Cook
Rose Anderson
Will Allen
Ida McDonald
Mary Lane
Nova
Mra
J. E. Best
Henrietta
Rochester
Minn
Illinois Soldiers Welcome at Houston
Illinois soldiers arriving in Houston will be greeted warmly by residents many of whom hail from Illinois. H B Harrison, brother of Mrs. George M Reeves, travels for medical treatment and notes rapid camp construction south of Houston near Rice Institute. Contractors promise a million gallons of water daily as artesian wells progress and a sewer system is installed. A streetcar line links the camp and a new hard road improves access from Houston.
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Quincy
Houston
H. B
George M. Reeves
Mr. Harrison
Rice Institute
Illinos
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Origin Story
A historical note traces Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound to a botanic recipe she acquired about fifty years ago. She prepared it on her kitchen stove for friends with woman’s ailments, and its fame grew into a widely recognized standard remedy for female health issues.
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Lydia E
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Andy
German Peace Effort A Sham
Washington July 31 German Chancellor Michaelis peace interview is seen as an attempt to bolster home opinion and press for peace sentiment abroad, while the Russian embassy calls it factually incorrect. State department says Germany offers no real change in war aims. peace efforts are deemed hollow. Russia notes Thomas sought contact with workers delegates to learn their view. Moscow claims not to oppose allies’ aims but to understand them.
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Washington
Michaelis
State Department
I T
Germany
Younes
Lansing
Albert Thomas
Petrograd
M. Tereschenko
France
M. Thomas
Petrozrad
Council of Soldiers and Workmen’s
Milukoff
Russia
Soldiers and Sailors Home News and Deaths Summary
At the Soldiers and Sailors Home M Henry Tyson of cottage 3 died at 3 pm from acute indigestion after service in Co H 51 Ohio Infantry. Buried in Canton family lot. son John Tyson from Peoria accompanies body. Zacariah Black, 72, of Co B 119th Illinois Infantry, died July 28 in hospital from cancer of the face. buried at the home cemetery. Several staff shifts, transfers, and visits noted, including Robert L. Farr at desk, Robert B. Holmes headed to aviation training, and Thomas S. Yates named state statistician. Granddaughter Doroth Edna Peck married J. Hugh Kitzmiller of Wray, Colo. Additional health issues and social visits described among cottage residents and guests.
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M. Henry Tyson
Cottage 3
Co. H. 51
Ohio Infantry
John Tyson
Peoria
Canton
Ill
Zacariah Black
Co. B
Lit
Illinois Infantry
Gertrude Meelesnick
Keokuk
Soldiers’ Home
C. H. Kenndy
North Hull
Lease
Spencer
Adjutant’s Office
Robert L. Farr
Robert B. Holmes
Washington
Rantoul
Holmes
Chicago
Thomas S. Yates
Headquarters
Kankakee
W. H. McLaine
Coatsburg
Columbus
Seiwell
St. Louis
Jacobs
Ehle
Miss Mitchell
Pluckart
Cottage 12
James L. Smith
Josephine Cunningham
Barry
J. Lease
Ples Goodwin
Marblehead
Woodward
Springfield
Deniies
Quincy
Grandmother's Cottage Hosts Visitors From Far Afield
The ladies brought well filed baskets. Mary Alice Byrne of Cairo visits her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. GC. Elliott, cottage 20. Mr. R. C. Jamieson of Chicago spends a few days with grandparents, FP. Gamer, cottage 20. Mrs. Charles Williams, cottage 20, returns from ten days with children in Chicago. Mrs. Williams says every minute was enjoyed.
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Mary Alice Byrne
Cairo
Gamer
Charles Williams
Chicago
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Hyatt Appeals
Griggsville Fair
Ilinois Valley Exposition
Union Services
Carl Kern
Florida Navy Yard
Navy Ward
Navy
Navy Yard
Florida
Epworth Teace
Methodist Church
Ruby Nelson
George M. Smith
Carnegie-Higbee Public Library
Lulu Guindy
Julius P. Heck
Higbee Bowers
Glenn Hickle
Tie
Lowell Knox
Otto Fisher
Fred Ott
Glen Ellyn
R. Utt
Michigan
the Baptist Church
Sam Rogers
St. Joseph's Church
B. C. Settles
Jamie
Kentucky
John A. Knott
Hannibal
Illinois
Harrison
South
American State Department
Berlin
East Front
Swaynie’s Bath
Reo
America
F. O. B. Lansing
Rea
Massie & Sons
North Fourth St
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