Rural graduates to receive diplomas June 16 at Palmyra
Palmyra June 2 Rural schools will award certificates Saturday June 16 designated rural graduating day. J Adams Puffer of Boston will give morning and afternoon addresses. Graduates will memorize and sing the Star Spangled Banner and America. A basket dinner will follow. Names include Cleera Harding Mary Meyers Nobel Steffen Nelsonville Clayton Dudley Withers Mill Harlan Peitre Edna Jackson Turner Mary Easdale Colleen Maurice Helen Armantrout Edna Logan Vivian Vance Pee Dee Ethyl Martin Shannon Arva Barry Babbow Dayton Clark Julia Mildred Phillips Emerson Viola Geer Josephine Morthland Franklin Gibbons Hickory Grove Jewel Allen Ebenezer Belle Clark Ewing Willie Haggard Gladys Thomas Mabel Fountain Philadelphia Thomas Cunningham Paul Keller Todd Heyward Foreman Merl Waller Prairie Mary Giest Ely Blanche Frazier Merle Davidson Oak Ridge Jacob Hershey Suter Pierbert Phelps Margaret Snow Four Corners Irene Pistios Katie Philips St Paw Earl Turner Sudduth Louella Dowel rty River School Nattie Smith Hubert Cameron Storm Hl Mabel Gottman Bier Wilma Yeager Gullion Ruby Brower Carpenter Fimma Carey Bates James Glendenning Grace Boots Jon Shoemaker Franklin Rev John Evans to hold services at St Pauls church Sunday morning with no evening service. Mrs August Pollman and Miss Lillian Pollman visiting Wayland Kahoka. Joe es to Rochester Minn for potential operation. Rev James H Hubbard arrives Palmyra to start pastorate at First Baptist June 3 preaching both services. Hubbard, a 58 year old Kentuckian, educated at Georgetown College, is married with two young children.
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Palmyra
J. Adams Puffer
Boston
America
Cleera Harding
Mary Meyers
Oakwood
Nobel Steffen
Nelsonville
Clayton Dudley
Withers Mill
Harlan Peitre
Edna Jackson
Turner
Mary Easdale
Colleen
Maurice
Helen Armantrout
Edna Logan
Vivian Vance
Pee Dee
Ethyl Martin
Shannon
Arva Barry
Benbow
Dayton Clark
Julia
Mildred Phillips
Emerson
Viola Geer
Josephine Morthland
Franklin
Robert Gibbons
Hickory Grove
Jewel Allen
Ebenezer
Belle Clark
Ewing
Willie Haggard
Gladys Thomas
Mabel Fountain
Philadelpha
Thomas Cunningham
Paul Keller
Todd
Heyward Foreman
Mer! Waller
Prairie
Mary Giest
Ely
Blanche Frazier
Merle Davidson
Oak Ridge
Jacob Hershey
Suter
Pierbert Phelps
Margaret Snow
Four Corners
Irene Pistios
Katie Philips
St. Paw
Earl Turner
Sudduth
Louella Dowelerty
River School
Nattie Smith
Hubert Cameron
Storm
Mabel Gottman
Bier
Wilma Yeager
Gul
St. Louis
P. T. Chadwell
Quincy
James H. Hubbard
First Baptist Church of
Rev. Hubbard
Georgetown College
Special Devotion at St Mary's Academy
A day of special devotion at St Marys Academy on the first Friday of each month featured a solemn communion in the academy chapel. Pupils prepared for weeks with a three day retreat starting Tuesday May 24 led by Reverend Father George O P.M. whose inspiring preaching impressed the listeners.
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St. Mary Academy
Academy
George O. P.M
River barges may start service within a week
In a letter to Secretary Perry of the Chamber of Commerce James F. Smith president of the Mississippi Valley Waterways Association reports hopes to put into service two tug boats and twelve steel barges within the next week the visit to Washington was satisfactory and government cooperation is promising. A small roof fire on Third Street between Ohio and Delaware caused minimal damage to a horse dwelling owned by W. D. Meyer with firemen responding. English envoy Hawkins arrived in India in 1804.
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Perry
Chanter of Commerce
James F. Smith
Mississippi Valley Waterways A Association
Povertime
Washington
Exire
Third Street
Ohio
Delaware
John Perkins
W. DD. Meyer
Joseph C Taylor Dies in California
Joseph C Taylor editor of the Journal of Industry and a supervisor died in Chico California at 12:20 pm He was born in Louisville Kentucky and raised in Quincy He left Quincy twenty years ago for health reasons and later ran a shoe business in Chico He leaves a wife and son in Chico two brothers Fred P Taylor of Quincy and Charles Taylor of Washington DC two sisters Mrs N A Cruzan Des Moines Iowa and Mrs Thomas S Provost Tropico California Funeral services are set for 3 pm today at the Coby Lutheran Church in Chico Burial will be in Woodland Cemetery Friends may attend. Conrad Cody is named in the notice
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Fred P. Taylor
Journal of Industry
Board of Supervisors
Chico
Cal
Joseph ©. Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Loulaville
Quincy
Vine Street
William Thomas Taylor
Eddyville
Quincey
Taylor
California
John P. Altgeld
Illinois
Charles Taylor
Washington, D. C
N. A. Cruzan
Des Moines
Towa
Thomas S
Coby Lutheran Church
Woodland Cemetery
Conrad Cody
Him Street
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Greenmount Brietery
Wesley J. Niemeyer
Chicago
Imogene Ott
George Niemeyer
Marion
Body of J W Buss Arrives Today for Texas Man
The body of John W Buss of La Parra Texas arrives this evening at 6 then moves to Golden on the 9 o clock train to his parents home. Funeral services will be held in Golden church Monday afternoon. Buss died Monday morning at 37 after a sudden illness leaving wife and five children. He was a truck farmer and fruit grower with three brothers and one sister. Also mentioned are relatives in Riverside Indiana and Miss Esther Buss at Gem City Business College.
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Tohn W. Buss
la Parra
Texas
Golden
W. Buss
Golden Church
Buss
Henry
Otto
Paul
Esther Buss
Gem City Business College
George Jansen
Riverside
A. P. Meyer
Indiana
Funeral for George Barrow Held at Mumper Chapel
George Barrow funeral held at 2 30 Friday afternoon in Mumper chapel with Rev I W Bingaman of Luther Memorial church officiating. Large attendance and fine floral offerings. Burial in Greenmount cemetery.
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George Barrow
Mumper Chapel
I. W. Bingaman
Luther Memorial Church
Greenmount Cemetery
Funeral for Henry Sickman Held at Sister’s Home
The funeral for Henry Sickman will be conducted at 2 30 this afternoon at the home of his sister Mrs Dickwish 1119 Jefferson street. Burial will be in Greenmount cemetery.
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Henry Sickman
Dickwish
Jefferson Street
Greenmount Cemetery
Funeral for Erwin Charls Held at Sister’s Home
The funeral for Erwin Charls was conducted at 3 pm Friday at his sister Mrs. William Beckyard’s home 822 Washington Street. Rev G D Hamm of St Jacobi Lutheran church officiated. Large attendance and beautiful floral offerings. Bearers included J H Vahie A K Beckhard A Fleer G Neihoff.
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Erwin Charls
Erwin Charle
William Beckyard
Washington Street
G. D. Hamm
St. Jacobi Lutheran Church
J. H. Vahie
A. K. Beckhard
A. Fleer
G. Neihoff
Burial of William Stoermer and E Hayter in Woodland Cemetery
William Stoermer and E Hayter were buried in Woodland Cemetery. The brief notice records their interment in the local cemetery with no additional details about service date or relatives.
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William Stoermer
E. Hayter
Woodland Cemetery
Whig Letter: oppose township road bonds and new debt
Tom Poltisch of Melrose criticizes a proposed township bond for oiled roads, arguing the county should bear costs and criticizing state aid road reforms. He notes past overseers fixed roads and warns the county’s debt figures, questions the need for an assessor, and urges spending existing funds without additional borrowing.
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the Whig
Adams County
Workers Demand Higher Pay and Longer Day
Unions threaten to strike as workers demand a 10 cent hourly increase and an eight hour day at local shops this Friday, signaling growing labor tensions in the area.
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