City Council Adopts 1919 Budget With 75,900 Rise
The city council approved a 1919 appropriation totaling 392,914 up from 327,340 last year, aided by new laws allowing special taxes for street and bridge work and public benefits. A 35,000 public benefit fund will handle bond interest and principal, with 35,000 annually for six years starting 1919. Several pay raises were approved for police, fire, and other officials, and two police vehicles were funded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Correction
Board of Health
Tee
Board of Focal Improvements
Ee Bels
Sea Ee
Ee Ee
Ee Sete
Weeereee Peene
Glia Ee Ok
Aen
W. B. Tompkins
Tompkins
Ald. Bergman
O'Brien
Inghram
Abe Martin Sees Fair Sack Race Merit Rise
The column recalls a county fair sack race with Pawn Tippincutt entering in a long hobble skirt, noting merit as the trigger for attention rather than appearances. The anecdote reflects Abe Martin style humor and rural whimsy about community contests.
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Pawn Tippincutt
Delegates Leave for New Orleans Convention
R H Hackman a delegate from Post A to the T P A convention in New Orleans which opens Monday will leave for New Orleans Friday J J Moriarty and George Klein the other two delegates from Post A will leave Saturday for the Crescent City
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R. H. Hackman
Post A
T. P. A. Na Signal
New Orleans
J. J. Moriarty
George Klein
Crescent City
Judge Frees Ten Couples in Circuit Court Divorces
Judge Albert Akers signed ten divorce decrees in circuit court on Monday. Cases include Orville Johnston vs Jennie Johnston for adultery and Arthur Venghaus v Elsie Venghaus for desertion. Marriages ranged from 1902 to 1918 with separations through 1918, noting cruelty, intoxication, and abandonment as grounds. Florence Hawkins, colored, obtained divorce from William Hawkins after seven years of marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Akers
Orville Johnston
Jennie Johnston
Benjamin Kimble
Grace
Bertha V. Childers
Gerry Childers
Arthur Venghaus
Elsie Venghaus
Maud Fields
William Fields
Olive M. McAdams
Edward B. McAdams
Milo G. Pratt
Julia Pratt
LeRoy Kerker
Agnes Kerker
Etta M. Cracraft
Thomas A
West 1 Recovering From Auto Accident
Dewey West of Tioga Ti was badly hurt when a street car struck the Haines car carrying West and Everett Witt on Twelfth and Hampshire streets. West remains in St Mary Hospital under Dr Otis Johnson care and Witt was fined $29 and costs for speeding in police court.
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Dewey West
Everett Witt
Hampshire Street
Twelfth
Hampshire Streets
St. Mary Hospital
Otis Johnson
West
Tioga
Til
Polce Court
P. W. Erwin
Witt
Missing Boy At Home Inquiries And Local News
Quincy police report a boy, C. R. Homan, missing from home since Sunday after last seen in working clothes. Adams County school board announces three new rural teachers for coming year. Tresa White, Zona Beckett, and Muldred Seeley appointed at $65 monthly. Hugh Brownlea arrested on peace disturbance warrant. to appear in court. Charles Flerge sentenced 30 days in workhouse for corn theft. Clara Dean held on bond with case continued. Detective Matt Yan to return a 17-year-old runaway from Ottumwa with Ottumwa chief. Julia Helle Swath won an afternoon float at the carnival grounds. Julia Bella Swain Orchestra performed. Steamer Majestic arrives en route to Kansas City. Davenport trip planned June 14.
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Adams County
John Steiner
Misa Tresa White
Liveston
Paloma
Misa Zona Beckett
Center
Camp Point
Muldred Seeley
Cook
Plainville
Charles Flerge
Charles Hoke
Camp
Matt Yan
Warl Walte
Ottumwa, Ta
Ottumwa
Quincy
Uro
Lad
Julia Helle
Julia Bella Swain
Swain
Davenport
Moose
Keokuk
Majestic
Kansas City
Hearing of Wolf Case Continues Indefinitely
The government motion extends the case against Fred A. Wolf and his son Paul of Wolf Manufacturing, charged with conspiring to defraud by shipping harness goods rejected by army inspectors. Witnesses are vast and travel hardships noted, funds for the case limited, with a likely reset to September when U S district court convenes in Quincy.
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Fred A. Wolf
Paul
Wolf Manufacturing Company
Springfield
United States District Court
Quincy
Department of Justice
Wolf
United States Army
United States
Knott
Judge Gives Two Boys Chance To Do Better
Milford Koch and Lloyd Kewney were indicted for tampering with an automobile and placed on probation in the circuit court Monday. They were ordered to pay the damage to the car and the costs of the suit after taking Wiliam Brink’s car from the Masonic temple and leaving it at Thirteenth and State streets. Benjamin Hoener, charged with stealing patterns from the Paramount Stove works, was also placed on probation and paid 50 for the patterns plus court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford Koch
Lioyd Kewney
Kewney and
Koch
Wiliam Brink
Masonic Temple
Thirteenth
State Streets
Benjamin Hoener
Paramount Stove Works
May Weather Record Tumbles In Wet Pattern
The May report from the weather bureau shows 9.50 inches of rain across 18 days, a record 2.29 inches on May 30, and 12 cloudy days. It also notes a high of 90 on Decoration Day, an average of 64, and a mean river stage of 13.2 feet with a high of 19.7 and low of 7.5.
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Weather Bureau
Nothwest
Marine Recruiting Office Opens in Quincy District
The government opens a marine corps recruiting station at 304 in the Quincy post office building with Sergeant F E Herman in charge. He will accept men for four year enlistments, with pay for privates at 30 dollars weekly, free clothing, board, lodging, and medical care. Herman, a 10 year Marine with France service in Cha teau Thierry St Mihiel Soissons and Champagne, will be assisted soon as the unit expands.
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Marine Corps
Quineyv
F E. J. Herman
Federal Building
Terman
Quincy
St. Lewis
Post Office
Army of Occupation
United States
St. Louis
Herman
France
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Soissons
Champagne
Leaton Irwin Finds New Cattle Feed From Pomace
Leaton Irwin reports Vernont experiment at the Vermont station feeding apple pomace to cows. Cows relish silage form and it yields milk comparable to corn silage, with up to 35 pounds per feeding once cows acclimate. Pomace costs $1 per ton in Vermont and has proven economical for 30 cows yearly since 1907 with no harm to cattle.
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Leaton Irwin
Irvin
New Record Set In Police Court Fines In Quin cy May
Fines totaling 631.15 the highest for a single month in Quin cy's police court history were paid May by Police Magistrate P W Reardon per figures from Police Clerk R S Benedict. Arrests numbered 105 with 58 city cases and 17 state cases. 50 charged with intoxication, one with assault to kill, three for assault, two forgers, one grand larceny, 10 vagrants, 11 piece disturbers, four carrying concealed weapons, 10 speeders, and five other causes.
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Quincy
P. W. Reardon
R. S. Benedict
Asault
Wanted boy to carry paper route in town
Help wanted notices seek a boy to handle an east side newspaper route. Applications are invited at the Whig office in the circulation department today.
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Whig
City Employes Get First Pay After Budget Adopted
City auditors reported to the council that bills totaling 23311.17 were ordered paid marking the first payroll since May 1 for city workers who had not been paid. The budget gap was resolved, with any excess over the budget to be carried to next time. Routine business included department reports, license fees collected, and arrests. The council granted a petition for an electric sign, ordered repairs on Seventeenth Street, and accepted invitations to visit a Cleveland fire apparatus factory.
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Inghram
Kieu
Isisser
O'Brien
Klein, Bisser
Lepper
Bisser
Fire Department
South Park
Cemeteries and Parks
Washington Park
Marriott
Board of Health
Tina Eres
Hampshire Streets
B. G Brink
Seventeenth Street
Chestnut and
Spruce
White Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
PF. W. Crane
George B. McGuire
Flt
Todd
John Mast
M. J. Reardon
Looks Like Workhouse For Lillian Lampher
The article reports Lillian Lampher and companions arrested Saturday near the South Eighth street bridge. Lampher faces 540 days in the workhouse on a former charge unless the fine is paid. Several young men, including Voormann and Woermann, paid fines for cruelty to a horse and speeding fines in police court.
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Tiliian Lampher
Lillian Smith
Schaepergs
Rosendale
South Eighth Street Bridge
I. K. Woermann
Otto Soht
Harvey Hild
Police Commission to Buy New Police Motorcycle
Police commissioners will meet this week to authorize purchasing a new motorcycle for Motorcycle Policeman Jerry Akers who will enforce the law regardless of violators status. Akers has been hindered without a machine and expects faster action to reduce speeding and traffic violations, potentially boosting court activity. At St Peter's Evangelical church morning service Rev August F Warshow and Henry Beleing reported on the Alhambra convention they recently attended.
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Jerry Akers
Akers
Police Mamtstrate
P. W. Reardon
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
August F. Warshow
Henry Beleing
Alhambra
Deserted Babe Receives New Name and Foster Home
Rosa Masscey, 18 months, abandoned at Mrs. Jag Thorpe’s home, now Dorothy Virginia Masscey with new adoptive parents. Meekum and Myrtle Masscey face county court trial for child abandonment. Meekum pleads not guilty and seeks a jury trial. Probation Officer Nolan coordinates adoption after welfare concerns. baby taken to Thorpe home for transfer to foster parents.
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Rosa Masscey
Jag Thorpe
Jim Meekum
Myrtie Masscey
Meekum
Fred Wolfe
Mrrtle Masseey
Leroy Adair
Adair
Iyameh
Cameo
Tom Nolan
Rosa
Dorothy Virginia
Court House
Thorpe
Nolan
Thorpe Home
Son Granted Administrator Role In Daugherty Estate
County Judge Fred Wolfe ruled that Elmer Daugherty may be appointed administrator of his father John M. Daugherty’s estate while the will contest case remains in Supreme Court. The ruling follows earlier jury findings favoring the Daugherty sons against the will validity and amid objections from State Savings, Loan and Trust Co. and Blessing Hospital.
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Fred Wolfe
Elmer Daugherty
John M. Daugherty
Daugherty
Supreme Court
S A. Hubbard
Circuit Court
Mr. Daugherty
Blessing Hospital
State Savings, Loan and Trust Company
Elmer Dausherty
Govert & Lancaster
Wolfe
Captain Koch Expected To Return In June
Captain John A. Koch, attached to the army medical corps at Camp Shennan in Chillicothe, Q, is expected to return to Quin y soon after June 13 with his discharge. He will resume his medical practice in Quincey upon his return.
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John A. Koch
Medical Corps of
The
Army
Camp Shennan
Chillicothe
Quin Y
Quinn
Koch
Quincey
Ins
Service Members Extend Time Overseas and Family News
Corporal Eugene Ralph of the 330 division states he will remain in France several months longer and plans furlough from Bordeaux before possibly entering Spain. Helen Greeman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greeman, arrives in New York after service as a Red Cross nurse in France. Cecil Tane spends a short furlough with the McNutts on Maple Street. Lang, a member of the 125th machine gun battalion, was gassed in France and has been at Walter Reed since April. Mrs. Marky Alexander learns her husband Capt. Alexander landed at Newport News, awaiting discharge details with plans to reunite in Quincy.
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Eugene Ralph
330 Division
France
Bordeaux
Spain
Ralph
Post Office
Paris
Henry Greeman
Payson Avenue
Helen Greeman
New York
Red Cross
Miss Greeman
Molette
Cecil Tane
James McNutt
Maple Street
Lang
125U
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Lane
McNutt
Mra
Marky Alexander
Capt
Alexander
Newport News
Quincy
Believed Holtz and Mason linked to pocketbook theft
Detectives hunted Kansas City residents Holtz and Mason after a child’s purse containing a dollar and small change vanished en route to a grocery. They were later released, as evidence in the Emil Licht murder case was deemed insufficient, watches tied to the Licht stock remained in limbo.
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Fred Hultz
Frank Mason
John Winse
Fred Scharnhorst
Kansas City
Jackson Street
Mason
Holtz
Roy Adair
Emil Licht
South Park
Eighth and
van Buren Streets
Burlington
James Simmons
van Buren Street
Gem City Loan Bank
Emily Licht
Scharnhorst
Mason and Holtz
Illinois and Missouri Open Shower Outlook This Week
Illinois expects showers Tuesday and possibly Wednesday with much cooler air. Missouri sees showers Tuesday, cooler in the east and warmer in the northwest, with Wednesday likely fair and warmer. Town forecast shows fair, warmer in the west, showers and cooler in the east, with midweek clearing in most areas.
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Illlinois
Missouri
Portlions
Town
Local Temperature and River Weather Update
Weather summary reports yesterday with scattered legible data on river stage near midnight at 0.8 to 2.0 feet rises from Keokuk to Louisiana. Heavy rainfall in Des Moines valley described with forecast of rising levels and high rain potential over the next several days.
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Pbs
Des Moines
Keokuk
Louisiana
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Abe Martin
Sailor Boy
W. A. Hotin
Pulsee
C. R. Homan
Busch Brownlee
Hugh Brownlea
Front
Hampshire
Schanz and
Bergman
Third Ward
South Sixth Street
Seventh and
Monrroe Street
Fifth
Monroe Streets
Lillian Lampher
Babe
Capt. Koch
Shrapnell
Holtz and
OLD Trigks
S. A. Hubbard
McKennan
Sheriff's Office
William Schaefer
Licht
Licht Estate
Connery
Wilford Lankford
Harry Wells
Monda
Wells
Illinois
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