United Brethren Church History of Quincy Parish
A long readable history of the United Brethren church in Quincy recounts its founding in 1888, early pastors, charter members, and milestones. It notes the move from Harrop’s building to the Fifth and Cherry site, laying a basement in 1893, dedication sermons, and ongoing improvements through 1907 under Dr. W. H. Trueblood, including roof, painting, carpeted aisles, and a new furnace.
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Quincy
United Brethren Church
A. ‘Rigney
J. R. Stone
Burdella ‘Stone
Joseph. Brockway
William Meredith
Brock
James Skinner
King
Rigney
W. E Rose
J. B. King
Harrop
H F. Kline
H. F. Kline
Jerusalem
H. A. Love
United Brethren
Ilinois
Hott
L. I. ‘Morey
Merrithen
J. W. Hunter
C. E. Velander
Quincy’s Pulse To Attend Convention In Buffalo
Samuel A. Lee sails to represent Ghazzeh Grotto No. 46 at the twenty sixth annual Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets convention in Buffalo on June 7 8 and 9 He will visit his son in Chicago and his boyhood home in Watertown N Y during the trip Also notes the postponement of Palmyra city officials fish fry and a photo session at the new Quincy Chamber of Commerce home Deputy Internal Revenue Collector A F Lagemann collects the last half of 1915 taxes at the federal building listing licenses including liquor billiard pool tobacco theater broker and commission fees.
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Samuel A. Lee
Buffalo
N. Y
Ghazzeh Grotto No
Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets
Encantes Realm
Lee
Chicago
Howard
Watertown
Palmyra
Abbott
Perry
George D. Levi
Chamber of Commerce
Michaelman Steel Erecting Large Addition in Quincy
The Michaelman Steel Construction company is building a large new addition at Second and Hampshire streets in Quincy. The three story main section will house stores and a crane, with brick construction on a limestone foundation and a fire proof frame. The project, costing over 38000, supports expanding local and western business and improves the district’s appearance.
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Quincys
Michaelman Steel Construction Company
Second
Hampshire Streets
Hampshire Street
Hampshire
Michaelman Company
Menke Stone and Lime Company
Buerkin’ & Kaempen
Joseph Freund
Knights of Pythias Memorial Service Planned
Red Cross lodge and Preux Chevalier lodge of Knights of Pythias will meet at their Jersey street hall Sunday morning and march in a body to the Vermont Street Baptist church for the annual memorial services. The Red Cross lodge held its annual roll call on Wednesday evening.
Priest to Sing High Mass at St Peter's Church
Rev J H ONeill of Chicago who was ordained last Saturday by Rev Bishop Rode will sing high mass at St Peter's Catholic church next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Father ONeill is son of Mrs NM Enright of 323 South Sixteenth street and will be guest of his mother while in town.
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Chicago
J. H. O'Neill
Rode
Holy Name Cathedral
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
Father O'Neill
NM. Enright
South Sixteenth Street
Saint Boniface feast marks mass and lectures
Saint Boniface church will hold a Sunday morning high mass honoring Saint Boniface with Corpus Christi rites. A later program at the school hall features life and labors of Saint Boniface via stereopticon views and Prof Wilhelm on German folk songs. Swamp Angels display a killed seven foot eagle in the North Side Boat Club after a midweek dance.
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St. Boniface Church
Saint
Boniface
Corpus Christi
Saint Boniface
Wilhelm
Germany
Swamp Angels
North Side Boat Club
Angels
Ile
Coppers Draw Vacation Dates for Quincy Patrol
The Quincy police department held its annual vacation draw. Twenty one pairs of officers listed for rest with pay in staggered groups from June through January, naming each pair and the dates assigned for their ten days off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
T. Ryan
Duncan
Guegel
Westmarin
Vernham
H.’Maas
Haley and
Riley
Edwards and Ahern
Hudson
Scharnhorst
Riney
Rice
Marold and
Laake
Connell and Simmons
Boge and Meyer
Fischer
Anderson
W. Ryan
Martin
Greifer
Meise
Schepers
Ford
Brokamp
Biddle
Schulter
Revival Nears Close in Clayton Amid Growing Converts
Closing night approaches for Dr. Bromley revival meetings in Clayton. Organizers anticipate about 500 converts by end of Sunday services as all churches report rising membership and renewed enthusiasm among both new and longtime members.
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Clayton
Bromley
Three Quincyans Awarded Medals on Military Day
At the state university exercises last Monday on military day, sil ver medals were awarded to D. Edwin Miller of 1529 Sixth Avenue North J G Eppinger of 1131 Madison Street and Obert Beatty of 600 Sycamore Street.
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State University
D. Edwin Miller
Sixth Avenue
J.G. Eppinger
Madison Street
Obert Beatty
Sycamore Street
Parsonage Purchase for Brick House on Sixth Ave N
Brick house at 1222 Sixth Ave N was bought as a parsonage. Property is paid for except for a $30 annual annuity during Mr and Mrs Thomas Potter's lives. In eight years of the present pastorate, 186 members joined and Sunday school attendance rose about three hundred percent.
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Sixth Ave
Thomas Potter
Body of Girl Arrives in Quincy After Kansas River Jump
The body of Miss Zyzilda Gould, who ended her life Wednesday evening by leaping into the swollen Kaw river in Kansas City Kansas, arrived in Quincy this morning aboard the Eli, accompanied by Miss Katrine Meyer. The remains were taken to August PF Stormer’s undertaking chapel on State Street for funeral services at 3 PM today, with burial in Greenmount Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.
Annoyance Arrested in Yard Near Thirtieth and Broadway
Officer John Maas arrested Crist Luecke at 6 15 o clock after he was found overcome by liquor in a yard at Thirtieth and Broadway. He was walked to Twenty fourth and Maine streets where the patrol followed him. Luecke had been prowling and frightening people nearby during his sprees.
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John Maas
Crist Luecke
Thirtieth
Broadway
Luecke
Twenty-fourth
Maine
Judge rules against jitneys in Jacksonville taxi case
Springfield June 4 The state public utilities commission orders L F O Donnell to stop operating Sitney line in Jacksonville until he secures a charter of convenience and necessity. The commission may extend a general order to all jitney buses and the case likely moves to the courts for final settlement as Snyder continues to operate under city taxi ordinance.
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Snyder
Ston
Springfield
Ill
State Public Utilities Commission
Jacksonville
Owen P.thompson
Utilities. Commission
Public
Jacksonville Traction
O'Donnell
Quincy
Kewanee
State Public ‘Utilities Commission
State’ Commission
State
Public Utilities, Commission
Varied Selections For Concert Tonight By Fifth Infantry Band
A varied program of excellent numbers will be rendered by the Fifth Infantry band in Washington park tonight. The program, arranged by Prof. Reinkendorff, includes U.S. A. March, Poet and Peasant Overture, Valse Orientale, The Auto Race, Espagnole, Faust, At the Barbecue, Popular Medley and Trombone Novelty among others.
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Fifth Infantry
Washington Park
Reinkendorff
U.S. A
Allen
Missud Espagnole
Valverde Operatic
Faust
Gotnod
Cobb
Allert Trombone
Fillmore
The Oaklawn Handicap at the Family Today
Real racetrack scenes shot at Ascot Park in Los Angeles highlight The Oaklawn Handicap a two reel race track drama starring Marie Walkamp Sherman Bainbridge and Rex de Roselli Liberty Bell the fast mare is the favorite owned by young Deering famed for breeding and speed yet she cannot be ridden by any rider seen as a cripple or outlaw to be shown at the Family Theatre today.
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Ascot Park
Lon Angeles
Marie Wal Kamp
Sherman Bainbridge
Rex de Roselli
Liberty Bell
Young Deering
Family Theatre
State's Attorney to probe Hand bigamy in divorce suit
The state's attorney will investigate a divorce filing accusing David L. Hand of bigamy. Fannie Hand seeks nullity of marriage and restoration of her name, claiming Hand was married to Helena Hand in 1905 while still married to her. Wife No 1 resides in Peoria.
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David L. Hand
Haviing
Fannie Hand
Walter
H. Coon
Hand
Fannie Nelson
Wolfe
Learni.ng
Coon
David L. ‘Hand
Palmyra
Helena ‘Hand
Helena Rule
Kewanee
Peoria
Notable Guests At Sixth Illinois Humane Convention
The Adams County Humane Society hosts state leaders at Quincy for the sixth annual convention. Morning sessions feature speeches on humane education and enforcement of laws, with topics on animal welfare, oppression of vivisection, and support for poor and worn animals. Delegates will tour Quincy by car, followed by a banquet at the Hotel Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County Humane’ Society
Humane Society
Quincy
Fred Wolfe
George F. Miller
H. S. Brown
Fred G. Wolfe
Quincy Humane’ Society
R.H. Hartley
Elgin Human Society
Rock Island
Itumane
Belle Jones
Rolland M. Wagner
James CG. Fesler
Rochelle, TL
TA. Grier
Peoria’ Humane Society
Evanston Humane Society
M H. Lalor
Chicago Heights
Ilinois Humane Society
George A. J. Scott
Illinois’ Humane’ Society
Humane Societies
Juliet’ Sager
Boone County Iumane ‘Society
OW. Odell
Chicago
Illinois State's Attorneys to Meet in Quincy Next Week
The Illinois State's Attorneys association will hold its summer session in Quincy starting June 10 with a dinner at Hotel Newcomb. Sessions in the county courthouse will discuss criminal law and criminology led by George T. Page and Edwin R. Keedy. State's Attorney Fred G. Wolfe will preside with a Friday program featuring welcome by Wolfe and Oscar H. Wolie.
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Llinois State’s Attorneys' Association
Quincy
Fred G. Wolfe
Finois
American Institute On Criminal Law and Criminology
George T. Page
Peoria
Criminologists’ Society
Edwin R. Keedy
Northwestern University
Wolfe
Circuit Court Room
Oscar KH
Wolie of
Paxton, II
State Bar Association
Sesson
Newcomb
Week's Union Calendar Hearings at Labor Temple
Sunday Musicians and Printers meet. Monday Metal Trades Plumbers Painters. Tuesday Beer Drivers Stone Cutters. Wednesday Bartenders Building Trades Council. Thursday Carpenters No 189 Team Owners Metal Polishers Stove Mounters. Friday Trades and Labor Assembly. Saturday Bakers. All meetings held at Labor Temple corner Ninth and State streets.
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Ters
Building Trades Council
Carpenters
Trades and Labor Assembly
Bakers
Labor Temple
Ninth and
State Streets
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia Relief Told
Advertorial note touts Sloan's Liniment to stop neuralgia pains in face head arm shoulder chest and back. Apply a few drops and rest a few minutes for relief and brighter outlook. 3 ounces sold by druggists across the country. Penetrates without rubbing.
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Sloan
Orpheum Show Promises Laughs and Stars
The Orpheum hosts Isa, Marriage a Failure with a novel remedy for domestic strife and a humorous Is it Charley Chaplin segment. Starting Sunday matinee the Oliver players present Tess of the Storm Country with updated scenery and an enlarged cast in a landmark stage debut.
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Orpheum
Charley Chaplin
Charley
Oliver Players
Mary’ Pickford
Storm Country
Eight Applicants Take Police Matron Exam in City
Eight applicants were examined for the police matron post after a city council police commissioners meeting. The session adjourned without a selection, and the process included a written exam and a subsequent verbal interview. Names were not released to reporters to protect privacy of married applicants and their families.
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W. K. Abbott
Genenbacher
Bolles and Ebert
Abbott
George
Koch
Cit
Commission
Library Commission elected officers in Berkeley meet
The League of Library Commissions affiliated with the American Library Association held its June 4 meeting in Berkeley and elected officers. President Miss Fannie Crawson of Frankfort Kentucky first vice president Henry N. Sanborn of Indianapolis Indiana second vice president Mrs A J Bargtey of Boone Towar secretary treasurer Miss Sarah Askew of Trenton New Jersey executive board members AW Watson of Albany New York Miss Mary E Downey Salt Lake City Utah and Miss Anna Price Springfield Illinois were named.
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Berkeley
Calif
League of Library Commissions
American Library ‘Association
Fannie Crawson
Frankfort
Henry N. Sanborn
Indianapolis
Ind
A. J. Bargtey
Boone
Towar
Sarah Askew
Trenton
U.‘ Execnutive’ Board
AW. R. Watson
Albany
Mary E. Downey
Salt Lake City
Anna Price
Springfield
Defend Capital Dispatch on Turkish Forces Shifting
Petrograd dispatch via London says almost all Turkish heavy artillery at Erzerum and much of its garrison have been ordered to Constantinople. The best Turkish fronts in the Caucasus are hurriedly transferred to the capital.
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Petrograd
London
Erzerum
Constantinople
Tiflis
Bourse Gazette
Caucasus
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health
A vintage health ad urges readers to restore kidney and bladder health before miseries like rheumatism kidney disease arise. It promotes Foley Kidney Pills from Miller Arthur Drug Co as a remedy, promising good results after the first dose.
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Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
British and Italian finance chiefs confer in Nice
Reginald McKenna and Paola Carcano meet in Nice to discuss financial questions raised by Italy's participation in the war. The two ministers depart for home tomorrow.
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Nice
Italy
Paris
Reginald McKenna
Paola Carcano
Treasury
Peace petition urged in German Catholic prayers
Cardinal Hartmann, archbishop of Cologne, has directed that a petition for peace be included in the general prayers of the Catholic churches in Germany. The pastoral letter emphasizes a collective call for peace amid ongoing tensions.
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Cologne
London
Hartmann
Germany
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Fifth Infantry Band
Hubby
State Humane Society Meets
Adams County Society
State's Attorneys’ Association
State Bar. Assocation
Library Commission
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