Red Cross Seeks 450000 for Tornado Relief Effort
Mattoon and CharlestonMayors appeal for aid to fund relief work after the tornado. Quincy Red Cross CHI aims to raise 450000 immediately with a canvass at the executive committee meeting. Donations directed to Mattoon or Charleston treasurers will be divided equitably by Illinois Red Cross officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Charleston
D. J. Musselman
Quincy
American Red Cross
Musselman
Red Cross
J. J. O'Connor
Fred A. Kinzel
J. H. Jelnston
Ilinois Red Cross
Orson Smith
Merchants Loan & Trust Co
Chicago
Equitable
Red Cross Relief
Mattoon, Mayers
Ty. Y. Williams
E. B. Dunn
C. Craig
Mattoon Finance Committee
Soldiers' and Sailors' Home notices and funeral reports
The funeral of John Crider was conducted Monday morning with burial in the Soldiers' Home cemetery. Various residents and visitors are listed with cottage assignments, movements to Virginia and Parsons, Kansas, and local illnesses and recoveries. Mentions of Mrs Ball, Mrs Campbell, Mr McCullough, and others, plus the health ad for Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey.
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John Crider
Soldiers’ Home
Hattie Leslie
N. 4Th Street
Cottage 5
Laura Dawson
Corporal Dawson
Troy
Ill
Frank Leland
Home
Frank McKennen
George Gallaher
Cottage 22
Ball
Lippincott Hall
Cottage 10
Pulaski
Cairo
Dr. Bell
Unitarian Church Marks 78th Anniversary in Quincy
Rev Lyman Greenman led a Sunday anniversary service for the Unitarian society in Quincy. Miss Margaret McCarl and Mrs W J Henry sang solos with Frank Malambri performing cello pieces. The sermon urged future growth reflecting on the churchs historic milestones across Maine Sixth Jersey and Sixteenth Hampshire streets and notes the Industrial Alliance womens group as an active society member.
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Lyman Greenman
Unitarian Church
Unitarian Society
Quincy
Margaret McCarl
W. J. Henry
Frank Malambri
Maine Street
Third
Fourth
Sixth
Jersey Streets
Sixteenth and
Hampshire Streets
The
Industrial Alliance
Kings Daughters Club and Young People's Liety Mentioned
A fragment notes the Kings Daughters, a club of young women, and the Young People’s Liety or Society, indicating community women’s groups active in local events or outreach during the period.
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The
Kings Daughters
Young Peopliety
Mrs Margaret Forks Dies in St Vincent Home
Mrs Margaret Forks died at 7 o clock Sunday evening at St Vincent's home after two years of illness caused by senility. Born in New Orleans October 2 1835 she was 81. Her husband died 17 years ago she leaves nine children and twelve grandchildren. Also noted is funeral of Rebecca S Pollard writer and author of Civil War era works who died last week in Fort Madison Iowa.
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Margaret Forks
St. Vincent’s
New Orleans
John Forks
Anna VandenBoom
Quincy
Joe Forks
Adair County
Albert
Rebecca S. Pollard
J. A. S. Ehart
Fort Madison
Pollard
Funeral services for Conrad Cody held at home and church
Conrad Cody funeral held at 2 PM Sunday at 230 Elm Street private services followed by 2 30 PM at St. John s Lutheran Church conducted by Rev W C A Martens. Bearers were six grandchildren and burial took place in Greenmount cemetery.
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Conrad Cody
Elm Street
St. John’s Lutheran Church
W. C. A. Martens
Greenmount Cemetery
Funeral Sunday in Zion Church Palmyra Missouri
In Palmyra Missouri on June 5 the funeral of Mrs. J F W Schafer, born March 12 1860 and died June 1 1917, was held at Zion Lutheran church. She is survived by her husband and three children, Robert, Biddie, and Hattie, wife of Alfred Happel. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. A quarterly meeting at Colored Methodist church drew a large crowd Sunday afternoon. Merritt Wilson of Hamburg Illinois and Cordia Killebrew of Nebo Illinois wed in the courthouse Monday morning, then left for Hamburg. A Negro pool room proprietor under Ziegler’s harness shop basement was arrested Sunday night by city marshal and sheriff and held for trial. The Federal Farm Loan association elected J T Hansbrough president and J C Hansbrough secretary for the coming year. Mortgage loan requests totaled 60,000 dollars.
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Palmyra
Missouri
J. F. W. Schafer
Zion Lutheran Church
Robert
Biddie
Hattie
Alfred Happel
Greenwood Cemetery
Colored Methodist Church
Merritt Wilson
Hamburg
Illinois
Cordia Killebrew
Nebo
Pike County
Court House
Chadwell
Back
Ziegler
Harvey
Mefford
Federal Farm Loan Association
J. T. Hansbrough
Fabius Township
J. C. Hansbrough
Arrival Planned for Captain Brown’s Body
Captain Horace Brown who died in Long Beach California is expected to arrive in Quincy Tuesday evening with his daughter Miss Katherine Holland Brown. If no delay, funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the Presbyterian church with Dr R H Hartley officiating, the Quincy lodge of Masons and John Wood Post of the G A R assisting.
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Horace Brown
Long Beach
Cal
Quincy
Katherine Holland Brown
Presbyterian Church
R. H Hartley
Quincy Lodge of Masons
John Wood Post
Funeral service for John Vogel at home and church
The funeral for John Vogel was conducted at 2 30 p m Sunday afternoon at the home 60654 South Tenth street and at 3 p m at St Jacob Lutheran Church by Rev G D Hamm. Attendance was large and floral offerings were beautiful. Bearers were Ed Ciaran Henry HErleman Hitz Mohrmann Julius Fleer Charles Zang and Mr Dover.
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John Vogel
South Tenth Street
St. Jacobi Lutheran Church
G. D. Hamm
Ed Ciaran
Henry Herleman
Hitz Mohrmann
Julius Fleer
Charles Zang
Mr. Dover
Funeral for Moses Williams to be arranged in Ohio born citizen
After a week of illness Moses Williams 833 North Ninth street died at 10 o clock Sunday morning in St Marys hospital from pneumonia. He was born sixty five years ago in Ohio. He leaves a widow and other immediate relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Williams
North Ninth Street
St. Mary's Hospital
Ohio
Obituary fragment notes Williams kinship and burial details
One son Walter L. Williams of Quincy and one brother D. James Williams of Springfield are named. The body was shipped to Padingfield Monday afternoon for burial.
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Walter L. Williams
Quincy
D. James Williams
Springfield
Patingfield
River that would span the nation from New York to Omaha
Imagines a vast inland river like the Amazon coursing through the United States from New York toward Omaha Nebraska, envisioning the nation shaped by a mighty waterway and the era of grand steamers afloat.
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Amazon
New York
Unit
Omaha
Neb
Young Men's Christian Association conference decides many
One tenth of all boys attending recent YMCA teenage conferences across the country decided to become Christians. Registration was 9,500 with 963 total decisions.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
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Zion Church
Captain Brown
Katherine M. Koch
St. Boniface Church
St. Boniface Cemetery
Esinol
Baltimore
Bert Gamren
N. Fifth ST
Reel
Cea
Maine St
Tin
Comstock Castle
Maine
Grant Seay
Hircara
Ito
Ize
Shcovn
Harrison & Wilson Plumbing and Heating No
Broadway
Brighten UP
America
OIL and Gas
Street Hardware Co
F.velith
Dempsey Construction Company
Majestic
Tenk’s Clipper
Tenk Hdw. Co
C. H. Wurst Co
J-M
Askusa
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc
National Board of Fire
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