River drowning tragedy claims fifth victim in Mississippi year
Roy Howser, 13, was swept into a levee ditch near Weis Paper Mills while swimming with friends. Coroner's inquest found death by drowning. Hagerbaumer first entered water, Howser followed, disappeared after a dive. Family mourns as funeral planned for Woodland cemetery this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Mississippi
Swima Mills
William Howser
William Hogue
Robert Townsend
Weisa Paper Mills
Howser
Fred Busse
Maiden Lane
Meltin Wendling
South Fifth Street
Wilbur Hagerbaumer
Adams Street
Roy
A. W. Alger
Foreman
J. J. Linton
Vaughn
Mrs Ebert Funeral Arrangements Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary M. Ebert age 80 will be held this afternoon with private home rites at 3 o'clock and public worship at 3:30 at the German Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. A H W Hertzler will preside at the home and church services held in Davenport. Miss Ella and Miss Kate Ebert are her daughters. Burial will take place in Quincy after the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Howser
Quincey
Edward Howser
Beth
Fay
Jesse
Hina Lars
Btna Landrum
Sarah Howser
Quincy
Woodland Cemetery
A. HW. F. Hertzler
Mary M. Ebert
C. Hi. Wurst
Kentucky Street
Robert Cannell
Franklin Church
Menlo
Mr. Cannell
Mendon
George W. Thompson
Daystip
Ouinant Ceemal
Ursa Cemetery
Mr. Nichols
Christian Church
Ianton
Foot Injured by Train Car in Marblehead
A 1%-year old youth named Titus in Marblehead suffered severe injuries when a rock-filled train car ran over his foot on a Monday afternoon. Both leg bones at the ankle were broken, swollen so much a radiograph was required to locate the fracture. Titus was hospitalized at St Mary's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tas Titus
Marblehead
Ios
Mr. Titus
St Mary's Hospital
Quincy Manufactures 1914 Report Issued
A preliminary Census Bureau statement compares Quincy Illinois 1909 and 1914 manufacturing data. It notes higher capital invested at 11 421 000, fewer establishments and workers, and a product value of 9 557 000 for 1914 with losses from a large plant fire and a plant moving location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Census Bureau
Washington, D.C
Quincy
Sam L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commercce
William M. Steuart
Quincey
Eeas
Unitarian observances mark 77th anniversary
The Second Congregational Unitarian Society held its 77th anniversary with three morning services led by Rev. Earnest Smith of Chicago and musical selections by Lorrian Cook, Phineas Haggas, and Frank Malambri. Members toured former worship sites, heard remarks by Lyman McCarl and W. A. Richardson, and concluded with ivy painting, a musical program, and refreshments. evening greetings from former pastors were read and Rev. Charles Elliott gave a brief address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Congregational Unitarian Society
Earnest €. Smith
Chicago
Lorrian Cook
Phineas Haggas
Frank Malambri
Kespohl
Lyman McCarl
Wabash Switch Yard
George Jones
Charles Elliott
Keokuk
Immanual Chapel Celebration Marks Twentieth Anniversary
Professor R. O. Gibbons spoke at the Immanual chapel on its twentieth anniversary. Henry Oberling and Harry Loewe led music with a girls choir, S. P. Osgond led singing, Bertha Brown read a poem, Lulu Martin recounted the church history, Loren Laws reported cradle rolls, Stenmir lers promoted to primary, Clara Perry presented a solid financial report. The church was decorated with green and white. Next Sunday the St Jacobi parochial school's work will be exhibited in the schoolrooms on June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Gibbons
Henry Oberling
Harry Loewe
S. P. Osgond
Bertha Brown
Lulu Martin
Loren Laws
Stenmirlers
Clara Perry
St. Jacobi Parochial School
Schosd Rocmts
Pastor Revered at 7th Anniversary Interior Picnic
Rev. TL. Smith of Eighth and Ebm Street Baptist Church marked seven years as pastor with an indoor parish picnic in church parlors Monday night. The hall overflowed with flowers, the choir sang, and church officers and seniors delivered talks praising his faithfulness and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TL. Smith
Eighth and Ebm Street Baptist Church
Mr. Smith
Congregation Shares Annual Report and Picnic
The president of several societies spoke about their year’s work. A picnic supper followed the services with each family contributing a basket of lunch that the women prepared and served.
S S Convention To Convene Today
Mrs J M Dunlap leaves for Springfield to attend the state Sunday School convention today with Mr Dunlap and others expected to go. Fifty delegates from Adams county are expected to attend as an excellent program is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Dunlap
Springfield
Dunlap
Amelia Fesichenauer
Garrett Smith
Henry Semedeskamp
Adams County
Vermont Street Baptist to Serve 6 O'clock Supper
The Women's guild of Vermont Street Baptist church will hold a six o'clock supper on Wednesday evening at the church.
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Women's Guild
The
Vermont Street Baptist Church
Vermont Street Methodist Picnic Set for June 17
The annual picnic of the Vermont Street Methodist church is scheduled for June 17 in South Park. Members are invited to join for food games and fellowship at the event.
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Vermont Street Methodist Church
South Park
Plainville Sunday school delegates chosen for state meeting
At the town ship Sunday school convention in Plainville Rev. I W Binga and J M Dunlap spoke. Rev L Taylor was elected delegate to the state convention in Springfield on June 6 7 and 8. A river excursion to Kedäk is planned for June 21 by Vermont Street Baptist First Baptist and Immanuel Chapel with Miss Martha Perry as committee chair.
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J. M. Dunlap
I. W. Bingaman
Township
Plainville
L. ©. Taylor
Springfield
Vermont Street Baptist
First Baptist
Immanual Chapel
Kediak
Martha Perry
Ladies' Aid social at United Brethren church
Mrs. Thorp of 1711 North Seventeenth Street will host an all day social for the Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church on Wednesday.
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United Brethren Aid
Thorp
Seventeenth Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
United Brethren Church
Dorothy Crusilla
William Alexander
North Seventeenth Street
FH. W. Trueblood
Board Receives Road Plan Report for Bond Issue Election
Members of the state aid road committee met in the courthouse on Monday to draft a report for the board outlining the road improvement plan under the bond issue. If approved, the board will set a date for the election on the bond proposal. Individuals listed include Tred McCarl and Bessie Belle Lock of Richfield, and Clement H. Schuering and Mabel L. Poore of Quincy.
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State Aid Road Committee
The
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Tred McCarl
Richfield
Bessie Belle Lock
Clement H. Schuering
Quincy
Mabel L. Poore
Spring Concert Tonight by Congregational Sunday School Orchestra
The annual spring concert of the Congregational Sunday school orchestra led by Emil Reinkendorff will be held this evening in the Sunday school rooms with a strawberry festival in the rooms below. Vocal solos by Harvey Chatten and Lorrain Cook accompany instrumental selections including Cupid's Patrol Moret Suite Scandinavian Scenes and operatic selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Sunday School
Emil Reinkendorff
Harvey Chatten
Lorrain Cook
Hartman
Anona Harvey Chatten
Normandy
Planquette
Quincy Schools Begin Motor Car Instruction in Schools
The Quincy NL board of education has started a program teaching motor car operation and repair in its primary schools. The article argues that rural youths need scientific knowledge of vehicles to support the coming generation’s economic welfare and envisions broader inclusion of automo tive courses alongside reading, writing, and arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Quincy
Little Red
Hill
Pupil Recital Delights at Presbyterian Church
An engaging piano recital by Mrs. Margaret Persons advanced pupils at the Fischer-Persons studio delighted the Presbyterian church audience. The program included Schuppe’s Barcarolle and two piano duets, with one violin pupil from Carl Fischer contributing. Tonight Miss Ethel Myers' pupils perform in the same church recital series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Margaret Persons
Fischer-Persons
Schuppe
Carl Fischer
Ethel Myers
Christenings Report From Several Churches This Sunday
Christenings were held across multiple churches Sunday with infants named Roy Edward Sturhahn Robert Frederick Louis Robert William Walbring Dorothy Agnes Weltin and Dorothy Crusilla. Sponsors included Edward Hoener A King Fred Finke and T J Jansen among others officiating at Salem St Jacobi Luther Memorial and St Johns churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Edward
Edward Sturhahn
Ohio Street
H. J. Leemhuis
Salem Evangelical Church
Edward Hoener
A. King
Robert Frederick Louis
George Vollbracht
Washington Street
St. Jacobi Church
G. D. Hamm
Fred Finke
Robert William
Edward Walbring
Mendon
Luther Memorial Church
I. W. Bingaman
William Storck
William Walbring
Spon Sors
Dorothy Agnes
George Weltin
Elm Street
St. Johns Catholic Church
Father Portner
T. J. Jansen
John Weltin
Greatest Blood Remedy Promise of S S S for Blood
Advertisement extolls S S S as a house hold blood purifier made from roots herbs and barks. Claims impure blood causes eruptions weakness and pale complexion and that S S S cleanses the circulation removing taint improving skin health and treating disorders like rheumatism catarrh scrofula and contagious blood poison. Advises obtaining S S S from drug stores and to write Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga for peculiar cases.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Advy
Pablo Lopez Executed In Chihuahua Event
Pablo Lopez, Villa's chief lieutenant in the Columbus raid, was executed by firing squad at Santa Rosia Chihuahua on Monday. The story notes the cruel irony of wealth for the poor man who suddenly becomes rich.
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Pablo Lopez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Columbus
N. M
Santa Rosia
Chihuahua
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Holdredge
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Battler & Arthur Drag Co
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Quincy Manufactures
Rev
T. L. Smith
Eighth and Elm Street Baptist Church
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