Adams county bridges eyed in supervisors meeting
Highway commissioners from Keene Clayton and Mendon townships asked the Adams county board for appropriations to cover half the cost of bridge repairs and new structures. Requests included Still Creek Reed Creek Grubb College Creek Zinn Creek resurfacing Front Street Mendon oiling roads and a Detention Home jurisdiction change was proposed. Committees named and elections for county offices set for today.
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Adams County
Board of Supervisors
Keene Township
Still Creek
Reed Creek
County
Clayton
Grubb College
Bowen
Zinn Creek
Lima
Front Street
Quincy
Bluff Road
Iorth
Riverside
Mendon
West Ursa Town
East Town
Will Cunnane
Finance Committee
Scarborough
William F. Bader
County Home Committee
Mary Parker
George J. Kroner
Judiciary Committee
E. J. Grubb
H. F. Scarborough
R. B. Kiefer
W. A. Thompson
Fred Tieken
J. W. Herbst
John Abbott
George Ihnen
W. A. Hill
George Milbert
Oscar Dudley
Eugene Weisenger
James Barnett
John Schauf
Alex Thompson
Albert Frankel
Herman
Quincy College Commencement This Evening
The 28th commencement of Quincy College takes place tonight at 8. The Rev. Louis Husker of Springfield delivers the principal address. The Quincy College Orchestra provides music with pieces by Herbert and Beethoven. Students receive degrees in a program featuring oration, poem, address, and valedictory.
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Quincy College
Father Louis Husker
Springfield
William Petry
Victor Herbert
Anthony Keepes
Reineke
William Whalen
Louis Husker
L. van Beethoven
Counterfeiter Gets Three Year Sentence in Quincy Case
James Robinson, one of three African American suspects, was sentenced to three years in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for passing $20 bills made from $1 notes. The other two defendants, a man and a woman, pleaded not guilty and face trial.
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James Robinson
Quincy
Federal
Leavenworth
Kan
Fitzhenry
Springfield
Ace High School Notes Elect New Club Officers
At the Ace high school girls literary club meeting officers for the coming year were elected. President Annalydia Hall vice president Frederika Crane secretary Edna Kohl treasurer Winifred Potter sergeant at arms Jeanette Burrows. Neva Schallenburg, retiring president, gave a farewell speech. The first meeting of next year is set for the first Friday in September. E E Wellemeyer, principal of the Douglas Arizona high school, is visiting Quincy before touring Chicago. The OQ fobs for basketball players arrived and will be awarded in chapel next Friday. An art exhibit in the high school annex at 10th and Maine showcases works by Miss Beatty’s students.
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Ace
Annalydia Hall
Frederika Crane
Edna Kohl
Winifred Potter
Jeanette Burrows
Neva Schallenburg
J. F. Wellemeyer
E. E. Wellemeyer
Douglas
Arizona
Quincy
Chicago
10Th
Maine
Missouri University president faces charges of autocratic rule
Investigation into Dr. A Ross Hill, Missouri president, continues in secret by the Board of Curators after 11 alumni accuse him of autocratic, abusive leadership that harms faculty morale and ranks. The panel examined evidence and heard letters from 12 faculty members supporting or denying claims.
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Columbia, Mo
A. Ross Hill
University of Missouri
M.B. McDaniel
Springfield
Hill
Frank G. Nifong
Columbia
T. J. J. Lee
Mare Island
Cal
Nifong
Floyd E. Jacobs
Kansas City
Shannon
Jackson County
Dr. Hill
J. Kelly Wright
State Board of Agriculture
Dr. Ifill
H. J. Waters
Heatherington
E. W Hinton
C. M. Jackson
W. W Charters
J. C. Whitten
C. H Eckles
George Reed
G. D Dodds
H. J. Davenport
P. F. Trowbridge
Missouri
Hermann Almstedt
W. G. Brown
George L. Clark
Law
J. D. Eliff
Charles A. Ellwood
R. Fairchild
M. Greene
D. Gromer
O. D. Kellogg
W. G. Manly
H. F. Schulte
W. 8. Williams
Shari
Sherman Sends Note Of Reproach On League Question
CHAMPAIGN June 11 Dean Ballentine of the University of Illinois urged Senator Sherman to back the league of nations saying faculty and students are almost unanimously for ratification. Sherman replied defending his stance calling the covenant a menace to the US and promising not to vote for it. He warned against allowing Vatican influence to dominate remaining white Christian races.
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Sherman
Dean
Champaign
Ill
Dean Ballentine
University of Illinois
L. Y. Sherman
League of Nations
Senate
United States
Vatican
Senator Sherman Attacks Faculty and University
The league of nations is reactionary and subversive of free institutions. Sherman denounces faculty members and urges practical common sense in the dean's university. He vows to defend his vote and conduct upon returning to Illinois, criticizing faculty and student views as a burden on taxpayers and learning’s usefulness.
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League of Nations
Sherman
Ilinois
Illinois
Returned Officers At Rotary Luncheon Honor Talks
Col. Charles D Center and Capt. Paul Tibbetts spoke at the Rotary Club meeting and received a warm ovation. Lieut. Kimmel of Carthage gave a brief address. Roy Denny and O. D. Frank urged Boy Scout membership while the club pledged to seek 400 to 500 honorary memberships annually. Civil War deaths totaled 186216 from disease and 93369 from wounds. Spanish American War deaths were 454 with 5277 from disease.
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Charles D. Center
Paul Tibbetts
Rotary Club
Bot
Lieut. Kimmel
Carthage
Old Fifth Regiment
Roy Denny
O. D. Frank
Boy Scouts
New Telephone Rates Take Effect Today in Quincy
Quincy notices from J E Halligan district manager of Central Union Telephone state new rates begin today under Postmaster General authority. Major monthly increases reflect higher material and labor costs with the July bill to include June 11 to June 30 exchange service rise. The schedule lists business residence two party rural and extension rates and complete details available at company office.
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Quincy
J. E. Halligan
Central Union Telephone Company
Bell Telephone
Postmaster General
United States
Postmaster- General
Ierieha
Henry Hill Gassed Before Being Killed
Lieut Sather of Chicago, serving as chief clerk to Major Henry R Hill, visited Mrs Mary Hill to relay her son Henry Hills bravery on French battlefields. He was gassed on Oct 10 before Major Hill was killed and suffered shell shock the day before. He died while attacking a German machine gun nest.
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Sather
Chicago
Henry R. Hill
Mary Hill
Major Hill
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