Motor Truck Caravan to Tour Illinois from St Louis
A 52 truck and 10 car motor convoy commanded by Capt. R. E. Lee left Washington Square for Camp Point Mt. Sterling and Beardstown. The 875 mile trip features a Hannibal crash that killed aviator Oscar Bricker and a reception in Quincy with talks urging road building and national auto routes.
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St. Louis
Hannibal
Taylor
Quincy
Harry G. Moock
National Automobile Association
Moock
Townsend
National Congress
United States
Iowa
H. R. Basah
Chicago
Washington Park
L. H. Ameron
C. E. Lightfoot
Commercial Car Bureau of
Louisiana
Fowler, Paloma
Coatsburg
Camp Point
Mt. Sterling
Beardstown
Jacksonville
Alton
J. Albert McCullum
The
Republic
John Liebent
Globe-Democrat
A. R. Young and
Norton Johnson
Post-Dispatch
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Patient Testimony
Black River Falls Wisconsin report shows a woman saved from surgery by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors urged operation. She suffered organic troubles and side pain, found relief, and praises the remedy to friends as a household word from ocean to ocean.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eau Claire
Lydia FE
A. W. Zer
Auto Men Hear a Prayer for Flyer Burned to Death
Soldiers who served in France were deeply moved by a simple service led by Capt. Robert E. Lee at the Hannibal mortuary for Oscar Bricker the aviator who died in the expedition. Bricker was burned to death when his plane crashed Tuesday and his wrecked craft was brought to Quincy for return to St. Louis drawing crowds and police watch through the night.
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France
Robert E. Lee
Hannibal
Oscar Bricker
Bricker
New London
Lee
Quincy
St. Louis
Washington Park
Suffrage Forces Jubilant Over News From Three States
New York June 11 Ratification of the suffrage amendment by Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan plus Governor Smith calling an extra session in this state to act causes jubilation at the headquarters. Messages from Carrie Chapman Catt report Kansas Iowa New Hampshire and Minnesota promising action. Kansas Governor Allen says June 16 special session will likely yield a unanimous favorable vote. Iowa Governor Harding expects adoption in January 1920. New Hampshire Governor Bartlett and Minnesota Governor Burnquist offer conditional support, waiting for sufficient state action.
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New York
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Smith
Carrie Chapman Catt
Kansas
Iowa
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Allen
Harding
Bartlett
Burnquist
Mexico Seeks Seat in League of Nations
Washington June 11 General Candido Aguilar, legal adviser to President Carranza, travels to the United States seeking American support for Mexico to gain admission to the League of Nations. He is accompanied by Bonillas and a Mexican mission entourage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Candido Aguilar
Carranza
United States
Mexico
League of Nations
Mexico City
Ey Bonillas
Aguilar
House Strikes Cheap Clauses From Road Bills
Springfield June 11 The house struck from the Meents bills appropriating 60 million state and 10 million federal aid roads amendments offered by Majority Leader Shurtleff, which would limit half the roads cost to 13000 a mile. Amendments to exempt existing contracts were voted down. Shurtleff attacked cement roads as costly and cited New York as partly failing. The house also debated school aid and revenue changes, adopted a Chicago downstate tax plan with rates 216 for Chicago and 200 elsewhere within three years, and approved blue sky legislation to curb securities. Senate bills passed include funds for armory sites, soldiers memorial buildings, tuberculosis eradication, and state university maintenance.
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Springfield
House
Meents
Shurtleff
Department of Publc Works and Buildings
Highway Department
New York
Thomason
Igoe
Lowden
Chicago
Cook County
Prady
Glacken
Illinois
Chicago Traction
House Public Utilities Committee
Senate
Elgin
Joliet
Billa
Ben L. Smith
Thompson
Falrs
Miller
State University
Gregory
Hannibal Girl Weds In St. Louis Monday
Miss Ruth Mackison and Edward Albee of Bloomington Ill were married at the Statler Hotel in St Louis Monday. The bride is the daughter of C E Mackison of Hannibal. The groom, son of Edward Albee Sr of Bloomington, recently returned from overseas with the 33rd division. They will reside in Bloomington where he works for the Chicago and Alton railroad.
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Hannibal
Ruth Mackison
Edward Albee
Bloomington
Ill
St. Louis
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Mr. Albee
Kansas City Teachers Are Paid More Money
A St Louis dispatch reports that Kansas City teachers receive higher monthly salaries on a ten month basis and outlines specific pay scales for elementary and higher grades. The article compares head teachers and assistants with fixed monthly figures and notes differences from St Louis salaries.
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Kansas City
ST. Louis
La Guardia Attacks General March as Autocrat in Defense Bill Debate
In Washington on June 10 Democratic and Republican members pressed to speed US troops home, proposing further cuts to the army. Rep La Guardia offered an amendment reducing strength to 300000, arguing the War Department could meet the target within the year. He likened General March to Ludendorff and the crown prince in autocratic style. The debate closed with plans to move to amendments for the army bill next.
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Washington
Europe
House
Baker
la Guardia
New York
War Department
General March
Ludendorff
Border Stories In Ford Libel Case On Mexican Border
Testimony in Henry Ford libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune recounts border disorders from 1909 to 1916. Witnesses include Brownsville immigration inspector Harold, district chief inspector Reynolds, and El Paso AP correspondent Walker. Harold translated the San Diego plan from a captured Mexican, outlining uprisings and a race-based republic plan tied to border conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Ford
John R. Harold
Brownsville
Texas
E. T. Reynolds
Norman Walker
el Paso
Associated Press
Mexico
Harold
San Diego
Bacilio Ramos
Reynolds
Walker
Francisco Villa
Juarez
Britain Cannot Break Up South African Union
London report for Associated Press states Britain cannot take action disrupting the Union of South Africa. Lloyd George told a South African nationalist deputation in Paris on June 5 that the union’s status rests on a British Dutch agreement and cannot be dissolved unilaterally. London would heed General Louis Botha and colleagues on independence questions.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Union of South Africa
Nationalist Party of South Africa
Lloyd George
Paris
Army Worm Found On Corn In Macon County
County Agent Smith urges corn growers in Macon county to inspect fields for army worms after investigations on three farms found worms in threatening numbers. The appeal aims to save the 1919 corn crop from this dangerous enemy.
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Macon County
Decatur
Smith
Senator Spooner Dies in New York at 76
New York June 11 John Coit Spooner former United States senator from Wisconsin died at his home after an illness of several weeks. He suffered a relapse after a nervous breakdown. Spooner was 76 and his family had anticipated his decline for some time.
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New York
John Coit Spooner
United States
Wisconsin
Mr. Spooner
Fire Stations Inspected By City Officials
A city inspection reviewed area fire stations and personnel. Aldermen Schatff and Chief Roe led the visit, assessing readiness, equipment, and safety procedures across stations.
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Slo
Ire
Ae Ynerg
Schatff
Rahead
Roe
Quincy approves playground use and staff changes
The Quincy board of education agrees to let the Quincy playgrounds association use Franklin and Jefferson grounds and related facilities. They also note personnel changes with resignations of Dewey principal R. N. Stacy and Miss Gertrude Parr from Madison school, and a new commercial teacher hire, Miss Ginda Swilley of Vandalia.
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Board of Education
Quincy Playgrounds Association
Franklin and Jefferson
Jefferson School
Ginda Swilley
Vandalia
R. N. Stacy
Dewey School
Gertrude Parr
Parr
Madison
Musica
Art
Antic
Gill
Wleh
Adams School
Berrian School
Emerson
Franklin School
Irving
W.saee
Jackson School
Jefferson
Lincoln
Washington School
Webster
Plymouth News Briefs From Illinois Relatives Visit
Plymouth residents report travel and family ties across Illinois. Mrs Bridgwater visits Quincy to see her granddaughter who recently ate. Ronald and Mable Prew attend a Friday church event in Carthage. Chicago visitors stay in Bartell area. Families in Birmingham and Bowen are noted, with local names and distant travels mentioned.
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Quincy
George
Dave Bridgwater
Norm Laid Brook
Mayanooka
Ayer
Wweig
Ronald
Mable Prew
Carthage
Ichaels
Chicago
Sini
Bartell
Inget White
Plymout Mire
Walter
C of C Meeting Program Announced for Illinois Convention
An open letter urges Quincy citizens to support the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce convention set for June 16 and 17. Event details include sessions at Quincy Chamber and Empire Hippodrome, addresses by John Barrett and others, two luncheons, officer elections, and a banquet with speakers William B. McKinley and James Hamilton Lewis. The entertainment fund seeks $2,000.
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State Chamber of Commerce of Illinois
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Quincy Trade Bureau
Quincy Clearinghouse
Quincy
Quincy Chamber of Commerce Assembly Hall
Samuel Woolner
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Quincy
John Barrett
Washington, D. C
Pan- American Union
John H. Camlin
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Empire- Hippodrome
Edward Fawcett
George A. Wall
Gardner Governor Co
Quincy Rotary Club
United States Chamber of Commerce
Clarence O. Howard
Commonwealth Steel Company
Mississippi Valley
E. Lansing Ray
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
C. W. East
State Department of Health
Springfield
Charles Adkins
Illinois State Department of Agriculture
Samuel Wilson
American City Bureau
New York City
Waterways
James E. Smith
Mississippi Waterways Association
Hotel Newcomb
H. Cleveland
Rock Island
Ill
H. L. Williamston
Illinois Press Association
Empire Theater
the West
Paul W. Brown
America At Work
State Chamber of Commerce
R. J. Holmes
Association of Commerce
Decatur
Mississippi River
Country Club
William B. McKinley
James Hamilton Lewis
Quincy Chapter Named Officers For The Year
At the annual Convocation of Quincy Chapter No. 5 Royal Arch Masons held at the Masonic Temple officers were elected for the year including George Zoller High Priest Paul G. Duncan King J H Breitstadt Scribe Thos Burrows Treasurer and Chas H Gaushell Secretary The chapter reported flourishing condition and a substantial increase in membership The installation will be private with the date to be decided later.
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Quincy
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
George Zoller
Paul G. Duncan
J. H. Breitstadt
Thos. Burrows
Chas. H. Gaushell
Moose Lodge plans Keokuk trip and baseball game
In a Moose lodge meeting five new members were initiated and plans were set for a trip to Keokuk aboard the Julia Belle Swain. Their baseball team will play the Keokuk Moose there. Also included are several humorous quips.
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Moose Lodge
Keokuk
Julia Belle Swain
Board Grants $100 Raise to All Quincy Teachers
Quincy school teachers will receive a $100 minimum salary increase, with those earning over $500 getting $100 more, including principals and high school staff. Some employees will start at $700 until experience requirements are met, and legislation is needed to authorize the tax and funding for the raise. Extra pay approved for R. M. Jackson for supervising training equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Board of Education
Frank Penick
Beard
C. M. Gill
Howeer
Jackson
Gill
R. M. Jackson
Mid-week sale on meats and pantry staples
Mid week sale features meat deals including boiling beef chuck or pot roasts round steak loin steak and hamburger steak. Also offered are beans peanut butter navy and Lima beans with Ben Hur soup Lenox soap and an extra special 500 lb picnic ham priced at 25 cents per pound.
Pretty Girl Defies Age Uses Howard's Cream in Beauty Claim
An old advertisement claims Howard's Buttermilk Cream makes complexions fairer and hands whiter, promising awakening results. It urges readers to try at expense and promises refund if dissatisfied, with testimonials from actresses and a list of stores carrying the product.
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Howard
Brown & Mays Drug Co
All Good Drug and Department Stores
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R. E. Lee
Washington Square
Quincy Auto Trades Association
Quincy Motor Club
B. E
Bud" Odlum
Herald
Maine
State Savings, Loan & Trust Company
Capt. Lee
Quincy-Taylor Road Corporation
West Quincy
Gem City
Morris Adler
Marblehead
O’brien
J. W. Myers
Motor Club
John G. Clough
J. W. Hart
Auto Trades Association
L. A. Morest
T. P. A. Illinois Road Committee
Victor Dillon
Charles Adelpohl
C. J. Cissna
O. G. Mull
J. A. Gillispie
Loren C. Cox
S. A. Hubbard
Myers
Clough
America
St. Louisans
Flyer
American Ludendorff
Senator Spooner
Franklin
Plymouth, Ill
C. OF C
Quincy Chapter
MOOSE
Keokuk Moose
Amount
Lane
Department of the Interior
Thi Country
Pacific Coast
Cash & Carry Market
North 6Th St
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