Liberty Bond Canvass Under Way in Quincy
Quincy begins a Liberty loan campaign to meet a local quota as committees canvass every resident to urge bond subscriptions. Bankers and factories back the drive with weekly payments and down payments. Clergy leaders urge Liberty Bond purchases as war needs grow and families face the home front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
America
Sam
Germany
Chamber of Commerce
France
John P. Sweeney
Mississippi Valley Trust Co
St. Louis
Ministers Appeal For Liberty Bonds From City Pastors
Reverend J. W. Bingaman of Luther Memorial Church urged swift purchase of liberty bonds during a city wide appeal. He stated citizens must equip soldiers and protect the republic, noting business leaders and families should sacrifice now to support the 1917 liberty loan amid a war crisis. He challenged Quincy’s hesitation as a failure of patriotism and duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Bernstorff
America
Wilson
J. W. Bingaman
Luther Memorial Church
Bingaman
Republic
Quinney
Otis Elevator Workers Pledge $1400 for Bond Plan
A noonday meeting at the Otis Elevator plant in Walton Heights framed a plan to sell bonds to employees on a part payment basis. Frank W. Crane from State Savings Loan and Trust outlined the loan’s investment value and civic duty. Total pledges reached $1400, with more meetings planned at other Quincy industrial plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Elevator Company
Walton Heights
Otis Company
Frank W. Crane
State Savings Loan and Trust Company
Otis
Quincy Toay
Halbach Employees Subscribe for Liberty Bonds
Employees of the Halbach Schroeder company subscribed 2650 dollars in liberty bonds after a meeting held Saturday evening. Frank Crane of State Savings, Loan and Trust explained the purchase plan. By Monday morning 33 employees signed and filed cards, including 19 saleswomen totaling 1000 dollars, the rest 1650 by male staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halbach-Schroeder Company
Liberty
Frank Crane
State Savings, Loan and Trust Company
Chamber of Commerce
Speeding driver fined by judge at Eleventh and Jersey
Sheriff Coens arrested Greorge Clark a Radamo taxi driver for speeding near Eleventh and Jersey streets Sunday night. Judge Heckle imposed a $25 fine plus costs and warned the fine would double for each subsequent offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coens
Heckle
Greorge Clark
Eleventh
Jersey Streets
Italians Leave On Western Trip
International mission from Italy departs with Enrico Arlotta as ranking member in Prince Udine's absence due to illness. Route includes Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans Memphis St Louis Burlington and New York June 20 visit, with Philadelphia possible en route. Guglielmo Marconi, famed inventor and senator, joins the party aboard a government special train.
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Washington
State Department
Prince of
Udine
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Burlington
New York
Philadelphia
Enrico Arlotta
Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi
Topeka visitor hosts Sunday party in Ellen Cunnane home
Frank Nolan from Topeka Kansas visited Miss Ellen Cunnane at 715 North Fifth Street on Sunday and a social gathering was held in his honor that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nolan
Topeka
Kansas
Ellen Cunnane
North Fifth Street
All Railroad Lines Opened After Flood Repairs
Train service in and out of Quincy will return to normal as the QO.K. and Burlington restore operations after repair work. Flood waters receded in the Fabius district with the Fablu river and Mississippi levels easing. more extensive repairs will follow as ground dries. Farmers face crop losses and need seed, horses, and labor to replant with 90 day corn the plan. Residents prepare for cleanup and continued levee safety, while many return visits note the widespread damage.
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Quincy
QO. K
Burlington
Fabius
Quincy Seeks 1918 Eagles Convention Triumph
Five delegates from the Quincy aerie travel to Bloomington to press for the 1918 Eagles convention. Peoria Cayton Canton and others pledge support as Quincy hopes to land the event, with Bloomington and Chicago already backing 1917. The convention runs today through Thursday. Local copies of the Mississippi Valley Magazine are being carried to highlight the city and aerie history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Eagles Lodee
Focal Aerie
E. Fontannus
Charles W. Zang
Fred G. Smith
Henry Geschwindnert
F. Robb
Blocasington
Peoria
Cayton
Canton
Bloomington
Chicago
Quincey
Mississippi Valley Magazine
Perry C. Ellis
Judge Montgomery Returns From Knox Trustees Meeting
Judge S B Montgomery returned Monday from a Knox college board of trustees meeting. He heard Edgar A Bancroft of Chicago deliver Sunday evening’s commencement address and called it one of the finest he has heard. Much of the speech related to the war and America. A committee from the board is seeking a successor to Dr Mc Clelland who has resigned as Knox president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Montgomery
Board of Trustees
Knox College
Edgar A. Bancroft
Chicago
America
McClelland
Knox
Reported Battles With Villa Forces Near Meoqui
Government agents report an engagement between Villa forces and Mexican troops at Meoqui fifty miles south of Chihuahua City. No details have reached the border. the clash occurred Saturday as Villa’s main command moves up the Conchos river from Ojinaga. Concheneo looting and guard deaths blamed on Julio Acosta’s followers. Concheno mines owned by Corran McKauney syndicate valued over £1,000,000. Also notes three men joining the navy: William R. Jacobs Alfred G. Hull R. M. Bassett.
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EL Paso
Villa
Meoqui
Ciyhunahua City
Conchos River
Ojinaga
Concheno
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
Julio Acasta
Corran-McKauney Syndicate
Cleveland
Ohio
Physicians pledge patriotism at Adams county meeting
Adams county physicians pledged patriotism at a Monday noon gathering in the Hotel Quincy. Dr. Aleshirg of Plainville was authorized to form a five member committee to canvass local doctors for army service eligibility and secure pledges to reserve fees for frontline patients and to refuse treatment for one year to former patients of enlisted men. The panel includes Drs. Bierne Williams Ball Rice and Whitlock. Dr. Ralph Mc Reynolds gave an illustrated Belgium war zone hospital talk with stereoscopic views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Quincy
Aleshirg
Plainville
H. P. Bierne
W. W. Williams
Elizabeth Ball
J. H. Rice
Whitlock
Columbus
Ralph McReynolds
Belgium
McReynolds
Mother Goose Bake Shop Opens Today
The Mother Goose Bake Shop opens at Third and Maine in a new venue with about a dozen staff making Mother Goose kisses. RE H Cummins, in charge, touts top sanitary standards and modern ovens. He holds a BS from Drake University and an MS from Boston Technical School and has experience as a state chemist assistant and a consulting chemist. The plant is temporary. plans call for national distribution and possible expansion on Front Street. Kisses are sold to Quimcy merchants and Toledo, Ohio, merchants, in red white and blue cartons.
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RE. H. Cummins
United Cereal Mill
Third
Maine
Cummins
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Boston Technical School
Lowa
Front Street
Quimcy
Toledo
Ohio
Additional Camp Site Not Yet Settled in Illinois
War Department reply from Chicago June 9 1917 confirms a camp site selection board for Illinois has completed its work and sent the report to the War Department. The message notes the response does not decide on any additional sites beyond Illinois and that the Quincy query remains on record in General Barry’s office.
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War Department
Central Department
Chicago
Geo. D. Levi
Oumney
Illinois
Thomas H. Barry
Quincy
UL Nois
H.W. Heitland
Barry
Probate notes on several estates and guardianships
In the estate of Christopher S. Curry the board of appraisers valued personal property at 186 dollars. Guardians reported payments to wards 800 and 1,168 dollars. Frank Dick Jr and John Menke Jr via Margaret C. Wick answer the petition for probate of John E. Dick will. Henry Price authorized to sell Amelia Price real estate to pay debts. J H Best serves notice of final settlement July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher S. Curry
James R. Moffatt
M. B. Edmondson
W. E. Omer
Frank Dick, Jr
John Menke, Jr
Margaret C. Wick
Frank Dick
John E. Dick
Henry Price
Louis Price
Amelia Price
J. H. Best
Charles C. Riddle
St Marys Issued Program For Commencement
The St Marys academy commencement program for next Friday at 8 pm lists Kathryn Sisson as salutatorian speaking on The Growth of St Marys and Kathryn Brady as valedictorian speaking on Ideals of Education. The program includes Elgar Pomp and Circumstance, Jubilate, Jubilee Overture, Rosamunde and several instrumental performances with students named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Academy
Kathryn Sisson
St. Mary's
Kathryn Brady
Sir Edward Elgar
Gertrude Freiburg
Ruby Rouse
B. Scholz
Derailed Wabash Car Sparks Yard Incident
A Wabash freight car derailed in Quincy as crews switched in the sixth and York streets yards around 1:80 PM Monday causing track disruption and damage to a private car vestibule. Firefighters battled a small roof fire at 2001 Vermont Street, origin from a chimney spark, with $2,000 estimated damage to the residence owned by J. J. Perry.
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Sixth
York Streets
Oklahoma Indian Land
Vermont Street
James Arrowsmith
J. J. Perry
Rock Island Rail Reorganization Heads Toward Change
Chicago June 12 A delegation from five shopcraft unions with 8000 members pressed for higher wages but was told wage settlements would wait until the Rock Island properties transfer to the new company. Dickinson will hand over management to J E Gorman at midnight June 24, with Gorman poised to become president of the reorganized firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Judge Carpenter
Rock Island
Dickinson
J. E. Gorman
Goran
Marion County Fair Dates Set for Palmyra Grounds
Dates announced for the Marion county fair to be held at Palmyra on September 5, 6, 7, and 3. The schedule lists four days of events with plans for exhibitions contests and community gatherings across the Palmyra grounds.
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Marion County
Palmyra
Council votes to place special storm tax levy in Quincy
Quincy council executes a $35,000 storm damage levy aimed at residents at under 24 cents per $100 valuation. Authority given to Maurger Thompson and Charlies L. Bartlett, with bridge repairs planned at Twenty ninth and Maine streets and street improvements on Spring street.
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Quincy
Maurger Thompson
Charlies L. Bartlett
Twentyninth
Maine Streets
Spring Street
Joseph Freiburg
Afzine
Hampshire Streets
Eighth
Ninth Streets
American Straw Board Company
Front
Madison Streets
Com- Pabv
Railroad Committee
S. J. Gorgens
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Washington Street
A1. B. Dines
Fifth Street
Spring Streets
Anton Simon
Finance Committee
Council
Tries Assault Ends With Two Prisoners Arrested After Mill Creek Run
Sheriff Coens and deputies patrol Mill Creek neighborhood after a dinner-time threat by a tramp to an elderly woman. They capture a bruised man named Jack Anderson, then near midnight arrest George A. Wa ecn after a runaway incident. Both men were found with head injuries and alcohol.
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Coens
Mill Creek
Ernest Grubb
Jack Anderson
Moss
Carti2
Barry Homes
Ife
George A. Wa Ecn
Schalk and Peters to Wed at St Vincent Home
Miss Lena Schalk of Quincy and Walter J Peters of Melrose are to be married at 6 30 this morning at the St Vincent home by Rev Father Ries. Peters is a farmer, son of Henry Z Peters of Melrose, and the couple will live with the bridegroom family for a few months before moving to their own home.
Marriage Licenses Reported in Jay PLP Area
A list of marriage licenses includes Jay PLP De Cleo Quinney 25. Hanah G. Gay Lawson. John C. Rupp Quincy. de Elia Neighbor Crete. Arthur Mo Johnson Austin Mina. Pearl M. Limberg Payson. Walter T. Peters Melrose. Caroline Schalk Quincy. The records show the individuals and their associated locales with legal formalities noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
de Cleo
Quinney
Lawrence Marsh and Ruth Steinbach Visit Quincy Sisters
Mre Lawrence Marsh and Miss Ruth Steinbach of El Paso Texas came to Quincy Monday to visit their sisters Mrs George Grimmer and Mrs Joseph Einhaus.
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Lawrence Marsh
Ruth Steinbach
EL Paso
Texas
Quincy
George Grimmer
Joseph Einhaus
Lightning Kills Three Horses Spares Boy Near Edina
In Edina Missouri on a Saturday afternoon young Howard Cloyd narrowly survived after lightning struck and killed three horses he was driving from a field on his father's farm about 319 miles southwest of Edina. He was stunned but reached the house quickly. the horses, valued around $300, were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edina
Howard Cloyd
Cloyd
Narrow escape as boat overturns on Sunday outing
Miss Nida Akers and John Culp almost drowned when their boat capsized at 2 p m while boat riding Sunday afternoon. They swam to shore, clung to willow trees at the base of a steep bank, and were rescued by a launch shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nida Akers
John Culp
Unsettled Weather Spreads Across Midwestern States
Illinois regions face unsettled conditions with thunderstorms in the north and west, cooler nights and likely showers on Wednesday. Missouri shares the unsettled pattern with Tuesday and Wednesday showers and cooler conditions, while Iowa experiences unsettled weather and cooler temperatures with eastern thunderstorms and Wednesday showers.
Local Temperatures and River Stage Report
Yesterday's readings show scattered data for SLY ATL and nearby stations with inconsistent OCR text. Notable figures include a maximum around 89 and a lower value near 83, alongside ambiguous references to river stage at 4 feet.
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Ieee
River Forecast Signals Slow Fall Near Warsaw
River near Warsaw is expected to fall slowly with water levels dropping from Quincy to Louisiana at the current rate unless heavy rains intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Quincy
Louisiana
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Father Brennan
St. Rose of Lima
Europe
Father Brennen
J. J. Driscoll
St. Peter Catholic Church
Abe Martin
Otis Elevator Co
Halbach
Fibius
Eagles of
Navy
William R. Jacobs
Equality
Alfred G. Hull
Centralia
R. M. Bassett
DuQuoin
Adams County Medical Society
Mother Goose
D. J. McCarthy
Carl H. McCarthy
Thomas May
Ethel May
William May
Charles Carlock
Harry Crossan
Crossan
Carlock
Bessie Durant
Elm Street
Booth
Stephen T. Booth
Gottlieb E. Bunte
Edward Allen
Paloma
Court House
Mr. Booth
Melinda Germann
American Medical Association
Hildegarde Germann
Miss Germann
Boston
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Germann
Aldo
Northwestern University Medical School
Kendsall
7. P. Doty
Mildred Viola Lodwick
Fred Lodwick
Doty
St. Mary’s Academy
A. B. Courier
Fourteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Board of Local Improvements
Specifiel
N. C. Sprick
Harrison Street
Mayer Thompson
Rees
Frank Rees
Methodists
Hannibal
Thompson
Washington Park
House of Correction
J. Will Wall
Henry Vernham
John C. Harbison
C. R. Luegering
Fred P. Taylor
Rudy Kauffman
C. Lawerence Wells
Calvin E. Parker
George Saalig
Otto Muegge
George Vernham
Perry Ellis
Flash
Boy
River Bulletin
Veges
Davenport
Des Maires
Keokuk
Quincy Tee
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