Patriot Talk Shines At Eagles Hall In Quincy
Grand Worthy Vice President Duncan of St. Joseph Missouri electrified a Quincy audience with a patriotic address as delegates and friends gathered for the Eagles hall event. The program featured songs by Walley Geschwindner and James Summers Jr a wrestling match won by Herman Heidbreder plus vaudeville numbers by Orville Reece. Proceeds from a post event sale funded uniforms for the drill team.
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Quincy
Eagles
Duncan
St. Joseph
Pittsburgh
Missouri
America
Atlantic
St. Joe
Red Cross
Judge Duncan
Walley Geschwindner
Henry Geschwindner
James Summers, Jr
Orville Reece
Jake Hase
Herman Heidbreder
Joey Smith
Heidbreder
North Side Boat Club
Smith
South Side Athletic Club
John Moore
Hase
Weidbreder
Iowa
Good Fellowship
Quincy Aerie
Quincy Mayors Ultimatum Demands War Effort Workers
Mayor John A. Thompson issues a final ultimatum to loafers in Quincy. workers must report to their jobs by Monday or face confinement in the House of Correction unless they provide a satisfactory explanation for idleness. The proclamation notes war production ties to local factories and contract fulfillment.
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John A. Thompson
Quincy
House of Correction
Thompson
Quincy Mayor orders draft-age men to seek work
Mayor John A. Thompson directs police to arrest men aged 18 to the limit of work eligibility who loaf or idle on June 17 1918 citing wartime labor needs and city ordinances. The order threatens arrest and prosecution for those lacking employment or effort to find work.
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United States National Army
Quincy
John A. Thompson
Quincey
Joan A. Thompson
Appellate Judges Named for Illinois Districts
Springfield June 13 the Illinois supreme court announced appellate court judge appointments for the third and fourth districts. Third district re appointed Emery C Graves Geneseo Edgar Eldredge Ottawa and Harry L Waggoner Macomb to succeed G W Thompson Galesburg. Fourth district re appointed Harry Higbee Pittsfield James C McBride Taylorville and Franklin H Boggs Urbana. Also named were committee of character and fitness members for both districts: third district Henry A Nal Charleston Franklin L Velde Pekin and Clifton O Harra Carthage. fourth district Samuel W Baxter East St Louis Robert W Farthing Mt Vernon and James G Burnside Vandalia. During 1917 the British captured 115000 prisoners and 781 guns.
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Springfield
Illinois
Supreme Court
Emery C Graves
Geneseo
Edgar Eldredge
Ottawa
Harry IL. Waggoner
Macomb
G. W. Thompson
Galesburg
Harry Higbee
Pittsfield
James C. McBride
Taylorville
Franklin H. Boggs
Urbana
Committee of
Henry A. Nal
Charleston
Franklin L. Velde
Pekin
Clifton O'Harra
Carthage
Samuel W. Baxter
East St. Louis
Robert W. Farthing
Mt. Vernon
James G. Burnside
Vandalia
$7,000 Property Offered for Dr Trotter Residence
A $15,000 home built by Peter Meyer offers solid rock foundation ten rooms five bedrooms upstairs bath and Rudd heater. Features include hand robbed cherry living room library, quarter sawed oak dining hall, butter nut balance, modern electric fixtures, steam heat and three mantels. Located at 234 S 12th St entering Park Place near business center. Investor note: $800 to split into two rental flats with $35 monthly rent each, $840 yearly. Down payment options include $2,000 with flexible balance terms.
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Dr. Trotter
Peter Meyer
Solid Rock Foundation
S. 12Th St
Park Place
Business Center
114 Graduates From the Junior High School This Year
One hundred fourteen students are promoted from three Junior schools to enter the High School in the fall. Read lists include Webster and Madison divisions with many named students such as Ralph Thesen, Ethel Bartlet, Samuel Thompson, Leona Glasgow, Florence Holzgraefe, Roy names, and others across Jefferson and Dela Sweetling sections.
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Webster
Ralph Thesen
Ethel Bartelt
Samuel Thompson
Ethel Beckman
Lowell Wilson
Mildred Bergstrasser
Anna Marie Carthers
Ralph Bohne Churchill
Florence Degitz
Sylvia Connell
Eleanora Dowd
Velma Coulson
Earl Ernst
Letha Edwards
Herbert Hokamp
Elizabeth Endres
Marian Holm
Leona Glasgow
Florence Holzgraefe
Alice Hansborough
Karl Hucine
Mary Hedges
Isabel Johnson
Paulina Lees
Marguerite Loire
Virginia Markus
Emma Mauffley
Elizabeth Roberts
Anna Neadick
Russell Vahle
Lyda Simpson
Florence Neadick
Lottie Nesbit
Marie Winters
Ethel Schmidt
Lorenz Lepper
Ada Shriver
Raymond Bruenger
Althea Wachter
Francis McCauley
Opal Lockhee
Sarah Luhrs
Edward Morehead
William Oakley
Margaret Jean Ringier
Dorothy Thomas
Pauline West
Jefferson
Dorothy Dunn
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Olga Sander
Gladys Shaw
Helen Robertson
Mary Fusselman
Cula Jenkins
Marian Mealey
Genevieve MccNutt
Helen Disseler
Marian Albertscon
Dela Sweetling
Hilda Holmgren
Alma Withers
Marguerite Haverty
Lorena Larrison
Lloyd Wavering
Robert Pine
Chester Little
Big Farewell for Selected Men In Paloma
In Paloma on Wednesday night a large farewell reception was held for men from Paloma and nearby towns bound for training camps. Guests from Paloma Fowler Coatsburg and Columbus attended with relatives and friends. Short talks were given and refreshments of ice cream and cake served. Peanuts grow underground and form clusters as the plant adapts.
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Paloma
Fowler
Coatsburg
Columbus
Paloma Methodist Church
British Veterans Rally Faith in Foch Victory
London Ottawa dispatch quotes Comrades of the Great War, former British troops, expressing perfect faith in General Foch to stem the invasion and drive the invader from France. Foch responds that he shares their confidence in the historic 1914 victory context.
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London
Ottawa
Foch
France
German University Creature of State Speech at NYU
Dr. David Jayne Hill, former ambassador to Germany, addressed New York University graduates on June 13 about state patronage and state control causing moral default in German universities. He warned that these institutions were once impregnable strongholds of truth in the realm of intellect.
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New York
David Jayne Hill
Germany
New York University
Lost Independence as State Bends Thought and Expression
A fragment argues that people have forfeited personal judgment and freedom, becoming instruments of state control. The remark highlights concerns about authority overriding individual conscience and the dangers to democratic liberty.
Forest Fires Alert in Flathead Montana Threatens Homes
MISSOULA Mont June 13 The forest fire situation in western Montana is greatly improved though fires in several forests threaten timber stands. The Flathead forest hosts the most dangerous blaze near Essex south of Glacier National Park endangering homesteads in the Egan district.
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Missoula
Mont
Montana
Forestry Service
Flathead Forest
Essex
Glacier National Park
Egan
War era board meeting on public health and roads
At the Wednesday meeting of the Board of Supervisors, wartime priorities dominated. Plans for Locust boulevard funding were rejected as war times temper the pace of street improvements. The finance committee set a 25 annual increase to the Cheerful Home Fund while health officials urged funds for an isolation hospital, but no action was taken.
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Board of Supervisors
Park and Boulevard Association
Locust Boulevard
Court House
James Riggs
National Council of Defense
House of Correction
Quincy
John Schwank
Committee On Elections
Election Committee
Whig
J. H. Blomer
M. K. Germann
Change Enlistment Rule Forbids Married Men in Guard
Washington June 13 The national guard enlistment regulations forbid acceptance of married men or men with dependent relatives unless it is demonstrated such dependents will be provided for Inspectors are instructed to see that the rule is followed.
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Washington
National Guard
Lost and Wanted Classified Fragments
Short notices seek items and help including a second hand tent a lost locket a lady solicitor and a delivery rider plus rental and sale offers from local businesses with contact details and reward notes. Items include a tire, a wheel and engine, a three room furnished flat, a horse and wagon and a bird pup for trade or sale.
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Convention of Eagles
John Fuelbier
IE. F. Stannus
P. W. Reardon
Ollie F. Robb
Fred G. Smith
Charles E. Ross
Charles W. Zang
Higbee
Fourth
Ilinois
DR. Trotier
H.S
German University
Creature of State
Flathead
North Twelfth Street
Bellars
Bellans
Bellan
Lans
Cfarrell's Dancing School
The
Armory
Chevrolet
Republic Trucks
Chandler
F. O. B. Cleveland
Goodrich Solid
Spenger
O. B
Cleveland
H. A. Geise
Maine
Clough-Reihm CO
18Th and Broadway
U. S. War Department
Bergmann Auto Co
Maine St
Washington Park
Tth
Ohio
Iritials I. IK
Street Hardware Co
Roy
Gem City Cleaners
Hamp
S. 11Th St
Charles Pollock
Taylor, Mo
Arestos
Ford
Detroit
Collins Plow
North Sixth Street
Ill
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Anti Trust
Electric Service Co
Colling Flow Co
6Th St
Hi. A. Geise
Vermont Street
Vermont St
Quincy Machine Works
Massie & Sons
4Th St
Quincy Motor Company
York
Frank Bird
Hampshire
Auto Exchange
4Th
Broadway
EF. A. Disseler
Badamo Brothers
State
South Side Garage & Machine Co
S. &Th St
Wabash
East End
20Th & Hamp
Pinkelman, Clark & Co
A. H. Beckgerd
State St
Geo. Aschenbrenner
12Th St
Richardson Lubricating Co
Frent and
Maine Sts
Buick
GFE. Delaplain, Rodis
Sterns
Dayton Tires
Pinkelman-Clarke & Co
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Tirtis Maine
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