Mysterious Hannibal Shooting Prompts $500 Reward
Hannibal city council in special session offers 500 dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a colored man who killed Police Officer John McGonigal in Hannibal early Tuesday. Several suspects held, descriptions unclear, national and local police aid extended as investigations continue.
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Hannibal
John McGonigal
Will Smith
Quincy
Conklin Hotel
McGonigal
Hannibal Force
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Bumster
Scharnhorst
William Glascow
Eagles Convention Opens in Rock Island on Tuesday
The annual Minois Eagles convention opened Tuesday morning in Rock Island with delegates from across the state arriving by the hundreds. The Rock Island aerie prepared for visitors with elaborate arrangements and a grand evening event. An excursion on the Mississippi is planned for Wednesday afternoon with an automobile ride through Davenport and nearby towns. The business session is slated for Wednesday morning with officers to be elected and the 1917 convention site decided.
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Rock Island
Abe Martin on farm life and workhouse broom making
The narrator jokes about leaving the farm for the long day’s work with no one ever quitting an eight hour day for a mother. The tone hints at hardship and rural labor as Abe Martin contemplates labor versus home life and the old farm routine.
Flag Day Observances Highlight Civic Patriotism
The community marks Flag Day with patriotic displays across downtown shops and public buildings. Dorothy Quincy DAR will present a 12 by 6 foot flag to the Y M C A at 4 PM, with speeches by Mrs. W H Alexander and J A Hanna. Quincy Lodge Ells holds an 8 PM program in the lodge rooms featuring history, songs, recitations, and addresses open to the public.
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Dorothy Quincy
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. H. Alexander
J. A. Hanna
Henry S. Wells
David Shantz
Quincy Lodge No. 11
Order of Ells
R. H. Hartley
E. H. Osborn
Columbia
George Milton Reeves
Auld Lang Syne
Ellis
William Schlagenhaus
Grace Baumberger
America
the Elks
Suffrage Barge Arrives With Delegation In Quest For Dialogue
The steamer Quincy of the Streck fus Line brought a delegation of suffragists from St Paul to Quincy and on to St Louis to push for a suffrage plank in the Democratic platform. Included are Mrs Andreas Uhland and Mrs David Simpson of Minneapolis. The party plans a walkless parade in St Louis as tens of thousands gather near the coliseum to influence delegates at the convention.
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Quincy
Streckfus Line
St. Paul
St. Louis
Party of Women
Adreas Uhland
Minneapolis
State Suffrage Association
David Simpson
Trade Days Planned by Quincy Ad Club
The Quincy Ad club will meet in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Thursday evening to discuss monthly Trade Day plans for attracting out of town shoppers. The meeting will also cover the national convention in Philadelphia from June 25 to 30, with two to three delegates expected to represent the Quincy club.
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Quincy Ad Club
Chamber of Commerce
Philadelphia
Quincy Club
Price of Success Highlighted at C E Meeting
The Quincy Christian Endeavor union met in the United Brethren church Monday evening. Rev L C Mauck delivered an address tying the Bible to US history and human development. The United Brethren group won the banner for attendance. Miss Laurel Leggett sang a solo.
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L. C. Mauck
Quincy Christian Endeavor Union
United Brethren Church
Mr. Mauck
United States
United Brethren Society
Laurel Leggett
Board To Vote On $1.18 Million Road Bond
A county board member predicted the board will submit a $1,180,000 hard roads bond issue to a public vote. A Tuesday poll of the board suggested 86 members would back the state aid road committee’s recommendations and place the decision before voters. Also noted is the sophomore lawn fete on Thursday at Sixteenth and Maine streets.
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Board of Supervisors
State Aid Road Committee
Parker's Greatest Shows Parade Lights Up Quincy Streets
Hundreds witnessed a novel Parker parade in Quincy with floats lit by hundreds of electric bulbs. The floats, original to the New Orleans Mardi Gras, led crowds to the show grounds where the pleasure trail ran full all evening. Proceeds fund the Eagles’ new home on North Sixth Street.
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Quincy
Parker
New Orleans
Show Grounds
Pleasure Trail
Eagles
North Sixth Street
Aerue
St Mary’s academy stages King Lear with polished student cast
Advanced pupils of St Mary’s academy presented seven scenes of King Lear to a full auditorium. The production featured beautiful period costumes and seamless delivery with no prompting. Elizabeth Rexroat commanded as Lear, Genevieve Michael and Rita O’Neill as the daughters, Juliana Meyer as Cordelia, Francis Dick as the fool, and Elizabeth McMahon as the Duke of Kent.
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King Lear
St. Mary's Academy
Weill
St. Mary's
Elizabeth Rexroat
Genevieve Michael
Rita O'Neill
Juliana Meyer
Cordelia
Francis Dick
Elizabeth McMahon
Duke of Kent
SSB C Ladies Aid Society Welcomes New Member
The South Side Boat club Ladies Aid Society held a semi monthly meeting Tuesday with about 30 members. A new member joined and Mrs Clara Bisser and Miss Florence Gail received gifts a diamond lavallier and silk hose respectively. They announced a whist and dance for Tuesday June 20 with afternoon and evening sessions for women and a combined event for all.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
South Side Boat Club
Clara Bisser
Florence Gail
W C T U Distributes 150 Flower Bouquets
The W C T U members distributed 150 bouquets to patients in hospitals workhouse jail and Old Folks In fame on Jennie Cassidy’s birthday. They gathered at the Temperance home at 9 am to prepare the bouquets with text cards and held a brief business session in the afternoon.
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Work House
Anna Brown
Jennie Cassidy
Flower Mission
Temperance
Mother seeks return of daughter who left Quincy
Mrs. Thomas of 339 Vermont Street asks authorities to bring back her daughter who left Quincy Monday morning with a man and a woman named Anna Paseer. The daughter is mother to a small child left with the grandmother who cannot care for it. The parents are separated and the father has not supported the child. The note ends with a sharp remark about old love affairs.
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Thomas
Vermont Street
Quincy
St. Louns i
Anna Paseer
Thonias
Military Women Progress In Quincy Armory Club
About 25 women attended the first Quincy Military Ladies of the Armory meeting in the Armory. Miss Flossie Wand, the president, reported support from Captain Sheldon of the regular army and Washington authorities to help make it a state organization. The group aims to drill, practice target shooting, form a first aid class, and camp next summer under military rules. Future fundraisers and a second meeting next Tuesday were announced. all prospective members must pass a physical exam. The motto is to reach fifty members.
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Quincy Military Ladies
Flossie Wand
Sheldon
Regular Army
Chicago
Washington, D. C
Miss Wand
Chaddock College Fund Drive Shows Promising Pledges
The Chaddock college soliciting committee reports about ten thousand dollars pledged for the local school from canvassing with additional subscriptions in sight. The committee meets Tuesday evening and remains optimistic about reaching the needed total for a larger endowment.
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Chaddock College
Taft calls for readiness and bigger US armed forces
Former President Taft addressed Georgetown graduates urging a larger navy and army to counter German power and protect Monroe Doctrine interests. He warned Alaska, the Philippines, and Asian trade as flashpoints, criticized Bryan over Monroe Doctrine aims, and supported a federation of nations to enforce peace.
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Washington
Taft
Georgetown University
United States
Germany
Alaska
Philippines
Orient
Mr. Taft
Bryan
William J. Bryan
Federation of Nations
League
Third Training Camp Abandoned at Port Benjamin Harrison
Government cannot spare officers to run the third training camp scheduled at Port Benjamin Harrison from September to October 3, so the camp has been cancelled. Announcement made Tuesday at the central department of the army headquarters under Major General Thomas HW Barry. The other two camps will proceed as planned.
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Cthcago
Port Benjamin Harrison
Central Department
Amy
Thomas HW
Barry
Ut Wars Sak
Local Dentists to Appear on Program in Hamilton
Dr. Henry Whipple leads Adams-Hancock Dental society special meeting in Hamilton on June 19 and 20 with noted participants from Quincy Keokuk and Hamilton. Attendees will hear papers on Business Efficiency and Impacted Teeth, plus a Lake View motor boat excursion and power-plant visit.
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Adams-Hancock Dental Society
Hamilton
Henry Whipple
Illinois Dental Society
Adams-Hancock County Dental Society
R. L. M. Duncan
L. H. Wolfe
E. F. Koetters
Marsh
Keokuk
E. M. Robbins
Carthage
L. M. Duncan
Quincy
E. F. Roetters
R. A. Myers
la Harpe
T. A. Hartley
Warsaw
H. R. Farwell
Bowen
G. M. Covell
Whipple
Ilinois Dental Society
Quincy TH
John Marsh
Keokuk,a
Ill
Lake View Motor Club
Hamilton Business Club
Duncan
Adams-Hanwork Dental Society
Lake Cooper
Hotel Granite
Quincey
G. K. Fleming
R. R. Wallace
Mississippi River
Carriage and Wagon Makers Benevolent Meets and Local News
Two new members joined the Carriage and Wagon-Maker's Benevolent association in Quincy during Monday evening. Final plans outlined for a Sunday excursion to Keokuk aboard the steamer St. Paul. An accident at home left Clarence Ward’s son with a severed big toe, treated by amputation at Blessing Hospital. O E S initiates Class Alpha tonight with visitors from Mendon Clayton and Payson. Orpheum Players and high school students stage Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway June 26 27 and 28. St Anthony’s Western Catholic union hosts a social with about 100 attendees and plans for Joliet convention delegates. City aldermen inspect Main street sidewalks Ninth to Eleventh. mayor absent, no decision. YMCA board meeting postponed to June 20 due to member absence. Four applications to Leval Order of Moose accepted. Women’s Leoval Circle to host auxiliary whist with four prizes. Loom Bros visit touted as premier casting act, with Moore family introducers and local mentions.
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Carriage and Wagon-Maker’s Benevolent Association
Keokuk
Quincey
St. Paul
Orpheum Players
Broadway
Orpheum
Clarence Lineberger
Mr Williams
Leo Stewart
Austin Terwische
Irene Seaton
St. Anthony’s
Main Street
Ninth
Eleventh Streets
Noted Readings: Evelyn Gurley Kane Performs Ben Hur Recital
A small Quincy audience enjoyed Mrs Evelyn Gurley Kane in a rare national recital of Ben Hur drawn from Lew Wallaces book at Vermont Street Methodist church. Washington native with Pacific coast tours, she amused Summer in the city with her favored performance aided by the Empire orchestra and a cast of characters from the tale.
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Quincy
Evelyn Gurley-Kane
America
Ben Mur
Lew Wallace
Vermont Street Methodist Church
Empire Orchestra
Tirzah
Ben Tfur
Ben Hur
Judas
Hur
Messala
Rabbi Joseph
Mary
Decurion
Quintus Arricus
Hortator
Simonides
Antioch
Hurs
Esther
Malluch
Isis
Jusus
Flavius
Tras
Balthasar
Gesius
Three Quincy Boys to Receive Master of Arts
G. M Scheming Lawrence Winking and Leopold Tibesar from Quincy will be awarded the Master of Arts degree during St. Francis college commencement today. The ceremony also confers bachelor of arts on the junior class and diplomas in the three year business course. The three Quincy graduates have been active in college literary and musical circles. St. Francis college enrolls about 200 students yearly, drawing from Quincy and nearby communities. Founded in 1860 the college is known nationwide for its graduation standards.
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G. M Scheming
Lawrence Winking
Leopold Tibesar
Quincy
St. Francis College
United States
St Boniface School To Close June 28
The St Boniface parochial school will close Wednesday June 28. The term has been extended this year due to several feasts, with children taking part in celebrations. A closing program will be prepared soon and an informal outing for the students is planned for next week in South Park.
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St. Boniface Parochial School
South Park
Freeport Flag Day Parade Draws Thousands in City Event
Fifteen thousand people are expected to march in Freeport on June 14 for a flag day and preparedness parade hosted by fraternal groups. About 3,000 schoolchildren join bands and delegations from civic, religious, military and semi military groups. At Taylor Park the procession ends with patriotic exercises and an address by William E. Mason of Chicago, former United States senator.
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Freeport
America
Taylor Park
William E. Mason
Chicago
United States
Chicago Regiment Plans Use of Taxicabs for Maneuvers
The Chicago regiment T NOG to move by taxicabs for practice, emulating French army tactics. Units will depart July 15 for instruction camps at Port Sheridan and nearby fields to train on rapid maneuvering and road routing amid new mobility plans.
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Chicago
T. Nog
Paris
Port Sherdan
Rotary Picnic in Woods Features Debates and Film
Quincy Rotary spent Tuesday night in the woods for a picnic turned film event. C Arthur Pfeiffer wrote the scenario as members acted scenes with Gesangmeister Pfeiffer and Schmoltz, while William Schlagenhauf debated moving the Soldiers Home. Chief of Police officiated the ball game as members dressed in various costumes and songs led by the gesang meister capped the event. Material aid came from Merle Johnson of the city and Essanay links were noted in the Chicago movie work.
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Quincy Rotary
Charles Dewey Center
William Schlagenhauf
Hauptmann Schlagenhauf
Dr. Center
Dr. Middle
Chermans
Unser Wilhelm
Terr Schlagenhaus
Charlie Nichols
C. Arthur Pfeiffer
Quincy
William A. Pfeiffer
Gesangmeister
John Korn
Schmoltz
Ife
Human Falls Gate
Moris Adler
Morris
Rotary Club
Song
Pirnic
Clib
Brookside
Marshal Pfeiffer
Almiouk
William A. Sewindeler
John Worn
Charles Adelpohl
Morris Adler
Bob Gunther
Rotary
Merle Johnson
Chicago
Mr. Johnson
Essanay
Bingaman to Speak at Three Conventions This Week
Rev. I. W. Bingaman departs this morning for Finley Illinois to address a Christian Endeavor gathering this evening. He speaks Thursday in Jacksonville and Friday in Beardstown, returning to Quincy Saturday.
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I. W. Bingaman
Finley, Hl
Christian Endeavor
Jacksonville
Beardstown
Quincy
Weather Outlook for Missouri Iowa and Windy Wednesday
Partly cloudy conditions persist for Wednesday and Thursday across Missouri Iowa and nearby regions with only minor temperature changes. Showers possible in eastern Missouri on Wednesday and scattered showers in parts of Iowa and Missouri while winds ease and temperatures stay largely steady.
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Missouri
Iowa
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Bauman
Court House
C. E. Meeting
Board ON
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St. Mary’s Academy
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Chaddock
Clarence
Clarence Ward
Thirteenth
Elm Streets
Blessing Hospital
Masonic Temple
Mendon, Clayton and
Payson
Y M CA
Leval Order of Moose
Leoval Circle
Mocos
Lomy
Helen Low
Oak Street
Morres
Edeward
Carl Lomy
St. Francis
ST. Boniface School
Chania
Rs Va Ct
Mother Wiest
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