Every Man Wants to Go Wingerter Drill Scene
Spectators watch as Company F in olive drab drills intensively in Quincy. Captain Wingerter says 26 minutes can fill the armory to war strength, with 55 officers and men listed on the roster ready to answer a call to arms. The drill week intensifies as Spanish War Veterans attend and muster talks echo.
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Quincy
Wingerter
Mexico
Fe. L. Wingerter
Marks Alexander
Kenneth Elmore
H. F E. Meador
Arthur Schumacher
Ray Sinnock
Frank Balver
Ernest Bissell
Ray Arlington
Chester Heidbreder
Victor Goerner
John Lammer
Eldridge Long
Msician
Q. D. Smith
Mrtisician
L. Cline
John Allen
Samuel Beaver
Donald Best
Carl Berkenmailer
Oscar Brinkman
William Compton
Wesley Curliss
Fred Dinkeller
Julius Dinkeller
Harry Hayes
John Hellake
Carl House
Ira Howlett
Curtis Hughes
Samuel Jones
BE. W. Riggens
W. W. King
Aubrey Lynn
Henry Mollering
William Metzger
Samuel Otten
L. M. Ross
James Sacre
Arthur Shaw
Chester Smith
Albert Stevens
Charles Stewart
Charles Utterback
Russell Wells
Walter Williams
Ora Williams
A. W. Pfeiffer
Walter A. Smith
Elmer Schroeder
J. W. Walters
Fifth Regiment Ready for Mobilization Orders
Colonel Frank S. Wood commander of the Fifth Infantry works to bring his regiment up to war department standards. The unit is ready to proceed to Springfield for mobilization but has not received orders yet and is not expected to be needed immediately.
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Quincy
Dunne
Springfield
Frank S. Wood
Fifth Infantry
Long Commission
Keokuk
War Department
Fifth
Five Enlist in Army Here Monday
War rumors sent many recruits rushing to the United States recruiting station in the post office Monday. Sergeant Miller said more men had applied in this one day than in all of last week. Four candidates were examined and five men accepted for Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, for drill.
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United States
E. D. Miller
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Miller
Army
James Adams Dies of Heart Disease in Missouri
James Adams 53 died of heart trouble found in his barn near Green City Missouri Sunday afternoon. He left home around 10 am to visit a neighbor. his wife searched and found his body. Coroner attributed death to heart disease with no evidence of violence. Survived by wife and several children.
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Green City
James Adams
Adams
Foley Cathartic Tablets Advertised for Bilious Headaches
An advertisement claims Foley Cathartic Tablets relieve bilious headaches and indigestion caused by clogged bowels. It cites a Smyrna Georgia user, W. B. Vandigrift, praising the product and endorsing it to friends via Kfiller & Arthur Drug Co.
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W. B. Vandigrift
Smyrna
Kfiller & Arthur Drug Co
Illinois Governor says eight infantry regiments ready for duty
Messages from Governor Dunne and Congressman King indicate Company F and the Fifth Infantry near Springfield are to join the border mobilization. King reports war department guidance requires governor to select regiments first, while Dunne asks to include all eight Illinois infantry regiments in the call, correcting previous omissions.
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Dunne
N. D. Baker
Edward J. King
Fifteenth
Quincy
W. A. Long
Springfield
Fifth Infantry
Wilson
Secretary of War
Illinois National Guard
Washington, D. C
Ilinois
Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
Wood Preparing for Summons to Report to Capital
Colonel Frank Wood, commanding officer of the Fifth Regiment, is in Keokuk awaiting orders from the governor regarding reporting to the capital. His family learned late last night that he has not been summoned yet. He is quickly arranging his business affairs to depart on short notice.
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Frank Wood
Fifth Regiment
Keokuk
Wood
General Hill leaves for Springfield with staff in mobilization
Brigadier General Henry R. Hill departs with Col. Fred Whipp and Major R. H. Abbott for Springfield after President Wilson orders militia mobilization. Hill plans to seek inclusion of the Fifth and Sixth infantry regiments, aims to command his second brigade, and struggles to contact the capitol for further orders.
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Henry R. Hill
Broadway
Springfield
Fred Whipp
R. H. Abbott
Petersburg
Gen. Hill
Frank S. Dickson
President Wilson
Hill
Capitol
Quincy
Secretary of War
Illinois
Consul Reaches Border in Texas Departure
United States Consul J. H. Johnson arrived in Brownsville from Matamoros on Monday afternoon and said he had orders from Washington to quit Mexico Matamoros expected an attack from the United States and Johnson warned of possible hostilities as the border position shifted under new guidance from the State Department.
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Brownsville
Texas
United States
J. H. Johnson
Matamoros
State Department
Washington
Mexico
Johnson
Iowa Mobilization Order Nears Arrival In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa June 20 Preparations for mobilizing the Iowa national guard were completed by Adjutant General Guy Logan. The mobilization order is expected any hour. Railroad agents have assured the war department that transport arrangements are ready. Col W E Lucas received bids for food to sustain 3500 men for 30 days. Contracts will be signed and supplies delivered to Camp Dodge once the order arrives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa National Guard
Guy Logan
War Department
W. E. Lucas
Camp Dodge
Marie Lehenbauer Wins Baby Contest at Palmyra
The Palmyra prosperity week finale crowned winners in the better baby contest. In the under one year class Catherine Marie Lehenbauer, ten months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolpa Lehenbauer, took first. Other entries included Nelson R. Thornburg, Horace Bestman and many Palmyra infants listed among the entered babies.
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J. H. Bestman
Palmyra
Catherine Alberta Cunningham
CG. Cunningham
Catherine Marie Lehenbauer
Lehenbauer
Caseina Bross
Everett Bross
Marion Ruth Jones
J. H. Jones
Bertha Mane Foster
KE. C. Foster
Virginia Lucile Davis
J. T. Davis
Palyra
Elizabeth Stoffel
Edw. Stoffel
Wilma Elizabeth Bross
Wm. J. Kross
Theodore Browning Bloom
T. Bloom
Lester Charles Stewart
M. H. Stewart
Franklin Whaley Tuley
Roy Tuley
John Kenneth Franklin
John Franklin
Palm
Trevino's Army Unmoved at Border Posts With Troops South
San Antonio dispatch reports 100000 militia mobilized as Gen Funston surveys the border for hostility from Carranza. Patrols along the Rio Grande report bandit and government troop movements but no grave incidents. Heavy force concentration south of Juarez. small American garrisons at Presidio and Ojinaga. Gen Parker in Brownsville says quiet. bridge traffic not resumed. Funston may designate New York, Harris, and Pennsylvania units first for border stations.
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San Antonio
Texas
Funston
Carranza
Rio Grande
Brownsville
el Paso
Juarez
Ojinaga
Presidio
Parker
International Bridge
War Department
New York
Hanvis
Pennsylvania
Palmyra and Hannibal Names Listed in Local Family Roll
A scratched OCR item lists numerous Palmyra and Hannibal residents and relatives. Names include Florence Bestiman, John Bross, John William Sherer, Phillip Everett Sherer, Marcus Bourne, Ella Rus Coffield, Roberta Kaizer, Willard Gross, Letitia Bartlet, and E C Mallory among others, with family connections noted.
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Lovelace
Palmyra
Phillip Everett Sherer
J.D. Sherer
Marcus Juniorbourne
J. 2
Bourne
Hannibal
Varga
Ella Rus Coffield
R. Coffield
Francis Ruth Bo
J. R. Jayne
R. B.D
Roberta Catherine Kaizer
E. M. Kaiser
R. P
Willard Grogs
A. J. Gross
R. D. Noh
Quincey
Letitia Wisie Bartlet
R. S. Bartlett
Maywood
E. C. Bs
When You Have A Cold Dr King's New Discovery
An old advertisement urges attention to colds with Dr Kings New Discovery. It contains pine tar antiseptic oils and balsams and is claimed to ease coughs soothe the throat and clear bronchial tubes. It touts over 40 years in use and prompts purchase at druggists with home storage as insurance.
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Rock Island
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Eagles
Grocera
Sease
King
Elza A. Williams
Dickson
Congressman Williams
Second Brigade
Consul
Eczema
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Marie Lehenbauer
Trevino
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