Tax Reform Movement Seeks Illinois Tax Change
A 1916 referendum act would allow a constitutional amendment to let the legislature pass special tax laws. The Tax Reform League argues current rules overvalue personal property and underplace real estate, causing inequities and penalties. Local court actions in Clayton, Houston and Camp Point reduced road and bridge levies, highlighting tax system flaws.
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Tax Reform League
Board of Review
League
Wabash
Clayton
Houston
Camp Point
Philadelphia
Augusta Pfeiffer dies after long illness at 70
Mrs. Augusta Pfeiffer widow of Henry Pfeiffer died yesterday at 5:30 AM at 1217 Park Place after a year and a half of liver trouble. Born August 31 1834 in Wieda Harz Germany she was 70 years 9 months 21 days old. Survived by daughter Augusta C Koelsch three sons Hal C Will A and C Arthur of Quincy and Memphis and three grandchildren. One sister Mrs Henry Hahn of Quincy also living. A devout First German M E church member she led in Ladies' society work.
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Rochester
Minn
Hope
Wieda Harz
Braunschweig
Germany
Henry Pfeiffer
M .E. Church
Ladies’ Society
Weather forecast for Illinois Iowa and Missouri
Illinois fair Wednesday with showers in the southern area. Thursday partly cloudy with possible showers and little temperature change. Missouri partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with likely showers and warmer. southern portion also warmer. Iowa partly cloudy Wednesday with showers in the west. Thursday showers probable with little temperature change.
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Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
War theatre talk and weather woes sweep daily press
The piece notes Egypt may become a war theatre while lawmakers in Illinois enter a ten day study period under Governor Dunne. Rail and business chatter include Alton railroad hauling cantaloupes to Chicago and a possible Quincy branch line. Light crime and oddities mix with robins nesting with two dollar bills and a cockroach anecdote.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Alton
Quincy
Davenport Quincy Club Books Shutout Again
Davenport reports the Quincy ball club secured another shutout in Davenport. The game felt less psychologically charged than the first meeting held on Sunday, with even money offered and little extra drama noted.
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Davenport
Ball
Slaton commutes Leon Frank sentence to life imprisonment
Governor Slaton of Georgia commuted the death sentence of Leon M. Frank to life imprisonment. The case drew national attention, with two magazines and many papers discussing it. Slaton defended the action as a duty bound decision, sparking public demonstrations over perceived guilt.
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Slaton
Leon M. Frank
Frank
Phaw
Gov
Georgia
Sunday Charged With Sermons Lacking Originality
A former secretary accuses Evangelist William A. Sunday of lacking originality in his sermons. The claim questions the novelty of his preaching and may prompt further scrutiny of his teachings.
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William A. Sunday
Refrains in Gospel Life and Homeric Echoes
The text muses on public figures and repetition in oratory and poetry. It notes editors and preachers can explain and defend man’s moral craft, cites Homer sung by minstrels before print, and questions who truly owns a truth repeated. It suggests evangelists endure strenuous lives and retain retinues, choir leaders are human, and a secretary reshapes duties.
Indiana grand jury indicts many in election crimes
A hundred twenty eight Indiana officials face bonds or jail as indictments return against them for election offenses. The grand jury has worked since January, likening the case to a past Ohio probe. The piece argues the corruption stems from the democracy and that the democracy must protect itself.
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Ohio
Evangelistic Meetings Planned in Quincy
Secretary J A Hanna of the Y M C A reports a telegram from Evangelist M H Lyons Winona Lake Ind stating he will visit Quincy today to meet Federation of Quincy Churches representatives. Plans for fall evangelistic meetings in a huge tabernacle on Central market square Ninth and Hampshire streets are announced. Lyons is a noted minister with wide fame in evangelism.
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M. H. Lyons
Winona Lake
Ind
Quincey
Federation of Quincy Churches
Market Square
Ninth and
Hampshire Streets
Bernard Cody Holds 87th Birthday Picnic at Holman Springs
Bernard Cody of seven miles north of Quincy celebrated his eighty seventh birthday with a family picnic at Holman springs attended by relatives from Quincy including Mr and Mrs James Riley Mr and Mrs Thomas McGrory Mr and Mrs Lon Triplett Mr and Mrs W M Channing and Mr and Mrs Joseph Awerkamp.
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Bernard Cody
Quincy
Holman Springs
James Riley
Thomas McGrory
Lon Triplett
W. M. Channing
Joseph Awerkamp
National Guard Vacation Plans Released for Illinois Units
National Guard camps for Illinois units this summer are listed with locations and dates. Half the Guard will stay at Camp Dixon while the First Infantry heads to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Field artillery trains at Sparta Wisconsin from July 28 to August 7, and field hospital August 12 to 20. Company A engineers meet at Washington Barracks August 3 to 14. First Cavalry joins a practice march from Chicago July 2 for nine days. Eighth colored August 7, Fourth August 15, Fifth August 2 at Camp Lincoln Springfield.
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Springfield
Ill
National Guard
First Cavalry
United States Cavalry
Chicago
Camp Lincoln
Professor Cox Forecasts Rain From West Disturbance
Professor H J Cox of the Weather Bureau reports a new disturbance forming in the west likely to bring rain to the middle west and Wisconsin and Illinois by Thursday. Meanwhile northern and central states stay cooler than the south where New Orleans hit 102 degrees, the highest for any month.
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Rocky Mountains
H. J. Cox
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Cox
Middle West
Wisconsin
Mlinois
Saved from the Grave Lydia Pinkham remedy ad tale
Adrian Mich resident describes severe weakness and backache until she used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. After three months she recovered strength and returned to work. The piece emphasizes Pinkham's product as a proven remedy for women and urges readers to consider it.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Alonzo E. Baker
Tecumseh St
Adrian
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Masa
Association club hosts first banquet
The first annual banquet of the Y M C A Association club was held in the association building last night. Toast master Charles B Gaines led the program with talks by J Le Musselman on Where There’s a Will There’s a Way Donald Foster on Sociability and success Charles B Herr on Our Opportunities and George Beckmeyer on a prophecy Several members gave impromptu remarks A list of members followed naming Alfred Adams George Bollman Arthur Bunte George Bush Lester Dickhut Donald Eddy Donald Foster Charles B Gaines Fred L Glass Virgil Goodwin J A Groeting Charles O Herr Earl Templeman Harry Seelig George Reckmeyer Albert Spohrs Ilzi H Taylor Georg i Taylor Lawrence Thornhill Thomas Williford T G Whistler.
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C.A
Association
Charles . B. Gaines
J. le Musselman
Donald Foster
Charles Herr
George Bollman
George Beckmeyer
The
Alfred Adams
Arthur Bunte
George Bush
Lester Dickhut
Donald’ Eddy
Charles B
Rev Reed Marries Two Quincy Couples
Rev Oliver Reed, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiated two weddings in Quincy within an hour. J H Hollumbrink of Ashby Missouri and Anna May Riley wed at the bride's home at 5 pm, with relatives present, plans to reside in Quincy. At 6 pm William Paul Gross and Huldah M Love were married at the parsonage after the father’s written consent, the bride 16, daughter of James B Love.
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First Baptist Church
J.-H. Hollumbrink
Ashley, Mo
The
Street Railway, Company
Anna May Riley
Charles ‘Riley
Third Street
Holcumbrink
Quincy
William’ Paul Gross
Huldah M. Love
First Baptist Parsonage
James B Love
Retail Clerks Hold Election of Officers
The Retail Clerks union held its annual meeting and election of officers at the Labor Temple. One new member was admitted. Officers elected: President Thomas Gillespie, Vice President H A Recksieck, Retorder J J Heinecke, Financial Secretary Ford Heinecke, Treasurer Harry Rothgeb, Guardian Charley Weis, Guide Isaac Kesgster, Advocate Agent Guy Andrews, trustees George Liesen (chairman), Clem Schmitt, Frank Knuf. Mr and Mrs C J Artis and son Paul of Des Moines Iowa, formerly of Quincy, visit sister Edith Bensis at 617 North Sixth Street for two weeks.
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Labor Temple
Thomas Gillespie
H. A. Recksieck
J. J. Heinecke
Ford
Heinecke
Harry Rothgeb
Charley Weis
Isaac Kesgster
Guy Andrews
George ‘Liesen
Clem Schmitt
Frank Knuf
C. J. Artis
Paul
Des Moines
Iowa
Quincy
Edith Bensis
North Sixth. Street
Naturalization Papers Issued in Circuit Court
Naturalization papers were issued yesterday in the circuit court by Judge Albert Akers to six or eight applicants from Russia Germany and France. The session featured several amusing moments during the oral examination as Frederick William Weber assisted. Claudius Verniaud a long time resident of Quinky and Civil War veteran received his naturalization papers after learning he was not yet an American citizen. Verniaud has voted in Bristol elections and believed his military service gave him citizenship. An applicant admitted belonging to an anarchist group when asked about such organizations. Father Konstanty Firelis Bujnarowski a priest at St Francis monastery was questioned about belief in polygamy.
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Albert Akers
Verniaud
Bristols
Konstanty Firelis Bujnarowski
St. Pranci’ss
Estimated Forces on Fronts in World War I
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd notes estimates two million Austrians and Germans on the hundred mile front from the lower Tanew to Mikolaiow and 450000 along the Dniester front.
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Reuter
Petrograd
Hundred Mile
Lower
Tanew
Two Churches Plan Annual Picnics at South Park
Two church groups organize picnics today at South Park, weather permitting. First M E Church Sunday School will depart from Eighth and Kentucky Streets with wagons stocked for a full day of outdoor dining, music, and activities. St Jacobi congregation launches festivities Thursday with a large auto parade from Eighth Washington Streets at 1 o'clock, touring downtown before returning to Twelfth Street Park for flag drills, amusements, and a band concert.
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Forrow
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Cit
Eighth
Kentucky
St. Jacobi
Washington
Park Twelfth Street
A Doctor's Prescription for Doug hn Effective Cough Treatment
One fourth to one teaspoonful of King's New Discovery taken as directed will soothe coughs and may check bronchial lung ailments. The ad urges readers to visit a druggist for this cheap, simple remedy promising relief and cure sought by the patient.
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