Sisal May Be Up Next Year Be Substituted for Product
The piece explains sisal from Mexico used for binder twine, its price rise from five to ten cents in the recent war talk, and that next year Manila hemp may replace sisal at lower cost. J W Brown of Collins Plow cites no further rise this season and anticipates substitution if needed with harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Florida
West Indies
Manila
America
Mexico
Quincy
J. W. Brown
Collins Plow Company
KellerVille Bride and Clayton Groom Wed at Court House
Miss Anna Ezta Mason of Kellerville and William Harold Gabel of Clayton wed in Quincy at 3 pm, Judge Lyman McQuarl officiating in the courthouse office. Attended by Mrs. Bay-O-Conner and Mrs. Gabel, the couple plans to live with the groom’s parents in Clayton for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ezta Mason
Kellerville
William Harold Gabel
Clayton
Quincy
Gretna Green
Lyman McUarl
Court House
Bay-O-Conner
Brideard
Gabel
Gottlieb Gabel
Joseph Mason
Eastern troops ordered to border
At the demand of General Funston, Major General Leonard Wood issued orders for Pennsylvania and District of Columbia troops to entrain for the border at once. Pennsylvania units were sent to El Paso and DC troops to Bisbee Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Geen. Funston
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Pennsylvania
District of Columbiaroops
el Paso
District of Columbia
Bisbee, Ariz
Carranza denies Villa plans to join Tarranza army
Washington report says Villa and his followers may be mustered into Carranza's army if war with the United States occurs. Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza's ambassador-designate, formally denied the claim on Tuesday night. Carranza officials had believed Villa's whereabouts were unknown for over two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Villa Washington
Francisco Villa
Tarranza
United States
Eliseo Arredondo
Tere
Villa
Caranza
Western Illinois Lumber Dealers Picnic at Bailey Park
About 150 lumber dealers and traveling salesmen gathered at Bailey park for the Western Illinois Lumber Dealers annual picnic. The event featured music from the Golden band, a morning program with local participants, Dr. O L Bates giving the welcome, Angel of Keokuk delivering the response, and a dinner by the Christ ian church ladies. A salesmen vs retailers ball game drew interest and visitors praised Bailey park, hoping to return for the 1917 picnic.
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Camp Point
Western Illinois Lumber Dealers
Bailey Park
Golden Band
O. L. Bates
Angel
Keokuk
Ladies Social Union of the Christian Church
Jubilee Luncheon Held Tuesday at Vermont Street Church
Out of town delegates attended the all day jubilee of the Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Quincy district at Vermont Street Methodist church. Luncheon was served and officers spoke about the society’s work and conditions in the old country.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Quincy
Methodist
Vermont Street
Patten
Evanston, IL
Old Country
Miss Abbott
India
Miss Beggs
China
Rotary films delay spoils picnic showings
Rotary club members in New York were disappointed as film delayed from a studio being moved from New York to Chicago prevented motion pictures of the Rotary picnic from being shown. The club will view the pictures on Tuesday July 11 after skipping the July 4 meeting. Guests at the Tuesday session included W. J. Banham of New York Albert Stone J. M. Winters Dee Brown and Capt. Frank Rothgeb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
New York
Charles Nichols
Chicago
W. J. Banham
Albert Stone
J. M. Winters
Dee Brown
Capt
Frank Rothgeb
Clutch Returns to Quincy After Moline Absence
Edward Clutch, who vanished from 1839 Broadway, reappeared in Quincy Tuesday night after a stop in Moline where he sought work in a plow ship. He said the foundry burned down, leaving him jobless, and he planned to return home on East Broadway to seek forgiveness for the sudden departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clutch
Broadway
Moline
Quincy
Burlington Station
Nends
East Broadway
Piano Recital by Ruth Lovelace Brown at Music Hall
Ruth Lovelace Brown, student at Quincey College of Music, will present her second piano recital Friday at 8:15 p.m. in the music hall. The program includes Liszt Danse Negre, Arensky Le Savani La Coquette Polichinelle Le Reveur and Schumann Papillons Etude in D major, with Ruth joined by Florence Brown in piano and violin portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lovelace Brown
Quincey College of Music
Music Hall
Enya
Scott Valse
Polchni
Arensky
Savani
la Coquette
Polichinelle
le Reveur
Miss Felt
Ie UR Janck Allegro
Allegretto
Poco Mosso
Ruth and
Florence Brown
Cowboy Reports Raid Near Douglas
Cowboy Joe Brazean told military authorities of a raid on Fred Moore's ranch 21 miles northeast of Douglas Arizona. Three Mexicans on horseback fired at Brazean as he stood alone at dusk Monday evening and he escaped to hide in the brush all night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas, Ariz
Fred Moore
Douglas
Joe Brazean
Brazean
Funeral for Mrs Amanda Belknap today in Los Angeles
Funeral services are held today for Mrs Amanda T Belknap who died Monday night in Los Angeles. She was the widow of William W Belknap former secretary of war in Grant's administration and connected with Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Amanda T. Belknap
William W. Belknap
Iowa
Grant
New Head for Lombard College President Elect Tilden from New York
Lombard college appoints Joseph M. Tilden of New York as president with 145 years linked to education in New York City. Dr. T Bo Fisher of the University of Chicago will assist him in leadership duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombard
Galesburg
Til
Joseph M. Tilden
New York
Lombard College
New York City
Apple Crop Seen Light This Year In Adams County
Horticultural experts led by Farmer Rusk and University of Illinois assistant W S Brock surveyed seven top orchards around Quincy and Coatsburg. They found light yields due to heavy bloom loss and spring rains causing scab. Prices may rise. current good apples fetch five cents in Quincy with spring 1917 prospects higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams County
Quincy
Rusk
W. S. Brock
University of Illinois
Edgewood
Leaton Irwin
William Chatten
Charles Williamson
Henry Seymour
C. H. Rankin
Edward Young
Dr. Lambert
Coatsburg
Quincey
First Auto Trip Week of July 9 10
Boosters for the fall celebration and the Chamber of Commerce likely will conduct the first auto booster trip in Quincy’s trade area during the week of July 9 15. The auto committee met and set the week barring heavy rains. Route not fixed yet pending weather. roads improving across Adams county as farmers finish field work. All Quincy auto owners invited to join and spread news of the big round up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
C. C. Crooks
F. W. Crane
A. H. Beitman
Auto
Adams
Quincy’s Pulse Returns From Farm
C Crooks returns home Sunday after several days on his farm south of Macon Missouri. Dewey school bonds worth 75000 will be offered for sale to the highest bidder in the office of Clyde Sears at 2 o clock Thursday afternoon. Arthur Naumann, 719 Jackson street, has gone to Detroit Michigan to join Adams Express Company. E S Mulliner at 2327 Hampshire street celebrates his 7th birthday and is noted Mason and Rose Croix secretary. Pinkelmann and Sheets secure exclusive sale rights for Dayton Airless auto tires across eleven counties with headquarters in Brenner building Tenth and Hampshire streets.
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C. Crooks
Macon
Dewey
Clyde Sears
Board of Education
Arthur Numann
Detroit
Arthur Naumann
Jackson Street
Mich
Adams Express Company
Hagenbruch
E. S. Mulliner
Hampshire Street
Quincy
Rose Croix
P. R. Pinkelmann
William Sheets
Pinkelmann & Sheets
Dayton Airless Auto Tire
Brenner
Tenth
Hampshire Streets
Kansas Completes Muster of Troops
Chicago June 28 report from Gen Barry’s offices says Kansas is the only central department state to complete mustering in for federal service. Several states report progress with full regiments sworn in. physical exams proceed. A Lincoln Nebraska signal corps unit of 3 officers and 75 men was rejected due to 26 disqualified on physicals and will be discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mexican Garrison Dashes Into Hills Near Columbus
Four Mexican troops from the Acendon garrison near the border fled into the hills when a truck convoy delivering supplies appeared. About 50 soldiers formed the garrison and rushed away, fearing an attack. As of late, there was no word they had returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
N. M
Ascendon
Change in City Engineer Office Rumored
Report says Acting City Engineer James Gardner will be dismissed and Enoch Chatten may be appointed to replace him. Mayor Abbott would not confirm the rumor, noting only that such a decision was reportedly reached and could be enacted today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gardner
Enoch Chatten
Abbott
Gardner
Fred L. Hancock
Hancock
Chatten
City Engineers
Fred Hancock
Twenty-ninth
Maine Streets
Florence Brown to teach violin at Millikin Conservatory
Miss Florence Brown head of violin teaching at Quincy College of Music accepts a post to teach at Millikin Conservatory of Music in Decatur. She will perform next Friday at Quincy College of Music during Ruth Brown's piano recital. Brown sisters are daughters of J N Brown of Twelfth and Broadway, and Florence is a Quincy High School graduate who studied at Jacksonville Women's College and in Chicago. She will study under Max Swarthout, head of Millikin's music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Brown
Quincy College of Music
Millikin Conservatory of Music
Decatur
Brown
Ruth Brown
J. N. Brown
Broadway
Quincy High School
Jacksonville Women's College
Chicago
Millikin
Max Swarthout
First German M. E. Picnic in South Park
Children from the First German Methodist church and Sunday school travel by street car from Eighth and Kentucky at 9 AM to South Park for a day of activities. Dinner and supper are planned with a baseball game between trained men and church members plus contests and an evening meal.
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Eighth
Kentucky
First German Methodist Church
South Park
Waterworks Committee to Meet Friday Night
Mayor Abbott called a council meeting as a committee of the whole for Friday evening to discuss plans for city takeover of the water works plant. An ordinance on operation after acquisition will be considered and the takeover timing with bonds authorized at the spring election will be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watreworks
W. K. Abbott
Becker Stenographer to Return Home From Kankakee
Charles M. Becker, stenographer at the state hospital in Kankakee and Gem City Business College graduate, leaves today to return to his parents at 1435 State Street. A former uptown C B and Q ticket office stenographer and Central Union Telephone Co. worker, he may relocate to Quincy this year and was Salem basketball captain in 1914 15. He scored highest in the state on a recent civil service exam. Freiburg heads to Springfield and Chicago to attend a session of the Illinois state board of embalmers where he serves as a member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Beker
Charles M. Becker
State Hospital
Kankakee
Gem City Business College
Chris Becker
State Street
C. B. and Q. Uptown
Central Union Telephone Co
Quincy
Becker
Salem
Stepographer
Chicago
Freiburg
Springfield
Illinois State Board of Embalmers
Excursion by Company F Shows 285 Attendees
Two hundred eighty five men joined Company F on their G. W. Hill excursion Tuesday night. The unit and other military groups wore their uniforms. Captain Wingerter expects a Fifth Infantry call soon and the machine gun company is preparing. Lieut. Johnson of the Naval Reserves reported rapid progress toward full war strength. List of machine gun personnel includes Captain Beatty, Lieut Westerfield, and numerous sergeants corporals and privates with Carl Grimmer as musician.
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Company F
G. W. Hill
Wingerter
Fifth Infantry
Lieut. Johnson
Naval Reserves
James P. Beatty
R. A. Westerfield
George F. Cunnane
Joseph A. S. Ehart
Ben. W. Bartlett
Willam HH. Henning
Albert H. Sohm
Edward J. Hall
Edward AC. Castle
Royal Jackson
Clark Holmes
Arthur Reese
Zeus L. Smith
Charles White
Roy H. L. Keller
Lawrence D. Smith
Clif F E. Padgett
Carl Grimmer
Walter Avise
Walter B. Barnes
Floyd F. Bentley
John B. Carroll
Leonard P. Cassidy
Hugh F. Dehner
Arthur C. Faucett
Annual All Day Picnic at St Jacobi Lutheran
The St Jacobi Lutheran church in South Park plans its annual parochial and Sunday school picnic on Thursday. A 2 30 program includes contests and drills, with an automobile parade at 9 a m starting from Eighth and Washington. Prizes go to oldest church member brought to the platform and to the most bald headed man on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jacobi Lutheran
South Park
Eighth
Washington Streets
Adams
Jefferson
Hampshire
Maine
State
Imperial Band
Carpenter
St. Jacobi Church
Dynamite Williams to two months in workhouse for peace breach
In county court Charles Dynamite Williams and wife May Williams were found guilty of peace disturbance and fined 25 dollars each plus costs. An extra 25 dollar fine on an old charge was imposed on Charles. May faces one month in jail while Charles must serve two months in the workhouse. Benjamin Williams seeks probation while Nolan investigates eligibility. Charles Dauss was fined 100 dollars and costs for wife abandonment, suspended upon weekly payments to his wife, with jail if he fails to begin payments by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Dynamite) Williams
May Williams
Benjamin Williams
Nolan
Whilhams
Charles Dauss
Dauss
Death notice for Alois Luegering in Jacksonville
Alois Luegering died last Saturday morning in Jacksonville. Born in Quincy Florida on June 884 he was survived by his father John A. Luegering and six brothers John Samuel Barney Tener Steve all of Omaha Nebraska and Andrew of Dayton Ohio. Two sisters Mrs Kate Means of Ouinev and Teresia Johnson of Omaha also survive. His mother and brother-in-law Soll W. Means died two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alois Luegering
Jacksonville
Quincy
Soll W. Means
John A. Luegering
John
Samuel
Barney
Tener
Steve Luegering
Omaha
Neb
Andrew
Dayton
Kate Means
Ouinev
Teresia Johnson
Forty Men Join Eighth Regiment Field Versus Border Duty
Forty colored men from Quincy, former members of Company J, depart Saturday for Springfield to join veterans from Bloomington Jacksonville and Decatur to form a company for the Eighth regiment. Led by Lieut Samuel Shumaker the group may serve at the border in a headquarters company structure. Experienced recruits from three to eleven years in the national guard will receive regular privileges.
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Quincy
Springfield
Bloomington
Jacksonville
Decatur
Samuel Shumaker
Denison
Company F
Company I
National Guard
Roadster Flip Near Ursa Leaves Two Youths Unharmed
A racing roadster with two young men left the ditch after attempting a fast pass two miles beyond Ursa. One occupant was thrown clear with minor cuts while the other, trapped beneath the rear gasoline tank, escaped with only slight injuries. A passerby reported the details to a Whig reporter. identities and car particulars could not be learned.
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Ursa
Militiamen Pay and Navy Cruise Updates
Will Pay Militiamen T E Ban notifies local militiamen of continued wages during service and job security upon return. Lieutenant Johnson may abandon the Somers Somers cruise to Peoria due to low water with racing crew to rail. Cook Vernham serves with Troop B First Cavalry as city cook after joining in Chicago. Trolley party, Ladies Aid meetings, recruits, playground upgrades, and Mississippi River decline also reported with civic and military notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Ban
American Tobacco Company
Lieut. Johnson
Division of Naval Reserves
Somers
Peoria
Cook
Ed Vernham
First Cavalry
Vernham
Chicago
Three Children Hurt in City Accidents
A city accident list reports three children injured Tuesday. Ralph Gladden eight and Dorothy Gladden three were hit by an automobile at Tenth and State. the driver Ben Kansteiner stopped and took them home for medical care. Robert Athon six fell beneath a horse and sustained a deep head laceration, treated at home. George Delaunay fell from a ladder at Otis Elevator works, suffering two broken ribs and heavy bruising. he is in Blessing hospital.
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Ralph Gladden
Dorothy Gladden
George Gladden
South Twelfth Street
Tenth
State Streets
Ben Kansteiner
Kansteiner
Robert Athon
Pearl Athon
North Eighth Street
Ninth
Vermont Streets
George Delaunay
Otis Elevator Works
Isnew
Blessing Hospital
St Francis Girls Present Entertaining Operetta Rosalia
St Francis school hall hosted a double commencement with 13 girls receiving diplomas from Father Didacus after the boys’ graduation. The operetta Rosalia featured Gypsies and fairies, with tunes and a Brave Fireman recitation, directed by the sisters. Named graduates include Agnes Bruemmer, Gertrude Heinemeyer, Mathilda Hermesmeyer, Eleanor Lennert, Clara Lennert, Bertha Mellert, Margaret Wolfe, Henrietta Michael, Alvin Oenning, Trens Ostermiller, Marie Bakers, Bertha Rees, and Rose Tepe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis
Didacus
Rosalie
Sisters of St. Francis
Agnes Bruemmer
Gertrude Heine
Mathilda Hermesmeyer
Eleanor Lennert
Clara Lennert
Bertha Mellert
Margaret Wolfe
Henrietta Michael
Alvin Oenning
Trens Ostermiller
Marie Bakers
Bertha Rees
Rose Tepe
St Johns Cathedral Picnic Tuesday at South Park
The annual Sunday school picnic of St. Johns Cathedral was held Tuesday under large shade trees in South Park. Many Sunday school and church members attended. Dinner was served at noon, followed by games and amusements. A highlight was a baseball game featuring players from the church choir and Sunday school. Supper ended the day at six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Park
St. John’s Cathedral
Bovs
Weather Outlook for Illinois Missouri and Iowa
Partly cloudy in Illinois on Wednesday with possible showers by night and Thursday. Warmer conditions in the northeast portion Wednesday. Missouri and Iowa expect unsettled weather on Wednesday and Thursday with likely showers and little change in temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tlinois
Missouri
Iowa
River Forecast From Warsaw To Louisiana
The river level along the stretch from below Warsaw to Louisiana is expected to fall steadily, followed by heavy rains that could raise water levels again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Louisiana
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anna Mason
W. H. Gabel
Abe Martin
Nannual Penn
Clutch
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Kansas
Ghatten
Decatur Institution of Music
M. E
Williams
Lieut
Shumaker
Union Christian Endeavorers
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
South Side Boat Club
Pansy Lymenstull
Ida Weisenburger
Lymenstall
Weisenburger
Robert Wilson
Post Office
U.S. Army
E. D. Miller
Beardstown
Wilson
Hannibal
Will Lkely
Madison Park
Riverview Park
Clay Point
Chestnut and
Second Streets
Cherry
ST. Francis Girls
ST. John's Cathedral
River Bulletin
Paul Sreeeee
Davenport
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