Veteran iceman recalls quincy ice years and prices
John Long a longtime iceman of Quincy recalls early ice wars price drops from ten to thirty cents a hundred, a 1904 or 1904 ice war, and a 1900s day without ice during the Keokuk dam dedication. He notes unfiltered river water makes white ice and says ice handling is healthy. Quincy uses about 19,000 tons annually with two firms cooperating to meet summer demand.
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John Long
North Third Street
Fice
Quincy
Pure Ice Company
Long
G. H. van Frank
van Frank
Spirit Lake
Quincy ‘Artificial Ice Company
Maine Street
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Quincy Artificial Tee Company
Keokuk
Hutmacher Ice Company
Hutmacher Company
New Boston
Port Madison
Bhekhan
Upper Bay
Dick Brewery
Fansne
George H Wilson of Quincy Illinois Republican judge candidate
George H Wilson of Quincy Illinois a Republican candidate for Justice of the Supreme Court was born in Terry Illinois in 1866. He graduated from Illinois College Jacksonville with an A S in 1888 valedictorian and earned an M A in 1891. He practiced law in Quincy since 1891, served as Adams County State's Attorney 1896 1900 and Corporation Counsel for Quincy 1907 1908. He was a state representative in the 46th 49th General Assemblies and active on several committees including Uniform State Laws and the Woman's Suffrage Bill. He led the passage of the uniform marriage evasion act and sales of goods act and supported anti vice reforms and veterans home measures. He was a Republican state central committeeman for the Fifteenth district and chaired the Constitutional Convention Campaign Committee for the same district.
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George H. Wilson
Quincy, Minis
Supreme Court
Terry
Minois
Linois College
Jacksonville
Illinois
Union College of Law
Chiccago
Quincey
Adams County
Quinty
Judiciary
Judicial Department
State Bar Association
Covernors
Grand Army of the Republic
Fourth Supreme Court
Fifteenth Congressional District
BRIEF PERSONAL ITEMS FROM QUINCY AREA
George Koch visits sister in Chicago while others in town note sickness visits and social events. Dancing events planned with O Farrell’s Orchestra on March 12. Joseph L. Thomas enjoys work in Washington and plans to join wife in April or May. A series of visits, illnesses, and travel updates from residents including Mr and Mrs Fuller, Miss Minnie Smith, Miss Nellie Benner, Mrs Rolla Stacy, Mrs Walter Marquiss, and others accompany a fire call and local happenings. Gail Bozarth reports arrival at Camp Mills. local teens attend masquerade. various health updates and notes on undertaker services and a judge's probate trip.
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George Koch
Thomas Riley
Chicago
Robert Bumster
Henry Fuller
Ruth
Columbia
Quincy
Minnie Smith
Clayton
Russel Smith
Nellie
Lena Benner
la Belle
Henry Hillyer
Rolla Stacy
Mondon
O'Farrell
Joseph L. Thomas
Washington, D. C
Thomas
Walter Williamson
Sixteenth
Maine
Frank Miller
Walter Marquiss
Monticello
Weldon
Herman Bockenfeld
Camp Gordon
Stannus
Hampshire Street
Joseph Timpe
Elm Street
Ray Kendall
Winford Ashley
Bluffs
H. F. Lafler
State Bank
Wilbur Stormer
Herman Reckmeyer
Fort Madison
Garretts
Wiskitchen
Thomas Tyhurst
Novelty
J. J. Finch
Helen Tyhurst
Finch
Judge McCarl
Barry
Louis Schroder
Camp Point
Dakota
Lora Stacks
Park Hotel
Lois Strodecker
Mendon
George K. McPike
Maine Street
Carol Vivian Wilgrim
John Wilgrim
North Second Street
Freiburg
Fred Stover
St. Mary Hospital
Frank Raidt
Payson Avenue
Mendon Band
Floy Wright
Gail Bozarth
Camp Mills
France
N4tth Aero Squadron
Jef
Strader of Carthage Travels After Ill Sister
Mrs. D. S. Strader of Carthage visited Quincy with her husband on Saturday en route to Colorado Springs Colorado where her sister Mrs Ellen-Fee lies seriously ill.
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Ferson Barracks
D. S. Strader
Carthage
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ellen-Fee
Orlando Returns To Conference In Paris
Rome March 8 Premier Orlando indicated he must return to Paris as the peace conference moves into a definite phase urging the chamber to adjourn April 3 He said the League of Nations ideals depend on applying President Wilsons principles to others While noting perfect coincidence between justice and Italian aspirations he warned against fakery of Wilsonism.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Orlando
Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
Wage Award For Federal Carpenters In Brooklyn
A wage of six dollars and fifty cents a day was awarded to carpenters on the U S Army supply base in Brooklyn by the emergency construction wage commission. The decision, announced by William S. Hutcheson, applies to carpenters on all government contracts nationwide and is retroactive to February 25.
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New York
United States Army
Brooklyn
Emergency
William S. Hutcheson
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Hutcheson
Waterways Meeting Called In St. Louis
In St Louis on March 9 a notice states the Mississippi Valley Waterways convention convenes with a plan to invite seven hundred governors and mayors from across the valley to participate in the second annual meeting.
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St. Louis
St, Louis
Mississippi Valley
Inland waterways meeting to host officials and topics
The waterways association will hold sessions on April 17 and 18 with Secretary of the Interior Lane expected as a principal speaker. Discussions will focus on improving river navigation, river development, and related projects along the mission area and its tangent to the river.
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Terways Association
Association
Hines Plans Busy Rail Conference Week
Washington March 9 Director General Hines will devote most of next week to rail conference activities and the financial crisis facing railroad administration. He will discuss with War Finance Corporation directors the chance Congress passes a 750 million revolving loan fund. Monday the WFC may advance several hundred million in loans to railroads. Tuesday he meets railroad executives and bankers.
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Washington
Hines
Railroad
Congress
War Finance Corporation
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