Rock Island Boxer Caponi Set To Fight Marty Henderson
Tony Caponi of Rock Island prepares for a March 17 bout against Marty Henderson of Joliet in Davenport. The Italian rising star, 20, trained by Babe Meanor, has fought 12 times in the last year after Marine service in France. The Henry Hill post American Legion event promises a large ticket demand.
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Tony Caponi
Rock Island
Marty Henderson
Joliet
Pal Moore
Caponi
Tony
Babe Meanor
Meanor
Caponi Ig
la Salle
Illinois
France
Henderson
Capont
Quincy
Henry Hill Post
American Legion
Pittsfield Candidate Withdrawals From Delegates Race
Springfield Ill March 10 Secretary of State Louis L. Emerson reported withdrawals from the race for delegates and alternates to the national convention. In the tenth district Ernest H Lyons Evanston alternates. eighteenth district Len Small Kankakee delegate. twentieth district Willson J Shastid Pittsfield delegate and Elmer E Caldwell Havana alternate.
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Springfield
Ill
Louis L. Emerson
Ernest H. Lyons
Evanston
Len Small
Tiling and sewer work at Soldiers' and Sailors' Home complete
The new sewer piping has been laid at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home with tight joints to prevent root intrusion and ensure proper drainage. The update notes improved connections to cottages and other buildings, plus a summary of staff movements, passes, furloughs, admissions, discharges, and transfers among cottages and facilities.
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Temperance and Moral Reform League
Ball
Pass
James Gilbert
Frank Scott
A. F. Lomeline
Wm. Abbott
Nevell Washburn
Marie Herndon
George H. Webb
Quincy Jacksonville debate team prepares for Jacksonville trip
The Quincy High School debating squad will depart Thursday morning for Jacksonville. Members include Isabel Abbot, Dorothy Thomas, James Van Doren, and Coach A S Parker. The band led by Paul Morrison shows good progress with about twenty five boys joining and demand for instruments rising.
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Paul Morrison
Morrison
Lincoln eighth grade basketball banquet honors team
The Lincoln school eighth grade basketball team, recent pennant winners, were guests at a Tuesday evening banquet in the school building. Toastmaster William Nixon introduced a program of speeches solos duets and addresses by students including John Crider team captain and R A Roberts principal.
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Lincoln School
Wiliam Nixon
Lucille Major
Isabelle Johnson
John Crider
Mildred Bullet
Forrest Hale
Ella Cassady
Clattins Oliver
Martha and
Eliabeth Roberts
Jackson Tower
Lloyd Jackson
Leona Webb
Kenneth Carver
Anna la Foe
R. A. Roberts
Pittsfield Notes and Community Highlights
Pittsfield Illinois updates include Guy Zimmerman recovering from influenza, the Mumford and Barry families returning from Florida, and a Methodist chili supper planned. Pittsfield high school hoops earned third in a Jacksonville district tournament amid illness downgrades. American Legion buys a billiard table. mass meeting on Young Women's Christian Association at the courthouse. Presto Glee Club to host a social. Perry Curess Allen buys Siegle Jewelers building and stock. Mrs. Harvey D. Smith hosts Women’s Foreign Missionary Society packing boxes for missions. County Clerk Tielkey issues marriage licenses to Roy Stone Ora Staley and Dennis Pryor Freda Olliver. Judge Higbee visiting Chicago.
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Guy Zimmerman
Wm. Mumford
Barry
Florida
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Jacksonville
Pittsfield
The
American Legion
Young Woman's Christian Association
Court House
Presto Glee Club
Young Ladies of the Methodist Church
Jewell Curess
Perry C. Alen
John Siegle
Siegle
Allen
Strauss
Fred W. Niebur
Harvey D. Smith
Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the
Charles A. Tielkey
Roy Stone
Ora Staley
Nebo
Dennis Russell Pryor
Freda Alberta Olliver
Harry Higbee
Chicago
Alcohol Stocks Burned in Algiers Warehouse Fire
A warehouse fire in Oran Algiers started by a carelessly dropped match spread to alcohol stocks and was brought under control after containment efforts. No injuries are reported and authorities investigate the cause.
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Oran
Algiers
Fragmented note on losses and cosmic dust layers
A fragment notes enormous losses from destroyed alcohol and property amounting to 70,000,000 francs. It also mentions a recent discovery that cosmic dust forms layers at the bottom of the deepest seas, with a mentioned depth between Honolulu and Tahiti at 250 fathoms.
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Honolulu
Tahiti
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