Abingdon Men Push for Cannon Ball Trail Priority
Abington Commercial Club leaders A M Hale and Clarvey met with acting president Duker and Chamber officials in Quincy to press unity for rushing hard road construction under the 60 million bond issue. They reported on the Cannon Ball trail meeting in Galva where Walter Bennett became president and Harvey Riggs vice president, with Quincy aiming to keep the trail through the city as a national highway spanning 1000 miles from Chicago to Kansas City. Hale urged western Illinois cooperation to secure priority for road improvements and to ensure the bond funds cover needed projects, while noting no specific decision was requested.
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A. M. Hale
Abington Commercial Club
Clarvey
Good Roads Department
W. 7. Duker
W. H. Bennett
R. E. Hackman
Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Illinois
Pierson
Cannon Ball Trail Association
Galva
Walter H. Bennet
Harvey G. Riggs
Chicago
Kansies City
Nangas City
Chamber of Comerce
Yankes
National Cash Rowester Company
Dayeton
Chamber of
Cles
Vic Prennen
Yonkes
Actu
Duker
Piersello
Cannon Ball
AM Hale
Abington
Hale
Tilinois
Hlinets
Conservatives Controversy in Hancock County Court
In Carthage on March 12 a county court trial before Judge Warren H. Orr debated appointing a conservator for Joseph Newton Groves of Lacrosse. Groves, 188, has long managed his lands and personal property. The case drew many Lacrosse residents as tenants clashed over guardianship. Scofield Califf & Warztell defended Groves while Clyde P. Johnson and J. W. Williams represented plaintiffs. A night session was held to finish evidence.
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Carthage
Warren HH. Orr
Lacrosse
Joseph Newton Groves
Circuit Court
Groves
Scofield, Califf & Wwartzell
Clyde P. Johnson
J. W. Williams
Girls Glee Club Of College Gives Musical In Church
Carthage March 12 Many friends of Carthage College attended the vesper musicale in Trinity Lutheran church at 4 30 p m when the Girls Glee Club conducted by Mrs Runyon with Miss Pickett and Mrs Carter accompanists performed a varied program. Home Bureau Meetings open lectures by Miss Naomi Newburn and Miss Ferne Harris plus Miss Mary Pack on hot lunches for rural schools noted. Carthage membership 140, canvass planned to expand the group and extend the work to more homes.
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Carthage
Carthage College
Trinity Lutheran Church
Runyon
Miss Pickett
Carter
Rienazi
Horrocks
Wood Pigeon
Lehmann
Marguerite Burner
Mary Symon
Miss Morgan
von Fielitz
Iba Lawtg von Fielitz
Christian Church
Home Bureau
Miss Peck
Frank Green Funeral Held in Burnside Church
Frank Green funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m. in Burnside Methodist church with Rev. Webber officiating. Interment followed at Pilot Grove cemetery. The Burlington, Iowa resident died March 7 at his Town City home and is survived by his widow, a son, and two daughters.
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Carthage
Frank Green
Burnside Methodist Church
Webber
Pilot Grove
Mr. Green
Town City
Burnside
Illinois
William Green
England
Ilinois
Burlington
Mrs. Sweet
Warsaw
Carthage School Board Grants Arbor Day Tree Memorial
The Carthage school board met in regular session at the Exchange Bank office. The finance committee reported bill payments and pending bills, with Symmonds Bros. and Mississippi Valley Telephone Co. referred for verification. Mayor Hartzell was authorized to plant an Arbor Day tree on primary grounds in memory of his son Phillip, a Marine who died in France.
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Carthage
Exchange Bank
Symmonds Bros
Mississippi Valley Telephone Co
Wm. H. Hartzell
Phillip
France
Memorial for a noble lad and city events in June 1919
The text notes a memorial for a local youth born and raised in the city and records school closure for June 6, 1919, with a graduation ceremony planned that evening. A graduating committee of Mary L. Newcomer, Chas A. Orth, Ida M. Parr and Supt J A Johnston is named. The city council met in regular session, paid outstanding bills, and Fred I. Johnson acted as mayor pro tem during the mayor's absence.
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Chas. A. Orth
Ida M. Parr
Supt
J. A. Johnston
Fred I. Johnson
Funeral of Chas J Nix Held at Palmyra Lutheran
Palmyra Missouri held the funeral for Chas J Nix in the Lutheran church Sunday afternoon at two conducted by Rev H J Frey. The German Benevolent Association joined the procession to the cemetery, with many relatives and friends in attendance. A flu outbreak touched Palmyra High School with about 40 light cases, but the board kept the school open. Judge Hunt of Minneapolis spoke at the Savoy theater on “With Our Boys Over There” to benefit Palmyra High School's Athletic Association. Cow Rich, field secretary for Central College Fayette Mo, visited the high school and spoke to the physics class on aircraft mechanics after recently leaving aviation service.
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Palmyra
Chas. J. Nix
Lutheran
H. J. Frey
German Benevolent Association
Board of Education
Judge Hunt
Minneapolis
Minn
Savoy Theater
Hunt
Y. M. Co
France
Petiiaien
Paris
Athletic Association
Daughter's illness ends after Pinkham remedy trial
Petersburg Virginia woman Mrs W D Wells reports two years of right side weakness and pain followed by relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says the treatment cured her for now she is well and urges women with irregularities or pains to seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Petersburg
End Oth
Lydia E. Pinkham
W. D. Wells
North Adams Street
Miss Wells
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Hancock Court
Newton Groves
Girls Glee Club of College
Burnside Church
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Loren
Sal Pric
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