Adams County to inspect Palmyra Hannibal road for bond plan study
Adams County officials including Superintendent L L over and the board of supervisors will inspect the Palmyra Hannibal rock road to gauge construction quality and traffic wear as a model for possible bond issue roads. Weather may delay Chief Engineer Marr's planned visit as crews pursue Good Roads Day improvements statewide May 19.
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L. L. Over
Adams County Supervisors
Hard Roads Committee
Palmyra-Hannibal Rock Road
Palmyra-Hannibal
Adams County
Arntzen
Cook
McIntyre
Cunnane
Marr
State Highway Commission
Supt
Boyer
Houston Township
Columbus Township
Akers
Columbus
Illinois Bridge Company of
St. Louis
Jury Selected for James L. Johnson Trial
New London Missouri May 3 jurors from a panel of 40 were chosen for the trial of James L. Johnson a druggist charged with shooting and killing George A. Salling in his New London drug store last December jurors will hear the case before Judge William Ragland starting Wednesday challenges due by 10 o clock Johnson and Salling were prominent local figures and the case centers on a December dispute in the store
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New London
James 4 Johnson
William
Ragland
James L. Johnson
George A. Salling
Salling
Johnson
Freight rate case hearings set by Illinois utility panel
Oral arguments on the general freight rate increase will be heard by the Illinois Public Utilities Commission in Springfield on May 31 and June 1. Railroads seek a uniform five percent rise in interstate class rates, while shippers argue the present level is already too high. Quincy Rear Bureau official L B Boswell notes shipper data will support their position as the hearing affects them. School House Floods in South Quincy district water covers Leroy school floor as levee breaches provide rough quarters for local children.
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Illinois State Pub. Utilities Commission
Springfield
Quincy Freight Treat
Ippers
Cretary L. B. Boswell
Quincy Reat Bureau
E Shippers
Utility Commission
Leroy
South
Quincy
Funeral Services for Joseph Ivins Held at Camp Point
Joseph Ivins, born April 2 1828 in Ohio, died Friday from age infirmities. Funeral conducted Sunday at the Methodist church in Camp Point with Rev. Charles E. Taylor officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by wife and children William C Stronghurst HL Joseph C Louisville Ky and Mrs C A Poorman Alva Oklahoma. Ivins taught school in Indiana Illinois and Bowen before settling in Camp Point. He joined the M E church early and was a faithful worker.
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Camp Point
Joseph Ivins
Methodist Church
Charles E. Taylor
Evergreen Cemetery
Ivins
Butler County
Ohio
Indiana
Franklin College
Illinois
Columbus Township
Elizabeth A. Butler
Alva
Oklahoma
Bowen
Ilinois
M. E. Church
Warren Omer
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Canada
Charles Bates
Richard
Virginia
New Windsor
A. D. Bates
H. J. Reynolds
The
Christian Church
Idaho
Grace Boger
Quincy
R. C. Boger
Galt
Minneapolis
Minn
al Roger
William Ward
Paloma
William Lentice
North Side Club
Hudson Rainier
E. Kline
Roy Bowers
Olive Bernice
Bradford
Walter Ward
Claire Stevenson
Jack Akers
Edith Booth
Columbus
Lillie Booth
Arlie Meatheringham
Hazel
Daniel Flunsaker
Otho Ward
Dé&ver
Barry
Margaret Ward
Judith Booth
Quines
Yout. Rice
George Bartells
Berkeley
Califor
Visiting son faces grave condition in hospital
Nia arrives to visit his parents Mr and Mrs George Bartells while Rev Miller remains in a very serious condition, with the latest reports outlining critical health concerns.
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Nia
George Bartells
Rev. Miller
Local Pick-Ups and Visits Across Quincy
Local notices list visitors including Mr and Mrs Harve Dunham of Kinderhook and D C Thomas of Knox City. Mrs O M Arthur ill at home with appendicitis, and Mrs August Ketters improving after inflammatory rheumatism. Walter Tapp from Marshalltown visits. twins W B and Charles Munroe celebrate 58th birthday with family notes on their work.
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Mrs
Harve Dunham_of
Kinderhook
D.C. Thomas
Knox City
Gunther Hardware
William Montague
Marjorie
Detroit
Montague
Adams Express
O. M. Arthur
North Fourth Street
St. Mary's Hall
St. Joseph's Benevolent Society
August Ketters
South Ninth Street
Mary Leslie
Frank Ganz
Clara Leslie
Moberly
Quincy
Gunther Hardware Co
Walter Tapp
Marshalltown
Ross-Secker Wedding Ties City Couple in Springfield
Bunny Ross of this city and Mrs. Gertrude Secker of Springfield were married in Springfield on Tuesday and returned to Quincy to establish a home. The groom is son of Mrs. Abner Ross of York Street and works at the Ford Inn. They will stay with his mother for now and later set up housekeeping.
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Harbin
Bunny) Ross
Gertrude Secker
Springfield
Quincy
Abner Ross
York Street
Ford Inn
Police Kill Several Dogs Amid Rabies Scare
The city reports seven or eight dogs killed by police at owners' requests or on bite information linked to the Carr dog. Officials warn they will destroy suspected rabid dogs to prevent spread, urging residents to notify authorities. A warrant for Joseph Einhaus over a vicious dog was withdrawn after he agreed to remove it and cover medical costs.
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Tobe Carr
Carr
Police and Health Department
Joseph Einhaus
Spring Street
Israel Raizen
Einhaus
Raizen
Black Hawk Will Not Come to Quincy This Year
The packet boat Black Hawk will not visit Quincy this year. It will operate between Burlington and Davenport, Iowa, while the Keokuk runs its tri weekly trips on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with connections at Burlington for shipments north. River stage was 16.4 feet at midnight, up 3 feet in 24 hours amid heavy rains north of Burlington.
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Black Hawk
Quincy
Burlington
Davenport
Keokuk
Close Lorimer case arguments today in Chicago
The Lorimer embezzlement and conspiracy case involving the La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank is likely to go to a jury on Wednesday. Albert Fink for the defense closed his plea Tuesday and Hayden Bell began the state’s closing, saying his remarks would take one day and the court’s instructions about an hour.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings Bank
Albert Fink
Hayden Bell
Russian Posts Bombed in Gulf of Riga and Windau
Berlin dispatch reports German airships and planes bombed multiple Russian positions in the Gulf of Riga and along the Russian coast. In reply, a Russian air raid struck German positions at Windau Courland.
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Berlin
London
Gulf of Riga
Windau
Courland
Monotony of modern warfare on the British front
Reports from the Verdun and Flanders fronts describe the extreme dreariness of trench warfare. Officers and men note the constant monotony after bursts of action, with a haunting sense of unseen enemies and a desolate, windmill‑streaked landscape still working at daily tasks despite shellfire.
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France
Verdun
Flanders
Canada Dislikes War Widow Plan
Manitoba women in Winnipeg and other cities unite to oppose the Salvation Army proposal to bring 5,000 British war widows with two children each to Canada after peace. They call the plan impractical and unfair to widows and Canadian women, and the protest form is not yet decided.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Salvation Army
Manitoba
England
Gonzales Takes Cuernavaca in Cuernavaca Capture
Mexico City May 3 The city of Cuernavaca fell to Gen Pablo Gonzales forces after twelve hours of fighting. A special messenger delivered the report to the war office detailing the victory and its duration.
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Gonzales
City
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Pablo Gonzales
War Office
Governor writes sheriff a letter on Scott case
Springfield NL May 3 Governor Dunne sent another letter to Sheriff White of Jackson County asking if White is ready to say that Elston Scott the Murphybone Negro convicted of murder and sentenced to hang will be given a decent execution. The governor assured White that unless his response is satisfactory Scott will again be reprieved.
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Springfield
Dunne
White
Jackson County
Elston Scott
Murphyboro
Scott
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Uincy Freight Bureau
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George Kleine
Billie Burke
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Western
W. B. Munroe
Charles
Oak Street
Journal of Industry
Charles Munroe
Quincy National Bank
Ross-Secker
Lorimer
Parker & Johnson
Maine Street
Quincy, Illinois
A. F. Parker
WM. A. Johnson
Motorist
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HDW
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