City Delivery Planned for Pittsfield
Pittsfield in May sees W O Baumgartner of Jacksonville work with Postmaster Carroll Bush to set up city delivery. Twelve mail boxes planned on main corners with rules requiring 85 percent of houses to have receptacles. Timing uncertain pending inspector review and civil service exams.
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Pittsfield
W. O. Baumgartner
Jacksonville
Carroll Bush
Jackson and Fayette
Washington St
Iinois
Perry
North
Moroe
Dutton
Jefferson
Clinton
Washington
West
Webster
Clare
Department
Civil Service
Emma Hughes
Pittsfield House
Pike County Medical Society
Dr. Shastid
Agenda Club
Paul F. Grote
Westerly Street
Henry Mills
Independence
Lula
Fannie Quinby
California
Chicago
Legates Attend Federated Woman's Clubs Convention
Mrs J B Connors leaves Mt Sterling for the sixteenth annual Federated Woman's clubs meeting in Virginia. Vice president of Brown county and other local members will attend. Several residents are noted visiting or returning from nearby towns during the period.
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MT. Sterling
J. B. Connors
Virginia
Federated Woman's Clubs
20Th Congressional District
M. E. Church
Connors
Brown County
Sarah Bloomfield
E. R. Curry
Benj. Carp
Quincy
Sars McClain
Jasper Mitchell
Laura Eskew
Carthage
Orville Jones
Fred Lindsey
Bluffs
Frank
Valley City
Robt
Perry
Springfield
Walter Smith
Della Thomas
Jacksonville
J. Thomas
Art Simmons
Barry
Visiting relatives and travelers return home in region news
A roundup notes visits and returns to homes in Quincy Macomb Grinnell and Chicago. Ada Scott Mac Glines and Helen Chamberlain are among those mentioned with friends and family. G R Davis and Rose Neylon move between Chicago and other cities for schooling and teaching.
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Ada Scott
Mac Glines
Quincy
Art Ennis
Jas. Markey
Carthage
Pat Cullivan
Helen Chamberlain
Macomb
Normal University
V. J. Young
Joseph Megus
G. R. Davis
Chicago
Coyne
Rose Neylon
Lydia
Rita Weigand
O. L. Neece
Uriah
Calif
Lucy Bush
Mollie Wilson
Margaret Comeford
John Tufey
Grinnell
Iowa
D. W. Tufey
C. E. Turner
C. B. Dearborn
Kathryn Dunbar
P. Cleveland
Barry
A. D. McClean
Fight on Hollis bill continues in Senate debate
Republican senators pressed to strike tax exemption for land banks and foreign loans under the Hollis rural credits bill. Senators Cummins and Sutherland challenged the exemption's constitutionality while Hollis argued the move would lower interest rates for farmers and unify rates across states.
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Washington
Hollis Rural Credits
Cummins
Cummins and Sutherland
Hollis
Troopers Die by Own Action Report From Front
A letter from a soldier at the front reports two American troopers killed themselves at Namquipa. No names or times given. The letter says a private asked a sergeant for his revolver, then used it to shoot himself.
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EL Paso
Texas
Namiquipa
Maud Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the Maud, a Jersey schooner, was sunk by a German submarine on May 4. No further details are provided about casualties or mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
London
Jersey
Civic League Adds Books to Library Palmyra
May 5 Palmyra civic league meeting at the courthouse discussed community matters. New books arrived for the league library with Betty Cook and assistants organizing shelves for men’s night. Attendees included visitors from Hannibal Kahoka Moberly and others. Also notes on social at Honeykamp club house with meals, marriages licenses, and local happenings.
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Civic League
Palmyra
Court House
Civic League Library
Betty Cook
Annie Griffith
Mt. Zion
Susan Moss
Honeykamp Club
Charley Davis
Berryman Henwood
Lewis O'Connor
Will Mefford
Hannibal
John T. Whiteside
Kahoka
Congress
Mr. Wilcox
Moberly
Bob Smiley
Dan Boone
Jennie
R. A. Moss
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. L. Handley
Allen Pharmacy
Giller
Philadelphia
Wynn
H. Frey
Peoria
Tit
Frank Brown
Labor Press of
Alice McPike
Frank McPike
Sadie Hansbrough
Chas. Schaller
J. D. Bourne
Fritz
Will Hoehnes
Callie Sanford
Emerson
Carl Corder
Emmet Gordon
Cannonville
Berghofer Funeral Arrangements Loom For Sunday Service
J. G. Berghofer and his wife returned from Chicago with their son Oliver's remains. Funeral plans are not set but are expected to be held Sunday afternoon at about 2 30 from the Lutheran church.
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J. G. Berghofer
Chicago
Oliver
Rebellion Leaders Executed Stir Washington Irish Groups
Washington May 4 Four leaders of the Irish rebellion were executed prompting strong reactions among Irish sympathizers in Washington. Robert E. Ford editor of the Irish World said the executions would intensify the war between Ireland and England. Pearse, provisional president of the Irish republic, was among those shot.
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Washington
Robert E. Ford
The
Irish World
Pearse
Irish Republic
Ireland
England
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Minnie Chamberlain
Eldora
Henry Bush
M. F. Goodwin
Pleasant Hill
Lucretia Lacy
E. C. Yackey
Harvey Six
Bert Hayes
John Peters
Chester Foreman
Kansas City
Iayes Colvin
W. R. Kooper
Lewis Sneeden
Henry Saylor
Legates
Federation
Hollis Bill
Palmyra Women’s Organization
Political Social
Wilson L. Tuley
Luna Stevens Whaley
Henry C. Love
Janey J. Gunter
Eldon
August M. Troffum
Mary E. Gillispie
John F. Wiecker
Pearl F. Bounds
Warren Morris
Ethel Wassen
Ray S. Stoddard
Leta May McClintic
Marion County
Warren W. Quinlen
Ora A. Gid
Eon
George A. Brown
Helen Wood
H. F. J. Lasp
Dollie Fosser
St. Louis
Edward Warde
Allamany Bounds
Charles M. Horstmeyer
Dorothy W. Offord
Wm. H. Horstmeyer
Pearl Hadley
Arnold C. Kronnenberger
Milwaukee
Wis
Florence Janette McIntyre
Fresco
Olon Gibbons
Virgie May Gordon
Wm. Welch
Anna D. Ragan
Til
Omer Hickman
Effie Schanbacker
Harry A. Niday
Cliffie Curry
Frank Herzog
Margaret Gott
Raymond Rendlen
Natheline Nicely
Moses Batton
Clara Bell Lee
Walter F. B. Goldy
Woodbury
N. J
Mabel Anna Glate
Princeton
Illinois
Moss
Franklin Theater
Krueger’s
Krueger Taxi Service Company
Crooks & Cox Millinery Co
Ladies
the Sample Shoe Store
Hampshire St
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