Liberty Highway group forms permanent Illinois plan
More than 200 delegates from Quincy Danville Liberty and other cities met at the St Nicholas Hotel Springfield to organize the Liberty Highway association. Steven G Lawless of Liberty and Truman T Pierson of Quincy named officers and committees to push a coast to coast federalized road with state charters and a $60 million bond program. Governor Lowden was to speak but did not attend.
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St. Nicholas
Springfield
Trindi Cities
Quincy
Danville
Kansas City
Missouri
Chamber of Commerce
Motor Club
Liberty
Steven G. Lawless
Highway Association
Truman T. Pierson
Liberty Highway Association
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Association
Illinois Association
W. Y. Baker
Mr. Sterling
T. C. Anderson
Monticello
P. L. Wills
F. C. Wallbaum
Ashland
J. J. Moriarty
J. B. Cook
Burton
J. W. Kramer
Oscar Arntzen
Kellerville
E. F. Grubb
John D. Matheny
Kearney
R. J. Holmes
Decatur
James B. Cook
P. B. Wilson
Virginia
M. Clark
W. H. Bennett
Mt. Sterling
T. J. Anderson
W. E. Williams
Athens
Edward Fawcett
Edgar White
Macon
Atlantic
Pacific
Walter
Derry
Jis Cone
Mit Nosang
Department of Public Works and Buildings
General Assembly
Ilinois
Highway Commission
State of
Illinois
Overnor
Lowden
St. Nicholas Hotel
Quincy Chamber of Commerce
Hinois
William G. Edens
Ilinois Highway Improvement Association
EF. Bradt
State Highways Department
John A. Barber
Springfield Commercial Association
Campaign to Open Here Builds Quincy Home Ownership
In a meeting of contractors and citizens in Quincy the Chamber of Commerce promotes a national home campaign led by J. H. Indig of Chicago. The plan targets vacant lots, savers, banks, and wage earners, promising more homes and urging both men and women to join. The effort aims to expand home ownership beyond Quincy’s current base and boost local prosperity.
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Quincy
Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Indig
Chicago
Indig
United States
Mulder
Four Hundred Elfled in Moscow Riots
London dispatch quotes East Geany advices stating four hundred people were killed in Moscow last week when Red Guards dispersed rioters demanding food. Crowds shouted Down with Lenine and Trotzky as casualties mounted.
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London
Moscow
Red Guards
East Geany
Lenine
Trotzky
State Chamber of Commerce plan discussed at Springfield luncheon
Delegates from across central Illinois discussed forming a Illinois State Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon in the St Nicholas hotel Springfield. Trueman T. Pierson outlined goals for a permanent statewide body to boost economic administration promote sound legislation and conduct scientific research. Prospective topics include highway funding education payrolls public health employment offices and state versus federal jurisdiction.
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St. Nicholas
Springfield
Liberty Highway Association
State of Illinois
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Quincy
Trueman T. Pierson
Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
Hhneis
Illinois
County Behind on Victory Loan Pledge Short by 245850
Adams County township quotas total 1,074,000 with 828,150 reported, leaving 245,850 short of the county goal. Quincy exceeds its quota by assigning 1,330,000 toward the Victory loan.
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Adams County
Victory Loan Committee
Quincy
J. R. Pearce Folows
Clayton
North East
Hiouston
Honey Creek
Beverly
Olumbus
Liberty
Richfield
Melrose
Wellington
Ee Creek
Bivecsidg
Quincy groups urge immediate state road work and northwest route
A Quincy delegation led by John W. Myers and L. L. Boyer pressed Springfield officials for urgent start on bond issue roads and a prioritized cross state highway between Quincy and eastern Illinois. Officials discussed cost increases, route selection, and the need for local bid participation, with Governor Lowden favoring government aid roads already planned.
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Quincy Auto Trades Association
Twelfth and Broadway
Seventeenth and Broadway Merchants’ Associations
John W. Myers
L. L. Boyer
Quincy Motorclub
Springfield
Frank I. Bennett
S. E. Bradt
Clifford Older
Quincy
Ilinois
Thomas M. Beatty
J. W. Hart
Auto Trades Association
J. W. Myers
The
Motor Club
J. C. Walker
S. H. Thompson
Broadway Business Men's Association
Bennett
Bradt
Illinois
Cragg State Highway
Lowden
Beatty
Commission
Adams County
Highway Commission
Mr. Myers
Ti Ts Boyer
Twelfth
Broadway
Ss. H. Thompson
Hart
Automobile Trades Association
Rock Island
Hast St. Loouis
Art
Mt. Sterling
Beards
Town
Quincy Automobile Trades Association
H. F. Lummis
Everett Clough
H. J. Schuette
O. C. Schuette
O. C. Corthon
Morris Adler
A. P. Nesta
Roy Pfanschmidt
W. J. Guth
W.L. Childers
R. L. George
Seventeenth and Broadway Association
S. E. Thompson
J. G. Stewart
L. Reihm
Twelfth and Broadway Association
J. R. Walker
Theodore Stegeman
W. H. Heidbreder
Theodore Pope
August Street
Edward Eiff
Quincy Motor Club
Vehicle registration in Mexico federal district rises 1917 to 1918
In 1917 the number of vehicles registered in the Mexico federal district was 9,068, and in 1918 it increased to 16,200. Motor cars of all sorts including private automobiles and trucks were counted.
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Mexico Federal District
High Water Halts All Traffic on K-line North of Quincy
Traffic on the K-line north of Quincy was halted by rising water. Train No. 10 could not pass the flooded tracks between Quincy and La Grange and was annulled. Train No. 8 due at 2:15 faced the same, with no northbound trains sent from Quincy. Delays stretched for days as water covered the line, with Train No. 10 held Monday night and arriving Tuesday morning after daylight. The northbound afternoon train reached LaGrange on time but delayed to Quincy. Train crews reported water at the top of wheel bindings as they crossed flooded sections.
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K-line
Quincy
la Grange
LaGrange
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Cannon Ball Trail Association
E. H. White
E. J. Grubb
G. A. Binkert
Quincey
E. G. Corbett
Champaign
F.C. Wallbaum
Thomas Croxton
Paul Moore
Rushville
Sterling
Betsy Ross
H. Korn Baking CO
Mazda
Broadway Supply & Repair Shop
Highland
Niehaus Bicycle and Sewing Machine House
K. of C. Bldg
Maine St
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